I Was Wrong About 'Days Gone' And I Apologize | Luke Stephens
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2019
- As for Days Gone, I felt as though after playing through the first half, surely the game would have shown me the majority of things that it had to offer. After all, usually games will give you all of the tools you’ll need in the first half and then spend the last half playing around with the mechanics. Whether you look at The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, or Lego Star Wars, this is always the case. It was an assumption I grant you, but I felt as though it were one justified. Much to my surprise, Days Gone feels like a totally different game in the last half compared to the first. It changes completely and I went from being insulted by its mediocrity to being amazed at its potential. Basically, the game is boring and bland until it isn’t. If that sounds excessively vague, don’t worry, I’ll explain. Point being, I made an assumption and made a video based off of that assumption, and for that I am sorry. I learned my lesson and won’t be doing that again.
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You prove the point that critics have got to finish the game before making a judgement
Yeah but it kind of a first come first serve(the audience) market. If your not in the first 20 reviews then your get lost in the flood of other reviews.
Not saying he's not at fault, he fucked up but he apologised when he realised that he fucked up
Everybody wants to quickly get their review out there to the point where TH-camrs don't spend enough time on a game b4 reviewing. They quickly put out a half baked review, forgetting that the review can make a gamer either buy or not buy a game.
@@killaken2000 so basically he should mislead 4 the paper
Facts
@@sij748 facts
I literally beat the game today... I’m so glad I didn’t listen to the critics.. such a beautiful game
A master piece
@@cpkunlimited8558 indeed PlayStation manages well to pull out great exclusive after great exclusives...
Right?! I remember having to stop and just look at the scenery
@@timfrank7461 I love looking at the mountain in Lost Lake
Exactly
Took me about 80 hours to finish the game and i would have loved to play it for another 80 hours. I think the pacing was perfect.
Agreed, just wish there was a way to reset camps and hordes a la Far Cry.
Agree. Got the Platinum and saw the secret ending. Can’t wait to see what Bend does with the sequel.
Agreed! I’m going on for 50+hrs and loving every minute of it, I’m kinda sad I’m almost done with it and have most of the power ups!
deathuponusalll it’s worth playing on a higher difficulty. I did normal and just got done with hard in preparation for survival.
I thought I was quite good and then got my ass kicked on the infinite horde challenge!
I think I’ve still got a lot of hours left yet, and hopefully at that time they will have new game+
The game is narrative is long-term. And everything that happens in between makes sense as it tries to push the story towards the ending. And I am about to finish the game twice.... the trick here is to explore. Do the side missions, then do the main mission it’s fun that way for this game.
I didn’t really care about the hordes I was having fun the whole time I played, this game was totally worth $60
And that's the most important thing. You had fun! 👍
Wow.. a youtuberv that apologized for a mistake and acknowledged it. Love your content bud
Oh yeah, never seen this type of "I WAS WRONG ABOUT [insert game]" video before.
@@sarcasm-83 it's still to be commended, to a degree. I've seen WAY too many times a creator slammed the door in the face of something with potential, plugged their ears, and began yelling "LALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU SHITTY GAME SHITTY GAME LOL."
I'll always appreciate this open mindedness and honesty over willful ignorance.
Wow, a person can do something that a regular person is supposed to do, this must be commended
@@bigshobe heah not much youtubers apologize for something and try to fix it. It should be commended. If anyone does anything good it should be commended.
@@r.r.4674 lol stfu, doing something good shouldn't involve sucking themselves off for a few minutes in a video to show how morally mighty they are
First two camps dragged. The game really blossoms once you reach iron mikes
Agreed. Iron mike's story really was one of the best! Copeland and tucker were boring af :D
@Daniel Tavizon but then the whole driving to lost lake with boozeman.... soldiers eyes?
I just arrived at Iron Mikes last night! I didn’t mind the first two camps. I’m so angry with myself that I listened to the reviews for this game, I remember watching the E3 demo and losing my mind. When the game came out and saw the reviews, I passed on it :(
der schatten Hell yeah. That’s the moment I knew I was playing something special.
Finished iron Mike and is was very bad. Predictable, bad story with annoying characters. Are people playing different games than me? And the missions suck too.
The joy of fighting the massive hordes would have no impact if that's how the game started. It went from Resident Evil 2 to the best elements of Crackdown 2 in one game. It's an astounding achievement. This game was amazing in how it made a dozen enemies seem like a dangerous situation early-game, then by the end of the game I can take on entire hordes of 100+ enemies, thanks to the tools, weapons & strategies I had discovered & honed over time to get to that point.
I utterly disagree with your approach to how the game should have shown this element of itself sooner - it would of ruined the pace totally.
I fully agree with your statement. The feeling of despair in the beginning when you are faced with just a handful of zombos, to the satisfaction of the endgame hordes being wiped out with the tools you earned, just beautiful.
There's a difference between being given the tools from the beginning, to earning them by completing a task or two.
@@nixilis42 Exactly. I don't think the pacing was a problem with the game, I really enjoyed it overall.
The game had other issues - I hated how rapidly melee weapons broke, it felt TOO gamified to fit the looting game mechanic. Especially when playing on harder difficulties, I had to get a new baseball bat... every 2 enemies killed. It just made melee weapons un-fun and mostly pointless - they weren't very lethal, but they were very expensive, and very fragile. Terrible balance for that mechanic
Agreed 100%. My only issue is that they introduced 'horde-ready' weapons too abruptly. You go from being nearly useless against them to being ready for action in moments, essentially. And because those horde weapons were so powerful and had so much ammo, it also kind of trivialized much of the rest of the game as well. I think if I replay the game, I'm gonna see how I fare without unlocking the ammo upgrade perk.
@@maynardburger
Honestly, you can take on all but the biggest hordes as you go through the game normally. Clearing ambush camps and towns gives you more than enough supplies/explosives to take out most of an early game horde. Then you can pick off the stragglers with your pistol and crossbow. Once you get a basic assault rifle from tuckers camp, your pretty much home free to kill every horde in the early-mid game. Everytime my inventory fills up with supplies, I go seek out a horde to use them up.
Now when I play through a new game, even on hard 2, I take out every horde almost as soon as I encounter them. Sometimes I go clear a camp for supplies first, then go take them out.
Agreed. I hated the motor bike re fueling but that what kept me going to upgrade my bike. same goes for the horde. Earlier I flee when I saw a horde so I focused on the infestation and other tasks but after playing the main mission horde I got confidence and after quite a while I manage to clear all horde without even thinking if I have enough resources or not.
I definitely disagree with the horde mechanic being the best thing about days gone, in my opinion the story is absolutely amazing throughout most of the game.
You have to admit, hunting hordes kept you coming back...
@@Lordnat1 Not for me atleast no. After I completed the game, I just loved riding the open roads and doing runs for camps etc.
Cincinnati Miller yeah for me, it fells like unfinished business 🤪
@@Lordnat1 ngl I found the hordes to be a novelty that wore off quickly. Attractor, bomb/Molotov, repeat, run, turn, shoot, repeat. Also, most of the hordes in the early areas were tiny. I felt the story was a much stronger part of the game than the hordes were
@@therealgamer8150 well sure, that mechanic was difficult to do especially that Gen and still has not been repeated on any game. Ya gatta appreciate the programming that went into it and enjoy something that no other game has, at that level. Ok so it was rinse repeat after ya got strong enough sure, early game it was shit your pants cause you didn't have jugs of fire. Yes the story was strong, not denying that.
You're probably the first reviewer I've seen that states the pacing is wrong. Having played through and working on the platinum now...I feel as though the pacing is exactly how it should be. Once you pick up the napalm molotov the hordes become much more doable and you don't have to wait until the "end game." Although it close to the completion. Hordes are tough and it makes no sense to allow you to face them until you have about completed the campaign.
Platinum was fun.
This is my feeling too. For a large chunk of the game, Hordes are exactly what they would be in real life - something to stay the eff away from if you want to survive. Which makes it all the more satisfying when you put down the first one and revel in just how far you've come.
@@Nukem9999Agreed 100%
The reviewer didn't want to have to work for the win, he's pathetic.
Wait... I'm loving the first half of days gone, I'm gonna be in for a treat in the second half.
You sure will
The whole game is dope AF GOTY
yes you certainly are. I wish I hadn't finished it already. Crazy thing is I can dive back in and there's still shit to do
Hated it the first five or ten hours... Now I got the Platinum and hate that I can't experience it for the first time again
Yeah I found it a bit slow at the beginning but by the end of it I fucking love it. It’s definitely game of the year material
When the game first came out, I noticed that it was getting a large amount of hate online. For some reason, I decided to ignore all the reviews and commentary and just grinded through the game. Man, I'm glad I did; best game I've played in a good decade. I loved every minute of it.
Raging Furball just remember most critiques that are made by “experts” who don’t even play. The only good reviews are those by REAL gamers not supposed “experts”. I’m glad you gave it a chance and enjoyed it.
Lmao dude I'm still amazed at the reviews of this game, I personally give it a 9.5 and is my game of the yr so far. Y'all complain about the length but it works, it's a beautiful game all around. I was sad when I finished it and wanted more. Who wants to pay $60 for a 20 hr game, oh that's right ppl these days Don't know what real games are like
True that
I'm about 3/4 done, and I don't want it to end
Reviewers are like a bunch of ADHD children hopped up on Adderall. No attention span.
Shadow of morder wins game of the year, didn't even touch this game
"Just when I thought you couldn't get anymore stupid, you go and do something like this.... AND COMPLETELY REDEEM YOURSELF!!!" Lol
It's from Dumb & Dumber, just want to clarify... You know? When Lloyd sells the puppy truck for the moped? Lol Of course we all know Luke is one of the sharper tools in the shed.
It's actually "just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber"
1StopGameplayShop that makes sense... but hey, pretty good going by memory lol
Thanks Harry ;)
You mean you're telling me that you've had those extra pair of gloves this whole time?
The game was awesome. Didn't listen or watch any reviews cause those people dont play games anyway.
Eight minutes of: "Why I was wrong but it wasn't my fault".
And it's not even really correct. The 2nd half of the game isn't 'completely different' from the first half. It's not like hordes didn't exist in the first half of the game, you just couldn't take them on. The only thing that changes in the 2nd half is that you can. Which is notable, but it doesn't totally change everything about the experience. And in fact, it's for the better that you couldn't fight them initially and any encounters were about running away. You needed to feel afraid of them. If you could start taking them out early on, they'd have lost all impact two thirds of the way through, especially since the act of taking on a small horde isn't that much different from a larger one, you can just do it quicker.
@@maynardburger Exactly. There needs to be a sense of danger when you see them. Even when I was clearing all the hordes on the map I felt a sense of danger since they are still superstrong if you lose focus for even a second.
@@maynardburger correct. He's full of shit and jumped on the journo bandwagon of hating this game.
The real failure was marketing the hordes at the forefront instead of the story and the sense of fear you have at the beginning of the game when you can barely do shit without dying if you're not careful.
I felt just like you, then the map opened up and I started having a lot of fun with it, this is a really good game.
Don't be in such a rush to get a review to market, or your credibility may slip towards that of IGN. Except that they would never dream of admitting that they messed up. Props.
They fucking doubled down on their bs with the vid after the review.
I disagree with so many IGN reviews 😳
Ya they trashed this game, the comments are hilarious
I loved how terrifying the hordes are early game. Running into them unexpectedly and having to hide and/or run from them gave me some actual scary moments with great tension.
For me this game was fantastic the moment I turned it on, I Never felt bored like I did with other open world games like spider man, or assassins creed games. All missions and side quests offered in this game were very well tied to the main plot and never felt like I had to grind just to get 100%. Every single moment for me in this game was fun not once did I do a quest or mission where I felt bored but still had to do it. For me this game is in the top three games off all time. And a huge bonus was the length of the game, paying $60 for a 10-20 hour game is too much, I felt this game was worth every penny. Amazing story, amazing open world, amazing characters, and great sense of progression.
Edit: and your comment about taking hordes on right at the start, I disagree, seeing a horde early in the game freaked me out and I ran for my life, and I was scared of the horde and that fear really made the world scary, and that was the point.
Yes same when I saw a horde I ran as far as I can to my bike which is the point and really makes the players scared
And that jump scares tho those were terrifying , I am at 4hrs in the game , the mission where Tucker tells to bring bounty for the first time , so far it’s good
The fact that they're able to have 500+ enemies on the screen at the same time and chasing you is INCREDIBLY impressive. It's one of my favorite games from this entire generation.
Yeah the Engine is pretty impressive, i kinda want to know how optimised their models are or how many Polys one Freaker have
I could have told you that!...
matter of fact... I did :D
General kenboi
Imagine “fully” reviewing a game the day that it comes out
Ez just play that Bic for 80 hours in 12 hours
Imagine having to wait for a full thoughtful review. Customers will wait for quality dont feed them shit over and over and claim it's because you have to be the first to review a game.
Like being a food critique and o ly eating the potatoes and saying the steak was terrible. Its completely ridiculous and people like this guy should not exist or have a job doing this.
Some reviewers got an early copy from game companies mostly 5-3 days before release, that's common thing, or pre-ordering might give u early access too
Worst bro, they're doing it again with death stranding before the release date.
I like that it builds up to fighting the hoard. You spend the first half of the game running from it and avoiding it, then all the sudden you power up and can start tackling then
He was ‘insulted by its mediocrity’.
How on earth he gets through a day after getting up in the morning and looking in the mirror I’ll never know.
This why you should always finish the game because its clear most of the reviewers never finished the game..
I had tons of fun w the game, ofc it had little bugs/glitches/frame drops etc. here & there but I didn’t mind it, cause I had so much fun & couldn’t put my controller down until I 100% everything
This
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Wow, was this like the first video game with zombies you've ever played? Or like your first video game?
ManBitesDog neither
I like the slow unfolding of a story along with the characters progress. For my son of 12 on the other hand, who is used to play ADHD-type games such as Fortnite this game is not fast enough by far. He wants to take on the big hordes within 10 minutes of the game. I realy like to feel out the environment en to 'grow' into this post-apocalyptic scene. The first 10hrs the freakers scared me a LOT and I love that. Gradually the Deacon's abilities and my nerves get stronger to take on bigger and bigger challenge. As a company owner and dad of 4! I rarely have time to play, so a few hours per week playtime is the max I can squeeze out of my schedule. After 20+ hours I took on my first hordes this week and I love it.
I 'm emotionally not ready for the saw-mill horde yet.
Some minor points of critique are:
- Deacon is a mouse to the cat until I arrived at the camp in crater lake and was suddenly able to buy weapons that are 10x better than what I had. That made it too easy for a while.
- When I got the tour from Cpt. Kouri where Deacon say his wife's name is Beth (or something), behind him there's the best melee weapon of the game. Bam, no more searching. And that's sad.
- I never have to fear entering a house or a building. There are never freakers or enemies inside. I would love to have a freaker jumping my back while scavening the kitchen. :-)
I’d love to see what became of Capt Khouri in a DLC. I thought he was a solidly written and developed character and deserves some more screen time as a non NPC.
Me to he had an interesting arc as a former soldier and he full well knows that this little army he’s apart of is all a show.
I also want to see more of O'Brian for me he was such a greatly written character because at the start I thought he was pointless and gave stupid tasks but at the end I felt pity for him it was truly fuckin amazing
I see the sequel as you collaborating with O'Brien to help Sarah's research, searching for Khouri and or joining forces with him, helping to secure more of the surrounding area and bring more people together to defeat the hordes and possibly another crazy group leader. Maybe a couple of character switch missions like Joel and Ellie in The Last of US? I can honestly see this title going 4-6 games deep
Absolutely must have a sequel or at least a big DLC. There are many unanswered questions and plot lines to take up again.
Just goes to show that a person should never prematurely judge anything before completing whatever they start.
I'm glad that you realised that and worked to rectify it and for that you have my respect
"I owe Sony Bend an apology" - Review Tech USA
I loved every second of the game exept the frame rate drop
Wanna know a fun fact? Deacons pupils change depending on the time.
His pupils grow at night-time and shrink at day-time.
I also shot a sleeping bag and feathers flew out everywhere. The devil is in the details
And so will yours so who cares
I thought you were Downward Thrust for a sec when i saw that title 😂
Clean Prince Gaming for me, actually I only clicked on this video just so I could hear whatever excuse was being used this time.
DAYS GONE BY DIDNT JUST DIE IT WAS MURDERED
Days Gone was dope as hell. I think you wanted to be Rambo against hordes from the get go before you learned to fear and respect the mechanic. The pacing was good.
You were definitely full of yourself in your initial analysis of the game. But good to see you changed your opinion. Respect!!! Lol
The guy is 1000% accurate. I almost gave up 5 hrs into it. I know excatly what hes saying. Stop being a fan boy
@@massish1010 fanboy??of what? I could care less about that type of thing. But thanks for your input. Doors that way...use it
@@massish1010 nah, game is awesome
@@massish1010 he just admitted that he was wrong and he's 1000% accurate? Play the game nigga
I agree
I'm not sure how far through I am...(not long tackled my first Breaker) ... I wasn't sure at first but since I've become a part of Iron Mike's camp I feel the game has started turning up a level. Cant wait to keep working through
I kinda liked the way it starts out slow and in time introduced the different physics and elements in the game, and if you take your time to do everything start out on hard and explore all the side missions the game really opens up and last forever .
The first 1/4 of the game feels like it's gonna become fetch quests throughout the story but luckily most fetch quests were unique enough to continue the story. Then after you come to a certain part where you start to learn about the hordes, backstory behind this disease, get new enemy types and the story unfolds it becomes amazing.
I took my time with days gone. Just finished the campaign now. Loved every minute of it. However if I had to play it all at once I wouldn’t feel that way. I think it’s the type of game you need to take your time with. Great game.
No interest in taking n the hordes personally. I prefer the stealth play myself. (AC player).
It has levelling. The game is tame to start so you can get the skills and obtain the weapons and equipment, too then take on the hordes.
This is hands down the highest graphically advanced open world game I have ever seen. I don't understand why nobody is talking bout that. 💯
I see you haven't heard of red dead 2
LOL this pales in comparison to RDR 2 or even the 2 year old Horizon Zero Dawn, GRAPHICALLY..
Lol you guys.. I have ALL the games. But just got free to play Days Gone now luckily under the 1.21 patch. And yes Red Dead is insanity! But that's just it. Nothing else can be said being better in comparison. I always had a preference to the naughty dog style graphics after uncharted 4 and for an open world to look like an oil painting at every area I put the photo mode on, this is one of the top ones graphically out there in this category surprisingly just made by the few people at Bend Studios next to RDR2 by the billion dollar company. At the end of the day what matters is the realism of the graphics. Horizon/FC5 came close. But these two, hands down the only ones I felt that pulled it off at an open world. 💯
Even though every one is saying the same thing, I'm gonna say it anyways...HAVE YOU SEEN RDR2???
@@sh4unity204 I agree. I own all the games mentioned and prefer Days Gone graphically and I'm a graphic artist and photographer...... and successful at both.
if the hordes are decidedly an endgame thing then why not just enjoy the story till you are ready to take on the hordes 🤷🏻♂️
4dualshock Weird argument, reflecting the shortcomings of the game (keeping the most fun part at the very end, therefore forcing the player to play ~20 hours of gameplay he is not that interested in) onto the player and stating that its his fault for wanting something that has been marketed to him by the game sooner.
If you've ever played an MMO, you know that any game with large challenges (high level raids in WoW, gigantic hordes in Days Gone) will put that towards the end so the player can use the skills they've built up through playing in a satisfying way. It's called endgame content for a good reason.
@@hectormeneses9930 agreed, that's why you either don't see it in other story driven games, or it's to a lesser degree. I'm only saying that, since it does, it makes logical sense to put it later in the game.
@Bilbo Baggins I mean, he repeatedly goes out of his way to help others, with the girl he brings back to Tucker's camp (can't remember her name atm) being the best example.
@Bilbo Baggins you are absolutely right in everything you have said and it seems you and I are the exact same when it comes to games, and having said that I like games where you don't have everything at the start and you have to work your way up, it's seems like doesn't have the menta capacity or patience to play a game like days gone, the moment I saw this game ages ago I knew it was a game for me, it's definitely a unique one having said that, I have played many zombie survival games but none have had that same affect or the same immersive experience that days gone has, I played dead rising all of them and they are the more arcade type of zombie survival games but still that wasn't as fun as days gone, days gone makes you feel like your vulnerable and a single wrong move puts you straight down and That's what I like about it the most, the sense of endangerment is beyond anything I have played before well apart from doom the first dome games and fear lol, but you know what I mean, the quality could have been slightly better but that's not something that's new though, because let's be honest here 95% of the games coming out now require day 1 patch, anyways this game is only for those who have patience.
Thank you for continuing to play the game and making this video. God bless you sir.
I have just started playing Day's Gone and I am having fun with the game so far. I have not encountered any major bugs or glitches As of yet and my impressions are positive so far
First 10 hours
Critics: ight imma head out
Your theater analogy is... off lol
20-25 hours into a 35 hour game is the “1st act” ?
Analogies aside, I am not sure a game should require more than 25 hours of mediocrity and technical issues to get to 20 hours of good game.
His point was he thought he had enough time to be able to tell that he wouldn't enjoy the rest of the game
Yeah, of course, that doesn't make a game rise much from the mediocrity of slogging through the story. At least another game of this ilk in Rage 2, had awesome game play. There is no Redemption in the final stages of this game anyways. The Zombie hordes were never going to be more then a quaint distraction in 2019.
Absolutely agree
It shouldn't, but reviewers shouldnt post reviews if they didn't evaluate the product in its entirety
Final Fantasy 13 feelings.
I respect your decision to admit when you were wrong. But on the other hand, any game that takes 20 hours to become good is a no go for me. That's a huge flaw in the developmemt if you can't create investment within a reasonable amount of time
Crazelord91 couldn’t agree more. Days gone’s story isn’t anything out of the ordinary too. I think the most fun i had playing the game was just riding the bike. During different weather was also very cool. If only it hadn’t dropped fps every 10 seconds
It's interesting how one of the worst things about the game is the hardware on which it runs - this is an exclusive title, you'd think that'd make them place an emphasis on everything running smoothly to show off the hardware's capabilities. Why is this even a fucking exclusive? NOBODY is going to buy a Playstation JUST to play this fucking game - it's not a franchise and title with any clout. Nor is it technically that amazing. So why? What were they fucking thinking?
@@huskytzu7709 Yah, weird how the framerate struggles so much on a game specifically designed for the system
@@fuzzydunlop7928 I guess it's bc Sony funded and comissioned the game. I don't know why it wasn't better optomized though
@BigBarda These are Luke Stephen's words that the first 20 hours of the game were not that great and riddled with technical issues but that the last 10 hours were great. Well then that still means it took 20 hours for the game to "get good". That's way too much time to wait for a piece of entertainment to get good and.... entertain you.
I swore off this game after playing the first ten or so hours and I waited a year to give it another shot and after just in the last few days I realize that days gone really is a gem
This game is criminally underrated.
I haven’t played Days Gone but I really respect the fact that you spent an entire video correcting your mistake and clarifying your position. Well done.
A bad review due to a bad first half is as valuable as a full review because different people will value each. I'm not going to trudge through a game for 15 hours to start having fun. Some people will.
Was fun from start to finish and if you haven't played it then you have missed a real gem.
People with no life will certainly play even for 40 hours before reaching the "good part"(which most of the time isn't really that good anyway).
Playing it on PS5 at 60fps is a treat. Loving it so far.
This is the same argument that final fantsay 13 got play through the first terrible half and then its good....i just dont have the patience for that.
I loved the first half, i loved the second half, i loved the ending, i loved the soundtrack, i love the GAME
So is your thing just saying a game is disappointing before actually playing it and then actually playing it and making a “I was wrong” video?
CleanPrinceGaming Jr.!
After watching all the reviews, then waiting a long ass time to play the game. I couldn't understand where the hate was coming from. I guess it was different in the beginning. It sure kicks ass now
Its a hidden gem. So much so people are signing a petition for a sequel. My critique to the people who played 15 hours of the game and hated on it is that the game is clearly a story driven game and was painting a picture for you from beginning to end.
Sure, a game should be fun to play all through out but this game specifically is about story telling and it delivered.
I give this game a 9/10... And I'm still in the first half.
I get why some people give up before a game's completion, but professional reviews should NEVER take that route. Days Gone is a great game marred by technical hiccups and less than stellar pacing, but what's there is definitely a treat.
If days gone is considered a “great game” does that make mediocre games masterpieces
Admire you for doing this video, takes courage and strength. I first heard about Days Gone I think about three years before its release. Followed its progress and learned all I could gather. So for me at least I wasn't surprised when I finally got to play the game that I would not be strong or well enough equipped to immediately or even after some time take on hordes. I think this makes for a better game. Really felt i'd earned my stripes when I was able to take down my first horde. Love the game. No, its not perfect but I've yet to find a game that is. Day's Gone delivers what it promised, from the day I first heard of it a few years ago.
There was that moment about 1/3 through the game when I mustered the courage to take my first horde, and that was the moment I realized I loved the game. After that it got better and better. It’s a great game, so glad I gave it a 2nd chance.
It’s reviewers like you that prevented a sequel for this game. I tried this game and it was brillant. Apology is too late.
I have to agree with what you're saying.
However I stuck at the game and now I can take on hordes.
This game is fantastic 👌
One of the best games I have played in a very very long time!
I passed on this game at launched due to bad reviews. Now I just finished this game since it was added to PlayStation now, and I agree that the first third of the game was a little rough, the story was not and once you saved Lisa and that story got underway and then taking Boozer to Lost Lake I was all in at that point! The song playing while taking Boozer and the whole lost Lake part of the game was great. By the time I left lost lake I was so pissed I had passed on this game for so long. It made my top 5.
I really appreciate your candor & well thought out positions. I felt that even with the issues with Days Gone it was a very cool game with a slow start. Novels & "art house" films are the same in that it takes awhile to get going.
It takes balls to admit you were quick to judge the game, but you are right about the frame rate issues & many other things that bog the experience down. What excites me is the possibility of further games with this IP where Sony Bend Studios fixes the issues with the game and creates a really great sequel.
Im confused, he said he beat the game about 2-3 times in his review, and here he said he jumped to conclusion/asumed. Did you lie? did you not beat the game before you made the review?
this seems common. many players only dove in for a few hours before forming their ultimate opinion. Good open world games need time to marinate
Reminds me of RDR2. I hated the first couple of hours. Then fell in love with it
I can tell you why: the first half of the game is designed to make you fear the hordes...this is not serious sam or doom...the hordes are moving and are not shown on the map initially because they should inflict fear of even roaming. You encounter them by mistake and after your first death, you will be carefull when you see or hear one. It's not a bug, it's a feature
None of those glitches has ever happened to me, what console or PC do you use
3:07 that was a smooth edit
Although maybe unintentional
Days Gone held my attention the whole way. I'm pretty impressed that they held off on the horde fights til so late in the game. The game switches gears and becomes fresh again at that point. The final battles and ending are the only somewhat weak points for me.
Quick question, if I’m at the part where boozer gets his knife attachment for his arm, how far do you think I am in the game percentage wise?
You've got a whole other map to unlock still
Thanks for revisiting this, one of my favorites.
It's a really great game, and I'm torn that there's no sequel.
I like the early game where you fear the horde and look forward to being able to take them later. It's a core roleplaying element, the building of a character to power.
The writing, acting, character development, sound design, soundtrack, art design, environment, animations, all excellent. The details make for a truly immersive tapestry.
The plot I call "local epic"; events are of utmost importance to the characters who are striving to save their little piece of the apocalypse, not the world, and that's pretty endearing, really.
Rather than wishing for something half the length, I'd rather it was double what it is. I was thrilled that the story continued when I thought it was going to end, and after it was over, it left me with a longing that great games do to be able to continue making a difference in this world.
I think Sony made a mistake not allowing Bend to do a sequel or at least some DLC. We need to see what happens with NERO and Kouri, and we've got to see that puppy grow up. I read they're working on another game using Days Gone systems--different game, but, I'll be there for it.
I felt this same way as I was making my way through BioShock for the first time. I started to get board of the game then BOoM mind blown. Had to play it again right away. Now it's one of my favorite games.
Haha I only finished Bioshock a couple days ago after over ten years! First started it on the 360, then have had the full collection on X1 for a few years lol! Interestingly, the 3rd Bioshock one kept my attention better, I finished it pretty quick on the 360 years back. The first one just seems to go forever.
i thought tucker was actually a great character. Didnt have a problem with her voice acting either. My problem with the voice acting all came from the bizarre outbursts fro. Deacon. Something was off with the directing there.
LOL yes the outbursts were weird and also didn’t like when cope would go on the radio to talk and Deacon always had to be “extra” angry and yell about what cope said.
This is why reviews shouldn't be done before completing a game
Super happy to see you finished the game and went through! I felt the same for the first couple hours
But for some reason world changed once the back half kicked in
Take dislike for reviewing a game before finishing it.
Like the video though
I loved this game so much the story was so worth the money.
Yea, wasted this storyline on a video game...I wish it was a movie...my game of the year candidate also
Gonna be honest it’s a pretty generic story. What do you guys like so much about it? Just wondering.
Welcome to adulthood! One of my BIGGEST lessons I've learned and try to teach is to not jump the gun. It's better to be accurate than first if you want respect!
Shut up
I just got done playing the game and I think it was damn good! There definitely were problems with the pacing and glitches. But personally I think the good outdoes the bad and the relationship between boozer and Deacon was probably one of the things I loved the most
I thought it trash too until I kept playing through turned out to be my second favorite game of the year
Ive been Xbox all my life and Finally getting a Ps4 Seeing all these PS Exclusives Really sucks.. not no Mo
i felt it was very clear why hordes were introduced later. Naratively they are an impossible foe, nobody messes with them, so when it comes time when you are forced to face one down it feels like a BIG deal, a turning point in the story
Hi Luke, just discovered your channel, love it. Just a quick response to the video.
Having brought the original playstation on the day of release, for some reason subsequent consoles, ie the PS2 & PS3 didn't excite me like that first brilliant machine. Roll on XBOX & HALO and I was hooked and very happy with my choice of console. Ah how I remember the days of NINTENDO V's SAGA , I'm 59 btw. Then I watched the E3 of Days Gone and it blew me away. So much so I brought a PS4 just to play this game. It had me hooked from start to finish, I could not get enough and with the virtually go anywhere you want open world sandbox. I was happy as a pig in sh1t. The only thing that winds me up, Deacon constantly talking about coming back later to blah blah blah. It's still a game I play regularly and aling with TLOU2 is the reason I have upgraded to the PS5 and brought an all singing, all dancing TV to play them on. I have even set my own challenge , Google Days Gone a new and tougher challenge for the details. It's pretty challenging if I say so myself. Here's another for you mount your bike and hunt down and kill three bears, it's that simple. Trust me you will have one hell of an Adventure. This game is superb and a challenge to complete. The fact you can finish the game and still have plenty to do and that you can resporn enemies , is outstanding.
Days gone is a awesome game I loved it day one.
i've finished the game, i don't think the developers did though.
krankyman I think you mean the reviewers not the developers.
6:50 idk why people jump into RPGs and open world games expecting immediate resolution and gratification within the first hour or so of the game. Take red dead 2 for example, the game starts slow because it has to set the tone and introduce a multitude of characters and events. Do you really think that if Red Dead 2 was just a couple of missions and then arthur and micah fight on the mountain and arthur dies 5 hours into the game that it would have been praised so highly? Open world games are a commitment, its like reading a book, you gotta read through 500 pages or so to get to the end so that the full story is recognized and the ending makes sense. In my opinion Days Gone has great pacing and the first few hours are slow because the devs knew that you wouldnt be ready to take on the full force of a horde without being a fairly experienced player. Also it gives you time to endear yourself towards Deacon and Boozer so that in the later game you care about the emotions, struggles, plot twists, because theres always that one reviewer (who plays about 20 minutes of the game) that says "the ending would have been great if we even cared about these characters by this point." My advice to everyone is DO NOT buy a game based on critic reviews. TH-camrs dont read hate comments because it can be hurtful and makes them wonder why they keep going. Critic reviews are the epitome of hateful youtube comments for Developers. If you see a game that looks interesting, buy it without a second thought, play it from start to finish and form your own opinion. And if the game is bad oh well you at least gave it a shot, but if the game is incredible and you love it to death, then thats something you can only recieve by taking that leap and making a decision on your own without the Critic reviews by people that glorify First person shooters and Battle Royales and when they're forced to play an Open world game they play maybe 2 hours max and write about how shit of a game it is so that they can go back to reviewing the games that they like playing. All critics are biased so form your own opinions.
Im about 3 hours in but the shooting is awful. Does it get better later on?
Ya I can't figure out why people hate this game so much. I am 100% addicted to it! Glad you gave it another chance 👍
I respectfully disagree with you. To me the pacing of the game is near perfect. People just want this game to be another World War Z .
the key was missing where do I find more keys
I love the fact that I can't kill the hordes at first. It really emphasize the harsh world of the game (that and the fact that I'm playing on the hardest difficulty and no upgrade to life). And then you got that pride and accomplishment feeling when you finally can do it.
While I appreciate your apology we expect better. This is what major review company’s do and can severely hurt a games chance by not completely it. This game it’s a good 7-8 out of 10
I love this game there's nothing wrong with how long it is glitches and all!!!
I can't agree with your conclusion about pacing. I was glued to this game, came into it with no expectations and loved every second of it.
I'm on my 4th playthrough now, about halfway through with Peaceful Lake and it seems like I'm just blasting through, right up until I bump into a horde by accident...
The pacing was *all* about telling the story, building the suspense, sucking you into that world so that when you were called in to take on a horde you were absolutely certain you were going to die. I honestly figured it was one of those missions where the goal was to fail so they could change the arch of the story.
The worst thing about Days Gone is that there isn't a Days Gone 2.
I’ve just finished playing, I’ve wanted to play for a while but was put off by the reviews. However since most of the world is currently locked down I figured this was a good time to give it ago, especially now it’s discounted on the PS Store. I didn’t enjoy the game at first, but I stuck with it (seeing as there’s not much else to do) and I’m glad I did. I think once you get better kit, it becomes more fun. I was slightly disappointed with the glitches and bugs, I think as a PS exclusive these should have been dealt with prior to release. Playing in 2020 with the latest patch releases and there’s still a lot of bugs. All that said, I hope they make a sequel!
So the game SORT OF redeems itself at the end, but for me a game is required to be fun almost all the way through, so having to tredge through hours of mediocre gameplay to get to the good stuff isn't a selling point for me. Perhaps if this game ever goes on a ridiculous sale (or free on ps plus), then i'd be willing to give it a go.
I have no hard feelings against this game, it's all about saving money on a game that would frustrate me and instead spending that money on something that won't.
Eh, I don't need instant gratification all the way through like a Call of Duty game. I think Kingdom Come is a good example - the game kicked my fucking ass for the first ten hours but I could tell that there was a good, fun experience underneath if I was willing to put in the time. The problem of Day's Gone is that it gives no indication of a larger or deeper experience beyond the opening acts. It's a surprise, a welcome one - but a surprise that a lot of gamers lack the patience to stumble upon and that's the fault of the developer's for not dropping bread crumbs that indicate something greater.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 Oh when it comes to games i don't need instant gratification, but i do however need the game to be overall enjoyable in its gameplay so that i enjoy the core of playing games which would be playing them.
So when a significant amount of people imply that the game doesn't become enjoyable until the end, i am much less likely to see the worth, unless to me the gameplay looks enjoyable enough to last me all the way, which this doesn't.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 Days Gone is also decidedly NOT an RPG. I expect the beginning of an RPG to be a slog. You have to build up your character prior to being able to do anything cool. But this? Days Gone is story-driven, and if the story is just alright and the gameplay isn't great, why would any player continue to play?
@@RemixerUltimate Tbh, I'm not sure if the RPGs are becoming more simplistic or the other genres are becoming more 'RPG-lite' these days. Perhaps it's the worst of both worlds.
@@RemixerUltimate Also, we're basically in agreement I think. You basically came to the same conclusion I did in my comment, but the beginning of your comment kinda reads like a retort to my own so I'm not sure if I'm misconstruing your point.
For me the game is well paced and it is amazing that after 20 or so hours you still have new mechanics to show.
Honestly, I was glad to find out I couldn't mow the hordes down from the start. The limited weaponry, short focus time and amount of damage that Freaks could do made me appreciate how deadly shit could get at a moment's notice if I wasn't paying attention or just blasting away with abandon. I respected the hordes and when I finally took one of the smaller groups of 60 or so down, I felt good about it. Having them be so easily toppled would dissolve any tension the world of Days Gone has, imo. So the slower scaling to be able to take them on...not a problem for me. Glad you stuck in and found some enjoyment in it. :)
Great video! Glad you finished the game and updated your options. Solid breakdown!