Days Gone Creative Director Blames Bugs, Reviewers Not Bothering to Play and "Woke" Reviewers For Lack of Better Reception

Kacho said:
Critics at major gaming sites lost their shit over that one line about him riding his girlfriend like a bike. lol

This 180 by Greg Miller still cracks me up



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He saw what his peers were saying and felt pressured. This guy is as spineless of a snail trail pussy as they come.
 
FireFistAce said:
Oh you mean Uncharted 4 where him and his brother get beat up by a strong, female POC villain. Where he loses utterly at the end and the villain is made to the sensible person, gets away unscathed (first Uncharted villain to go undefeated, btw) and appears in the Uncharted game after Uncharted 4? Where a sequel is setup where he is replaced by his daughter?

Not quite the same I would say.
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Yeah, I'm sure we never see a female character beat up a guy in a movie or video game before. And loses utterly at the end? What are you talking about? lol

Nadine Ross was also hired by Rafe and she wasn't a real antagonist if you were actually paying attention to the story. And having set up a sequel with Nathan Drake's daughter would feel completely different than him having a son because it would just basically be the same character.

Things make sense if you're not looking to complain about things being "woke".
 
This it he only PC port that I actually liked. Play it on the hardest difficulty for a better experience.
F all these other poorly paced games like uncharted 4 and god of war.
 
It was good after several patches, and plays much better on ps5 than ps4. The other problem was that it was getting compared to as an open world TLOU, which it Isn't. I remember people being disappointed by that.
 
DForce said:
Yeah, I'm sure we never see a female character beat up a guy in a movie or video game before.
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Not one but two men, that were "mass murdering machines of mercs," twice her size, that spent time fisticuffs in a Hispanic prison to boot.
 
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The game just wasn't very good, it lacked polish, better writing, better gunplay, better side quests.

The whole "yuck white dude with a hat on a bike" was out of line though.
 
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Trying to find these woke reviews. Can't see any.

Personally I found it just to be another generic open world zombie shooter, with a lot of bloat and uninteresting story and characters. Being super buggy at launch certainly didn't help its reception.
 
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I mean, he is partly right. But the game wasn't as great as some people suggested. By the time I was in its third act, I was bored of it, and finished it only because I hate leaving games unfinished.
 
DeepEnigma said:
He saw what his peers were saying and felt pressured. This guy is as spineless of a snail trail pussy as they come.
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Or we could go the non-conspiracy laden, logical route, and conclude that he played a brief preview and enjoyed what he played, and then was disappointed when he played through the full game.
 
analog_future said:
Or we could go the non-conspiracy laden, logical route, and conclude that he played a brief preview and enjoyed what he played, and then was disappointed when he played through the full game.
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This isn't a conspiracy. His actions speak louder than words. Did "his boy" Colin dirty.
 
EviLore said:
The game was pretty good, but the writing and narrative drive had issues. After spending many hours tracking down his wife's whereabouts and uncovering their detailed backstory, (minor mid-game spoilers) Deacon and his wife finally reunite. But she doesn't care at all that he's alive. They then put Deacon through endless demeaning encounters with her while she berates him and he acts like a doormat. He continues chasing her and sacrifices everything at every turn to try to get her to pay attention to him again.

No doubt this is how interpersonal relationships work for people in the gaming industry, but it didn't exactly fit for this tough as nails post-apocalyptic biker.

It was reminiscent of AC: Origins, where Bayek acts more like his wife's OnlyFans subscriber than her husband.
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I thought it was strange at the beginning, but she was clearly scarred and shocked by the whole situation, way more than anyone else if you consider that she had already an hunch that the whole problem was partially caused by her like you see in a cutscene later, ans she was trying to cure the virus while tricking the generao into thinking that she was making a virus to kill the freaks, a lot of stress for a simple doctor...i think she deserve some slack.

I think it can happen to have an initial cold reaction when you don't see someone for a long time, thinking that he was death and with all the shitty circumstances.

It was a breath of fresh air to not see the usual reaction you see in any show when the 2 lovers are reunited tbh, amd she get softer and softer the more missions you do for her until she break and fuck him:lollipop_grinning_sweat:

Bayek was much worse, at least deacon call some of her bullshit out a little or he is snarky when she is being bitchy, bayek just serve her without a pip if i remember well.
 
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Absolutely not. The game is super mediocre and bland, and really unpolished. It's not horrible or anything, it's just not great. A fair score would be 7/10.
 
Man, they're brutally ripping him apart for saying the truth..

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He's 100% correct on all accounts:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/boug...aying-days-gone.1580111/page-2#post-261391473

Those little Twitter cunts deserve to be bitchslapped hard all day fucking long if that's the only way to get some activity out of their supposedly existing brains.
 
Kacho said:
Critics at major gaming sites lost their shit over that one line about him riding his girlfriend like a bike. lol

This 180 by Greg Miller still cracks me up



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Jesus what a pathetic bitch, i hate this cringy cunt way more than low testosterone jason.
 
I understand the guy's frustration even though he didn't exactly handle it very well, judging from these tweets.

That said, played it for 15-20 hours some time after it was released and while I enjoyed certain elements, just didn't work for me - it is kind of a excitement-free chore and I absolutely hated the main character and his annoying mumbling. Gave it another chance on Ps5 and despite the fps increase, I bailed in less than an hour. It's a bummer, because the world is really beautifully made.
 
I've tried to get into a bunch of times, but at best it's average as shit. There's nothing in it that hasn't been done better, or I ain't already played a million times. I wanted to like it but man, here's another fuckin hub, do a bunch of pointless shit for minor upgrades. It's that whole Ubisoft thing. Go here, kill/fetch that. It gets old fast.
 
I played pc version and loved it every second. I never understood how this game rated so low. So i kinda agree with the guy. Easily 9/10 game for me and definitely better game than RDR 2 imo. Fight me.
 
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He got it right at the beginning, the technical issues were the thing that kept me away more than anything. On top of that the setting and characters just seemed uninteresting and overall it just didn't seem like it was on the same level as Sony's other 1st party games.
 
tmlDan said:
Nathan Drakes not white? news to me.
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I literally had babyYoda try to tell me that Kratos was black because his voice actor was. There's a level of stupidity with these folks that's just astounding to me.

Also, this director's been bitching for YEARS about this game. You made a middle of the road Ubisoft style collectathon game with Zombies and thought that joke of an emotional edge was going to get you that Sony praise and it backfired.

I like Days Gone but give me a break, it's Far Cry Zombies.
 
A 7 or 8 is fine with me. I enjoyed the game but bailed after probably 60-70% from it dragging a bit too long. I played it after the patches. I don't think the horde stuff worked that great until late endgame, which is a bit of a drag. I like the game though honestly.
 
I enjoyed the game, but my biggest gripe was how often and how loudly Deacon would just scream and talk to himself like a crazy person. It became quite distracting and cringe. It happened so frequently throughout the game for me...sometimes the same dialogue would play over twice.
 
i dont know about the games initial release but I got the game a few months ago for my PS5 ($15!) and its absolutely phenomenal.

however i know im benefiting from a bunch of patches and the added power of PS5. maybe the game needed more time to cook.

anyway I got the platinum and im sad we almost certainly wont get a sequel.

edit - i especially loved the setting, they made oregon look stunning
 
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Agree. Its a fantastic game, rough start, and kinda meh pacing but mid-game towards the end, it gets incredible zombie-killing wise and character wise. Atmosphere is nice the entire game.
 
hinch7 said:
Trying to find these woke reviews. Can't see any.
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Put some glasses on next time:

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VEZ1R said:
I played pc version and loved it every second. I never understood how this game rated so low. So i kinda agree with the guy. Easily 9/10 game for me and definitely better game than RDR 2 imo. Fight me.
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Dude, this is the majority's opinion on the game. If you don't believe me just look at this Thread:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/boug...ouls-but-cant-stop-playing-days-gone.1580111/

I've never seen this level of appreciation for a non-multiplatform game on GAF, ever.

Magic Carpet said:
You don't need to search for gas in Drive Club.
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Oh, God forbid having survival, meaningful and unpredictable elements in a survival open world..
 
Not the first time I heard it's been boycotted for not being woke.


What's so not-woke about it?
 
Oh my god what is it with the video game industry and airing this stuff on Twitter?! I swear, you don't see this whining in TV/film/(non YA) book land.
 
That's a reach. I liked it, it was fun. That said, it wasn't anything to be blown away by. The writing was pretty bad in spots too and had some parts that had me laughing when the scene wasn't comedic. The game also over stays its welcome. I don't get what wokeness has to do with any of this.
 
Agree 100%. Gavin is finally speaking his mind about this.

Those sjw reviewers are nuts and DO NOT represent America or the world in General. They represent at most a 2-5% fraction of freaks and weirdos that go to reset-era and reddit and find everything "problematic".

There is nothing wrong with saying your wife has a nice ass.

This game is amazing! I am re-playing it now and the details and fun exploration + combat is so good.
If the woke weren't' there this would be getting a sequel.
The racist fucks took over sony and now won't let any new game have a new protagonist be a masculine hetero sexual white dude.
Can't have that , sjws will flail in screen in their elite echo chambers.

I found Deacon, Boozer, his wife, copeland, tucker, etc.. as good characters and npcs. They were grounded in reality.
A game that was not buggy for me, and that new and fresh. No other game has a biker or hoards.
The game is also fun. Its exploration is great. The history markers have a story in them too if you look.

I am so saddened that this won't get the sequel it desrveres. Who would of thought a new ip selling 10mil+ and no sequel. wtf..
 
I couldn't get into the game, but from what i did play it didn't look much different from other high scoring AAA games, so i do agree the low reviews for this are weird.
 
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This crying session will sure make reviewers take you seriously in the future.

Dude, you put out generic open world game with a ton of bugs. Get over it. I don't remember other devs crying like this.
 
Vick said:
Put some glasses on next time:

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Dude, this is the majority's opinion on the game. If you don't believe me just look at this Thread:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/boug...ouls-but-cant-stop-playing-days-gone.1580111/

I've never seen this level of appreciation for a non-multiplatform game on GAF, ever.


Oh, God forbid having survival, meaningful and unpredictable elements in a survival open world..
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Let's be honest, you mad because Sam Witwer is better looking than you. Step out and touch some grass, get to know more people. I have a lot of biker friends, one of my good friends who looks literally like Deacon in the flesh over a decade before this game was a thing, and he still dresses the same today. He crushes crazy hot ass like you wouldn't believe, rich girls, college smart girls, doctors, lawyers, etc, because yes, women still like the "bad boy" image.
 
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It felt years late to chasing zombie and open world trends, mechanically average and didn't really offer anything new to the genre save for the horde mechanic which wasn't nearly leaned into throughout the game, at least in the twenty or so hours I put into (think I ran into three hordes). I didn't care much for the narrative, characters or motivations but that has little to do with being "woke". On the plus side, the world is lovely. Studio Bend's public comments about the game paint them as really bitter and not willing to face their shortcomings.
 
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