Days Gone

kunst nugget

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

First review out from Pure PlayStation

https://pureplaystation.com/review-days-gone-ps4/2019/04/

8.7/10

Lot of people on Reddit giving out about it being spoilerific so you might want to keep it in mind before reading it.

I just read the pros and cons at the end. They praise the story, character depth and gameplay mix but say there's a few too many minor technical issues and gun strafing is clunky.

kunst nugget

There would be a serious caveat with that review in that they said they bought the game so they didn't have to worry about the embargo which is a bit of a head scratcher considering the game is only released tomorrow. I know some people had started getting their pre-orders in the past yesterday but it would hardly give you time to do a full campaign in that time.

Zero-Cool

6.5 from ign and 5 from GameSpot :pac: I had seen GameSpot's preview and they really really didn't like it from the off so wasn't expecting much but a 5 might be a bit harsh.

Easy allies 7.5
GamesRadar - 3.5/5
Destructoid - 6
Nextgenbase - 8.5
Push Square - 7

Currently 71 on metacritic

Reviews are in

26 positive
16 mixed

Looks to be as expected 7/10 or 8/10 average

Zero-Cool

I don't think anyone was expecting this to compete with god of war, last of us, Spiderman. Still really looking forward to lashing into this in the morning

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1121386468499496960?s=19

super_furry

Not too promising from Eurogamer - 'A shallow copy of many better open-world action games'

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-04-25-days-gone-review-a-shallow-copy-of-many-better-open-world-action-games

JimBurnley

7.1 at the moment from 45 reviews. Main gripe seems to be technical issues/bugs, if these are fixed with the pending updates then arguably actual score effectively closer to 8. Either way, looking forward to giving it a blast tomorrow & the weekend!

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/days-gone/critic-reviews

Retr0gamer

I think the main gripe is just how bland it is.

Zero-Cool

Dying Light is sitting at 74% on MC, lot of the big sites giving it a 70's rating and that was one of the best games I played this gen so not too worried.

Will see myself anyway if the missions get tedious and drawn out. Only thing that's worrying me is the story length, seems very long for this kind of game but I'll see how it goes.

FAILSAFE 00

Zero-Cool wrote: »

6.5 from ign and 5 from GameSpot :pac: I had seen GameSpot's preview and they really really didn't like it from the off so wasn't expecting much but a 5 might be a bit harsh.

Easy allies 7.5
GamesRadar - 3.5/5
Destructoid - 6
Nextgenbase - 8.5
Push Square - 7

Currently 71 on metacritic

Yikes.

I am optimistic though. Give it a few months and there will be something here worthy of an 8/10.

I wouldn't rush out to get this one, time is the best healer.

Daraa

super_furry wrote: »

Not too promising from Eurogamer - 'A shallow copy of many better open-world action games'

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-04-25-days-gone-review-a-shallow-copy-of-many-better-open-world-action-games

I know its not getting reviewed "amazingly" in other reviews but i'd wonder how open a mind this person went in with when the review starts off with "From the moment I first heard about Days Gone, I wondered about its reason for existing."

super_furry

Yeah I'd almost be more willing to give it a go if it were a shorter game - something like The Order 1888 didn't review brilliantly but was a fun, short, quick blast that I really enjoyed. It hard to commit yourself to a big open world game that could take up 60 hours of your life if it's not a great game.

kunst nugget

super_furry wrote: »

Yeah I'd almost be more willing to give it a go if it were a shorter game - something like The Order 1888 didn't review brilliantly but was a fun, short, quick blast that I really enjoyed. It hard to commit yourself to a big open world game that could take up 60 hours of your life if it's not a great game.

I thought The Order was pretty poor myself even with its short length

kunst nugget

Daraa wrote: »

I know its not getting reviewed "amazingly" in other reviews but i'd wonder how open a mind this person went in with when the review starts off with "From the moment I first heard about Days Gone, I wondered about its reason for existing."

I found the whole beginning of that review extraordinarily patronising.

Grumpypants

The game is great. It's like the last if us meets Dying light. I've spent the week with it and can't see any major technical issues bar an occasional jitter or daft AI. But no open world game gets this right. Its really hard to do. it gets so much right.

It looks amazing, the gameplay mechanic are great, the story and characters are great and the hordes are really well done.

I'm not finished it but a good 30-40 hours in and love every second of it. It's the first open world game that has me coming back for story not busy work.

The patch yesterday ramped it up and it's even better.

To be honest i knew those sites would give it a poor rating, after all the hero is a white man.

FAILSAFE 00

Grumpypants wrote: »

The game is great. It's like the last if us meets Dying light. I've spent the week with it and can't see any major technical issues bar an occasional jitter or daft AI. But no open world game gets this right. Its really hard to do. it gets so much right.

It looks amazing, the gameplay mechanic are great, the story and characters are great and the hordes are really well done.

I'm not finished it but a good 30-40 hours in and love every second of it. It's the first open world game that has me coming back for story not busy work.

The patch yesterday ramped it up and it's even better.

To be honest i knew those sites would give it a poor rating, after all the hero is a white man.

TitianGerm

Grumpypants wrote: »

The game is great. It's like the last if us meets Dying light. I've spent the week with it and can't see any major technical issues bar an occasional jitter or daft AI. But no open world game gets this right. Its really hard to do. it gets so much right.

It looks amazing, the gameplay mechanic are great, the story and characters are great and the hordes are really well done.

I'm not finished it but a good 30-40 hours in and love every second of it. It's the first open world game that has me coming back for story not busy work.

The patch yesterday ramped it up and it's even better.

To be honest i knew those sites would give it a poor rating, after all the hero is a white man.

Is the aiming clunky/hard to be accurate? That'd be my biggest worry.

Retr0gamer

kunst nugget wrote: »

I found the whole beginning of that review extraordinarily patronising.

I think that was just the feeling of the majority of people. it was an unimpressive showed of yet another zombie open world game.

Grumpypants

TitianGerm wrote: »

Is the aiming clunky/hard to be accurate? That'd be my biggest worry.

Not at all. You can change the sensitivity, you can even add aim snapping in the settings. But in most cases you take your time and pick your shots. If you hold down the trigger the gun bounces around, but even then there are skills to unlock to reduce the recoil.

The Specialist

super_furry wrote: »

Not too promising from Eurogamer - 'A shallow copy of many better open-world action games'

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-04-25-days-gone-review-a-shallow-copy-of-many-better-open-world-action-games

Eurogamer reviews aren't worth the eye muscle use needed to read them anymore. Let me guess, it didn't score enough "woke" points for them? Not enough minorities?

Grumpypants

The Specialist wrote: »

Eurogamer reviews aren't worth the eye muscle use needed to read them anymore. Let me guess, it didn't score enough "woke" points for them? Not enough minorities?

Worse, it's a game that men might like.

Retr0gamer

Reviews just aren't good for this at all. Metro gamecentral said it's very uninspired and the story is generic. Mike Williams at Eurogamer who loves these triple A open world games said the same and gave it a 3.5/5 which I'm surprised at as he usually reviews stuff like ubisoft open world games on the high end.

TitianGerm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Reviews just aren't good for this at all. Metro gamecentral said it's very uninspired and the story is generic. Mike Williams at Eurogamer who loves these triple A open world games said the same and gave it a 3.5/5 which I'm surprised at as he usually reviews stuff like ubisoft open world games on the high end.

Does ACG have one up on YouTube yet?

Eurogamer can **** off with this type of **** tbh :P

"Maybe someone at Sony was looking at Horizon Zero Dawn and said, right girls, you've had your metaphorical glass of 'secco with this one, let's make a post-apocalyptic game for real men."

The Specialist

Fred The Red wrote: »

Eurogamer can **** off with this type of **** tbh :P

"Maybe someone at Sony was looking at Horizon Zero Dawn and said, right girls, you've had your metaphorical glass of 'secco with this one, let's make a post-apocalyptic game for real men."

If only it was possible to reach through the internet and slap someone hard enough to cause brain damage. What a ****ing twat to write something like that.

Anyway I can't wait for it, roll on tomorrow

gimli2112

That 8.7 is too high a score for someone with my lack of willpower to ignore. May have to read some user reviews on metacritic to balance things out

kunst nugget

TitianGerm wrote: »

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Does ACG have one up on YouTube yet?

Aye, he says wait for a sale

kunst nugget

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Reviews just aren't good for this at all. Metro gamecentral said it's very uninspired and the story is generic. Mike Williams at Eurogamer who loves these triple A open world games said the same and gave it a 3.5/5 which I'm surprised at as he usually reviews stuff like ubisoft open world games on the high end.

That Metro review had a great line about killing the hordes being akin to an ultra violent Benny Hill sketch. Tbf, they do recommend sticking with the game and that once you get past the first third, it gets more interesting

The reviews have really dampened my enthusiasm for the game but it still seems like the type of chewing gum for the brain game that I could end up sinking a lot of hours into.

Grumpypants

Reviewers dumped all over mad max too and that was great fun. This is way better.