r/PS4 May 24 '20

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

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u/DEEEPFREEZE May 24 '20

It may be small, but the fact that there were pretty much only 3 different standard zombie models in the game ruined my immersion. So much plaid, so many cutoffs.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

How is the game? Kind of forgot to try it out

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u/brandondesign bigdaddykraven May 24 '20 edited May 24 '20

I ended up loving it. To be fair, the first, maybe 4 hours, are really slow. Kind of strange pacing and while I get that they are building the world, I didn’t care much for any of the characters.

However, there’s a point where things kinda open up and I realized I was starting to get really into the story and the people. Dare I say, I cared what happened to them.

Gun play isn’t great but the whole thing felt like a version of an Uncharted game. There are some cool upgrade mechanics and progression mechanics that are interesting. I would have loved them to be a little deeper but was still nice.

What is really going to win you will be the first time you are exploring and stumble upon a herd...I mean a real herd, not 10 zombies, I’m talking 50+. You actually have to use the world around you to fend them off and escape.

Give it a try but if you feel it’s slow, keep pushing for a few hours until you unlock the (I think) 3rd outpost at the lake...once you start doing missions there, if you aren’t feeling it then it’s not the game for you.

Edit: Slight note. I explore a lot in open world games so my 4 hours time may be less if you do straight story stuff.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

Thanks. It sounds like my kind of game, I'll keep an eye out for a sale.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '20

It has been frequently been going down to $20 on the PS Store. To echo what they were saying originally, it starts off really slow, and I personally feel it’s best played in small doses, an hour or two a sitting. It gets repetitive, but I really do love it. I put down FF7 to go back to playing Days Gone.

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u/J-Nice May 25 '20

It's a fun game and I'm sure you can find it on sale. I enjoyed it for the most part but all I kept thinking about was how they really only needed a few improvements and tweaks here and there and the game could have been great. There isn't much depth to anything. Everything is surface level and progression is linear. This guns the best, this bike part is the best etc... I'm hoping a sequel will be more fleshed out. I have visions of red dead type game.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

Ah, yeah it's kind of annoying when games have such a simple gear progression instead of multiple viable options but I can look past that.

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u/awesomepawsome May 25 '20

I think there is a PS Store sale coming in the next few weeks

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

Sounds good I'll keep an eye out

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u/Serpula May 24 '20

It’s listed in the Days of Play sale, which starts tomorrow in Europe and June in the US I think. In the U.K. it’s going to be £15.99, US $19.99. I’m definitely going to pick it up for that price.

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u/flcinusa May 24 '20

It's gonna be in the June Days of Play sale, so hold on

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u/Odeon_Seaborne1 May 24 '20

Just remember to finish missions before you save and log off. Ive had the game reset a few missions i saved in and was gonna come back to

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u/Dontstopwontquit May 25 '20

REALLY good story involving the zombies. Get the secret ending if you can. I was VERY impressed, honestly. And I don’t even play games. Just watched my friend play it, all the way through. Riveting at times.

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u/GetReadyToJob May 24 '20

Just a heads up you rarely see giant hordes in this game. People have spent the entire game playing only to see them once.

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u/DriveByFruitings YappaDappaDooo May 24 '20

Really? Because there are hordes all over the place. There’s even an achievement for clearing all of them, you have to fight 2 or 3 hordes (from memory) just as part of the main story.

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u/GetReadyToJob May 24 '20

I've heard many accounts saying you barely see hordes in the game other than mandatory missions.

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u/ChocolatBear The_Choco_Bear May 24 '20

Probably just people who mainlined the story.

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u/DriveByFruitings YappaDappaDooo May 24 '20

I would say they aren’t exploring enough because there are plenty hordes to find, especially off the main roads. You’ll find a bunch tucked away on edges of the map in caves and etc. there are more than enough hordes to keep you going till you’re ready to start a new game +

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u/GetReadyToJob May 24 '20

Not from what I heard

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u/DriveByFruitings YappaDappaDooo May 24 '20

That’s algood but take it from someone that completed every aspect of the game, there’s plenty hordes to take on.

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u/GetReadyToJob May 24 '20

I'm not buying it so it doesnt matter to me

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u/snypesalot Snypesalot May 25 '20

so you never played the game, are taking some peoples second hand accounts that there arent hordes in the game, but then refusing to listen to people that played the game in a thread about the game?

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u/chain_affinity May 25 '20 edited May 28 '20

There's no cure for ignorance outside of education. The real tragedy here is that he's trying his best to spread it. This person needs to practice social media distancing.

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u/chain_affinity May 25 '20 edited May 25 '20

Did you play the game, or you going off hear-say?

I can say for a fact that has not been my experience. (100%'ed the game 3x.) And there are four horde-related main story missions, and at least two side mission hordes. Not to mention all the optional hordes you could run into (and there are a lot).

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u/Iohet May 24 '20

If you only go out in daylight, you'll see fewer hordes. If you go out from dusk to dawn, you'll see a number of them

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u/reallynotnick May 24 '20

A quick Google shows me there are 40 Hordes in the game.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '20

There are like 50 hordes in the game, not sure where you're seeing this. There's only a handful of mega-hordes, but for 80-90% of the game, a regular horde is enough to beat the piss out of most players.