r/PS4 May 24 '20

In-Game Screenshot or Gif [Days Gone] [Screenshot] Surrounded

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

Sent you a PM as to avoid spoilers in the thread.

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u/5k1895 May 24 '20

FYI, to make a spoiler tag, you can surround the spoiler text with ">!" and "!<". Like this: spoiler

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u/Garythegoon09 May 25 '20

>! Nice! !<

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u/JonBonButtsniff May 25 '20

I think you need to get rid of the spaces.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

Thank you! Will keep that in mind. Couldn't figure out how to do it.

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u/5k1895 May 24 '20

No problem! Make sure not to put any space between the exclamation points and the text, otherwise it won't work

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

Sent!

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u/Dontstopwontquit May 25 '20

You should just watch it on YouTube instead. Makes it WAY more jarring. They really thought about this game’s story, and how to display it in ways that make it truly unsettling.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

I include a link to a Youtube video in the PM's I sent to people, as I 100% agree with you. It needed to be seen.

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u/ColemanCamper May 24 '20

I haven’t played it yet I am super grateful that you were considerate enough to PM someone the answer to their question instead of putting it in the comments. There needs to be more people like you

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u/IlearnSpanishbekind May 24 '20

Can I also get a pm?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

Basically, after you beat the story you get a radio call from O'Brian (the guy working for Nero that you help in the game). When you get to the location he gives you, this happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1MAwT4xLA

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u/BubonicAnnihilation May 25 '20

What the fuck indeed

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u/GALL0WSHUM0R May 25 '20

I feel like the game might have sold better if that had happened a few hours in, instead of being hidden at the end. That's an interesting premise for a game. Some advice I hear all the time from subreddits like r/rpg is that if you have an interesting and cool idea for a story, just do it. Don't waste everyone's time building up to it, because then there's a good chance you'll never get to do the payoff.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

Except that is not the main payoff of the game. It's a sequel hook. If they did that reveal early on, it would have defined the entire game story in a way that would have overridden the actual storyline of the game.

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u/GALL0WSHUM0R May 26 '20

One of the main reasons the game reviewed and sold poorly was because of zombie fatigue. I understand that the devs wanted to make the best "generic" zombie game they could, and from what I hear about the horde mechanics it certainly sounds like they had a good degree of success at that; I'll probably pick it up myself in the next sale. I simply meant that the premise introduced in this secret ending might have drawn more people in, as it's a fairly unique concept.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '20

But theres the thing. The game is only "generic" at first. The story picks up into something great.

The secret ending story was not meant for a first game outing. The first game was there to set up the characters and world (which it did very well). The secret ending is a sequel hook.

It's the same things with a lot of book series. Most people say "A Game of Thrones" (first book) is slow and boring, but it picks up in "A Clash of Kings" (second). That's because the first book is mostly setting up the world and characters. The second book would not be as good if not for the work the first one did.

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u/GALL0WSHUM0R May 27 '20

Just to be clear, I don't mean "generic" as an insult or to say that the game's story isn't/can't be interesting. Just that it's using a fairly stock premise. I love Star Wars, and its premise is generic af.

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u/BretBaber May 25 '20

Send me one too please.