Days Gone, A Year On. Did The Reviews Get It Wrong?

So with today being the one year anniversary of Days Gone's release, what better time to look back on whether the reviews/previews got it wrong?

[CharlesTGG]

I gave it a chance and really enjoyed it just thought the pacing was off and should've been a shorter game

[Dkcolley]

I genuinely enjoyed every minute of it but yeah there is a point towards the middle where it slows down for a while. Worth continuing after the credits though to get more closure on storylines

[UltraNova]

Yeah I've finished the game last week. It was awesome.

[bouzebbal]

This game is freaking awesome.. The best of open world to me. There is always something to do.. And those graphics and weather effects ...

[UltraNova]

@booze

I was and still am pretty open-world game fatigued but DG had a unique vibe..I can't pin it down but I was never bored with it. Maybe it was the perfectly sized map and the pace it opened up in combination with the excellent bike traversal and random world events? It also appealed to my loot horder side too.

My favorite part (apart front the story) was finding a horde, baiting them in enemy outposts and watching the mayhem that ensued! One time I led a single Breaker to a 12 man camp and he decimated all of them!

The visuals were top notch and the 3D sound...oh man the sound... I can't wait to experience the Tempest engine on PS5!

[NecrumOddBoy]

The initial reviews were mixed but the lower 7s were fair with the day zero technical glitches and the 9s were accurate based on how amazing it really was content-wise. However, the 5/10 from Kallie (Gamespot) and the 6/10 from Lucie (IGN) giving their sexist and racist anti-male/anti-white wokeness in their reviews were unethical as all hell and that is just what happens when you allow identity politic to inject themselves into the gaming world.

Overall, I bought it day one and put 95 hours into Days Gone from start to platinum trophy (I didn't play any challenge modes/DLC) and I have to say it was incredible. There are some technical issues for sure but nothing was broken and it truly provided a world to get lost in. This game also had some of the best voice acting and dialog I have ever experienced in a game. It truly was cinematic. Hopefully, Bend can transition Days Gone 2 off Unreal and onto Decima. DG2 is going to be pretty badass if I can guess just based on how great the first one was.

[bouzebbal]

@Ultra

I enjoyed so much just collecting loot..yes playing with good pair of headphones really takes the immersion to new heights.
I was actually very surprised that the game wasn't what I expected at all.. Gameplay videos we've seen are all about killing a massive amount of enemies so in the end I expected some pure action game ala Dead Nation in 3D..in the end I got The Last of Us crossed with RDR. Absolute blast!!!
Deacon is badass, rough but very caring.. Very good job from Bend's first AAA in years

[ZombieGamerMan]

UltraNova sorry to be a dick but how was anything about Days Gone unique? Everything it did had been done before and better

[UltraNova]

Zombie,

I'll answer with a question: Since when any new game has to be unique to be worth playing?

And yeah you're being a dick.

[pwnmaster3000]

Honestly the first half was probably a 7 but the second half was really awesome which I will give a 8-9.
I hope they make a sequel. This game reminds me of uncharted. First one had problems but had some really good potential And the rest is history. So I’m hoping it turns out like that.

[UltraNova]

Tbh DG was a way better 1st try than Uncharted 1.

[Larrysweet]

It's TRUE up until iron Mike's camp I was like eh uh I like it but it's not cohesive but that point it really picks up

[oasdada]

We need a fan accolades trailer for this too! And this game actually deserve it

[S2Killinit]

When I finished it I still wanted to play it.

[SonyPS360]

You and your rational thoughts obviously aren't welcome here.

Why are fanboys so irrational?

[RabbitFly]

Pacing was of? I might be Quick to assume, but does that mean you thought the game was too slow?

Because traditionally Pacing is meant to describe someone that knows When to slow down. When someone critisize Pacing it is usually a lack thereof that is being mentioned.

[P_Bomb]

I agree with Charles. Pace and length. Replayed it on Survivor II and had a great time, but this time I skipped all the side content. NG+ carried over my max everything so I didn’t need them. The faster story pace benefitted the characters. Problem is, you miss some of the best mechanics.

The impromptu horde fights (50-ish?) and dynamic moments during exploration were my favorite parts. If you only follow the main story path you can and probably will miss most of them, save for the 5 or so tied to the story.

Fortunately once you beat the story, they’re all revealed on your 5 or so county maps. Risk is, Joe Public not sticking around for post-game. DG is big enough and has enough hidey holes in caves and buildings that you can outright miss a thousand bodies during the day when they sleep.

Sequel needs to integrate them earlier and more often. I love the feeling and atmosphere of being overrun. The music, the panic, the stamina, the crafting scramble and verticality. Pre-planning and improvising to plan B when you get flanked lol. I like the I am Legend hibernation cycle, but for gameplay purposes I’d also like more daywalkers.

[IRetrouk]

Was a brilliant game that got good reviews, there were some overly high and low ones but overall it scored well, 100% want a follow up.

[Dkcolley]

Currently sitting at 71 on metacritic which is too low for this game. User score is considerably higher

[IRetrouk]

The game to me is around an 8 out of 10, really fun with loads to do and the hordes were great, i liked the game well enough from previews to buy the version with the model of d and the bike, the metacritic score does seem a little low but makes sense when you consider the overly positive and negative ones would effect the score, but even on it's own, a 71 metacritic score isnt bad to me though🤷‍♂️

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

Too low? I wouldn't consider 7/10 to be low. I don't know about you, but in my scores 7/10 is good, 8/10 is great and 9/10 is fantastic. To me the game isn't great or fantastic, but is good, so I don't see problems with it.

[Ausbo]

A 70 is still a “good” game. Don’t be fooled into people saying a game has to be a 9 or a 10. Sony’s first party has spoiled everyone, but not every game will be God of War or last of us.

[S2Killinit]

Game was one of my favorites this generation.

[DafunkyRebel]

After the major update the game is really good, run smoothly and has a pretty dope story. I like how the main character is human, and he lie his ass off to save his skin like we would in a real situation. He also has no hero complex like most idiots and just live to make it

[MadLad]

The beginning is slow, and the game drags on more than it should, but I thought it was a good game. Definitely a weaker Sony offering, but a solid 7ish release in my books.
Had a strong Last of Us feel to it.

[RememberThe357]

It's the worst great game I've ever played. The most fun I've had playing a legit 7/10 game. The Last of Us open world is not a bad comp IMO. I never really thought the game started slow and I actually enjoyed how long it was, felt like we got two games in one.

But man the list of things they need to polish up for the sequel is almost endless. If it wasn't for the amazing world they built and the great performances they got for the actors I think I'd feel differently.

Still, I couldn't put it down til I got hit with that God awful end scene; just in time lol.

[RabbitFly]

Really? What kind of things needed polish?

[RememberThe357]

The end scene was literally slapped together. Deacon talking to a bunch of stock NPCs with looping animations like they were cheering at a sporting event. In game dialogs that were longer than the rides they were playing over so when you got to the objective the convo was cut short and rarely ever lead to the next cut scene. Character development was sporadic at best. The beginning of the second half of the game was oddly paced leading to a "what am I even doing here" feeling. Bike and weapon customization of oddly flat for a game about gun and bikes.

All my issues are polish issues that probably came about by how vast the game world is and I imagine they'll be mostly take care of in the sequel. The same why ND fixed many issues in Uncharted with Uncharted 2.

[patterson]

If Days Gone was an Xbox exclusive, it would be their best game. Perspective.

[mandingo]

Wow the Sony boys have really rallied around this one. Can’t have all 9 and 10/10 games take the L Jesus Christ it’s pathetic.

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

No, they didn't. On average people seems to have rated it 7/10, which at least in my book is good. 8 is great and 9 is fantastic. I agree that it's a good game, but not great or fantastic.

[Dkcolley]

It scored a lot of 6.5's and 6's which is too low. Its a solid 8.5/9 in my opinion but thats just my opinion

[OB1Biker]

Was awesome and that means better than amazing even though a bit less than sensational. All in all astonishingly better than remarkable.
That s a 453/467 in my book whereas most people rate it at 68% over the average (taking into account the average is widely accepted to be around 67.5 in the Summer but 78.5 in the Winter)

[Starman69]

Put it on 1h, turned it off, sold it! Poor considering the hype 😕

[slayernz]

wow 1 hour! not really sure what to say to that....you barely get any gameplay or story in 1 hour...you missed out buddy

[Starman69]

It just felt poorly put together. Definitely not a polished aaa experience 😑. Suppose everyone has their own taste.

[pwnmaster3000]

So you turned it off during the tutorials? Lol
Okaaay lol
I think you should of given it more time. It really did pick up.

[Dkcolley]

Yeah, you definitely missed out o. Some great story, characters and open world gameplay

[FunAndGun]

I thought the story was the weakest part and the characters really unbelievable.

[MrBlais]

@FunAndGun - Yet, we’ll believe characters like Spider-Man and Kratos? I mean, come on.. When did people stop having fun?

[RabbitFly]

@FunAndGun

Some of the most human and realistic characters in a video game and you found them unbeliveable. Please explain.

Because to me this was clearly an attempt and creating characters with believable flaws.

[MrBlais]

Do also watch the first 5 minutes of a movie before you come to the conclusion it sucks too? 🙄

[MadLad]

It's a little different when playing a game, and being told you have to put in hours of time, because it opens up later.

[MrBlais]

A two hour movie and a 40-60 hour game.. I think it’s a completely fair comparison.

Fine, let me amend that: “ Do also watch the first ‘10’ minutes of a movie before you come to the conclusion it sucks too? 🙄”

[SyntheticForm]

"Fine, let me amend that: “ Do also watch the first ‘10’ minutes of a movie before you come to the conclusion it sucks too? 🙄”"

Sometimes, actually, yes. I do switch off a movie if the opening isn't compelling, or if I get the general feeling that a movie won't find its footing or pick up.

That's normal. Our time is precious, and we don't like to waste it. I can speak for everyone on that. People may or may not wait to see if things get better, but it's totally understandable if they don't.

Sometimes, as a fan of a movie or game, I'll encourage people to stick around if I know things start out slowly, and I'll be disappointed if they don't stick around, because I loved it. That's a normal thing, but it's also normal to walk away from something that isn't grabbing you, and, again, I can appreciate their position.

I wanted, badly, for my friend to get into Witcher 3. He didn't. I was a little disappointed, but not angry.

People just need to be more understanding considerate of others and their opinions, really.

[Starman69]

The gameplay was unbearable 😐

[PitbullMonster]

I think the first half of the game was average at most but the second half of the game, where you go further south, is really good. There are more typs of enemies, bigger hordes, better guns, better atmosphere etc.
I think days gone was an okay game but there is a lot of potential in this franchise.

[Dkcolley]

I enjoyed the first half but once it opens up the game gets so much better

[Starman69]

I feel their next game will be epic. Sony will back them to the high hills! A little support probably goes a long way in the game development industry 👍

[Jay767]

Days gone was a good first try at a modern AAA game for Sony bend they will only get better with a sequel. People have to remember Sony bend was a small team that only made handheld games for about a decade days gone was a huge shift for them. I believe with days gone commercial success Sony will probably allow Sony bend to grow into 200 plus team so their next game could be bigger and better.

[Greg2801]

Playing it right now and really enjoying it. Has some flaws but what game doesnt. I would give it a 8 so far.

[angelsx]

i start the game when it came out and 3 hours into stop playing.I may give it second chance.Did't grab me.

[Dkcolley]

Ypu should definitely stick with it. Try and stick to the mm ain story at tge early stages and dont get bogged down in side quests to early

[MatrixxGT]

That was me. When game first came out I played maybe 3-5 hrs and it just didn’t grab me. At start of the lockdown I went back to it to clear backlog and see if it’s worth keeping and I stayed with main story lines and got hooked. Probably have 50+hrs in it now.

[carcarias]

Yeah, it definitely has a slow start. It's a shame it put people off as I felt it got better and better.

[Toiletsteak]

I was really enjoying this to start with then I got kind of bored playing it and I ended up just leaving it. I might pick it back up one day. Also, I completely forgot the PS controller has that speaker in it so when I picked one of those recordings up and the voice came through the speaker I shit myself haha.

[Knushwood Butt]

Great support from Bend too. The challenge mode is... challenging and perks improve your stats in campaign mode.

[FanboyPolice]

I recently give it another try after being in my shelves for a while and I did enjoyed it much more than when I try it the first time. I believe I had still the recent experience of God of War and Spiderman. I was expecting the same level of quality, but I felt bored.

The game is not bad, I just felt it wasn't as good as the previous exclusives released months and a year prior. Actually, not even before, when we have Uncharted 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn.

[RabbitFly]

Well god of war is the game of the generation for me. And anything that is played right after is likely to feel a bit jarring if you had i similar experience.

That being said I have a much harder time seeing Spider-man as that kind of leap up against Days Gone. In many ways I think Days Gone is the better game.

Spider-man was Great, but it was a by the numbers open world experience. What made the map clear a bit more enjoyable was, imo, how it paced out the open world activities. Days Gone also does this however, and to a much higher degree, with more variety and with a nigger impact on gameplay. It does more to refresh open world tropes than spider-man even while doing it in a similar vein. That being one of Pacing it out. I also found the general open world gameplay in days gone to be far more engaging. Traversal is Great in both games, but spider-mans open world exploration has No stakes not that it should. Its a super hero game after all. I Just think from a pure design perspective that days gone was a much more polished open world experience.

Horizon have them both beat though.

[FanboyPolice]

*bigger

I agree with you.

I think what capture my wonder in Spiderman was that it was the game I didn’t know I wanted. I have played every Spiderman game, although not a fan of the comic, I became inclined to the games without realizing. It was very natural.

I think the biggest impact of Spiderman was the leap compared to other Spiderman games rather that it’s overall quality as a game itself.

I do see how Days Gone can be considered superior.

[RabbitFly]

Oh wow. I hate writing on my Phone. I really messed up there. Wont let me edit it either.

[Giblet_Head]

Picked it up during Black Friday with the $200 PS4 bundle. Beat it. Jarring cutscene transitions, random frame drops when accelerating too fast on the motorcycle, inconsistent enemy AI patterns. Meh story. It got the reviews it deserved.

[Benficaman]

Playing it right now, and the more i play, the more i like it. Right now i would give it a 8.5, but i think overall its more a 9

[Harryvok]

It was a little long and a little slow, but I think it deserves more credit than it got. I still really enjoyed it and would gladly welcome a sequel.

[Minute Man 721]

Need to pop this disc in.

[lelo2play]

Bring it to PC and I will tell you if they got it wrong.

[TheKingKratos]

Yes they were off by alot but they were right about the bugs/glitchs

[Exvalos]

Game is an easy 8, maybe even 8.5 reviews definitely picked this game apart with a fine tooth comb, I think at this point when it.came out almost every sony game was hitting really high meta numbers and people just excepted this game to be a 95, when they didnt feel it was they overly criticized it.

[DrDeath]

It was good. Not great or bad. I was let down by it. I expected better. The freakers kind of suck to be honest. They're annoying and dumb most of the time. Deacon was a decent character tho. And the story wasn't told the best. I never finished it. Got half way and lost interest. Too many other better games taking my time.

Overall a good start to a franchise that will only improve and get stronger. I think the second game will be very good.

[Dkcolley]

I recommend you get into the 2nd half it really improves in the latter part of the story

[Lilrizky]

I would say so. It's like 70 on metacritic?

Should be an 80ish game. It's not as good as something like God of war, horizon, Spiderman or uncharted which are high 80s to 90s

Days gone quality wise at least feels on the level of something like infamous second sons, Detroit, death stranding and gravity rush which were low to mid 80s.

More akin to infamous, it didn't do anything particularly special but it's still rock solid and an all rounder which is basically what infamous second sons was.

[FunAndGun]

The hordes were fun, the cannibals and human sections got boring. It honestly would have been more fun without all the story elements, and been a straight survival game.

[Dirty_Lemons]

I'm really enjoying it. Unsure on the state it was released in but I've had no issues playing it as it is now.

[Doomeduk]

Too many memorable moments to let Days Gone drop below an 8.5 for me
Just a couple.. Get sent to get some lavender while a horde are traveling to eat at the picking spot or get sent to a lumber yard while Ill equipped or just running out of petrol and pushing bike up road as a bear 2 dogs and and a pack of zombies are fighting as I race to get the bike to the brow of the hill and roll down
Where I was happy red dead finished because I could take no more of dutch's one more job, with DG Ive completed it but still play where red dead got uninstalled
Just my thoughts you understand
Atb

[x_xavier_x]

Days Gone is a game that sat in my backlog for quite some time, mainly due to the mixed reviews. I finally started playing it a few weeks ago and just finished it yesterday. I thought it was a fantastic experience. The story, graphics and gameplay were all excellent in my opinion. Frankly, I'm a bit confused by some of the negative critique. It's one of my favorite games of this generation.

[Imortus_san]

Did this hit the 100 patch already.

[spirited]

I enjoyed it.The highlights for me were performances by actors,weather effects,bike gameplay mechanics,hordes.
Does anyone know the official sale numbers?

[chiefJohn117]

I think the scores were accurate not bad not great.

[WillyC009]

Highly underrated game. I picked it up at release, played through it even when it had its issues(bugs/FPS etc). Working on another play through now and I’ve been having A blast with all the patches done.

Certainly hoping for a sequel. Just wanted to add, the dynamic weather and how snow and rain accumulate on the ground is still fantastic to this day.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Of course they did, it has a great world, a good story , and the hordes were unique. Many in the press had their mind made up as soon as they saw a white biker protag. Great game.

[J-DARKnes]

I really enjoyed the game. Yhe story dragged a bit but it was still a lot of fun, I even got the platinum.

[TheHan]

Honestly I think the games good, not the best but definitely good.

[AK91]

Yes they did but then again these days they rarely get it right.

[sprinterboy]

It reviewed bad from the likes of kinda funny games and other such shite sites who fast travelled everywhere to get the game reviewed 1st before anyone else.
Thats the kinda reviewer I runs mile from, I like reviewers who take there time and might have a slightly late review ie angry Joe but actually plays the game properly.
The amount of stuff gamers miss while fast travelling is crazy, gamers moan about the price of games and how much they love open world games but what do they do? Fast travel everywhere to complete the game as quick as possible which is part of the review problem.
Edit: solid 8/10 foe me and one of the games of the gen, would have been a 9/10 of not for some of the performance issues twds the second half of the game. Totalled over 120 hrs. Can't wait for my new 4ktv and ps5 to replay it again.

[Thundercat77]

Reviews get it very wrong and it was proven by how this game even break sales records for Sony.

When a game is really good, it doesn't matter if reviewers doesn't get it. Days Gone did great.

[Kos-Mos]

YEAHHH, you said it BRO! You're SO right even without being able to explain from an objective standpoint. YEEAH BRO!

[lazyboyblue]

I loved the game but it did suffer from the obvious comparisons to the Last of us at the time. Personally, I love to see a PS5 sequel but I don't think that will happen unfortunately. Ditto - Ready at Dawn's The Order.

[Jay767]

Lazyboyblue@ it probably would happen Sony owns Sony bend unlike ready at dawn.

[lazyboyblue]

Hope so. I thought it didn't sell as well as they hoped.

[carcarias]

Imho some did - especially those who, bizarrely, brought social politics into the equation.

I really enjoyed it and think it deserved a higher meta score.

[mynameisthumper]

I personally really liked this game from day one. I'm a big Sam Witwer fan too, so it was great to get another game with him as a lead. Also the constant update to fine tune the experience was great, it honestly was a great handling of whatever small issue it had at launch.

[seanpitt23]

Yes the reviewers was totally wrong that’s why I don’t listen to them most of the time this game was a solid 8.5 for me

[waverider]

The game is much better and stable with the patches, but it Was too ambitus for the ps4. It will work much better on the ps5. Im in the second run, but now with all the weapons an upgrades. The upgraded bike is so much better!

[MrVux000]

Yes to a degree.

[Atomicjuicer]

Was all set to get this at some point until I read this article and it mentioned child zombie freakers.

This was my issue with bioshock as well. I dont enjoy killing child like enemies.

Vote me down but it's a personal deal breaker.

[P_Bomb]

I think the newts are likened to adolescents, if that might help. I vaguely recall one of the research or audio files saying something about how the strain doesn’t affect young kids or seniors.

Went to look it up but in my travels, came across the Wired review bitching about the ring icon on the loading screen, of all the nit picky nonsense. Sums up the title of this topic.

[Atomicjuicer]

Cheers

[P_Bomb]

No prob.

Newts are shorter than the regular enemies so you have to consider any associations there and how you’d feel about that. For most of the game you can avoid them, as their default is to avoid you. Newts mostly attack if threatened. Mostly.

There’s one mandatory interaction with them late in the game which includes a cutscene and examination table. There are a couple more missions where you have to clear them out of a dwelling en route to your objective.

There are no children NPCs I can recall but houses do occasionally have abandoned kids rooms with toys/pictures/mementos. There are two campgrounds I remember and a school.

[Abnor_Mal]

Great game in my opinion, f**k what reviewers scored the game. Day one purchase and loved it from start to finish and even got the plat. Can't wait for the inevitable sequel to be made.

[Vanfernal]

The worst part to me is that for some reason they wanted to go with a "gruff generic white male" narrative in the reviews pushing this SJW agenda and imo Deacon is one off the best developed main protagonists in the last decade. Yes this game starts a little slow, but as the story goes on it really set itself apart from your average zombie apocalypse game.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

Yep...critics got it very wrong. Another excellent sony exclusive but I agree....it could've been a bit shorter.

[Knightofelemia]

Minus some bugs I thought it was a great game I actually like Sam Witwer as an actor

[smolinsk]

The hordes and the world itself was great, the rest not so much. Very boring story and nothing to do in the world.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

I still haven't bought it yet. I will at some point though.

[TheHateTheyGive]

One of the best open world games i have ever played, my game of the year last year.

[Everythingnerdy39]

Most did get it wrong imo.
It's the best zombie survival open world game I ever played.
It has a lot of heart and I feel it's very underrated as a Sony exclusive similarly to the order 1886 and infamous second son which I both love.
I love the atmosphere the world the characters the combat .
I don't feel enough people gave it a fair shake because the majority of the media downplayed it.
If you love dead island dying light this is better then those and at the end the best representation of a walking dead video game adaptation.

[waverider]

the problem with many reviews is that it take more then an a couple of hours to review this game. Its that simple. Many went with the generic zombie game. This game take many hours to be properly be reviewed. Graphics are top, huge world, amazing weather effect, gunplay is good. All the rpg aspect, like the upgrades. The sound, the bike. the huge amount of enemies. But the game is slow and gets better and better. The animation are really good. And remember this is the first big game made by Bend Studios. FIRST. If we compared this game with another from the rivals. The diference in reviews is from 66 to 71. The reality one seem indie and another triple AAA.

[Everythingnerdy39]

Agreed

[Prince-Ali]

I dont think reviewers got it wrong.. this game is around the 70-80 mark on Meta which is understandable... i personally think it deserves more on the above 75 mark but what does that matter... The games packing is a lil off in the beginning but then picks up and because realllyy good/enjoyable

[REALAS]

I enjoyed the entire game, although some objectives were a little unclear when trying to open certain areas. But that is one of the hazards of an open world game. Still, I spent a long time in this world and was sad when it ended. Great game for sure, screw the reviews.

[Larrysweet]

Hell yes days gone is simply amazingggggghh

[brando008]

The game was fantastic, easily one of my unexpected favourites on ps4.

[Blu3_Berry]

I just platinumed it entirely with having 100% of all the trophies. I really did enjoy it and to me I found it very fun to play. If I had to rate it, I would give it a 7 as I do think some things could have been done better but again, the most important thing is that I found it fun to play. I do think the critics were fair in some aspects of the game while others focus too much on the political "white male" agenda which seems extremely biased.

I do hope to see a Days Gone 2 as it does have alot of potential for what they can expand on such as more animal zombies and new forms of hordes.

[gammaray13]

yes they did get it wrong, the game was amazing

[theshredded]

No it blows, a lot of indies wish they had their budget.

[Donnie81]

No days gone was an absolute technical mess at launch. Zero FPS for extended periods of time. Also there were times textures didn’t even load in on huge stretches of the map. If anything the game should have scored worse. It got the typical it’s a Sony game 10 point bonus from the gaming media. I enjoyed the game almost got the platinum but I couldn’t get the trophy for sliding and hitting the boost at the same time for 5 seconds. The game itself is beautiful and fun but it was released in a messy state

[Profchaos]

Most people who actually gave it a go have said it's pretty fun nothing that sets a new bar but it's a fun game overall.

I never had an issue with it but it just launched in a busy window for me and I haven't gotten to try it yet I was still very fixated on rdr2, Spiderman and Spyro at the time so adding another game to the list was to much.

I'm waiting for a good sale price at the moment to pick it up I want something to tide me over until next gen and cyberpunk along with watchdogs

[RabbitFly]

Imo yes. It is possibly game of the year for 2019 for me. Still a few I havent grotten to, like control, but do far it was my favorite experience last year.

Reviews made it out to be below average to average. It exceeded my expectations. Though all this talk about the game being so average did temper them a bit beforehand, so I guess the game had that going for it.

[lio_convoy]

Still waiting for the price to drop lower on this one to pick it up. I'll judge it after that. Too many things I've read and watched in streams about the mechanics of this game that make it a budget title for my tastes. If it doesn't come down in price a bit more when on sale (below $20), then I'll just skip it. Too many other games to play that I know are great and not just good.

[BioShockGX]

Honesty, game was good but too damn long.

[Smokehouse]

Playing it now and it’s not nearly as bad as it was made out to be. To be fair I’m playing after the 35th update so there is that. But that goes for all games and how the initial reviews are useless. It’s a moment in time opinion that doesn't evolve with games. Reading a launch review 2 years after launch is pointless and the numbers engraved at metacritic are for circle jerks.

[ziggurcat]

Yes. Yes they did.

[ZombieGamerMan]

Yes, game was way worse than advertised.

[snoopgg]

I liked it. I would buy a sequel if it came out.

[Chocoburger]

I played the game a ton even though I didn't really enjoy it. There was simply too much scavenging and filler collecting resources that bogged the game down too much. Taking out the padding and time wasting would have made the game significantly more enjoyable. The first act of the game is terrible, but I stuck with it, the second act is okay, but the third act (when you reach the snow area) is actually pretty decent.

The story wasn't great and didn't wrap much of anything up, the ending was so bad I busted out laughing with the flower in the tea cup. Couldn't believe this type of script writing was deemed acceptable.

Killing the swarms was fun but grew repetitive (just like every other aspect of the game). Took me 110 hours to get the Platinum when it really should have taken 50 at most. The game deserved the criticism that it received, it didn't have a single original aspect, and was simply a hodge-podge of every other open-world-grind-fest game that had come many years before it. Too little, too late, too grindy.

[_dangerclose_]

Not really sure whats being asked here, the game had 63 positive reviews and only 4 negative on metacritic yet people still want to act like this game was overwhelming disliked or was a bad game which the reality is quite opposite but for some reason the vocal minority of haters is keeping this false narrative going.

[bumbleforce]

Before i wrote this comment i played the game for a few min and in that time my mororcycle flew into the air and never came back. This game is garbage. The only reason people keep defending it is because its a sony exclusive. If it was multiplat nobody would speak of it.

[DafunkyRebel]

Don’t lie, that never happens, this game played smoothly from beginning to end. Try harder to troll.

[GameStallion]

I loved this game

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Keen to give it a go myself

[StormSnooper]

Well the reviews were not bad per se, but they definitely did not give the credit this game deserved overall.

[DafunkyRebel]

Recently played it after the major updates fixed and changed the game. 10/10 god damn masterpiece

[DafunkyRebel]

What really pissed me off was the reviews calling Deacon a “typical white protagonist”. These politically correct idiots were so busy with their politics that they completely failed to see how complex the character really was. He has a serious but funny attitude. He’s a freaking liar who lies his ass off to get out of trouble, he cares about his friend boozer and his old lady. The guy is far from a typical hero complex and he has a sinnner past. The story is pretty good too and once you get to the end, HOLY moly that revelation. Hoping for a sequel when shit really hits the fan and we get some massive hordes on the PS5

[Miacosa]

Yes, it was an okay game didn't deserve the backlash it got from the press scoring because they had to rush through it.

[mandingo]

Nope. Average game got an average score

[Batnut00]

No because a subjective review isn’t wrong.

[Youngindy21]

It's a solid game. I've sunk a bunch of hours into it, so it can't be all that bad.

[Dark-soul]

Amazing game, a surprise hit! I skipped it at first, becouse was skeptical, but oh boy i had fun later on, when i bought it

[plmkoh]

The only game this generation of 'open world' where traversal made sense and was part of the game play rather than being there to stop you going A to B.

[Bennibop]

Think some of the lower reviews were a bit u fair and some of the reviewers had obviously not even played. the the game right though. Its definitely a solid 8, a great starting platform for a new franchise.

[Kos-Mos]

It's hillarious reading from the shills on this page. It's a moment in history to behold where people do anything to defend a terrible and generic game.
I wonder how many understand they are actually defending a terrible game, and how many has a sub consciousness that just force them to think this is a good game because of bias.

"Did the reviewers get it wrong? Let's look at it." My god...

[SyntheticForm]

They all pretend it's better than it is because they don't want to go against each other, and to some degree, Sony. Give em all a polygraph and see what happens.

[Kos-Mos]

Precisely. You see the Sony headlines and fake journalist articles polluting any hope of good discussion about video games here.
N4G is a safe haven for mindless Sony fanboys without much self insight.
Rarely you see any comments that is objective. Anyone that says anything negatvie about a Sony exclusive gets massive down votes. Statistics doesn't lie, bring out the polygraph (>_<)

[SeanScythe]

People complain games are long or the stories are to short or wish there was more to do after the game ends. This game fixes all of that. story continues after the credits roll, you have more to do once the game ends, the story is long and enjoyable. The game is a 9.5/10 for me, the only thing was the loading screens & frame rate drops but that's because I'm on a PS4 not PS4 pro. I really hope for a part 2 on PS5, with no loading screens.

[Spenok]

I loved every minute of it. So I'd say they got it way wrong.