I wonder if they’ve fixed the bug I got my progress halted on

I wish they'd get around to announcing a sequel. Especially as the DLC added nothing to the game. Hope they integrate some lite-base building mechanics with DG2. Just running errands for the different camps wasn't that fulfilling. I want my own little community of zombie-survivors to look after and protect.

I forgot I had this game. Might take it for a spin tomorrow. Any early hints and tips worth knowing?

Cool, ok! I always like to know if there's a handy little head start you can pick up at the beginning. Or a recommended stat increase.

It's on the ps+ collection so kind everyone has it if they have ps+ and access to a PS5... and I'm happy to temporarily sign in on mine for others to get the collection games added to their account if for folks what don't (if people trust me with password details...)

Nah I don’t think so, just sticking to the story I’d imagine it’s sub 20.

Stick it in the bin.

I always liked the look of it. It’s something I’ll pick up in a sale now I have a PlayStation again.

Zombies and bikers together are cool though.

The cinematics don't exactly blend in seamlessly and it seems to like taking control away from the player every five minutes.  Riding the bike and blowing zombie heads off is fun though.  Not sold on the close quarters combat yet, might be okay.  I ditched Sons of Anarchy after two seasons and wish I'd stuck around for the one where they go on a beano to Ireland (with added fiddles to the theme tune, apparently), so I'm making amends with this.  Love a good bit of biker chap cringe.

I think Days Gone is a lot better than people give it credit. The game was a victim of being released in a buggy mess, which is the developer's issue (not the player's), but what you can play today on a PS5 is much, much improved. It was one of the few open world games I saw through to the end, and whenever the cringe ramped up, I either laughed along or skipped it. It ultimately doesn't interfere with the gameplay, which is decent.

My only real criticism is the hoard sections, which are excellent, but come far too late in the game. I suspect they struggled with balancing, so put them where the player is going to be of a high enough level that they're achievable. Ideally, they'd have done some smaller ones earlier on and ramped up from there. From memory, you do around 3 of them late on and they're nothing like the earlier sections of the game.

I liked the gameplay loop on this, put about 8 hours in on PC. Unfortunately the story is just fucking drivel and the gameplay loop, as good as it, couldn't sustain a 40 hour effort for me.

It definitely could have used a stronger hand curating it. I think I mainlined it so that it wasn't 40+ hours, but it was likely 25 or so. There's better games out there, but if an open world Last of Us tweaks your nipples, you may have some fun.

I don't think I can be bothered with this, unfortunately. The stealth is annoying and easy mode isn't quite easy enough to allow you to play blast & cover. Plus I trod on three bear traps I didn't see in the same passage of play, and low level grunts already seem to take three handgun shots each, so I think I'm done. Might give it one more session but I doubt I could do this for 20hrs. There seems to be a ton of stuff to pick up that you can't actually pick up too? Maybe I need to ugrade the depth of my pockets.

Yeah the bike handles well and it's nice to chuck around but it's not great for mowing people down and I can't shoot while riding (yet?). So it's kinda like a faster sprint button with fuel instead of stamina.