GRcade

World War Z looks nothing like Days Gone. In fact it looks like a gooseberry fool looking knock off of The Division with added gooseberry fool AI zombies. Is it an online only game or can you play with bots? I'd download a pirate copy to see if it really is as gooseberry fool looking as the YouTube gameplay vid I've just watched.

KjGarly wrote:World War Z looks nothing like Days Gone. In fact it looks like a gooseberry fool looking knock off of The Division with added gooseberry fool AI zombies. Is it an online only game or can you play with bots? I'd download a pirate copy to see if it really is as gooseberry fool looking as the YouTube gameplay vid I've just watched.

WWZ has AI companions like L4D. Not played it myself so I don't know how it pans out as a single player experience. Sadly no local co-op which has stayed my hand for the time being. The wife and and I used to enjoy L4D so was hoping WWZ would support local MP.

I'd steer clear of WWZ. I picked it up and wasn't impressed, it's definitely not worth the asking price and has some awful level ending bugs that should never have made it through to the final release.

Fortunately I bought it from Amazon and they've accepted my return on the grounds of it being faulty.

I'm going to order Days Gone once I've seen a few reviews for it.

KjGarly wrote:World War Z looks nothing like Days Gone. In fact it looks like a gooseberry fool looking knock off of The Division with added gooseberry fool AI zombies. Is it an online only game or can you play with bots? I'd download a pirate copy to see if it really is as gooseberry fool looking as the YouTube gameplay vid I've just watched.

You can play offline with bots - in fact, there's an 4-part objective-based story mode (3 stages per episode, except Tokyo, with just two for now) to go through, which can be played solo with AI team-mates. Offline mode offers a separate career ladder to online, so you can still level-up, earn XP and improve weapons and skills.

Visually, I don't think the game is bad at all. Sure, it's not Division 2 levels of eye-candy, but it's perfectly respectable (I'm on PC, so can't speak about the quality of the console versions). It runs pretty well - no crashes or bug outs for me - but I am only playing the offline mode. I understand there were some launch issues with the online side of things. For £31 I think it's a bit of a bargain. A mid-tier game with the amount of content you don't always find in a top-tier game these days.

Here's a positive review - this is the PC version:

Really want this but i’m going to try and hold out on a price drop. I really hope it does well for Bend though.

It's worrying that the review embargo is 1pm on the day before release. Gives no time to cancel a pre-order if it gets terrible reviews, and if you wait until the reviews come out before ordering, you don't get your game on release.

I think it's going to be a bit like their Uncharted game - solid but unexceptional. 6-7 / 10s all round.

Yoshimi wrote:It's worrying that the review embargo is 1pm on the day before release. Gives no time to cancel a pre-order if it gets terrible reviews, and if you wait until the reviews come out before ordering, you don't get your game on release.

I'm kinda cool with the embargo timing; many reviews only appear at the time of release nowdays. I've watched / read enough vids and impressions to give me a pretty reasonable idea of the game's quality; I think it'll be a bit clunky in places and not exactly innovative, but deliver plenty of enjoyable action. I have yet to pre-order but I'm thinking that I might.

Yoshimi wrote:It's worrying that the review embargo is 1pm on the day before release. Gives no time to cancel a pre-order if it gets terrible reviews, and if you wait until the reviews come out before ordering, you don't get your game on release.

I find many reviews are pish these days so I see little reason to take much notice of them. Some of my most played games over the last several years have not been received particularly well in the reviews. Conan Exiles, Mad Max & State of Decay 2 being just a few examples. I find an over reliance on reviews can turn gamers away from titles they might actually discover they really enjoy.

I think Days Gone will turn out fine.

I'm expecting a Shadow of Mordor - great fun, maybe a bit repetitive after a while, but a perfectly fine single player game that you can sink hours into.

I dont think I'll be getting this, but will interested to see what everyone thinks of it.

Cal wrote:

KjGarly wrote:World War Z looks nothing like Days Gone. In fact it looks like a gooseberry fool looking knock off of The Division with added gooseberry fool AI zombies. Is it an online only game or can you play with bots? I'd download a pirate copy to see if it really is as gooseberry fool looking as the YouTube gameplay vid I've just watched.

You can play offline with bots - in fact, there's an 4-part objective-based story mode (3 stages per episode, except Tokyo, with just two for now) to go through, which can be played solo with AI team-mates. Offline mode offers a separate career ladder to online, so you can still level-up, earn XP and improve weapons and skills.

Visually, I don't think the game is bad at all. Sure, it's not Division 2 levels of eye-candy, but it's perfectly respectable (I'm on PC, so can't speak about the quality of the console versions). It runs pretty well - no crashes or bug outs for me - but I am only playing the offline mode. I understand there were some launch issues with the online side of things. For £31 I think it's a bit of a bargain. A mid-tier game with the amount of content you don't always find in a top-tier game these days.

Here's a positive review - this is the PC version:

Tried it and got up to the part at the train when you need to pick up 5 crates for the driver and your other 3 companions can't carry a case too? Yeah Days Gone won't need to worry about World War Z.

Apparently the game has a randomised, real-time weather system; folk tackling a particular mission may face differing conditions to each other. The snowfall looks great, too.

I'm thinking it'll score more along the lines of 7/8 out of 10's.

I'm just waiting to see if one of two reviews do slip through the net today.

Really will be interesting to see how this one reviews as I some have written it off, but honestly I do have pretty high hopes for it.
I'm expecting between 7 and 8 / 10.

Footage is starting to appear now and I like the look of it. I dunno if I'll cope with zombie scares, though .

I’ll wait for the reviews, but it is most likely I will buy it anyway. Looks great fun!

I couldn't resist I pre-ordered after watching a few streams today. £46.99 for the steel book version.

Yeah, I've been watching more vids and so I am being tempted, too. Tryin' to hold out...

PurplePenguin wrote:I couldn't resist I pre-ordered after watching a few streams today. £46.99 for the steel book version.

Where from?

Downloading now, would have done over night but you know, PlayStation and their gooseberry fool storage errors when you have 130GB free and a 56GB download won't start because not enough space

Watched about 5-10 minutes of that gameplay vid enough not to really spoil it but yep I'm excited to play it now!