What Went Wrong With Days Gone?

Sony’s first party output sees a noticeable dip- but just how noticeable is it, really?

[ArchangelMike]

Nothing.

Nothing "went wrong" with Days Gone.

Like most games, lessons will be learned, mechanics will be improved upon and the game will be iterated upon in the sequel.

The game hasn't "gone wrong" just because it isn't God of War, or Horizon Zero Dawn. Can we all just agree that not every new Sony exclusive will be at the standard of The Last of Us.

[Fluttershy77]

I agree. And the critics are being quite fair with the game, mentioning all its flaws. It's not a 10, or a 9, or even an 8...
It's a 6-7ish, it's Ok, blend and quite generic, forgettable... not broken, there's a quality standard which is great... Is not like that Crackdown 3 mess.
We'll soon forget all about it.

[bluefox755]

It's definitely better than most of the 8's that get released these days.

[Hroach616]

You haven’t even played it so you’re still judging it by it’s critic reviews. When you buy it down the line once the price drops you’re going to be really surprised.
Take note. Maybe that’s the day you’ll realize critic reviews shouldn’t be listened to so much.

[sampsonon]

solid 8 for me. at that's all that matters.

[carcarias]

I see where you're coming from but, with respect, the 72 metacritic comes from the divisive nature of the game, rather than a consensus that it's a 6-7 across the board. It's an average that doesn't give a true picture to how much, or how little, some reviewers liked it, imho.

Last I checked, there were 89 reviews with 53 over 75% and 41 at 80%+. Nearly half reviews gave it 8/10 or more. So saying it's 'not even an 8' is a tad unfair with regards to how many reviewers did, indeed, find it an 8/10 game.

For what it's worth, I'm nearly half way through and it's sitting comfortably at an 8 so far. Maybe it'll get repetitive and drop to a 7 or maybe I'll love the build up to the ending and it'll be closer to a 9.

Lastly, I think it's important to note that a lot of reveiwers didn't have the day one patch for most, if not all, their review. I haven't met any bugs so far. Also, there were reviewers who got political about Deke and the general, rural, survivalist themes.....but that's a different subject :)

[nucky64]

it's an 8.5 - only technical issues hold it from being higher. how far are you into the game?

[TKCMuzzer]

Wow, you went right round the mountain with that comment and said absolutely nothing. Plus, I doubt you have played it so your comment is even more irrelevant.
It is not perfect but it lies between the 7.5 and 8.5 for me, not the 6-7 you assume it to be.

[SpinalRemains138]

It's a solid 8 minimum. It's impossible to play and not laugh out loud and or have fun 90% of the time.

RDRII was the opposite and felt more like labor and received much better scores.

[sushimama]

The game is awesome. I can play for 4 hours straight and the time just flies by. It's AT LEAST an 8 after the patches. I rate it 8.5 at the moment

[RpgSama]

They want to push the agenda that Days Gone it's a flaming mess, when it's not, I find It incredible how detached media it's from the actual gaming community, you go to any article trying to downplay the game and a grand majority it's saying that the game it's good, that it is worth your time and your money.

Is it a perfect 10 or a 9, no, but it's definitely not the 5 that the Gamespot reviewer gave to the game, a score she gave to the game in part because she didn't think some of the decisions Deacon made in the game were moral (in a post apocalyptic world she complained about things being in shades of Gray) and then she complained on Twitter how every freaker was white (when there is a story reason and an actual explanation of why every freaker it's the same color IN THE GAME and It Is not white, they actually say that IN THE GAME, the same game she supposedly finished and played 55 hours)

[carcarias]

Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned that. For awhile now, journos bring politics and cultural sensitivities to games and make a big deal out of them in the review.

A game comes out that's about 30+ hours, full of stealth, shooting, melee combat and exploring etc...and then some critic spends 7 out of 10 paragraphs complaining about story-pacing, disliking the main character from an ethical point of view, and that the game had moral shades of grey. Why are moral shades of grey automatically a problem, anyway? Most people find it more thought provoking and interesting since it better reflects the differences in people and some of the tricky dilemmas life can bring.

Do they even want to play games or is it a job they do begrudgingly, all the while wishing they were reviewing movies instead?

[nucky64]

yea. i said a couple days ago that i didn't think reviewers played more than a few hours of the game.

[MrBobSugar]

All media has been infected by leftwing identity politics. It's very unfortunate because it means we can't trust what we once could. And unfortunately, this problem isn't going anywhere soon.

[RpgSama]

Something happened because in the span of maybe 1 hour I went from having 40+ agree votes and 2 disagree to 40 agrees & 60 disagrees for a comment that's been up for 9 hours, they usually build up over time, same thing with archangelMike, he went from an overwhelmingly positive agree to disagree ratio to the disagree being almost twice as many as agrees, in little more than an hour.

[esherwood]

Why is it alway white chicks so worried about color

[Kraytossmeoff]

Agreed mate problem is Sony has been on a roll with exclusives garnering good review scores god of war horizon etc,so people expect that all the time and to be fair in terms of exclusives they have not put a foot wrong.Developers are only human it happens it’s certainly not a bad game by any means.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Exactly, nothing went wrong. Days Gone is a good game like any good game. Uncharted Drake's Fortune had some minor rough edges at launch, like any new IP, but ultimately it was an excellent game just like Days Gone. Even HZD had some slight dings, but that didn't stop it from being fantastic. Days Gone is no different and people should be supporting quality new IPs with free DLC rather than attempting to tear them down. Days Gone didn't fake footage or lie about features. It doesn't bombard people with MTs or offputting DLC. It's a quality sp game that will be supported with weekly challenges and free DLC.

[SwampthingsSon]

Funny how this energy wasn’t around for Xbox games that achieved a 79 or less. Nearly every article making it to the top spots have been N4G community defending this game with vigor. Not sure why this site doesn’t just became Sony only. No one else is allowed to have fun and hear different opinions other than “Sony is superior the end...”

[IamTylerDurden1]

What games? Crackdown 3? Sea of Thieves? SoD2? Those are the recent non-Forza exclusives. Crackdown 3 is a joke. It was a massive downgrade and it literally doesn't improve the Crackdown formula at all. Sea of Thieves was an unfinished game and basically a 60 dollar free to play. SoD2 was actually a mess, it was ugly and ran poorly. It also was more of an expansion rather than a fresh sequel. Days Gone is a fresh new IP, finished game, good grfx.

[bloodymeatballz]

Literally everyone needs to shut their mouths and buy the game. It is fantastic. Fin.

[rainslacker]

What went wrong was it wasn't a completely crap game, so some fan boys doubled down on the negative reviews to try and force the narrative that it's a bad game. Sucks for them I guess. Maybe next time Sony will have a dud so they can revel in whatever they feel is important

[RpgSama]

Something happened because in the span of maybe 1 hour I went from having 40+ agree votes and 2 disagree to 40 agrees & 60 disagrees for a comment that's been up for 9 hours, it's strange because they usually build up over time, same thing with archangelMike, he went from an overwhelmingly positive agree to disagree ratio to the disagree being almost twice as many as agrees, in little more than an hour, definitely suspicious.

People can disagree with our opinion, but these numbers don't build that fast in such a short amount of time, archangelMike's comment was done 1 day and 7 hours ago and just in the last hour he got more than 100 disagrees

[XisThatKid]

That's like saying "what went wrong with Uncharted 1" pfft, click bait.

[Spurg]

https://youtu.be/opgMj6skKo...

Pretty much this is Days gone.

[sampsonon]

this is the problem with the game. media, and the https://gph.is/2g1EQ0x that follow them.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Watch me stream. The game runs exceptionally well on my Pro. Days Gone is a good game, i think people just want to see sony fail because so many PS4 exclusives are GotY contenders. They are waiting to jump on the next bad game, but Days Gone isn't that. It's great to see 95% of the people who actually played it coming out supporting it. People generally love the game. I love it.

[Sweetbrandigirl]

Yeah this game is a dumpster fire and the AI is total garbage !

[IamTylerDurden1]

AI isn't as bad as people think but they do react slow when attacking them quickly and up close. If you attack erratically and very close they sometimes get disoriented. But they do impressive things as well. Verbally reacting to shots, lamenting a friend's death, recognizing footsteps or headlights. The game is heavy with impressive details yet people harp solely on the few flaws.

[BrettAwesome]

@Fluttershy77
Bland. Bland. Bland. Bland. Taste that fucking word!! Feel it, and let it become part of you. That way, maybe you'll stop writing "blend" all the fucking time.

[sushimama]

I've never seen any of that. The game is bloody awesome. I can play for hours at a time and the time just flies by. When I'm not playing it, i think about playing it. It's good. 8.5

[NarutoFox]

Reminds me of Sea of thieves. Some parts at least

[Obelisk92]

I played this game for fifiteen hours and I can absolutely guarantee you it is not like that.

I've encountered two, maybe three bugs, and not nearly as bad as that video shows.

[Knushwood Butt]

Gamingbolt?

[solideagle]

Journalists happened :)

[AnnaDea]

Game is good, don't expect it to be like something blindblowing like Horizon for example.

Too bad they are having problems with the updates. After going from 1.03 to 1.07 it seems there's some framepacing on the Pro version.

[supes_24]

I agree with you to a certain extent. Horizon was a huge success and a great game but I'm having much more fun with Days Gone. I prefer Days Gone of HZD, I like the rush I get when dawn sets and the music changes its tone and you can hear freakers lurking and looking for me. Love Days Gone, I just wish I had more time to devote to it during the day!

[eamonn79]

Me too cant wait to get home and play it later!

[SpinalRemains138]

Yes!!!! That's when I plug my cans into the Dualshock and listen to the night! Freakers right or left!!!??? Where are they!!!???

Days Gone is stellar.

[smolinsk]

Absolutely agree, this game is gonna go down as a cult hit, a game for the gamers and not the reviewers. I think they are confused at what the game is, it's not the last of us, but it feels like it sometimes, it's not arcade zombie slacher game, it's more story driven in a open world. Feels like playing the walking dead but more down to earth..

[IamTylerDurden1]

HZD was awesome, but Days Gone isn't that far off. HZD wasn't perfect, but it was a fantastic new IP. God of War is a masterpiece and imo a step above HZD and obviously Days Gone, but Days Gone imo is in the same class as HZD or even Spider-man in a sense.

People are missing the details. Days Gone is filled with impressive little elements that casuals don't appear to notice. The lighting and shadows are exceptional. The glow from your headlight even refracts off the splashes of water when riding in a body of water. Clothes have levels of saturation and when riding through water only from the knee down will become wet on your pants. Tires retain a slick look when exiting water. Enemies lament the fact you shot their friend. Deacon talks about events dynamically as they happen. Beautiful mud and water trails/splashes when riding through different terrain. Physical damage shows aesthetically on Deacon. Snow accumulates during storms.

[Emme]

Wet pants happened in Uncharted 2 or 3 already.

[Sunny_D]

@Emme

Has been in there since Uncharted 1 actually.

[carcarias]

Thanks for the heads up, I was gonna update today but I'm on 1.03 and not having any issues so I think I'll stick with it.

[ShockUltraslash]

Horizon has gender privilege.

[Sunny_D]

So God of War was?

[Larrysweet]

See days gone beats horzion to me

[Seraphim]

Here's the big difference when you take a game like HZD and compare it to Days Gone. Guerrilla Games has worked on Playstation for quite some time and released KZ Shadowfall (?) on PS4. Bend Studios has done a great job on Sony platforms, Vita, but this is their first big budget PS4 title. Look back at Killzone. It was a wonderful game that got crapped on but Guerrilla Games learned and improved KZ2 and KZ3. While KZ was a solid game KZ2 and KZ3 were phenomenal games.

Anyway I don't think anything went wrong with Days Gone. Aside from loosey goosey controls & bike riding the game has been pretty solid so far. Granted I'm not terribly deep into it but so far it's been solid. Considering this is Bends first big Playstation title they did a terrific job from what I've seen so far. The real question is what does Bend learn from this and improve upon assuming a sequel is in play.

[bluefox755]

Nothing, the game is really good. Lots of fun. Ignore the game journos.

[4kgk76]

Days gone is a 7.5-8 so far to me which is perfectly fine with me Every Sony game can’t or doesn’t need to be a 10 out 10 like god of war or last of us. Days gone is selling really well and Sony will definitely let Sony bend make a sequel to it.

[rdgneoz3]

Definitely a out an 8. Not gonna be goty, but it is fun to play. Leading hordes into ambusher points, watching wildlife fight each other (saw a bear wreck 3 wolves last night), tons if crafting, lots to explore and fight, factions to get rep with, ... There's a lot in the game and its selling pretty well (tons of constant streams as well).

[Kornholic]

The reviews.

[ShadowWolf712]

...nothing?

[Profchaos]

Sony has been on a run of high profile titles but not everything is good and it doesn't have to be Sony has produced mediocre games before drawn to death, the order 1886, that murder mystery playlink titles and now days gone it's not that they are bad games at all they just don't hit the heights of Sony's other AAA titles.

It's not like they are the only ones Microsoft with sea of theives and cd3 Nintendo has also had some stinkers in their time.

Not everything has to be incredible sometimes a just ok title in a lul can be fun experience

[rainslacker]

I'd say almost all of their high profile stuff is good. They aren't always exceptional though. The order and knack are the only ones I can see maybe being reasonable to consider bad. Driveclub was more an issue with the online stuff at launch, but otherwise, Sony had been pretty good, if not great this gen.

[Profchaos]

I think that's a problem though right. bad and mediocre are two vastly different things.

Lots of gamers see a score of 70 on metacritic as horrible avoid at all cost but in my opinion those games can be gems in their own rights and you can still enjoy them and have a lot of fun they might still be ok or even good but not exceptional.

A game that scores a 4 or below though that's probably broken or bad

[rainslacker]

I think average is being appropriated as being bad in this case. I don't believe that has ever been the case. Most of the games we play are average, because that's what average is. If every game we play is exceptional, that would assume that there are a vast number of exceptional games, which would then mean the average is much higher. However, since many games that would easily be considered average aren't scored in that manner, it seems it's very inconsistent on what means what. A 7 or so was never a bad score for a game. Below a 7, then yeah, there are a lot of people who think it's a poor game. That's more true today given that 8 is becoming the new average, because of things like this which make it seem like if a game doesn't score 8-10, then it's now a bad game.

The review system is broken. It has been for a long time. And it goes well beyond the consistency aspect of scoring reviews. Nowadays it's more about stroking the ego of the reviewers, as opposed to providing a service to the readers to objectively report on a game's quality. Even if bias has a place, and nothing can be completely objective, it doesn't mean that standards shouldn't be followed, and some form of ethicacy be practiced by the reviewers themselves. Too many instances of where one game scores high, yet is really trash, yet another game gets raked through the coals for the same problems, or those problems are completely ignored in other games and high scores are slapped onto the review for the stupidest reasons. Among the big sites, there are very few consistent reviewers....even those that are generally good at what they do tend to come up with the stupidest things to downrate or uprate a game.

While I agree that a 5 or 4 or less is probably one to be weary of, nowadays, the scoring system is skewed, and of course, when it comes to exclusives, there is always going to be the bias presented by fan boys that a low score is a bad game. Even if it's just one bad review among a hundred good ones, that one bad one is the only one that tells it like it is. It just exasberbates the problem. It's not just one side that does it either, it's just that it's time for the Xbox fan boys turn to turn to this idiotic hypocritical posturing. Next time, it'll be Sony fan boys turn. Then maybe Nintendo. Who knows. Fan boys act stupid.

[Gwiz]

ALL IS LOST

[Hedstrom]

Its a great game! Not perfect, but really good.

[SpinalRemains138]

Fun is word. When I play I have so much fun.

I dont get the rush I get from Sekiro, or the emotional element that I got from TLoU, or GoW, but I have a blast!!

[Lexreborn2]

Okay, I'm not entertaining these articles anymore. They are clearly taking advantage of this game for clicks. So far I have gotten about 3-4 hours into the game playing it on a Pro and it looks, runs and plays pretty great. I am not seeing any of the hates justifications I am excited to play more of it and if you like the game just play it.

[nucky64]

oh, man - keep going! you have no idea how fun this gets. i'm at least 20 hours in and it just keeps getting better.

[sushimama]

I'm about 20 hours in and i friggin love it.

[sprinterboy]

Nothing.
Edit: Its just whining cry babies who think a 7 is shit.

[I_am_Batman]

It's in the 52nd percentile of games according to opencritic's database. So it's pretty average in terms of review scores.

[SpinalRemains138]

Oooh! OOOH! I know I know!!!

It isn't broken like Skyrim or boring and fascist like RDR-II so it gets rated differently, Mr. Cotter.

[Inzo]

What went wrong with journalism?
The Quartering exposed and gives a great breakdown of why Gamespot gave the game a 5/10 and surprise surprise it has very little to do with the actual gameplay but rather trying to push their political agenda.

[S2Killinit]

Nothing

[Dude Dutch]

What about us gamers giving the reviewers a score? See how we think about them.....

[Angelin]

Journalism went wrong

[Darksonic22]

Have to disagree, I think apart from the storyline, that the gameplay and world is great. Its not a 10 but its addictive and fun. We need to stop comparing every Sony title to the previous ones Sony has released. Days Gone has some rough moments but damn it didn't go wrong in my opinion.

[Godmars290]

Its a zombie game. Another zombie game.

[nucky64]

no it's not. freakers are NOT like zombies. and they do change as the game goes on .

[TKCMuzzer]

Oh no, just another comment.

[rainslacker]

Then games with soilders are getting stale too I assume. Or games with cartoon characters. Or games where you dont even see your character.

Seriously, while the zombie genre may seem stale to some due to the zombie fad I'd last gen, I question why people aren't bored of these other things...like space marines fighting aliens.

[Godmars290]

For one, games with soldiers aren't stale. They fossilized loooooooong ago. In fact metastasized into oil and thus keeps getting drudged up again.

For another, the thing I'm really sick and tired of is the f**king post-apocalypse w/zombies. And they are f**king zombies or the mindless hordes who brought on the apocalypse from which no survivor will recover from, yet thrive.

Where's the f**k is the future worth fighting for? The hope or expectation that we will overcome our worse selves.

[rainslacker]

But again, that can be said about many other games. I understand you don't care for what this is, but is that a reason to call the game bad? There are obviously people who like it.

It's like the Battle Royale stuff right now. People say it's old, and the fad has died. Of course, they said this from the day PUBG became more publicized and went to consoles, and then of course more when Fortnite launched, but when you look at the number of people playing these games, it kind of disproves that there is fatigue in the genre, and that there is an audience for it. Is one of these games releasing as a battle royale game reason enough to downrate it because you, or in the case of reviewers, reason to give it a lower score?

I think it's unfair to do such things, because it assumes that the dev is making a game for that particular person. Instead of reviewing the game for what it is....a post-apocolyptic zombie game. It should be rated as that. Not as what someone else wants it to be. That has always been true, and it should never change. Same way that games shouldn't be downrated because the protagonist is too much of a white male. It's meaningless to the quality of the game, and having a protagonist that is representative of something else doesn't automatically make it better or progressive, hence, no reason to rate it higher.

Day's Gone has it's own hook. It's not a new hook, but it's unique enough in this game to warrant its own merits. Yes, it's a "zombie" game set in a post apocolyptic world. But when looking at all the games we play, how many of them really do something that hasn't been done before? Very few have a setting that is really unique or underused. If we only play those games, then we'd be struggling to find games to play.

[Godmars290]

Have people honestly become so small minded and limited, so specific, that when a subject like "no future" is brought up its only taken to apply to one genre mentioned rather than the whole of what passes for modern culture?

[mynameisthumper]

Not going to lie, this game gets better the further I go into it. I really like the way it feeds you objectives, its almost like its designed to prevent open world fatigue. I also love seeing patches all the time, really shows how committed Bend is to keep working now that the game is out.

[supes_24]

Lol, ummm nothing!!! I don't even see the point of this article. It's as if people are just writing stuff to lie to us and see how many people they can force their opinion on.

[Veneno]

It's like high school but worse because it's adults acting like children.

[SIdepocket]

I’m thoroughly enjoying it, so I’m unsure what “went wrong”.

[TheSinsibleOne]

Holy crap. What s this the 700th article about days gone and it's barely been 2 weeks. Jeez get a grip. Acting like the game is a disaster or something. I'm playing it and it's very enjoyable. Dialogue is a bit crap but What? Because it's not a 10/10 so it's a massive failure?

[PCgamer98]

What went wrong? The game is selling well actually. Oh wait... It's gamingbolt.

[rainslacker]

They just need a dev to comment on it. "Generic indie puzzle game dev says days gone went wrong because it had zombies."

[Snakeeater25]

All the reviews for red dead 2 and persona 5 were between 8.5 and 10 still i hated both games, so reviews are just opinions. Just try the game and see for yourself

[LiquidJordan]

What went wrong? I don't know, man...the game is really fun to me. Worth the money I spent. I'm glad it was made. Sure, it has rough parts.

[tochi]

So-called game critics went wrong with it, not the game.

I finally picked it up, and have finished main story so far. I cannot understand why even fans are so shy about praising this game.
Personally, the laughably non-sense attacks on the story element reminds me of critic reactions to movie Starship Troopers in 1997. For teenager's mind at that time, the movie was the greatest and the funniest anti-war movie, and the smartest political satire to the US in 1990's (I saw it in Japan with Japanese subtitle in 1997, just in case.). However, many professional critics form major publishers criticized it as a pro-Nazi propaganda. I still remember my disappointment to adult society. They were not just random adults, they were supposed to be smart people writing news papers. The movie deliberately treated the theme very politically incorrect way to bait journalists, and they absolutely took it.
Anyway, I am old now, and trying not to disappoint young people every day.

For Days Gone, many critics reacted repulsively negative way to certain politically incorrect aspects. It was dumb and disappointing move. Especially, for the fact that those writers are about the same or younger to my age, it is painful to realize that I became a part of disappointing adult society to next generation. It's a real shame.

[Knushwood Butt]

I wouldn't worry too much; most young people in Japan walk around with their face in their smart phone. That's their priority.

[bellome]

Biased, hateful, shortsighted and idiotic self proclaimed “game journalists”

[Latex74]

Nothing nothing nothing is wrong with days gone now the hate its getting that's what is wrong

[Ninver]

Why is there such a vendetta against Days Gone? Is it because it's a ps4 exclusive? Or the fact that Sony first party games are held to ridiculously higher standards compared to the competition? I've yet to pick it up but judging from what gameplay I've seen, the hate is unwarranted!

I congratulate Bend Studios for taking the risk and creating something they can call their own. It's only up from here on. I'm Looking forward to trying it after I clear my backlog.

[IamTylerDurden1]

The only thing that went wrong is portions of the media and certain fanboys have been attempting to tear it down. The game itself is exceptional and on my PS4 Pro it runs exceedingly well. If i hadn't read any reviews and simply judged the game according to my own experience with zero influence i would've said "oh my god, Sony did it again, another great new IP". I would've anticipated this game being another hit. People should be eating Days Gone up, the content that is there is extremely palatable. Visuals, atmosphere, great bike gameplay, survival, stealth, quality voice acting, good story, incredible dynamic weather, phenomenal hordes, stunning environments.

[Phantom68]

Why the fk we get articles like this? Nothing went wrong with anything. The game is a solite 72 on Metacritic and some of the so called blog writers, are having a nervous breakdown. The industry need to grow up. I am sick and tired of people having a go at a solid game which may not be perfect but still deserves to be played.
If the game is not a 90 on Metacritic DOES NOT mean it is a bad game.
If the game continue seeking well the developers will learn the lessons and the sequel will be even better.
Get lost and stop demonising games like this one.

[nucky64]

nothing went wrong with days gone. i've been saying that it is a VERY fun game - now, it's hit a new level of fun (i can't say why as i'd have to give some spoilers - suffice to say, you put the time in, and you'll be rewarded ). this game is a GREAT game and loads of fun.

[Traecy]

Absolutely nothing,I'm enjoying the game.

[Shikoku]

Its another unimaginative zombie game in a sea of overused and overdone genre.

[Italiano1234567]

Nothing i love it and its selling a shit ton

[AK91]

Game journalists

[CP_Company]

nothing went wrong with Days Gone, millions of players are enjoying the game.

those bias swj leftist just tried to lower the score and they successed but you can not hide the diamond, it will shine through the bullshit anyways.

[CrimsonWing69]

holy crap, seriously?

I'll tell you what went wrong, people not being able to identify a good game from a bad game, that's what went wrong.

[fluxmulder]

Not sure if anything went "wrong". Seeing as this is their first real AAA game, they may have bit off more than they could chew, but that's about it.

[Tokasmke]

Nothing went wrong

[ItsMeJon]

I'm perplexed of this game and everyones different opinions; is it good or bad or what...

[sushimama]

Dude it's awesome. Get it on sale if you're worried. If you like Far Cry and the Last Of Us, then I'm sure you'll like this game. I really really love it. 8.5

[Dixiedevil]

What went wrong? Being almost finished with the game, it’s incredibly apparent what “went wrong”. They didn’t have the appropriate amount of identity politics being pushed in the game so a vast majority of “gaming” sites bashed it for made up BS.

[rainslacker]

I'll be happy when that trend dies. I dont want devs feeling they have to include that stuff to get good review scores. I dont want the media controlling what content goes into games on such a high level. That long term slow chipping away at scores as if it's what the players actually want.

For too long now we've been told by these media types that this is what gamers want, and that this is what we should care about. Going as far as making such things part if the review process. When I can look at trailers and see if the representative content is something that appeals to me. If TLOU2 suckes completely, these same reviewers injecting politics into these reviews would say how its sonprogressive because it has an openly gay protagonist, and gush endlessly about how it's so progressive. All infant, and all most gamers want is a solid game, with a great story if it's relevant. Good graphics are a plus, and we want to know how it performs on a technical level.

I dont need a review to knock off points for the protagonist being a white Male, because I know that going in. I don't care how much his wife is featured anymore than incare how much chloe or elena are featured in UC. I don't need to know these things in a review, because I'll learn that by playing the game.

Sorry for the rant, just I wish some people in the games media would get its head out of its ass, and actually serve the readers. If they want to do political analysis do it on a site which is about that. Not on a general gaming site. Or do it in follow up editorials where the initial review may not detrimentally affect the sales of the game. The gaming press has for too long served it's own interest, instead of serving the interest if the industry, and the interest of the reader are about their lowest priority

[Dixiedevil]

Agreed. What this game HAS done is show which sites don’t rate games through a political lens. There’s no way in hell I can see anyone that frequently plays games giving this anything lower than a 7. Anything lower than that and they shouldn’t be reviewing games...unless they’re reviewing for sites like Buzzfeed or Mary Sue.

[rainslacker]

There are literally some reviewers who I think shouldn't be allowed to review a game with a male protagonist, or a game that doesn't go out of it's way to pander to certain groups. They will always mark down for it. Lucy O'Brian is one such reviewer, and was one of the key figures of gamergate trying to make it into something about men attacking women, as opposed to it being about collusion within the gaming press.

[Sweetbrandigirl]

TLOU II CAN'T SUCK Its and Impossibility its made by Naughty Dog !!! TLOU II ALREADY has GOTY locked up !!!

[Father__Merrin]

It's a new ip and new exclusive that is a great game which can't be said for gaming bolts favourite company. Ppl are loving it I hope its a commercial success

Great graphics gameplay, ppl nitpicking on character and story. The game looks incredible and is a great addition to playstation

[Heavenly King]

Days Gone is a great game. nothing "went wrong" with it .

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Nothing? Jesus that hate this game gets is assinine.

[lio_convoy]

Two words: Game fatigue.

More then two words: Personally, I've seen too many generic open world games in the last few years to want to dish out full price for yet another. It's gotta be special if I'm gonna play it. From about half way in it's development cycle there were whispers that this wasn't going to be awesome, and that there were issues that were worryingly present that late in the dev stage. To be fair some of them got fixed, and some didn't. They're still working on the game even as we speak to make it better. But what makes this title stand out from the crowd? Every now and then you've got a horde of freakers that come after you? What about all of the rest of the time? Fetch missions? Yay. Annoying bike sections where your bike breaks and you run out of gas? FFS, make travelling fun, not a chore. Be creative. Think outside of the box when making an OWG and come up with something new other than the usual crop of missions to fill out time. Make travelling to different destinations fun. Make combat better. (Everything I've seen and heard of says this isn't horrible, but it's not great. Again, it's run of the mill.) So the game isn't awesome and it's not crap. So why would I pay full price for a middle of the road OWG? That's where the problem is and that's where everyone's negativity comes from. When we first were introduced to this title, it seemed different and exciting. Now we've learned it's not.

[rainslacker]

Your personal feelings for the game shouldn't have any impact on if a game is actually good or not. Something many reviewers forget. They forgot they are serving the reader, not themselves.

[Dixiedevil]

Wow. That’s a whole lot of opinion for a game you haven’t played. Strange how most of the people that have actually played it are having a great time. I’ll be the first to dump on a game I’ve bought that deserves it. You want boring and repetitive with the same old crap, you can look to Ghost Recon Wildlands, Just Cause 4, and Farcry 5. This ain’t it.

[Gamingisfornerds]

Imagining the responses if this exact game were an Xbox exclusive. ;)

[rainslacker]

My response...."holy crap, ms made a good AAA game that isnt one of their staples". I'd then proceed to play it. They've fallen hard since then start of this gen

[Tross]

Butthurt Xbox and Nintendo fanboys.
"Arrrgh, how is it possible that PlayStation gets so many quality exclusives?"
"Guys, I have bad news. The new Spider-Man is too perfect a game to rip apart in the way we want to if we want to be taken seriously."
Months Later...
"Ha ha ha! A new PS4 exclusive just came out and people with ADD are sure to despise this one. Let's appeal to them and write slanted reviews from that angle!"

[TheHateTheyGive]

Thats all it is, they care more about ps4 exclusives than they do their own, just envy. Ps4's #1 and they have to nit pick on a game they will never play.

[Sweetbrandigirl]

I'll tell you what went wrong Sony Bend bit off more then they could chew. They haven't made a video game in ten years and haven't ever made a game of this scale.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

But the game is really good?

[ShockUltraslash]

Race and gender.
"Journnalists" hate the skin color and gender of the protagonist.

[Hardiman]

Not a damn thing! It's fun as hell!

[supes_24]

I’m chiming in for the third time on this article. I just played again for about three straight hours. I still love the game!

[SpinalRemains138]

Writers failed to actually play it?

I say that with a straight face since I give the game a 9. An objective 9. The game is so fun and has its own personality and Bend remembered fun.

[snoopgg]

Nothing, still a really good game.

[TheHateTheyGive]

very happy with days gone, the best looking unreal 4 game by far.

[smolinsk]

It's a great game, the more I play it the more it grows on me.. Love the world, spot on with atmosphere, love the handling of the bike.. The graphics are awesome, up there with red dead redemption 2, a little more RPG elements and a bit more difficult then the game would have been pretty perfect..

[esherwood]

Not enough black zombies

[mogwaii]

I didn't get far with it, it felt like a pale imitation of many more polished games.
It's not a dire mess but i definitely got bored rather quickly. though I'm glad they made it and hopefully they will get the chance to make more games and they will have learnt and improved.

[ZombieGamerMan]

Well they made a third person shooter with the some of the worst aim controls ever and missions that are painful to play

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

I don't have any of these issues. Maybe your controller is broken?

[ZombieGamerMan]

Don't think a controller affects when you fire a pistol in close range with the aiming circle on an enemy and have it wildly miss

[Knushwood Butt]

That's a know bug, the enemies move unpredictably instead of standing there waiting for a headshot.

[OpenGL]

It crashes at start now on my launch PS4 with patch 1.07 but works on my Pro just fine.

[AdmGenAladeen]

Every AAA game Sony releases is expected to be a near masterpiece. Some are and some aren't. That doesn't make Days Gone a bad game. I thought it was good but definitely not the level of GOW or HZD. Then again, what do I know, I thought Mercenary Kings was a blast to play lol. Put about 150 hours and even platted it!!

[sushimama]

I friggin love the game. I can play for hours and the time flies. When I'm not playing, I think about it. That's how i know its great. This is better than any Far Cry imo

[clouds5]

Lol people still buy games when they come out :D just wait a few months, it will be perfect..

[Xavi4K]

Everything

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I had my doubts about this game from day one. Today I decided to buy it and check it out. I’m not very far into it but so far it’s not to bad. I do enjoy the stealth elements but the constant running low on fuel is already getting annoying . I haven’t ran into any glitches yet so I can’t comment on that. I think I’ll enjoy it more than I gave it credit for but I can see where some of the criticism is coming from. It’s to soon for me to attach a score to it but based on what I’ve played so far it’s a pretty solid game.

[Knushwood Butt]

Freewheel more, learn patterns to find fuel containers, and upgrade your fuel tank at the first opportunity.

Don't think I've run out of fuel once.

[antikbaka]

nothing. It's just typical, generic game

[philm87]

hate all this fake news, its a great game. What you see in the gameplay vids is what you get.

[InKnight7s]

Personally, I see Days Gone among other PS4 exclusives as how FFVIII is between VI, VII, IX and X. Isn't perfect or as fun or as interesting but not bad in any means.

[Hellbound1978]

What went wrong with this world? 'Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there'. :D