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Days Gone

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Ps4 exclusive, coming early 2019, one hour gameplay on the gameinformer website, I'm definitely interested anyway.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/05/10/watch-the-first-hour-of-days-gone.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAASF1fhHCo

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Varik

angry centaur gaming?

Had a quick google, and found a ACG twitter with few followers but a few big names following them and 2 youtube channels. What's what?

Zero-Cool

I think it was the eurogamer preview where the guy just started rattling off the story details, I skipped straight into a few minutes later and the dope is still going into great detail about the story in great detail. I went to the comments to find everyone complaining about it. Everyone just wanted to know about the gameplay and exactly as said above, is it fun. The guy seemed to just not give a ****.

A YouTuber reviewer can be good and bad. If the person has a genuine interest in something, it can have the detail a fan would want but they might be biased also. Then you have a dickhead who is only interested in games that will get them likes, comments and subs who are shocked by everything.

I really like ACG and are my go to for any game I'm not sure about in their 'Buy, wait for sale, rent or never touch' series. To the point, what's the game about, good points, bad points, is it fun

The Specialist

Varik wrote: »

Went to google what IGN said and the auto complete for IGN Days were

IGN Days Gone
IGN Days Gone too white
IGN Days Gone white male
IGN Days Gone preview
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IGN Days Gone impressions
IGN Days Gone white man

At this point I don't think the likes of IGN, Polygon, or any of the gaming press matter to sales but at what point do publishers start to think it's not worth the negative noise. Sony already not bother with E3, and doing their own thing. They all seem happier to work with individual streamers and youtubers, it'd used to be a big no no for a publisher to ask who would be reviewing their game but now they get the press by going to an individual and just having a sponsored video.

They are becoming relics using provocative social justice stances to stay relevant. Who wants to listen to that **** when you are trying to find out what game is like? I’m kind of thankful for youtube reviewers in a way because they generally have an interest in the game and speak of its mechanics rather than politics. The likes of Kotaku, Polygon, IGN and Eurogamer can all go and **** themselves when it comes to their reviews carrying any weight, just soapboxes for white knights and virtue signallers who forget the whole point of reviewing - is it fun?

Varik

Went to google what IGN said and the auto complete for IGN Days were

IGN Days Gone
IGN Days Gone too white
IGN Days Gone white male
IGN Days Gone preview
*
*
*
*
IGN Days Gone impressions
IGN Days Gone white man

At this point I don't think the likes of IGN, Polygon, or any of the gaming press matter to sales but at what point do publishers start to think it's not worth the negative noise. Sony already not bother with E3, and doing their own thing. They all seem happier to work with individual streamers and youtubers, it'd used to be a big no no for a publisher to ask who would be reviewing their game but now they get the press by going to an individual and just having a sponsored video.

Retr0gamer

Penn wrote: »

It's funny, I remember you saying the same before Horizon Zero Dawn came out because Aloy and Rost sound like Alloy and Rust, yet most people enjoyed the story and thought the writing was quite good as a whole.

What's in a name, eh?

Thought the dialogue and writing in that game was pretty poor. It was just doing a bad Josh wheadon.

It wasn't any worse than most videogame writing.

Penn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

As for the writing, he is called Deacon St. John.

It's funny, I remember you saying the same before Horizon Zero Dawn came out because Aloy and Rost sound like Alloy and Rust, yet most people enjoyed the story and thought the writing was quite good as a whole.

What's in a name, eh?

The Specialist

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Polygon have a nice preview on it thinking it would be crap and changing their mind.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/6/18252021/days-gone-ps4-preview-impressions

IGN getting hammered for saying he 'rolled his eyes at another gruff white male protagonist'. Too many white people 3/10.

And this is why I blacklist gaming sites that follow this thinking - **** off with your weak woke bull**** and just tell me about the game.

Zero-Cool

Ha dammit! :Pac:

gizmo

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Polygon have a nice preview on it thinking it would be crap and changing their mind.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/6/18252021/days-gone-ps4-preview-impressions

IGN getting hammered for saying he 'rolled his eyes at another gruff white male protagonist'. Too many white people 3/10.

You realise you linked an article that says "In the last few years, the fashion has moved away from overly familiar pissed-off mid-30s white-man protagonists"? How dare you, etc... :pac:

Based on the initial reveals though, I find it hard to disagree. The whole thing just had an awful bang of Fracture to me; the classic X360/PS3 Unreal Engine 3 powered, third person shooter from Day 1 Studios where you played the iconic Jet Brody.

Quite glad to see it's exceeding some people's expectations. It's certainly not particularly prominent on my radar but it'd be nice to get another PS4 title in the library at some point if they can pull it off.

Zero-Cool

At least Diesel thinks it will do good, check out their clothing range after partnering with days gone. 50 pounds for a t-shirt, 800 pounds for a leather vest jacket. Seriously who the **** is gonna buy that.

https://uk.diesel.com/en/diesel-x-playstation/days-gone/?t=m

Zero-Cool

Polygon have a nice preview on it thinking it would be crap and changing their mind.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/6/18252021/days-gone-ps4-preview-impressions

IGN getting hammered for saying he 'rolled his eyes at another gruff white male protagonist'. Too many white people 3/10.

[Deleted User]

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well I doubt it will review badly but I'd expect a lot of 7 and 8's which in the hyperbolic world of videogames is a total disaster to some people.

Metro gamecentral really grilled the developer and even ign and vg247 previews were did raise a few concerns.

As for the writing, he is called Deacon St. John.

I don't see how these can be taken as an unimpressed impression.

"Ultimately, I want to say that Days Gone looks good. I really enjoyed the few hours I spent with it and I’m eager to explore more of its grim, dangerous world. Even though it doesn’t seem to bring anything revolutionary to the table (though the zombie freaker tech I’ve seen in previous demos is impressive), based on what I’ve seen, what it does, it does well. The big question I have is no longer “is Days Gone fun to play?” because the answer there is yes - the real issue, now, is “Is Days Gone fun to play for 30+ hours?” And my answer to that is… hopefully."

"But here’s the thing – I played for four hours straight, and never got bored. If the preview event hadn’t ended, I would have been quite happy to keep going. There’s something here. It’s a clumsy game, but it’s charming and big and increasingly engaging as it goes on. I even started to come around on Deacon a bit the more he was fleshed out. Days Gone might not be another immediate classic, but there’s more to it than I expected."

Retr0gamer

Fred The Red wrote: »

It's all been quite positive recently? Is there a source for the more reliable ones?

Well I doubt it will review badly but I'd expect a lot of 7 and 8's which in the hyperbolic world of videogames is a total disaster to some people.

Metro gamecentral really grilled the developer and even ign and vg247 previews were did raise a few concerns.

As for the writing, he is called Deacon St. John.

Zero-Cool

Is this you Retro :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj4wuyrMvd0

[Deleted User]

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's more that there's a lot of red flags going up around it. Tight embargo, awful writing and some very unimpressed impressions from the more reliable previews.

It's all been quite positive recently? Is there a source for the more reliable ones?

Retr0gamer

ERG89 wrote: »

Never seen a game some people practically want to suck more than this.
It's pretty generic but I don't see the warning signs of it being a mess.

It's more that there's a lot of red flags going up around it. Tight embargo, awful writing and some very unimpressed impressions from the more reliable previews.

The Specialist

Not much interest in this but I think its big selling point of zombie hordes has already been neutered by the release of World War Z, it's just not going to have the same impact now.

Penn

I've been keeping my expectations pretty low, to the point where I probably won't even play it the first few days it's out as Mortal Kombat 11 is out 3 days before it and I'm much more hyped for it. I don't think Days Gone will have anywhere near the impact of Horizon, God Of War or The Last of Us, but I think it'll ultimately be a pretty solid game and an enjoyable experience.

Zero-Cool

Have to say I had written this off early on as well as I put it down to looking generic. Now that I'm getting it, been looking into it more and it seems like it should be fun. Not expecting last of us quality but I don't think it will be **** either. It's probably for the best it has widely low expectations.

[Deleted User]

ERG89 wrote: »

Never seen a game some people practically want to suck more than this.
It's pretty generic but I don't see the warning signs of it being a mess.

It's weird like that. It's been getting written off since it was announced.
For me I'm eager to see what the critics think before making my decision but I'm just staying neutral on it until then.

ERG89

Never seen a game some people practically want to suck more than this.
It's pretty generic but I don't see the warning signs of it being a mess.

Retr0gamer

petes wrote: »

Sekiro had a review embargo also

Except Bethesda always have a 24 hour embargo for all their games, no matter the perceived quality.

Sony on the other hand have very generous embargos, except for some games and those games usually end up with mediocre reviews, like Detroit.

We will find out in a week.

petes

Sekiro had a review embargo also

[Deleted User]

Benzino wrote: »

Review embargo lifting the day before release is never a good sign imo. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Best case I can think of where it wasn't the case was Doom 2016
I do hope that this comes good tho

Zero-Cool

I love this clip, madness.

https://twitter.com/PlayStationAU/status/1116914043497984000?s=19

The Phantom Pain

@ zero cool, a lot of the time when they let influencers stream they're given a very carefully selected slice of the game that couldn't possibly tell us how the entire game will play. I remember Mafia III and Assassin's Creed Unity had tons of streaming for side missions - both games embargoed until day of release and released to medicore/poor reviews namely due to technical issues.

That said, I'm playing devil's advocate. I think the reviews for Days Gone will be OK, a lot of 7s, possibly 8s but nothing groundbreaking.

mutley18

I will probably get this to fill the The Last of Us void in my life

Zero-Cool

Whatever about review embargo's, I read that 'influencers' will be allowed to stream this from the 22nd. If true, then why have review embargo? I've seen that early stream backfire when games are giving to people with a not a lot of interest in the game but have a lot of followers. I remember Angry Joe giving out about division 2 because of mechanics which are completely normal for the game and work as intended but because he had little interest in it, he just put it down to bring a negative and a ton of comments like 'wow, this game sounds ****'.

A video leaked yesterday of the first hour of the game. I read that the loading needs to be fixed as it takes 10-15 minutes to load into the game. Turns out the player started recording but left out at a 'press start to continue screen' which someone took to be a loading screen. The writing was in French so you can forgive the poor lad for jumping straight on the interwebz to give out.

A legitimate complaint I've seen so far is the flash light points wherever the camera is looking and not where Deacon is pointing as it is not physically attached to him. Strange one but I'd prefer that over no flash light like division 2!

Benzino

It seems like I'm outta touch so, thought it was usually a week for most games.

Retr0gamer

Sony has usually given a week or more before release at Thier embargo date. Two human was day before. I'm thinking theyve not got faith in glowing reviews for this one.