LordAinsley

Just checked the Metascore for Days Gone.

71.

Absolutely fair, pretty bland open world, average driving and shooting mechanics, paint by numbers story.

I was fairly impressed by the "Horde" side quests (I think you do one or two as part of the main story too) as it was technically impressive.

Think the score is absolutely fair? Another guy lost to the Joe Rogan blackhole.

@Green-Bandit

at least bloodbourne is more understandable with the rights/publisher/exclusivity sort of being a bit confusing

RDR2, the PC version exists already and they entirely own the game and did a GTA5 update recently. Please Rockstar

@Green-Bandit also see, my bloodbourne replay, my Witcher 3 replay (at least this one is soon!)

@avatarian they've done a bad job with the game art, it looks like an Instagram ad for some bad FTP game

@Green-Bandit same. I want to do a replay but it feels pointless when you know that, almost definitely at some point, they'll do it.

but when!?

@BloodEagle Lance Reddick is amazing.

The character itself is pretty meh

@jrt87 I'm half with you.

I honestly think Guerilla are a technical powerhouse.
Great looking games, beautiful animation.

Now the hard part. Their stories, worlds and characters are dull as dishwater.

Horizon is maybe a bit more interesting than dreary Killzone but I still think it kind of sucks, I dont really like Aloy or any of her friends much.

New IP could be good, maybe they should focus some hiring on writers/creatives.

I think its a great month. I've played Mass Effect a billion times but happy to see people who havent tried it play for the first time.

I think theres great value in having middling games that get sort of 6, or 7 out of tens scores, like Biomutant on the service to get them into more players hands.

If you're the kind of person on a limited income/have limited time for games, you'll never try these games but I think this affords the perfect opportunity.

@RainbowGazelle ha yeah his voice was great.

I liked the professors too

@Kiefer-Sutherland same man.

sucks.

damn thats wild. for some reason in my head the characters all had american accents in the second game but I only played it once around when it came out.

@NateGoesLive bizarrely I believe the first game has a UK (PAL) and a US (NTSC) dub that are different from each other.

I think later games it was just one english language dub, but the pal version on 1, all the characters have british accents, its weird. Cant think of many examples of this happening.

@tallythwack for sure. I remember sometimes the guns kind of spinning around and pointing at my torso, and just a generally gankiness to the aiming

have a good feeling about this, will probably get this and horizon...maybe Cosmonious High?

Wonder if the more accurate controllers will make the game easier. Wasnt sure if it was because I was just terrible at the game, but I found the last one quite difficult. On the higher difficulties, it felt like I just couldnt shoot fast enough.

@Icey664 mine just arrived and worked

@Icey664 same. wheres my code!

These games are perfect for PS Catalogue.

I played and really enjoyed Shadow Warrior 3

@nessisonett
It's true. And although he had some creative differences because of the state, the same would happen to you in a capitalist system. How many times do we hear of movies being cut to the bone by a over zealous producer trying to make his/her mark?

Either way, I dont think the system limits art

@KaijuKaiser there was some truly beautiful art and cinema in the Soviet-era, arguably more interesting than the output of Russian creatives post the fall of communism.

@Fuzzymonkeyfunk I hate these types of challenges
I'm alright at games but pressure like this and I choke so hard.

Also, there's nothing fun about just losing entire hours of progress, let alone when its designed into the game. just masochistic honestly.

Awh man what a bummer! I really really wanted this one to be good. I probably wont even curiousity buy this one, all 3 of these have been genuinely terrible.

Is the Quarry actually good?

@ItsBritneyB_tch The halloween event was really really poor.

I do think the constant new characters has been very good though

@LifeGirl It's a weird game for sure.

I understand the desire to make it your own, and I absolutely agree that some of the old games characters and stories are a bit aged now. I know people have reverence to Johnny Gatt but I personally find all of the old Saints characters either completely forgettable or annoying as *****.

However, despite this big change, they didnt change the core gameplay loop at all! So you've got a game that plays like a 2008 open world game. Regardless of whether the new story/character direction works for you or not, the gameplay is just tired and needed fixing.

I have zero interest in another one of these, they had a chance and they proved themselves not willing to do the work

I don't mind it, but Aloys is really a level above the other examples I can think of

"hm looks high...just got to get on that ledge...maybe something can get me on that ledge...maybe some rocks will get me on that ledge...I got to find something that I can drag to put me on that ledge"

Please no more Uncharted.

The games are fine but to me are something of the era that they were released. I think gaming has moved on from cover shooters

4.

Everything about this game is worse than the Arkham Games. The story, the combat, the graphics.

And it's been a number of years and a generational jump.

Not acceptable imo

You will, however, have to wait a long time for a good remaster of Silent Hill 2. We're on a cycle of 11 years per try now so once Bloobers dud settles we'll have to hope someone proficient gives it a go next decade

Bad timing as I'm currently playing The Medium.

Absolutely awful game in my opinion. Even when you strip out the fact the story of Silent Hill is already written (The Mediums story is pretty bad), the graphics don't really shine and the controls and physics are absolute garbage, the two things you've really want improved with a remake like this.

Absolute bummer they've gone with Bloober.

@Uncharted2007 insane comment

the series is literally the best its ever been

incredible remakes of the classics and a new run of new titles that are also fantastic.

This is fine if they do the remaster, but I think its not happening anymore. Its a shame really.

@Eagly I think its removed from the MCU, like the New Spiderman games.

Think Disney will probably push for certain characters to be included for promo purposes (Like Blade, as theres a film coming out). Blades cool though!

@jrt87
nailed it.

I think that Guerilla make beautiful looking games, and are technically one of the best Studios, but they cant create good characters, write good dialogue or develop interesting stories.

Just leaves these incredible set piece games that are empty inside.

If they're doing the character EXP changes, they ought to move the moves/perks earlier on the scale and maybe add some cosmetics towards the end few levels. Like perks 1-8, then 9-15 (the grindier ones) just having a few cosmetics that arent going to affect gameplay.

decent story but dry gameplay imo. hopefully improvements on that front with the sequel

@Daleaf
same. dunno what it is. time moved forward and the games just the same?

sometimes more of the same is a good thing but just wasn't in this case. cant put my finger on why

Oh crazy, he made a bunch of pretty good Sifu strategy videos I watched a while back and does some good interviews with lesser known voice actors from games.

Guess that wasn't enough clout for him, shame his videos themselves were good!

I think the scrutiny holds up a lot more after the successful Bethesda/Zenimax acquisition.

Maybe even waiting a few years for the dust to settle would've dodged this attention too, although I understand they swooped when Activison were backed into a corner due to the issues with their CEO

Completely with you.

As someone who would be so excited for E3 and TGS, I now find myself just not watching any of these. Just not worth your time I feel.

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@K1LLEGAL yup! Just found this article googling as my profile is now stained with 2 trophies from a game I don't want to complete.

Absolute pain in the arse, once you've got a trophy you can't delete the game from your profile so I don't know why they'd do this. I thought with demos on PS3/4, you could port your progress when you bought the game outright and that'd give you the trophies you would've earned, a much better system ino

@AFCC Same!

Does anyone know if any additional Battle Pass XP carries over? Because I have finished it, plus I have maybe 1000XP

@thefourfoldroot1 the issue is not that she talks like a YA, its that she talks like how a 40 year old thinks a YA talks

@GagaOooLaLa
Disney stores are gone too. They scrapped them all a few years ago, only one left now

I cant believe I'm saying this about a F2P game...but I'm loving this, I might get the battle pass and I cant wait to see whats coming next.

Absolute madness. How has something finally got its claws in me?

@OmegaStriver Yes, this would be a welcome improvement fingers crossed

My man getting savaged in here.

Might be time to just take the L on this soapbox and move on

All the bonus modes in these games are absolutely dreadful. Blaitently the project of some poor intern that works at the studio they're so barebones and unfun, you'd have more fun playing flash games from 2002 than this garbage.

I think its dope and this take will eventually disappear.

I love RE2, but it does dip a bit in the middle, RE3 remake is all killer no filler. It really doesnt bother me its not 20 hours long

I'd love some more DLC, even if its paid. I have so many hours in Returnal and just want more to be honest. It's fantastic

Hope they add online-multiplayer at some point, I'll pick it up then

@rawzeku why?

the last game was essentially a F2P game you had to pay $60 for lol