Days gone ign
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the focus shifts toward new characters and changing relationships with old ones. ,Īt least? Really? Are they really this bad that can barely meet Lucy’s standards? Look, there’s a big difference between high standards and disparaging. The monologues are NOT about their love it's about what's happened recently.įor the first half, this storyline at least forms a consistent emotional throughline. It’s simple love which makes it realistic and relatable but it’s certainly NOT bad high school drama which is a bad label to their story.Īnd repeating missions which begin and end with a stationary Deacon spouting overly-long monologues about their love. Had these limited interactions taken away, they’d become long cutscenes.īesides, many games adopt this technique during story-telling moments so that players aren’t entirely passive in receiving the message.Īnd no, the story between Deacon and Sarah isn’t grand, complicated or convoluted. If players could use it or take other actions, there’d be all sorts of funny videos on Youtube. Yes, they are barely interactive but it’s very reasonable: they took place when there’s no need for the Survival Wheel. These are only one type among the sufficiently large variety of quests. (She later surprises him by saying it herself.)īesides, Days Gone does NOT “insist on” those flashback quests. Sarah specifically tells Deek NOT to have such a wedding where he says the line. Days Gone insists on tedious, barely interactive flashbacks of Deacon and his wife Sarah which play out like bad high school drama - her demand that he “promise to ride me as much as you ride your bike” at their wedding is a line that sticks in the mind. (Hell, even Boozer is softer than him when he tries to protect a dying dog which Deek puts down without hesitation.) “unassuming ‘I ain’t no leader’ demeanor” is really out of nowhere so I can’t further elaborate on it. For the most part, he’s a tough survivalist after 734 days gone.
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Deacon doesn’t appear to be gentle or sweet overall he only shows little of it during certain moments (e.g. His gruff charm and unassuming ‘I ain’t no leader’ demeanor.
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John is an endearingly gentle and sweet-natured protagonist. I fell victim to these so-called “critic reviews” when the game first came out so I didn't play it until recently. Its great work deserves recognition to which Lucy fails. There’s little middle ground analysis or weighting between pros and cons, etc.ĭisclaimer: In my opinion, Days Gone shows a lot of quality work and creativity but also has many flaws. She often applies binary thinking to her judgement and resorts to extremes when trying to make a point which is mostly unfair. She can’t identify the key elements in Days Gone’s design, much less evaluating them. She focuses on the wrong aspects and holds unreasonable and unrealistic expectations.Īmong those she (wrongly) focuses on, the text is very shallow and superficial. The text also suggests that her understanding of Days Gone’s narrative and settings is very poor. The game should be re-assigned to someone who is capable of playing it decently and then getting the most of it, goods and bads.įrom a technical point of view, the text is vastly erroneous,
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As a result, she wrote down frustration instead of objective analysis and the text has lots of errors and problems. Gameplay was too difficult for her as well. Evidently, she couldn't follow the story or remember key moments. In her text, she shows numerous signs of struggles when playing Days Gone which hindered her ability to evaluate the game. Considering IGN's reader base, it needs to be taken down immediately in order to stop damaging Days Gone further. Ms Lucy O’brien’s (referred to as Lucy) Days Gone review on behalf of IGN shows utter disrespect to the game’s creators.