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.
