jbonz

Days Gone is a fantastic game that I almost completely passed on, thanks to trusting IGN's bogus review. I don't get it **** The Last of Us 2 is truly the masterpiece they claim, this should be right up there along with it. In fact, I enjoyed it more, because the story is more epic in scale and the characters are voiced perfectly and with lots of personality and detail. Also, Days Gone doesn't depress the living hell out of you like TLOU2 does. Since I'm making the comparison between both games, I should add that DG does not have the level of polish the TLOU2 does. I got the feeling when playing that the devs had to rush it out before they wanted, since there are some areas that could have used a little more tlc, such as odd audio levels of the MC's voice...some being WAY too loud at times. Or some frame rate dips here and there. This is the only reason I don't rate it a 10. If they had been given the time and/or budget to have the same level of polish as TLOU2 does, I would say this game is as deserving of the same praise. Regardless, I found it more enjoyable. It starts off slow, and as each hour passes the world gets bigger and better, expanding the world of perfectly crafted NPCs, more variety of enemies and a huge map. Its perfectly scary, at times when the pressure builds because you are out of ammo or gas, and the sun is setting (when the creepers come out more) and you are far from a safe house. I loved these moments because once I made it out of a tight situation, I would breath a huge sigh of relief. The enemies are varied, scary and you never becomes OP that they lose their threat. I played it first on hard and it WAS hard. I must have died at least 30 times more or less throughout the game. Riding the bike is loads of fun. I really enjoyed raiding camps. I enjoyed both melee and long range. The audio was very immersive, the music was great and the gunfire sound effects were amazing. The crafting part of the game was ok. I'd say I found it more frustrating then enjoyable. Especially when you need so much kerosene in this game and one must look all over the map to get enough to make Molotovs and napalm for hordes, yet you can only hold so much. I wish you could buy the stuff because I would have kept playing after the finale to get rid of the hordes but didn't want to spend all of the time scavenging to prep for the next battle. Anyway, I'm so glad I didn't miss out on this and I hope others, who may have been persuaded by bunk reviews get around to playing this game. It's fantastic and I really look forward to part 2, if they actually make it.

It's been a long time since a game drew me in and made me want to play for hours, days, **** get the point. FROM renewed my faith in gaming and I hope other developers are taking notes.

I'd love to give this game a better **** I COULD PLAY IT. Stupid decision to insist on constant internet connection. Also not a fan of watered down skill customization and other elements designed to cater to the casual player. The fans of D1 and D2 expected more of the same or **** less. Gaming seems to be taking a turn for the worst these days. I'm looking at you EA/Bioware. If it wasn't for Dark Souls and anything Valve spits out, this would be the worst time for gaming for me.