Days Gone Opencritic 72 Metacritic 72

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The reason behind why a 6 or 7 seems alarming for a decent game is because in grade school those are considered failing scores. A 70 is a D where I'm from and is the bottom of the line before an E failing grade.

When I grade a game that is the kind of metric I am using, it's the only fair way. In school you are graded on meeting specific criteria and median quality compared to those at the time. Yet truly insightful work can often out weigh issues within.

From actually playing Day's Gone, sure it has a few spelling and grammatical errors but the foundation is strong and fun to read. That deserves at least an 8/C.

In comparison I also enjoyed the hell out of the low budget masterpiece that is Vampyr. I would rate that around the same. Games made by fledgling studios do deserve some leeway as their means are limited. Days Gone I think was made with a team of like 50 people at the start. Yet they brought inventive new ideas to the table. RDR2, the critical darling on the other hand did not excite me, I found it's story super dry and it's controls convoluted. I can respect it's extreme attention to detail and build quality. There is something to be said of the contrast tho.