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[Xbob42]

7 hours ago, crispy4000 said:

 

Only half of critics recommend it.  More than 4/5’s of user reviews do.  Majority consensus is that it’s underrated.  Loud minority is still loud.

You clearly missed my point, which was that the public majority opinion on Days Gone is "Oh yeah, that biker zombie thing, did it come out yet?"

[Bacon]

Zombies suck worse than superman these days. 

[crispy4000]

23 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

You clearly missed my point, which was that the public majority opinion on Days Gone is "Oh yeah, that biker zombie thing, did it come out yet?"

 

"Oh yeah, that ______ thing, did it come out yet?"
 

That could literally be any game that isn’t Red Dead 2, BoTW or Fortnite this gen.  There aren’t many games the majority of gamers know the launch date for or keep tabs on.

[Xbob42]

Poor Days Gone, no one even knows you exist!

[crispy4000]

5 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

Poor Days Gone, no one even knows you exist!

 

It almost outsold RE2 last year in the US, and did so on the PS4 alone.
 

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/01/ps4_exclusive_days_gone_makes_the_list_of_2019s_best-selling_games

 

Almost outselling Resident Evil is pretty damn good for this type of game.

[Xbob42]

Oh Days Gone, to be outsold by Luigi's Mansion 3!

[Phaseknox]

16 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Everything except your avatar you keep changing every 30 minutes.

Which is your favorite?

 

8 hours ago, gamer.tv said:

For me, it was a good story wrapped up in an OK game. 

Same for me.

 

1 hour ago, Bacon said:

Zombies suck worse than superman these days. 

I still like them.

[SimpleG]

Days gone was pretty mediocre but I enjoyed my time with it.

[Keyser_Soze]

30 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

Which is your favorite?

 

I dunno I liked the spikey face girl or the 2B you had before.  For me the more zoomed out it is the less good it looks in the crappy small icon format we have here.

[crispy4000]

50 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Oh Days Gone, to be outsold by Luigi's Mansion 3!

You mean almost as unknown as Luigi’s Mansion 3, right? 

[Xbob42]

No, more unknown than Luigi's Mansion 3 since it sold less!

[crispy4000]

29 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

No, more unknown than Luigi's Mansion 3 since it sold less!

They both clawed for that 18th spot, let me tell you.

 

These games both sold well.  So did RE2.  Now that’s a hot take!

[Phaseknox]

3 hours ago, SimpleG said:

Days gone was pretty mediocre but I enjoyed my time with it.

Days Gone is far from mediocre as far as I'm concerned, it's one of my favorite games this gen. Everything about it is solid IMO. It has an entertaining story, an interesting cast of characters, a big game world packed with things to do and great melee/shooting/stealth combat. And the zombie hoards/mobs are intense. It appealed to me right from the start, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

 

2 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I liked the spikey face girl

She's back.

[Duderino]

6 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

You clearly missed my point, which was that the public majority opinion on Days Gone is "Oh yeah, that biker zombie thing, did it come out yet?"

If this week's UK sales are any indication, that really hasn't been an issue during the summer sale.

[Xbob42]

2 hours ago, Duderino said:

If this week's UK sales are any indication, that really hasn't been an issue during the summer sale.

Oh yeah, that's some spicy competition on the bottom half there! Exactly what you'd expect a forgotten game like Days Gone to be up against!

[Keyser_Soze]

1 hour ago, Xbob42 said:

Oh yeah, that's some spicy competition on the bottom half there! Exactly what you'd expect a forgotten game like Days Gone to be up against!

 

And we are really citing sales when the game is on sale a year after release?

[Duderino]

8 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

And we are really citing sales when the game is on sale a year after release?

It's only to illustrate how backwards @Xbob42's take is.  

 

For a new IP from a developer that has not been in the AAA space for decades, Days Gone has done relatively well at becoming a known property.  A jump in the charts a year+ after release supports that.

[crispy4000]

Or the fact that more people bought Days Gone than RE2 on PS4.

 

He never presented an argument to support his assertion.

[Xbob42]

PS4 players have abominable taste?

[GameDadGrant]

I’m pretty sure both Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate and Metroid Prime: Federation Force were both subject to a lot of ire/hate/bad reviews. But I actually really liked both. 
 

Maybe not “love” but there are so few games I truly love anymore.

 

...wait, does 3DS count as “this gen” still?

[crispy4000]

Before realizing it sold well:

 

On 6/1/2020 at 5:03 PM, Xbob42 said:

the public majority opinion on Days Gone is "Oh yeah, that biker zombie thing, did it come out yet?"

After realizing it sold well:

 

2 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

PS4 players have abominable taste?

 

Nice backpedaling.

[Xbob42]

I dunno about "sold well" since the current metrics put it at "it almost sold as much as x, so that's good, right?" but sure! Strange that there's no numbers, but I'm sure that's a coincidence! I know Days Gone is beloved around the nation and around the world! A masterpiece that will be remembered for years to come by the dozens of fans who can remember it!

[crispy4000]

13 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

I dunno about "sold well" since the current metrics put it at "it almost sold as much as x, so that's good, right?" but sure! Strange that there's no numbers, but I'm sure that's a coincidence! I know Days Gone is beloved around the nation and around the world! A masterpiece that will be remembered for years to come by the dozens of fans who can remember it!

I don’t get what your hang up is on keeping this narrative up in spite of the facts.

 

True, we don’t have direct numbers for Days Gone.  Best we have is that it outsold Mario U Deluxe in 2019.  Which was at 6.6 million as of March this year.  So put two and two together: It sold well.

 

IMO, no game making the overall annual NPD Top 20 should be considered forgotten or unnoticed.  Because we could expect any game doing that to sell 5+ million these days.  

[Xbob42]

Okay, okay! Days Gone sold really well and will definitely see many sequels!

[crispy4000]

5 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Okay, okay! Days Gone sold really well and will definitely see many sequels!

Yes it did pretty well, and perhaps.

[ShreddieMercury]

Bizarrely, this conversation has me thinking about playing Days Gone even though it doesn't seem like my thing and "freakers" is the worst name I've ever heard for anything.  How much open-world bullshit do you have to deal with in Days Gone?  More or less than Horizon Zero Dawn?  Because that was too much for me.

[Phaseknox]

11 hours ago, GameDadGrant said:

there are so few games I truly love anymore.

That's because you don't have a PS4.

 

11 hours ago, GameDadGrant said:

...wait, does 3DS count as “this gen” still?

No.

 

9 hours ago, ShreddieMercuryRising said:

Bizarrely, this conversation has me thinking about playing Days Gone even though it doesn't seem like my thing and "freakers" is the worst name I've ever heard for anything.  How much open-world bullshit do you have to deal with in Days Gone?  More or less than Horizon Zero Dawn?  Because that was too much for me.

Days Gone has a much smaller and more dense open world than Horizon Zero Dawn, and it has a lot less filler as well. Some of its optional side activities are repeated a lot, but you can ignore doing them if you choose.

[skillzdadirecta]

On 5/31/2020 at 6:16 PM, heydude93 said:

I used to get shit for saying The Evil Within is a better game than Resident Evil 4.  It's true though. It took what made RE4 a good game and modernized it. 

 

 

 

 

It really didn't.

[skillzdadirecta]

On 6/1/2020 at 11:18 AM, Bloodporne said:

I personally believe I deserve a medal for just how much RDR2-hating content I've contributed to this forum.

You and me both brother.

[Bloodporne]

On 5/31/2020 at 6:16 PM, heydude93 said:

I used to get shit for saying The Evil Within is a better game than Resident Evil 4.  It's true though. It took what made RE4 a good game and modernized it.

 

That I don't agree with at all. RE4 is infinitely better paced and nearly spotless while TEW is a diamond in the rough as far as I'm concerned at least. It's more like a really fun and cool pastiche of a whole slew of games.

[GameDadGrant]

@Phaseknox

 

LOL! 
 

Hey, I own a PS4! Look me up I’m GameDadGrant on PSN!  

[heydude93]

8 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

It really didn't.

 

7 hours ago, Bloodporne said:

That I don't agree with at all. RE4 is infinitely better paced and nearly spotless while TEW is a diamond in the rough as far as I'm concerned at least. It's more like a really fun and cool pastiche of a whole slew of games.

 

 

That take was hyperbolic i admit.  RE4's pacing, atmosphere and game design are timeless and influential in ways that are almost unprecedented in gaming, but I still think movement while aiming, more challenging combat and limited supplies of items, The Last of Us-inspired stealth mechanics, and a slightly more well written story are examples of progressions on it, many of which will appear in the remake. 

[SimpleG]

17 minutes ago, heydude93 said:

 

 

 

That take was hyperbolic i admit.  RE4's pacing, atmosphere and game design are timeless and influential in ways that are almost unprecedented in gaming, but I still think movement while aiming, more challenging combat and limited supplies of items, The Last of Us-inspired stealth mechanics, and a slightly more well written story are examples of progressions on it, many of which will appear in the remake. 

I agree with you on this one. 

 

[atom631]

I really liked Anthem

[Bloodporne]

On 6/3/2020 at 6:13 PM, heydude93 said:

 

 

 

That take was hyperbolic i admit.  RE4's pacing, atmosphere and game design are timeless and influential in ways that are almost unprecedented in gaming, but I still think movement while aiming, more challenging combat and limited supplies of items, The Last of Us-inspired stealth mechanics, and a slightly more well written story are examples of progressions on it, many of which will appear in the remake. 

Have you played it on PC by the way? I've been wondering if it's worth picking up on a technical level for potential improvements over the PS4 version.