After completing the game on my ps4 pro, yesterday in fact, and bar a couple of trophies like finding those god damn stacked up rocks, i thought i would give some honest feedback or a short mini-review of sorts..
First some negatives i found or expreience in the game.
The game needs a lot of polish.
-Lipsync issues, some of the characters are so poorly done, they might not of even bothered.
-I had a zombie that got stuck in mid-air some 5 feet of the ground.
-I shot the BFG(sniper rifle) at a zombie, instead of going backward he flew like 20 feet straight up in the air.
-Had an issue the red bag seeds quest, the seed would not spawn,
Saving kidnapped people in the road, i have no idea how many times i saved the same black dude in one area, it must of been a dozen times, at first i thought it was part of the plotline where he kept of getting caught, i even saved him out side the entrance of Mikes encampment, 20 meters from the gate lol.
-Deacons mad rumbling, sometimes he breaks out in the most absurd voice-overs, esp after hearing the radio etc,
-Loading, there is a lot of it, some very short some agonizingly long. Without a doubt, this game needs a ps5.
-I got stuck once, some sort of noclip issue that stuck my body to the side tent of all things, i had to restart.
-Half the horde went missing at the lumbermill, i had been fighting it for 10 minutes, with the red bar showing the horde stopped at -50% and i run out of horde to kill, a quick reload put the lost horde back at the mill.
-Terrible dumb Ai, especially at marauder camps.
there are a host of other things, but you get the point, even after all the technical fixes, there are many many problems.
Time for some positives.
-The bike progression is awesome, i don't even drive in real life due to eyesight issues, but oh boy did i do some serious riding in this game, Once your bike is fully decked out, its a joy to ride about, especially downhill with a lot of trees and my personal favorite is, lining up freakers and trying to kill them by ramming into them at full speed.
-A plot of mostly enjoyable characters,
-Distinct and different camps with their own moral compass ramifications. I did not like Tuck's camp at all, especially sending people there, i would of rather of sent someone I saved to another camp, although a small concept in its idea,its something i think they could of expanded on.
-Guns, the BFG sniper rifle is fantastic, that along with the Tommy gun, gangster al Capone gun,
(sorry i am not good with guns) is just so damn awesome, taking out an entire marauder camp with a silenced weapon is just so much fun.
-An extremely pretty world to look at, at least for me in the first area, I am not going to say this is the best looking game out there, but in a lot of areas, it sure is a looker.
-Nice weather systems, i really liked it when it rained, especially on roads with reflecting water puddles.
Time for some Really big Positives.
The Horde, killing them, murdering them, running from them, this is some of the most fun i have ever had in a game. Some of the big hordes are just super fun, for anyone that stopped the game early, a few hours in, and simply just gave up, you need to experience them. Getting to my bike with a hundred freaks a mere few meters behind me or dropping that napalm Molotov and watching them burn is just so much damn fun.
This game has a lot of technical issues, but at its heart, it is super fun and to me that's what really counts in games.
If i was a reviewer i would give this game a solid 8/10 and 100% recommend it to people.
I am astounded that this game will not get a sequel, because for a first IP, i think Bend delivered in spades.