Such a great game

[iriihutoR84]

1 hour ago, sealightbreeze said:

Actually, it does. They opted for that one instead. I DID buy the game at full price. Besides, that is a really bad marketing strategy. More likely to piss people off with that thinking

 

1 hour ago, sealightbreeze said:

I really wish that they would release a sequel. I know a few months ago they wanted to. But opted to remake The Last Of Us instead. Still hoping for a sequel soon 

 

Sony Bend is working on a new IP. They had a team helping Naughty Dog with an upcoming multiplayer game, possibly tied to The Last of Us (Factions) but they had nothing to do with the remake for The Last of Us. That was Sony's Visual Arts Service Group's initiative and had nothing to do with Bend.

[dieselmanchild]

1 hour ago, I-Reaped-U said:

TLOU remake has nothing to do with Days Gone sequel. It just didn’t sell enough at launch. As the former director for the game recently said in an interview if you want a sequel, then buy a game at full price. Waiting for a sale doesn’t do them any good. 

If the former director wants people to buy his game’s at launch, perhaps he should have put more effort into launching a polished, bug free game.

 

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved Days Gone. But a big part of the reason it didn’t do as well as it should have was because initial reviews were lacklustre, in part because of the rampant bugs, glitches, and graphical problems that gave off an impression of an unfinished and untested game.

 

It’s really a damn shame too. Like I said earlier in this thread, I was aware of the reception of this game at launch and wasn’t that interested in it as a result. When I finally got around to buying a copy and playing it, this game surprised me as one of the best PS4 exclusives out there and one of the most fun platinum journeys I’ve had to date.

 

In retrospect I really think this game could have done much better than it did. It took people awhile to catch on, but now that they have I think it definitely deserves a sequel. I would buy Days Gone 2 at launch without question.

[AJ_Radio]

This game is still sitting on my backlog. I’m having to pick between Days Gone and Watch Dogs as my next big open world game. I may just pick Days Gone. 
 

But here’s the thing. If this former director wanted his product to sell better, then he should of focused more on polishing the game. Take care of those apparent glitches and bugs. Hire some play testers to play the game months in advance. Having that input helps out tremendously. 
 

I paid full price for Assassin’s Creed Origins, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, God of War 2018 and Marvel’s Spider-Man. The full $60 price tag for each, plus an additional $20 - 40 for the Season Pass for all except God of War, because that doesn’t have one. 
 

I was skeptical on Days Gone, so I waited until the end of 2019. Bought it for $20 off of eBay. 
 

These developers hold just as much blame for releasing half assed products. You release a game in a shitty state, people are going to catch word of it on social media and find other games. Just look at what happened to Cyberpunk 2077. 
 

Video games, like most everything else, have become corporatized. I’m thankful that Days Gone has free DLC, but that doesn’t change the initial reception that many people didn’t think too highly of this game when it released. 
 

Putting resources into a The Last of Us remake couldn’t be any more pointless.

[xh117]

Just started Days Gone and I think if they had delayed the game to be a ps5 launch title it would have done so much better. This game kinda feels like the Mad Max game but a lot more fun to play. Deacon sounds like a psychopath when he talks to himself though lol I recognized his voice actor because he sounded like Starkiller.

[VisibleBanana]

I really enjoyed this game when it came out. The only criticism I agreed with was the slow start (didn't get great for me until 20-30 hours in) and the fact that you don't fight your first horde until pretty late in the game. The characters were a little cliché, but I thought they had some charm and the game was fun as hell. Looking forward to replaying this on PS5 on my new profile. ?

[FocusDR]

I loved this game, slow paced or fast paced, lots of equipment or hardly any.. this game was so enjoyable from start to finish. I’d play this again for sure if it got a new trophy list for PS5 ??

[the1andonly654]

Same here. It's one of those games that I want to replay with a new trophy list and one that I keep rewatching some cutscenes from, from time to time. And the only game that made me like characters I strongly disliked at first. Also, Lisa's story... Gets me every time. Really hoping for a sequel at some point. 

[LastMinuteSavior]

55 minutes ago, the1andonly654 said:

Lisa's story... Gets me every time.

 

Nah, Lisa is the very worst part of the game.

 

She worked exactly like those unimportant mute background characters in The Walking Dead that outta nowhere are suddenly important to the plot because... reasons.

 

Oh man... and talk about misery porn. Just horrible writing.

 

Don't get me wrong though, I could already go for another playthrough 'cause the gameplay is dope.

 

[TrophyChief]

Loved the game and miss it. Good and fun experience. Encourage others to play and be their own judge. A Days Gone sequel may not be soon but mark my words it will be revisited sometime in the future. 

[Kessarath]

Never, ever ... Not even one time did I use Fast Travel in my first playthrough (on Normal).

Amazing game. I'm now finishing wiping out the hordes in post game and starting Survival II on NG +,... and I still feel the excitement of playing Days Gone.

[lilpain97]

Personally this games become a snooze fest rather quickly for me, the story is pretty damn bad so far and is seriously starting to drag. The gameplay is too generic as well, it gets boring driving around from camp to camp killing really dumb AI ( I started on survival 2 thinking it would at at least make them smarter or harder ) to a point encounters are as simple as run, roll and shoot ( as in you don't really need cover as you can abuse the slow mo bs or even with cover abuse it and shoot through walls ). The stealth makes it even easier as they will blindly walk over to you or you can roll into them for quick easy stealth kills seeing as the roll doesn't produce sound and the AI lack any sort of ears or eyes. The hordes were fun for around the first few but they also suffer the same fate as the normal humans... Extremely dumb AI. However all that said, I do think Sony should have let them do a second as they could of took these negatives and made the second a better game. There's definitely some good here but I pretty much agree with the 6s and 7s it was getting. 

[Anordinarybloke]

4 minutes ago, Kessarath said:

Never, ever ... Not even one time did I use Fast Travel in my first playthrough (on Normal).

Amazing game. I'm now finishing wiping out the hordes in post game and starting Survival II on NG +,... and I still feel the excitement of playing Days Gone.

Playing on Survival mode made me realise how much i took the fast travel for granted. I get the reason why they made it that way, but my goodness did it increase playtime significantly. 

 

Nice to see that this game is ageing well considering the bad reviews at launch.

[Durandart]

Started the game last week and man, i love it, such a great game. 
It was a long time on my List, great to play it for free on PS5 too, the World is beautiful and the gameplay works fine.

Story starts to begin slowly, im looking forward what happens, at the moment i have the same problem like in all other Games like this, i'm on my way to the next Quest etc. and have to check every single thing on the side ?

[espjh2]

I'll keep it short. I put off playing the game because of the reviews. How wrong they were. Thoroughly enjoyed the game.

[JoesusHCrust]

I really liked the game. I’ve got no idea why the game got so much criticism when it first came out. 
 

my only complaint is the awful challenges that got tacked on after launch. An open world narrative game like Days Gone needs a hard challenge mode like I need a hornet sting in my face! 

[OBSTINATIO]

7 minutes ago, JoesusHCrust said:

I really liked the game. I’ve got no idea why the game got so much criticism when it first came out. 
 

my only complaint is the awful challenges that got tacked on after launch. An open world narrative game like Days Gone needs a hard challenge mode like I need a hornet sting in my face! 

 

Haha, tastes are different I guess: For me the challenge mode was my favorite part of the game. And since it is not part of the main game and therefore not connected to the narrative at all, I think it is a great addition to the game experience. Especially since the gameplay/mechanics in Days Gone are very good compared to other openworld titles out there, making the challenges  a great test of skills after playing the main game for 50+ hours. 

Edited September 13, 2022 by OBSTINATIO

[redscarf20]

Days Gone is so underrated.

I love all the little details in the world, half the fun is just exploring and looking at stuff. Reminded me of the time I spent in the post-apocalyptic New York city in The Division because similar to this game, there were just so many intricate little details to the enviroment you could immerse yourself into the game.

 

My only negative for this game is I have never disliked the protagonist so much for a game's story before. Even characters that were created to be assholes like the trio in GTA V or even Abby from TLoU2 were charming in their own way and likable by games end.