Quick Look: Days Gone

Where'd everyone go? I dunno!

THEY'S GONE!

I called this in the comments a year ago! This title had a LOT of gaming sites dog piling on it (including all GB staffers), but in every developer video/E3 play-through I saw, it looked just. Fine. Not the first time the boys have hacked on a game with very little information, and ended up being off base. Anyhow, I'm stoked...seems fun, definitely picking it up.

Hiring him would open up a spot at Gamespot. ;)

Ooof, the pop in is really bad

It was mostly Jeff and Dan hating on it, and I imagine both of them would still hate it.

@lonelyspacepanda:While maybe they were the most vocal, Dan, Brad and Ben were all on the hate train too my man. I've listened to countless podcasts and UPFs were they said as much. Since we're throwing around guesses, I'd wager at least one or two of them will change their tunes in the coming weeks.

"Hey, Deacon! It's your buddy, Boozer. Wanna go bowling?"

"Are you fucking kidding me? I'm in the middle of something, goddamnit! My axe is literally buried in a dude's skull right this very moment."

"Whoa! Who pissed in your cornflakes? Whatever, man."

Yeah, if you can't turn off that radio, I don't think I want to play this game.

I'm kind of over stamina and degrading weapons and needing to constantly top up fuel and those kind of shenanigans but while this game is probably not for me, it certainly looks like a very competent one of those kinds of games. I'm glad folks will have fun with it. Also good to see a game not tank horribly and fuck up peoples employment. (Well, hopefully)

@nach0sanchez: agreed Mike would be awesome for giantbomb I would love to follow him more but I dont watch much gamespot stuff

I don't know if they were hating on it (well Dan has that hyperbolic tendency when describing things he isn't interested in), I think they always remarked how this game was just absolutely bland and from this Quick Look it sorta does look fairly uninspired overall. Kinda rough, kinda dated in a way. If I wanted an open world videogame with a bunch of stuff to check off on a list then there are plenty other slightly more interesting choices.

This game is getting dogged pretty hard by sites I trust . Still need to watch the QL, but the actual zombie horde stuff - which the game heavily marketed itself on, no less - is ultimately fairly minimal? There seems no point to another open world zombie game without something special to recommend it. I want to unleash zombies on enemy encampments and what not.

Wow that motorcycle chase looked so slow and wonky. There was zero tension or urgency.

Crazy that they seem to think the swiping on the trackpad for different menus is a new thing... I don't know where it started but I definitely remember Witcher 3 doing just that.

hey uh maybe less calling things your spirit animal, vinny?

More like Mediocrity of the Dead amirite hahahahahaha

100% right, yes.

@chrisflavin: I thought it was just my vision, but yeah multiple times I thought he was being spotted until I realized it was the crossbow.

There's at least 10 *classic* pull quotes in this video.

I can definitely see the comparison to the Mad Max game, as the most fun I had in that game was driving around the dirt because the car handled the way it felt a muscle car in a desert should feel. But as someone else pointed out, the combat (melee especially) seems out of control. There's a disconnect between yourself and the zombies and eveything feels like it is powered by some sort of magnetic force. In fact, it doesn't quite feel like the freakers are acting as singular individuals even when they are by themselves. Something about them even makes them feel disconnected to the world. They seem to lack weight and physics in some way. But maybe that's just how it looks from the outside, might feel different playing it.

Yay! Mike! Now get Bakalar in there too.

Honestly, looks way better than I was expecting. It has its own tone and personality that I can get behind, even if the core game is probably pretty formulaic. I'll pick it up when it's like $30 for sure.

@darkaileron: yes! I was thinking the same thing. Has to be John Redcorn.

This game definitely does not look like anything impressive like RDR 2 did, but it also does not look straight up bad as I've expected.

It looks kind of tedious and sort of bland, but also it appeals to me on the same weird level State of Decay did at the time, and with much better production quality.

I would be interested to know, if story actually goes somewhere or gets lost along the way before grabbing it on some sale.

I'm so relieved Dan wasn't driving this QL. I know the game isn't probably the greatest but based on his previous comments I was scared we'd just get a video of him crapping on it. Those are never fun to watch.

Looks kinda neat but it's always a shame when you can't help but constantly say "ooohh they *almost* had it with this mechanic" every five minutes. I'll wait for a sale.

yay more Mike!

@ripelivejam: Because it's not about who needs it it's about who's good at it. He meshes well with the Beast Crew.

I was expecting this game to be terrible, but it looks like it turned to be something worse--boring. They went with two of the most worn-out conceits in video games (open world and zombies) without doing much or anything at all to set itself apart, except for ... you ride a motorcycle?

Even if I found this game appealing somehow, I am so done with open world games right now that unless they do something incredible, i'm passing. Also, I'm saving my post-apocalypse hopelessness energy for TLoU 2.

This seems like the most run-of-the-mill, mediocre, perfectly competent game out there.

Alex with some subtle, not overdone comedic chime ins.

The bike maintenance RDR2 reference was realllll good

I too also picked up on the Undertaker tattoo similarity (despite having stopped watched wrestling in early 00's), as soon as Alex mentioned it being shame Dan wasn't present, I was pretty certain he was going to bring up Undertaker tattoo which for some reason I distinctly remember

Not enough Missy Elliott

I'm a sucker for zombie games, but i was hoping this was more like State of Decay.

Huh, yeah... this actually seems like a decent open world game. Like Alex pointed out, it gives off some Mad Max vibes with the fuel and scrap stuff. I wonder if Dan will continue to poo all over it now that it is actually out...? FREAKERS!

This just looks boring

Vinny! Don't apologize for your color blindness. It's not your fault.

@stephen_von_cloud: i'd imagine they played that game on pc. that ps4 version looks terrible and hardly hits 30 fps.

This game actually seems ok. It's like state of decay but less shitty and tedious.

I can't believe anyone realized that.

Also, I was hoping to see those huge hordes.

The premise of this game is still amusing to me. It's like someone went to a pitch meeting saying "we want to cash in on the popularity of both Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead, make it happen in one game!" It doesn't make much sense to me.

EDIT: Huh, I had no idea I actually commented on this. I came back here, 5 years later, to see what was said about it now that I've played the game. I've really enjoyed it.

Meh, seems competent but wholly unexciting.

@romination: which one of the hundreds of forms of animism are you mad on behalf of? Spirit animals are pretty ubiquitous as far as human cultures go.

according to the hanky code, Deacon St John is a fister! congratulations to the character design team at sony bend :)

Alex says the socom folks but I thought it was the Syphon Filter studio.

Does not look nearly as bad as the reviews are suggesting, although that slow ass bike has actually upset me physically to look at. Still gonna wait now that its been deemed "bad" by the internet the sales will be plentiful

is that John Redcorn?

Jooooohn Redcorn

After watching the QL, I think it will be many days gone before I play this game.

Agreed, at least Mad Max you could take one gas can with you (which they complain you cant here). And you upgraded your car quick enough that by like hour 3 gas wasn't even an issue once in my playthrough. Where i saw Vinnie struggle a few times in this video already... That's like the hunger meter in games, or the weight limit in Fallout -- no one likes that. :)

Id also point out they joke about "calling your bike" like a Red Dead horse, but in Mad Max you had the hunchback on your car - you 100% could call your car!!!! Should have figured out something here...