Tbh i wasn't at all interested in it until the latest trailer dropped. It's got me pretty hyped now. Went from probably not buying it to pre ordering it.

Personally I think the game will probably sell 5.5-7.5 mil lifetime

It feels like a sleeper to me. I just get that vibe. Some of what we've seen looks average and generic, but more and more you have people complaining about seeing too much. Whether it's PS showing too many games too soon, or game and movie trailers showing the main highlights, with everything else you end up sitting through being average or boring. People are really starting to hate that.

I also wonder with it being an apocalyptic zombie game, if PS would want to somewhat limit it's scope to a degree, so it doesn't overshadow TLOU2 in any way. Allowing Days Gone to come up a bit short might be worth it for PS to make sure TLOU2 blows peoples minds and sets records. That wouldn't mean Days Gone would necessarily suck either. I think PS could fairly easily combat this by just making sure there is a year or more gap between those two titles.

While HZD as a new IP had more hype I would say, there were plenty of people who weren't all that sure about it before launch. If Days Gone turns out to be anything near HZD in terms of quality and depth, then it'll do just fine.

Quite often the time before full development is spent on lots story and design prototyping and iteration, the length can vary and a lot depends on how Sony worldwide studios sees the game progressing they can be happy from a early stage so each checkpoint leads straight to the next or it can be sent back a number of times for refinement.

Zombie fatigue!? Just because people don’t like shit zombie games doesn’t mean we have Zombie Fatigue. Look at resident evil 2, everyone is amped for that.

This game lookslije it’ll be good and fun.

It looks fun. I might buy it when it inevitably gets discounted.

I feel like its overshadowed by TLOU2, though.

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It looks like it'll be a decent game, it may even sell a million or two. But yeah, it isn't going to be a "big" game and I think the general sentiment of most gamers for a while now is that it looks "meh". It looks like something I'd pick-up on sale during the holidays.

I didnt realise there was any particular negative feelings towards it and it got green lit because open world games sell extremely well. Also i havent heard anybody slagging of RE2R or Dying Light 2 because of Zombies. Game will sell fine and probs score around 8/10.

I love irony.