PS5 Fans Are Pondering the Point of Days Gone Remastered After Graphics Comparison Emerges

It’s just so they can put the white PS5 bar on the box. It was probably worked on by about 3 people at the cost of like $76 and a pack of cigarettes. So people can stop worrying about resources being taken away from new games for these ports.

Soon to be removed from PS Plus, I'm sure...

I will leave it to digital foundry before I make any decisions.

The remaster looks like how I remember the OG looking when I played it 5 minutes ago.

Should've called it the definitive edition

If enough people buy this remaster sony might change their mind and make a sequel

What are they talking about? One guy has a cap instead of a beenie, that’s a clear improvement.

Seriously though, why show cut scenes and stills? There is always limited improvement there, once we see open areas, with (hopefully) increased density and clarity in movement, then we can judge.

"fans misunderstand why these remasters exist. Typically, they’re small-scale projects to help keep teams employed while they prototype new ideas."

Shouldn't the prototyping of new ideas be what facilitates employment...? That's still actively working towards releasing a project; it's not like these things come out of the ether, after all.

Also pretty sure teams are often prototyping post-gold, pre-release — if not earlier. Or, perhaps more frequently these days, during post-launch support. That's not to say it's impossible for a studio to prototype long enough to remake a game ("remake"), but all the stories I've ever heard about game development tended to insist teams jump into new projects almost immediately after shipping the last. Unless Sony just wasn't greenlighting anything...

Either that line's fundamentally incorrect, or Sony has the most asinine sense of management.

Ill buy it for 20 bucks, just to have another ps5 box in my collection. Yeah,
Im part of the problem i know

I was thinking about how if they’re going to do remasters then I’d rather have older stuff that got flawed HD versions years ago like Killzone, Ratchet and Clank etc and then I remember the key fact - this requires little effort and remastering games from further back than last Tuesday would be too much effort for Sony to give a f**k about.

I've been meaning to replay it, so I'll get the 10$ upgrade.
It's not a masterpiece, but it's a good game overall, better than other titles that fancy themselves AAA's.

It's so it will seem like the PS5 actually has games from 1st party studios.

This feels like this could've been an update instead of an upgrade.

The other thing I want to add, is will first party PS4 games ever look dated to the casual gamer? I don't think so. GTA 5 dates from 2014, and looks much closer to games now than a 2004 game would look to 2014. As so on ever 20 years etc.

These sort of shots dont really show what the actual gameplay looks like - I will reserve judgement until we see that.
Plus the main intention of the remaster may be to add (PS5) Pro support.

So they took PS4 version, changed few graphic settings to High to match PC version and they are charging 10€ for it

It explains why there will be no "remaster" on PC. Because PC already have a remaster.

@Fyz306903 I think there’s a clear gulf between early PS4 titles and the late PS4 ones that I could pinpoint a certain ‘look’ the early Sony PS4 efforts have with regards to their texture quality and lighting. Apart from The Order 1888 which looks incredible still from what I’ve seen (still need to actually play it). Thinking about it, Infamous Second Son is old enough to actually warrant a PS5 remaster and would massively benefit from it.

I discussed with friend several months ago, a remastered version of any game like Days Gone is not worth my money, especially if a sequel was not happening. I did however, buy the $10 upgrade to Horizon Zero Dawn because I have Forbidden West and because this game will be a complete trilogy. Days Gone though, no, I will not be wasting my money and time on it......unless a sequel happens, I will probably get the remaster then.

This would be a free patch on any other game, it was obvious there was no real upgrade when on PC there isn't a seperate version or mention of improved fidelity.

Instead they are charging you £10 to use your PS5 controller and TV's own features and its a joke

Anything from PS4 ain't gonna see a difference for a remaster those games already looked to good so I'm glad they added different modes and accessibility options etc to spice it up

@UltimateOtaku91 Isn't DF comprimised?

@EfYI You know the pitch that got rejected(by local management btw, not Sony) was a multiplayer co-op shared world game, right? I feel like most people wanting Days Gone 2 don’t really get what the Days Gone 2 pitch actually was.

@nessisonett I agree with you on Infamous, both Second Son and First Light would be great remasters. I think The Order 1886 looks amazing as it is and would truly benefit from a PS5 update patch to allow 4K at 60fps (or 120fps if you have the screen for it) and maybe updated textures. I personally would love to see the original Killzone Trilogy from PS2/PS3 completely rebuilt and I would pay £60+ for it.

@ChrisDeku I‘d be happy if there were a box with a white bar. According to the PS Blog, DGR will be digital-only. But these remasters are the games which a „complete, patched and polished“ and therefore deserve a physical release the most!

Feels like some easy filler for the 1st party line up.

Nintendo used this tactic pretty well throughout the Switch life cycle albeit that was helped by the Wii U failure.

I don't have a problem with it existing, I'm not very interested though.

@themightyant I'd say this though it's notable that PC doesn't get a seperate version like HZD did, instead just a "dlc" pack for full Dualsense support (sorry but that's ridiculous) and its photo and other horde modes

@Medic_alert there is a huge difference between Switch’s remasters of Wii U games that only 4 people played (great games, but overlooked because Wii U) and a remaster (or in ND’s case, a remake of a remaster) of games that millions of people enjoyed and can still play them (enhanced in some cases) by simply downloading/putting the PS4 disc in the PS5

"While we do understand the criticism, we sometimes think fans misunderstand why these remasters exist."

Nope I am understanding perfectly why remasters exist and it's to squeeze more blood (money) out of the stone.

That is the only reason they exist as with most things in a commercial industry, money is the be all and end all of it. Any other justification is just smoke & mirrors to make you open your wallet.

This is where I don’t think Xbox gets enough credit. Because of how their smart delivery is set up, developers can just push updates to current gen in a patch (unless they choose to release a brand new version, like Lego Harry Potter). The only gamers I see which are pissed off about this are Achievement hunters lol.
Unfortunately the best which the PS5 can do for PS4 games is have patches that benefit from the console (Ubisofts current 60fps patches) but they are not true PS5 games.

In this case, I am curious to see some game play as the PS5 patch for the game made it a far better experience than on the PS4 Pro

@themightyant Fully agree, and never thought or said otherwise. And because of this „second chance“ I‘d wish there were a physical release, which creates more attention especially for the not die-hard PlayStationados, but more casual audience.

Another remaster which looks worse than the original with 'plastic' character models.
New accessibility features are always welcome but surely that's just a patch not an upgrade?

Was it Shuhei or Shawn who said these remasters is not just to fill the gap between big projects but also to gain some revenue that can be used to funding those big projects?

I'm personally don't have problem with remasters. For Days Gone case, it's a second chance to grab the attention from people who never played the game. Although i prefer Sony to remaster games from PS1-3 era than PS4.

Saying there's no difference while comparing to the PC release is being purposely misleading as the PC version was a big step up from the PS4 version meaning there will be a jump from PS4 to PS5. That said i just don't care for this remaster, maybe if Days Gone 2 was a thing i could be tempted to replay it under new paint but its not so i just don't care enough to upgrade.

@0niguy it could if they actually put effort into it

It's a shame because I modded this on PC and it's genuinely better looking than any game I've ever played. If they put effort in the difference would be obvious

@themightyant why is charging for controller support ridiculous? Personally I feel that question answers itself

Added to my collection for free, and still never got round to playing it. Would/ might bite for the 10 quid update, just to show support to the devs, before finally giving it a go!

@Balie3000 the ps+ version isn't eligible for the ten dollar upgrade so u would need to buy it st full price

This game even run acceptable good on steam deck ( played and finished the game on deck oled )

This remastered is absolutely unnecessary 🥱why not remastered classic game like sly cooper etc2?

@Andy22385 your right but is it gonna crazy difference still no... Demon souls on PS5 looked like completely different game because it was from way back on PS3

I think I only paid £10 for it first time round (around 2020). I’ve happily chuck them another £10 to let them know I still like this kind of game. So much fun getting chased all over the map by massive hordes. Felt like Serious Sam at times

Simple answer to this question: if enough people buy it there is a point. If not, there isn't and there won't be any future such remasters.

Assuming SIE is not blind to sales data, then it seems that enough people enjoy the ultimate versions of games, thus there seems to be a point in squeezing this likely easy source of revenue. Another reason might be that sony wants to future proof these games, So, maybe You will appreciate the existence of these remasters at some point ... .

Anyway I agree with pushsquare this permanent bickering about everything playstation related is becoming annoying.

They likely adjusted some sliders on the build step and called it a remaster.

Happy to pay the 10 upgrade fee but just hope there’s some meaningful pro options.

@Drago201 I'm well aware of that. I was implying that they would remove it from ps+ so that you have to buy the ps5 version if you still want the game. They can't make any money off of anyone who is happy with the ps+ version.

@EfYI the source is John Garvin(or the other clown) , they literally said that was the pitch. You can Google it

@Cry_Zero
Unfortunately I don’t think it is getting a physical release.
Another poor decision imo.

@EfYI here is a quote from Jeff Ross, the game Director(the other guy that got let go with Garvin) from an ign article

When asked by Jaffe if the ideas for a co-op mode would have been implemented in a sequel, Ross said: “It’s one of the things that we had in our pitch, yeah. It was the idea of a shared universe with co-op play.”

https://www.ign.com/articles/days-gone-2-was-pitched-as-a-shared-universe-game-with-co-op

Watched the the 4k trailer on my LG G4.
Looked alot better by eye. Draw distance is better. The horizons are crisp and clean and high resolution.
Looks alot better in motion.

The point of Days Gone Remastered is to piss off John Garvin.
And honestly? I'm laughing. This is the kind of banter I wouldn't expect from Sony.

Sony will be interested in making a sequel of the remaster is a hit in terms of sales.

To me the weirdest thing about this is the fact that they aren’t releasing it physically.

Did the game need remastered? No. But surely more people would have been willing to buy it if it was shipped in a PS5 box.

Lol because people can notice the difference in a compressed youtube video 🤣 Honestly today's generation of gamers gives me anxiety just by reading their problems out loud in my head 🤣
I've paid my £10 and ill take my chances, guaranteed it'll look better on a "decent" setup and not on a "crapatron 32incher" that half these whiners will play it on.

@themightyant I probably explained myself poorly, but my point is that I do believe it's ridiculous that controller support specifically is locked behind a paywall, by all means let them sell the rest as dlc (even if many others have offered way more as free extras) but I do not believe anyone should be charging you to use the hardware that you have already paid for, whether that be on PS5 or PC

@themightyant Feels like we are the only ones who know the real reason about Days gone 2, also agree when you say false infomation, remember when everyone bought into that Black Myth Wukong was a "secret" PS5 exclusive, even Game science had to come out and say it wasn't true.

@Jrs1 Just like when people try and crap on the PS5 Pro, the difference to me is night and day, I guess poeple see what they want to see 🤷‍♂️

Im leaning upgrade just for the horde mode really. $10 bucks will get me that or a dozen eggs(sadly).

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@Oram77 Too true bud too true 👍

@CaptD youre right. I hate sony these days :/. Maybe theyll change their ways. Alan wake 2 was also announced as digital only)

I was going to get this but they are being stingy about the ps plus owners. I did own the game but got rid of it when the ps plus version comes along so you did have my money XD

@thefourfoldroot1 also the video above compares the remaster to the pc version that has a 4080, it should be the ps5 pro vs the ps4 version.

@CaptD not really a poor decision , i'm sure if there was enough support they'd do a physical release , but if its something they know that won't make money why would they print out discs in small batches?

I would have considered upgrading $10 from the PS Plus version. That’s all.

I'll buy it again for full price. Only in the, probably, vain hope that if enough people do that they'll start work on a sequel!!

@SrpskaArtilerija no there isn't. One gen difference in both cases, very little changes in either with maybe some minor new modes.

Other than the Wii U selling appallingly which I mentioned in my og comment it is just the same.

@Drago201 can't call it definitive when you're planning on another remaster for the ps6

They do stuff like this but will never remaster Infamous or Bloodborne. Things people have been wanting for years. I enjoyed days gone but this remaster is senseless.

Another Sony remaster which would just be an update from other publishers

The point is so they can make more money from people and fill up the 1st party release schedule to stop it looking so barren.
We need some PS3 remasters rather than PS4 games that can already be played on a PS5.

I'm not a remaster support, but Days Gone is a different case in my opinion.

I think it could be a way to show Sony people want a Days Gone 2, maybe I'm overthinking too much, but is how I see it.

I enjoyed Days Gone more than I expected, but don't have any interest in revisiting it.

This is exactly why I bought my Remastertation 5.

Terrible comparison though considering it's all of the close up scenes where you won't see the improvements mentioned. The original PC version offered similar upgrades - it looked awesome - and I'm guessing this'll push it further still in those particular areas, along with the additional modes.

Obviously this remaster is a lot less visually ambitious than Horizon so I can understand the disappointment. As other people have said, I imagine the main purpose of this is to gauge the playerbase for a sequel. Would have been nice to see an engine overhaul but for a tenner I won't say no - the Ghost of Tsushima upgrade offered far less and I bought that 😂

the 60 fps patch was good enough !

That this excellent game didn’t sell more than it did is a stain the reputation of gamers. Only had themselves to blame when Sony started pumping money into games as a service instead.

If you want to undo the damage and send a message, I’d seriously consider your actions when this releases.

Not interested in comparisons of cutscenes. That’s just ludicrous.

Not defending and not seen anything, but sometimes a YouTube video is not going to show the difference that your decent TV will on the actual console

I genuinely see no difference between the comparison images.

What a strange remaster.

I love Days Gone. I've completed it a few times. For $10 I'm in, but I may not play through the entire game again. Depends on the Pro support and what gameplay is like.

@ChrisDeku so 3 people and one packet of ciggies or 1 pack each? What does a decent packet of ciggies cost these days? £20? Could get expensive for a remaster that looks no different..FYI I was a Marlboro red guy..

At the very least, I can upgrade for $10 and then trade in my physical copy of the PS4 version for $13 at GameStop.

This game is so mid. Maybe 6.5/10 and the remaster will make it 6.7/10. A remaster is just stupid but they obviously think they’ll make $$$?

@nessisonett exactly, they have many titles that they could "remaster" looking at my old Resistance games ....

@Balie3000 gotcha 👌 they r stingy like that

Like Horizon it will be removed from Plus soon and I won't be buying it i got for PS4 and it runs very well through PS5 and I also have it for PC and again very well it runs for that too

So many amazing forgotten games that needs overhaul that it's sad.

A HUGE DIFFERENCE!!! There is no blood on his grey t-shirt when heli lift off! So pay ten bucks for one missing texture!

On a huge sale years from now I'll get it. Stopping my PS Plus subscription, so my PS4 copy will be gone.

The problem with Days Gone on PS4 was never the graphics - it was the load screens / transitions. Cinematics would end at precisely the moment gameplay began, but they'd fade to black, load, and fade back in to gameplay that would begin precisely where the cinematic ended.

If this was a true remaster they'd be implementing the Last of Us / God of War style gameplay-cinematic-gameplay seamless transitions they were so CLEARLY were gunning for on PS4 but ran out of either time or money to complete.

It's one of those changes that would be a lot of work for a small change; but a small change that'd make a gigantic difference to gamefeel and polish.

That, and more stuff to do in the open world. Everyone is banging about more hordes in free-roam; it had that already, remember? It had plenty of hordes. Remember how hordes were actually the ONLY thing to do in free roam? There was exactly three other random events, and even though I haven't played Days Gone in years but I remember them vividly because they happened so often; two raiders would go by on bikes you'd shoot them with the sniper rifle; or three copy-pasted wolves would run by the bike so you'd shoot them with the sawn-off; or a single deer would cross the road and Deek making the same, lame "deer crossing?" joke again and again and again. Rinse, repeat.

That's what needs fixing; don't add more modes, just finish the single player. Sort the loadscreens / cinematic to gameplay transitions; add some actual stuff to the freeroam besides "extra hordes to go with your hordes" and do whatever the 4k / 60 fps patch is. Then you've got a remaster worth £10.

@0niguy possibly, I've modded it and it's honestly better looking than anything I've played so far on PS5. The tools are there for them

I am willing to spend $10 to see if maybe it will be enough to convince them to make a sequel.

For tech enhancements sure....

Otherwise it's just to get money from casuals or die hards. That's fine but I'd rather something else be remastered and it went to PC already so to me it's also kind of pointless.

I'd rather other IPs get the chance or money that's more worthy to earn, not be lazy easy route as run out of others to offer.

Sure it gives Days Gone a 2nd chance but does it really need one? What about other IPs, oh the engines, oh this and that. I seems a money excuse to me then genuinely necessary or tech reasons it's always easy money reasons.

If Bluepoint/Bend didn't have their games cancelled and the State of Play showed them even like Concord/Astro then I can see why. Let alone other decisions Sony or PlayStation has made we don't know yet. Besides the Bluepoint/Bend game cancelling period compared to when we happened to hear about them.

To me I prefer Wii/PSP/PS2 versions to HD versions anyway and that's no longer a thing so to me if it was a 3DS to HD like Castlevania or RE Revelations was or something I'd say sure.

But it's not it's PS4 to PC back to PS5. I don't see the point.

The point is to make something, anything, since sony don't have new 1st party games to announce because jim ryan told most ps studio to make (mostly cancelled) live service games.

I skipped out on the HZD remaster as I'd recently played HZD. I bought Days Gone years ago in a sale and haven't gotten around to playing it yet so paying £10 for an upgrade before I play it is reasonable to me

It's a proper chalk and cheese game isn't it. I got the game with my ps plus ps5 purchase and never played it. Bought it for 7 quid on steam and played it four or five times through on deck.

It shows that ps plus games are often ignored over purchases for me. I have completed on ps5 now on a big screen and it's a belter. Free roam instead of tlou handholding is for me a lot better. Controversial I know.

Sony being a money grabbing company as usual

I refuse to pay any kind of money for these re-releases as a matter of principle. Screw you sony, you already got my money, you don't get to get it again with a low effort marketing ploy like this.

And this is coming from someone that loved days gone. For me it's the best zombie game ever made, better than tlou and tlou2 (the stories in these were awesome, but gameplay on days gone for me was more fun).

Maybe PS6 will be a remastered version of the PS5 generation. Waiting for the new IP. I'm just seeing sequels and remasters everywhere.

I absolutely loved this game upon initial release the value and atmosphere alone made it a real under appreciated gem. But just can't muster the enthusiasm to play it what a 3rd time.

However if you've a PS5 and never played it you should give it a go. Really felt it got unfairly treated (bit like Alien Isolation in that respect).

Also didn't they do a new horde mode via a free patch?

If you listen to the internet, this is the single worst thing Sony has ever done. And yet, Days Gone Remastered is coming with new content and a $10 upgrade. It's creeping up the pre-order list of PS5. This game is clearly wanted. I can't wait to platinum it again and that Horde Assault mode sounds like so much fun.

The reason for the remaster is simple. Money. Instead of making new games that gamers want they would rather "remaster" game that aren't even 5 years old that most people didn't play to start with. If So y wants to do remasters how about some games from the PS1, 2, or 3 that people actually enjoyed?

"While we do understand the criticism, we sometimes think fans misunderstand why these remasters exist. Typically, they’re small-scale projects to help keep teams employed while they prototype new ideas..."

So gamers are supposed to "help keep teams employed" by purchasing new versions of games with minimal improvements? That's so unbelievably silly. This site has to be funded by Sony, I can't imagine any other reason for such a ridiculous editorial slant.

it's been done by Bend, so my guess is this was just a way to have the team put out something this gen, given how Sony has cancelled pretty much every project they've started since Days Gone released & whatever's next is actual ages away. Sadly, there's no new engine version to upgrade this game too, unlike Horizon 1, so we're just getting a LoU2 where it's a kinda nice to have if you haven't played it before.

@Elodin $10 for box of eggs!? Are they golden eggs?