Days Gone on PC

[jaggerwild]

I've seen the game play advertised, I'd love to get this but life comes first. .....

 

[AsRock]

In spite of some poor reviews from the likes of IGN, many consider Days Gone as a highly underrated game and having seen some of the gameplay, I can see why. It looks fantastic and the combination of zombies and bikes really appeals to me - I'm a biker.
I had considered State Of Decay, but never got around to buying it, I've played WWZ a few times but it's mainly coop and a bit repetitive for single player and I finished Dying Light yonks ago. Days Gone seems to have something different from the aforementioned games and I like what I've seen so far.
No surprise that the dev, Bend Studio is based in Bend, Oregon, the very state that the game is set in. That's pretty cool.
I'll be grabbing it next Tuesday when it releases on Steam and Epic.

Days Gone on Steam

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

store.steampowered.com

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PC Gameplay Demo in 4K​

Wow people still take notice of IGN \ PCGamer and such sites ?, they been trash for the most part for many years now.

I tend to just ask a bunch of people what they did or did not like, maybe a few performance type vids and i am set.

 

[Flogger23m]

Game doesn't really need a sequel anyways. I suppose they could've delved into the "secret ending" and talked more about the backstory. Backstory was practically absent from the entire game, only touched on lightly at the end in the most simplistic way possible. They'd need to do a lot to overcome the cliche characters and factions within the game as well, otherwise it would be as predictable as the first game.

 

[Splinterdog]

Game doesn't really need a sequel anyways. I suppose they could've delved into the "secret ending" and talked more about the backstory. Backstory was practically absent from the entire game, only touched on lightly at the end in the most simplistic way possible. They'd need to do a lot to overcome the cliche characters and factions within the game as well, otherwise it would be as predictable as the first game.

No backstory?
Don't you remember the missions where Deek was taken back in time when he and Sarah first met, among other things? The numerous cutscenes alone were long enough and gave us plenty of backstory.
Biker gangs may be a little cliche with trope characters, but I believe it's a device that works, especially with bikes being the only mode of transport in the game. In most other zombie games, like Dying Light for example, who's story wasn't anywhere near as interesting as DG, you play on foot the entire game with a buggy only turning up in a later DLC. As for Kyle Crane, he's instantly forgettable.
Frankly it's a head scratcher for me as to why this game gets so much stick.

 

[Flogger23m]

No backstory?
Don't you remember the missions where Deek was taken back in time when he and Sarah first met, among other things? The numerous cutscenes alone were long enough and gave us plenty of backstory.
Biker gangs may be a little cliche with trope characters, but I believe it's a device that works, especially with bikes being the only mode of transport in the game. In most other zombie games, like Dying Light for example, who's story wasn't anywhere near as interesting as DG, you play on foot the entire game with a buggy only turning up in a later DLC. As for Kyle Crane, he's instantly forgettable.
Frankly it's a head scratcher for me as to why this game gets so much stick.

Backstory as in where did the virus come from, what is the state of the country, what is the state of the world, what is going on. They gloss over it in 5 minutes towards the end. For the first 10-20 hours of the game the player has no real idea what is going on which makes it hard to care. Is Oregon a quarantine zone? Is the whole US? The whole world? How long has it been? A few years, a decade?

If your backstory is "someone fell in love with someone else", you don't have much of a backstory at all.

Then add in the cliche factions. They're so cliche that they make entire story arcs predictable. You'd think they could've changed it up and did something unique.

Dying Light was utter garbage. Days Gone is far better.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Backstory as in where did the virus come from, what is the state of the country, what is the state of the world, what is going on. They gloss over it in 5 minutes towards the end. For the first 10-20 hours of the game the player has no real idea what is going on which makes it hard to care. Is Oregon a quarantine zone? Is the whole US? The whole world? How long has it been? A few years, a decade?

I’m not quite sure what game you played. The people knew what they knew for their area, which is what you’d expect. We got backstory throughout the game. The virus spread quickly, overwhelming the populace, NERO, and the military. They even cover specifically who patient 0 was and how it started. I picked up a sense throughout the game that the world was toast. This was a global virus that didn’t leave any area out. There were things explicitly said as well as reading between the lines. I didn’t get to the end of the game wondering “wtf is going on?” I already had a really good idea before the after credits scene.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Might have to grab this, have quite a thing for zombie games. Dying light, state of decay 1+2, dead island both of them. this does look good.

Fuel injection is impossible without a fuel pump.

I've ridden a GSX-R1000 and FZR 1000 -- neither of them had fuel pumps. I've also ridden XR-650's, XR-250's, XR-350's and CR-500's, none of them had fuel pumps.

Any bike that has injection will most likely have a fuel pump. the cbf 125 i just sold had one. they probably need it to pressurise the fuel for the injector.

 

[Splinterdog]

Backstory as in where did the virus come from, what is the state of the country, what is the state of the world, what is going on. They gloss over it in 5 minutes towards the end. For the first 10-20 hours of the game the player has no real idea what is going on which makes it hard to care. Is Oregon a quarantine zone? Is the whole US? The whole world? How long has it been? A few years, a decade?

If your backstory is "someone fell in love with someone else", you don't have much of a backstory at all.

Then add in the cliche factions. They're so cliche that they make entire story arcs predictable. You'd think they could've changed it up and did something unique.

Dying Light was utter garbage. Days Gone is far better.

Look at the state of the world with Covid 19. It didn't take long for that to spread like wildfire and in every zombie themed medium that I've come across, it's always the same - everywhere gets hit, just like what we're all going through now, but without zombies, as far as I know anyway.
I believe they did do something different. It's the first AAA game I've played as a biker with an attitude, albeit a bit whiny at times, not to mention the bike which is a joy to control.
If you've ever seen The Walking Dead, you'll know that Daryl rides a bike which he's always modifying to suit the situation and I dare say that the chaps and chapesses at Bend Studio are also fans of TWD. It's easy to see how they drew at least some inspiration from that show.
But I'm digressing. Whenever I enter a post apocalyptic zombie world, I immediately assume the virus has gone global anyway. Why wouldn't it?
I certainly wouldn't say that Dying Light was utter garbage, but it certainly never drew me in in the same way as Days Gone has. Not by a long shot.
Anyway, I haven't finished the game yet, so please let us know how you're getting on with it, progress wise I mean.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

just bought this tonight, couple of hours till i can have a look

 

[rtwjunkie]

I achieved 100% horde elimination. It’s hard, because there are just so many of them. My preferred time is during the day, supposedly when you want to stay away from their caves and buildings because they are all taking their naps like toddlers. Nah, it’s my favorite time!

 

[Splinterdog]

I actually find myself rushing back to camp as it's starting to get dark. It gets pretty hairy at night

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I actually find myself rushing back to camp as it's starting to get dark. It gets pretty hairy at night

Dying light is a bit hairy at night too.

 

[Splinterdog]

Dying light is a bit hairy at night too.

Dying Light is reeeeealy scary at night. More so than Days Gone, for me anyway.

 

[Splinterdog]

Again, another editorial bashing of Days Gone, albeit by a reader who considers the game to be the worst of Sony's modern exclusives, underdeveloped, unambitious and pushed out of the fold (i.e. to PC) because it wasn't up to par.
Clearly, opinions on games are always subjective, but bashing one game (Ghost of Tsushima) and then using an unwarranted attack on another game, even in the title of the article, seems an odd way to go about writing an opinion piece.
But in the end, Days Gone has been received very well indeed by most PC gamers.

Forget Days Gone, Ghost Of Tsushima is Sony’s worst game - Reader's Feature

A reader argues that if Sony is going to ditch any game it should be Ghost Of Tsushima, which they accuse of being bloated and repetitive.

metro.co.uk

 

[rtwjunkie]

Going to PC is hardly an indictment of a game’s quality. What warped console-centric thinking is that? There are at least 5 Sony exclusives that have come to PC in the last 16 months.

 

[Splinterdog]

This Nero checkpoint is rather tricky and requires some planning due to the size of the zombie gang.

 

[rtwjunkie]

@Splinterdog

Spoiler: Spoiler response

Even worse, that's practically a small horde that hides in that inaccessible tunnel...and it respawns. Too much noise when you go back ther at night and they will pour out. Good news is you can chuck explosives and molotavs behind the two rows of cars in the tunnel and kill them.

 

[Splinterdog]

Days Gone - real life photos of game locations. Great stuff!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1407445326110265356

 

[rtwjunkie]

I think it’s great when devs really try to get it right on locations! I’ve read before they really tried to recreate many of the game’s locations, including the whole area around Crater Lake (but a but smaller).

I did a number of photos around New Orleans in the Mafia 3 thread a few years ago to show how despite using some artistic license, they faithfully recreated buildings from all over the city, and generally showed the various neighborhoods, even tho they moved them around.

 

[Splinterdog]

Imagine walking around Oregon during a hard lockdown, like last year for example? You'd certainly be looking over your shoulder, if not, maybe hiding behind a truck from time to time.

 

[Splinterdog]

Well they took their time.

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[rtwjunkie]

LOL!

 

[Splinterdog]

About Sarah and Deek...

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When Deek lands in Colonel Blimp's territory, he has to start pretty much from scratch, sees the Mongrel ring (sinister foreshadowing) on the other fellow's finger and then finally bumps into Sarah.
At this point I was hoping for a romantic reunion with choirs of angels and maybe even some heavy petting. But nothing of the sort occurred. Quite opposite, in fact.
She was as cold as ice, seemingly putting up a front before the rest of the gang (mainly the tyrannical colonel), but I couldn't understand why she couldn't open up when they were both alone. She even looked uncomfortable getting on the bike with him for the first time.
I kept putting myself in his shoes and saying to myself "Come on, woman, we are husband and wife after all, or have you forgotten that?" Or just go over and give her a big hug maybe.
But no, they're like total strangers and he just goes along with it.
Of course, it's a slow burner from then on and it's like they're courting all over again, but it's a frustrating way to put some spice into your marriage, that's for sure.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'm getting black screen on startup, game wont even run now.

 

[rtwjunkie]

@Splinterdog
That was the most frustrating part of her that pissed me off. I even had to explain the whole story and complain and have my wife watch a clip of various scenes between them to ask her view.

I'm getting black screen on startup, game wont even run now.

Are you running it from Epic or Steam? If from Epic, don’t even run the EGL. Just run the game entirely from the exe (send a shortcut to desktop). Sony and Epic allowed it to be drm free there, which is why you can do it. If on Steam, I don’t know if the same will work.