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February 22nd 2019 Is Going To Be A Killer Day For Games

What are you going to pick up on one of the biggest days in gaming next year?

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GamesMaster19822181d ago

Ha yeah and i wonder how many of these actually make the release date.

ilikestuff2180d ago

I was thinking the same thing, it’s all water under the fridge.

Palitera2180d ago

"Crackdown" haha

But seriously... I would only bet on Metro and Days Gone actually releasing on the current schedule.

Anthem's marketing/hype is probably very far from what they need and Crackdown, well... If the idea is an actual good game, there are some delays ahead...

Godchild10202180d ago

I think Days Gone will release a week early.

MuddyWaters2180d ago

Phil Spencer wasn't very happy after he heard all those other games coming out the same time. Crackdown 3 will be the first to blink and change its date.

Genuine-User2180d ago

Most games will likely move from 22/02/19.

Days Gone was the first announcement with this date, it's only fair to buy it before everything else, lol.

Ceaser98573612180d ago

Buying Days Gone Day one.. Anthem , I will need to see more gameplay.. I found the game play dull from what I saw this E3..

edeprez2180d ago

I agree, Anthem wasn't shown off very well. Its probably better than it looks, but GaaS isn't really my thing. I will be getting Days Gone too, as long as it's pretty good.

doggo842179d ago (Edited 2179d ago )

I am getting day's gone day one as well. Looks amazing. Metro too. Anthem and crackdown on the other hand look shit in my opinion, wont touch those things with a ten foot pole.

Aceman182180d ago

I'll be buying Days Gone first, then Anthem if any of my friends buy it so we can play coop. Never was big into Metro, and CD3 I don't even care about anymore.

medman2179d ago

Crackdown.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhah ahahahahahahahahahha......

Oh man, these people got jokes.

getbacktogaming2179d ago (Edited 2179d ago )

...it's the game that cracks us up like no other!

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Neonridr2181d ago

I don't know if I will pick up any of these games at launch tbh.

SegaGamer2181d ago

Same with me. I'm not that interested in any of them.

Jinger2181d ago

Crackdown 3, Anthem and Metro will be day one. I'm gunna wait on a sale for Days Gone, I got my zombie fix already.

ziggurcat2180d ago

"I'm gunna wait on a sale for Days Gone, I got my zombie fix already."

except it's not a zombie game... the devs have even said that the freakers are alive, and not zombies at all.

Tobse2180d ago

If they say its a racing game, do you believe that aswell?

ziggurcat2180d ago

no they're not.

"Senior animator Emmanuel Roth explained, in and interview with GamesRadar, that although these “creatures” might seem like zombies they are definitely alive. These are humans that have become infected and turned feral by a disease and are called Freakers (similar to 24 days later). He explained further that every Freaker is different, and that they have different needs and even behave differently depending on their surroundings and the weather.

The gameplay trailer showed two of these creatures, the main horde type Freaker, and the smaller Freaker dubbed a Newt. Unlike the hoard type Freakers the Newt seems to shy away from direct conflict and would rather pounces on their victims when they least expect it."

http://www.fortressofsolitu...

Tedakin2180d ago

And 28 days later isn't a zombie movie.

Jinger2180d ago

Infected, zombie, crazy on bath salts... who cares. They are humans turned into flesh eating creatures.

P_Bomb2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

28 days is an easier sell, although it’s more about rage than cannibalism. It got credited for reinvigorating the zombie genre with the runners, which Dawn of the Dead ran with as did Capcom’s REmake with the crimson heads. But is I Am Legend, or 30 days of night?

In Legend it was described as a mutation from a failed cancer cure, and those who turned were more akin to vampires, even though they too moved in hordes. In the Last man on earth book they run and climb, in the movie they’re slower and more plodding but have some intelligence, use weapons to kill Vincent Price who calls them mutations and “freaks”, repeatedly.

Depends how Days Gone executes it. Animals get the strain too, which reminds me of Will Smith’s dog in Legend. That never happened in TWD, 28, the Romero’s iirc. It did happen in Resident Evil, but they too moved away from zombies onto Las Plagas with Leon’s famous “that’s not a zombie” thought bubble in RE4.

I don’t know if the freakers prefer night to day, like the Alaska invading 30 days of night hordes, but it’s been said they prefer the cold.

gangsta_red2180d ago

Sounds like "zombies" to me.

Hardiman2180d ago

Pay him no mind because it doesn't matter! If it was multi platform we wouldn't be having this conversation!

He's getting hung up on what they are called but that doesn't change the fact that the naysayers try so hard to label it "generic" there are articles about impressions and gameplay previews that paint a very different picture!

Come February those of us who have PS4's will be treated to a proper third person action/adventure survival open world game that has Freakers/zombies/infected it doesn't matter what you call them because there will be hundreds of them(so far we'vs seen Screamers, Newts, regular Freakers, infected bears, wolves and crows and there's no telling what other variations there'll be) and that alone will make for some AMAZING experiences! Combine that with loads of customization options for weapons and motorcycles and a detailed beautiful game world and I don't see how you couldn't be excited!

They did the same thing with HZD and look how that turned out!

No Way2180d ago

ziggur - it it looks like a chicken, if it barks like a chicken... it's a chicken.

Neonridr2179d ago

so I guess 28 Days Later isn't classified as a Zombie movie then.

ziggurcat2179d ago

so I guess you don't get that there's a difference between the things in 28 days later and this game.

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Ricegum2180d ago

"I'm gunna wait on a sale for Days Gone"

Oh of course you were going to say that 😂 try harder.

paintedgamer19842180d ago

Jinger is a Sony hater 😂. Prob still review better than sod2 and sot which both are in the 68 club 😂

Jinger2180d ago

Well, duh, I have made it clear my thoughts on Days Gone. Nothing I have seen since has shown me why I need this game.

RememberThe3572179d ago

And yet Crackdown 3 has some how proved itself? I LOVE me some Crackdown, but I've seen way more from Days Gone that's interesting and am still trying to figure out what the hell is going on with Crackdown 3.

Hardiman2180d ago

Here's the thing with calling Days Gone a "generic" zombie game. The Freakers are alive and must eat, drink, sleep and breed. They have an intricate ecosystem. Same with the animals and some are infected and so are not. Also there's deep crafting mechanics in the game combined with one of the most detailed game worlds I've seen for a "generic " zombie game! There's also a meaty narrative with choice and consequence but go ahead and wait for a sale.

Jinger2180d ago

Nothing you just said makes it unique. You can call them Zombies, Freakers, walkers or runners... They are infected zombie-eaque creatures that try and eat you.

ziggurcat2180d ago

@jinger He didn't say anything about it being unique. You can't call them zombies if they need to eat, sleep, drink, etc...

Jinger2180d ago

@ziggur

So are you going to sneak into camps of freakers that are sleeping and mating? Or is that just something they say they do because they want to desperately separate themselves from zombies? if all I ever see of them are just groups of creatures eating human or animal flesh then they will be no different than any other zombie besides being able to run fast.

If I can sneak into a Freaker camps and witness them sleeping and mating and all that then I'll admit they aren't just zombies.

ziggurcat2180d ago

"So are you going to sneak into camps of freakers that are sleeping and mating?"

that has nothing to do with them not being zombies.

"if all I ever see of them are just groups of creatures eating human or animal flesh then they will be no different than any other zombie besides being able to run fast."

there are several things, apart from running speed, that differentiate freakers from zombies that have already been explained by other people, including the devs... but you've flippantly dismissed those explanations as "desperate."

Jinger2180d ago

@ziggur

I don't care what the devs say... they can say that Freakers sit down and do long division and discuss the intricacies of a working economy. If I don't see them doing this stuff and only see them doing zombie stuff then what's the point?

So if I don't see them express any other emotion or characteristics than azombie then they are just zombies in my eyes.

ziggurcat2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

You not caring what the devs say doesn’t make them zombies.

But by all means... continue to be ignorant of the facts.

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UCForce2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

Here the thing, freaker are actually alive and they do have their community. They can drink, sleep and breed. It’s very inspired by I AM Legend.

Hardiman2180d ago

I love the "unique " angle people go to! Why can't fun be the main perimeter when games are concerned? I'd say the Freaker ecosystem is the main element that'll separate it from the pack. I think like with most games there are gonna be more than a few surprises!

Also what makes a Metro unique? The answer you'd come up with can be applied to Days Gone or any game because while nothing is truly unique and is inspired by something else, the sum of parts combined come together to make an experience that is both fun and unique to itself!

I've got a sneaking suspicion that if this were a multi platform title there'd be less "concerned " or "I'll get it on sale" comments!

morganfell2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

Crackdown 3? Might not be day one on the 22nd...

https://www.well-played.com...

UCForce2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

Days Gone will have different varieties of enemies. Like infected cougar, infected bear, infected raven and more. What State Of Decay 2 have ? Same zombie type with little variation and it is another game. Even Bend Studios dare to put zombie children aka newt just like Dead Space 2 put zombie Infant which it will explode if you get too close on them. The horde of freaker are not that dumb really. At first, they will chase you at the front but they will surround you if you are not be careful and people said the horde isn’t scripted and it feel natural actually. The animation on the freaker move differently. But you are still ignoring what developers said. But i’m not surprised a person like you. When come to PlayStation, you mostly talk negative about them. But when come to Xbox, you are loving them. Well, you have MS inner fanboy as well, but of course you don’t want to admit it. You are no different.

Jinger2179d ago (Edited 2179d ago )

State of Decay 2 has special zombies also.

Also, I don't always talk bad about PlayStation. In fact my game of the show is Ghost of Tsushima. I cant wait until September for Spider-Man.

But I'm not going to just hide my opinion of a game just because Sony is popular.

AmUnRa2179d ago

Yeah shure you wait for Days Gone, one, you are wrong they are not zombies, and shure you you buy CD3 cous you are a wel know fanboy, so no surprise here.

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Brexit2181d ago

I can't wait for Crackdown 3. The multiplayer is going to be fun with 100% destructible environment. Intriguing!

generic-user-name2180d ago

They haven't showed that destruction off in 2 years now, wouldn't be surprised if it's been scrapped.

darthv722180d ago

not scrapped but not powered by cloudgine anymore since Epic bought them. They are using the azure tools now. cloudgine, I understand, was much more optimized for smaller projects like this game where as azure is on a larger scale for businesses and such so it will be interesting to see how it all works. I am thinking there will be dedicated servers just for this game to process all the online destruction.

morganfell2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

Show us some footage of the destruction you are talking about. Except you can't. Microsoft is king of bragging when it comes to anything at E3. If there was any sort of reputable destruction working we would have seen it.

We didn't.

Stop making things up or telling us how we will be sorry when your dad buys a new Mustang and then you will out run everyone. Its absurd to simply make an assumption of the sort which you are fabricating when Microsoft's silence on this matter has been deafening. No demos in 2 years and not one public test of this mind blowing tech that will change gaming but hasn't been shown and is being given away with gamepass. Add to this the co-developer and original creator has bailed and left and it looks like Reagent has been shut down. Oops.

https://www.gamesindustry.b...

Please.

No Way2180d ago

@Morganfell - you mean like the super-realistic gameplay of Killzone?

They all do it.

KickSpinFilter2180d ago

I just heard that the main guy/company who was working on the cloud destructive part of Crackdown 3 has left/been bought by Epic I think it was. I think your going to see even more delays in this game big time.

darthv722180d ago

He left to go with his cloudgine company that Epic bought earlier this year. The main cloud features used for this game have been recompiled using Azure tools which is much more robust of a toolset. The game is nearly finished and what they have been working on lately is refining the graphic style. compare shot of its initial reveal with now and it is night and day difference.

Goldby2180d ago

@darth

Ans figuring out how they are going to fit Terry crews' biceps into the game

IRetrouk2180d ago

I read that interview, completely avoided talking about the destructability or even multi-player for that matter, id wait for reviews first.

morganfell2180d ago

Well Darth you might want to back off on those guarantees and take a wait and see attitude. Everything points in a very bad direction. Now demo, people refusing to talk about it, Reagent shutting down. Now is not the time to just be making things up. Even major sites have no proof MS is going to use some of their own cloud tech instead of locally computed destruction. But if you want to keep standing out there these remarks will come back at you in less than a year and they will have plenty of egg with them.

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Rimeskeem2180d ago

I like the metro devs a lot. I will see what happens with Days Gone (gets well reviewed I will likely buy it). Dont care about Crackdown 3, Anthem we will see.

The 10th Rider2180d ago (Edited 2180d ago )

Yeah, TBH all titles show promise, but at the same time I wouldn't be shocked to see any or all of them, other than Metro, dissapoint. They all fall under the "Wait for reviews" category for me.

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff21839d ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan8d ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin8d ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_8d ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

Cacabunga8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Co CEO prefers gamers to boycott.. so be it. I’ll never buy a gaas.
Just imagine buying a game you cannot replay in some years.. this shit must stop.

Days Gone did zombies in a very original way. The story was also so engaging. You actually only meet Zombie hordes later in the game. There are many more enemy groups to deal with.

MrNinosan8d ago

@Notelin
I am one of the few who bought Days Gone on release day and loved it completely.
However, "more online trash" is phrased like Sony has put out alot of trash online games.
We got what, 2 games? Helldivers 2 and GT7, 2 of the most sold Playstation games where both is loved by millions.

You, me and especially shinoff has no idea if Fairgames, Marathon and Concord will be trash.

Just because we (as in you and me) don't love or support online games, doesn't mean millions of other do.

And we don't know what Bend Studio is working with? We don't know if they're forced to make a online game or another amazing single player experience.

The only thing we do know is that it's not Days Gone, sadly due to poor sales the first 6 months.

shinoff21838d ago (Edited 8d ago )

More online trash wasmt meant how insee it comes across. I should've worded it different I was meaning the focus they currently have on it.

Anything online is online trash to me. How long did naughty dog spend on that dumba last of us multiplayer, how about Concord, or even the other couple we hear about. I fk with Sony because rpgs and their 1st party single player games. Been like that for years. I hate seeing them waste time, money, and talent on trash. I understand bot every game is gonna be for me but this focus they've seem to had on multiplayer is extremely disheartening. Even at the state of play the only things I was really feeling were Astrobot and silent hill 2 and I'm content with that, not everything is for me. It's just the online focus I hate. Ms bought up 3 to 4 wrpgs developers, Sony just ignores rpgs 1st party wise.

And a days gone 2 would've been much better then whatever online sht bend is working on. I do know sometimes I get very idk emotional. I do need to work on toning that down a bit lol

SimpleDad7d ago

Ammm let's see... That All-stars, Foamstars, Babilon 5 wass gaas...
Concord... can wait to play that...Marathon uuuu... Last of them gaas... U
Horizon Zero dawn has a project that leaked as a Fortnite lookalike.

They bought Destiny that is a dead gaas...people love ti.

Helldivers 2 was luck.

Jimbo was all in and pushed Sony single player games 5 years behind.

Spiderman gaas was cancelled... I mean every 1st party studio was doing gaas.

Bend had to pitch a gaas game... Open world coop something

I can't remember more... Of that crap.

tay87017d ago

@simpledad. Destiny 2 isn't a dead game. Its the number 5 most played game on steam. I dont play it, but alot of people do.

MrNinosan7d ago

@SimpleDad
You failed to mention a single PS Studios game that has been released last 10 years.
Either your reading skills are crap or you think Sony own every studio in the world.

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just_looken7d ago

I rolled my eyes at concord not only was it just yet another cookie cutter hero shooter but that qucik look for the hero select.

Already has a free section then paid section along with a they/them she/her dei crap top right.

Nothing like a day off of work to fire up concord to read about the new characters sexual identity and or preference then a paywall do you want o buy this character shit like no i just want to shoot my gun have fun.

-Foxtrot9d ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink8d ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

shinoff21838d ago

I mean it's not out of the realm of possibility at this point.

Grilla8d ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5238d ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin8d ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-648d ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

Cacabunga8d ago

The guy’s just a moron.. he should have stayed within game development. His choices will have a terrible impact on the brand in the long run.

tay87018d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Dude is pretty pathetic. Sounds like a guy who's girl left him for someone better. Always talking about days gone sequel that never was, even though he is no longer at bend and hasnt been for a while. I for one am not upset about the lack of a sequel. It is one of the worst 1st party games in recent memory. Completely jank, played like an xbox game. The only redeeming quality was the hordes.

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excaliburps8d ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla8d ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

derek8d ago

@Notellin, of course you'll believe an embittered ex-employee with an axe to grind because it's evil Sony he's complaining about. You guys act like days gone was this huge success and somehow Sony hates easy money a sequel would have generated. The game was mid and so was the response to it. They're still supporting the developer who is making a new ip that could be great.

shinoff21838d ago

Days gone was fantastic. I bought day one but didn't get around to it for months. When I finally did I was pissed at myself for waiting so long lol

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P_Bomb8d ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing698d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip8d ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

-Foxtrot8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

But if it’s true what this guy says it sold better than Death Stranding

Yet that got a sequel and Kojima aside out of them both DS didn’t really NEED a sequel compared to Days Gone which ended on such a cliff hanger twist.

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Days Gone – Five Years Later

How does Bend Studio's underrated open-world survival title hold up after all these years, especially following its updates?

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GhostScholar15d ago

One of my favorite games of all time. Hate that ain’t didn’t allow a sequel.

Cacabunga15d ago

This MUST have a sequel..
Enough said

GhostScholar15d ago

Sony didn’t green light a sequel and I hate it.

Psychonaut8515d ago

Yeah the director is still bitching about it 5 years later. Lol. It does suck though. Definitely plenty of room to do more with the IP.

got_dam15d ago

I'm with you on that. I lived in the bend area for a long time and it was nice to see that part of the country in a game. As noah Gervais said (in his negative review that I don't agree with mostly) "day gone is more oregon than far cry 5 was Montana, and far cry 5 was pretty damn Montana."

YourMommySpoils14d ago

I really enjoyed it too. Kept me coming back for more and the platinum.

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SimpleSlave15d ago

The Motorcycle was actually fun and the idea and effects of the Hordes was actually great. Sadly, the zombies in the horde have no health bar so they drop like flies, even if you hit them like once or twice on the knee. Also, no Head Shot Only Mode in another Zombie game.

In the end, it was a very generic game, with terrible mission design and cookie cutter everything. And with terrible writing and terrible written characters, the whole thing was just an Asylum level bad. This was just Sons of Anarchy at home with Zombies but somehow worst.

But again, the motorcycle was fun though...

Tacoboto15d ago

Best motorcycle gameplay of last gen!

The writing though really was the worst. Deacon was one-note and overly bitter, everyone else was a trope. You could cut off the first 30-40 hours of the game and then it would actually be a great game.

GhostScholar14d ago

I couldn’t disagree more about the writing. I thought deacon, his wife, and his friend were all great. It’s one of my favorite open worlds ever to explore too. I had no interest in the game at launch but my friend loved it and kept urging me to play it and once I started I couldn’t put it down. One of my favorite platinums.

shinoff218315d ago

I really enjoyed it. Shame it never got a sequel. Unless that sequel was online focused.

Phantom6815d ago

Fixed long time ago. Shame there i no sequel

Psychonaut8515d ago

Need to play this again with the 60FPS update. Haven’t gone back to it since I beat it at launch. Definitely underrated, just sucks that people bounced off of it because the first several hours are a little bit of a slog. It’s worth it though.

GhostScholar14d ago

They bounced off of it because all anyone cares about is the last of us. It’s better in every way to the last of us for me personally. I enjoyed the first last of us game, but the second one was atrocious

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The Rise of the Metro Series

A look back at 4A Games' admirably consistent post-apocalyptic shooter franchise.

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