Ok.

- Zombies. There have been endless games featuring zombies released in the last decade.

- Saying that there will be lots of zombies being shown at the same time. Dead Rising started this trend back in 2006 and now every zombie game is trying to squeeze as many characters as they can in a single screen (World War Z was announced at TGA 2017 advertising exactly that).

- TPS mechanics look to be commonplace. They don't show anything that differentiates it from every other TPS.

- "Plot is about surviving". I don't need to tell you how abundant survival games are nowadays.

- Zombies not being called zombies.

- "I lost my wife" plot.

- Radio towers.

- "Survival vision".

Those are just things that games usually have. Meanwhile, I haven't seen one single item from your list that differentiates the game from any other zombie TPS with RPG elements.

"Does the world really need another zombie game? That’s one of the many questions we had before heading to Sony Bend Studio’s offices in Oregon to check out Days Gone. After spending a couple of days playing the game and gaining a deeper understanding of what the studio is trying to accomplish, we came back with an enthusiastic yes. You face a massive undead threat, but they’re just part of the dangerous open-world ecology. Virtually everything in this dark vision of the Pacific Northwest wants to separate you from your life. Fortunately, you have the tools you need to survive – including your fully upgradable motorcycle."

They say that yes, the game needs another zombie game. But when they are supposed to explain why Days Gone is different, they just list things that survival games usually have. They keep saying that Days Gone is not like the other zombie games, but they never say why that is.

I'm not saying the game will be bad or anything, it can take those mechanics and polish them a ton, but it doesn't look to be original at all.

You said that they've only marketed one zombie game before, so they don't have experience and therefore are excused to poorly market Days Gone.

I know that Sony knows how to tell a story. What I'm saying is that they should know how to SELL a good story, since they have been doing that for years.

They have made one HUGELY successful infected game before. You asked if Sony are 'really that bad at advertising zombie games?' Clearly not. Yes, Sony do know how to sell a good story game. It's their speciality. I'm still confused why you think stating the obvious is in any way making a stronger case for your 'generic' argument.

If they're good at marketing zombie games, then Days Gone is generic. If they're showing everything the game has to offer, then it is very generic. It's either a bad marketing team or a generic game.

The Last of Us is exactly why Days Gone feels so bland. I wouldn't expect a generic zombie shooter after it. TLoU raised the bar.

Did people trash HZD? I don't exactly remember that, but if you say so...

TLoU2 will break sales records whenever they release it. It's one of those games, like GTA, Pokémon, and Mario, that will sell no matter what.

To be honest, apart from Sony fanboys, I never heard anyone ever mentioning this game. Not on Youtube, Twitter, forums or real life. Maybe people will talk about it when it's closer to release. I guess you can't have a negative opinion without being a hater. As I said, I hope it's a another killer PS4 game, but so far, it looks very generic and forgettable.

Here's something people may not have seen. It'll tide us over until more info comes out this month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ceBapkQrc

The way I see it TLOU 2can impact DG negatively, but not ghe other way around. So.Sony should release Days Gone before TLOU 2 and give it one quarter or preferably a half year to sell. As per said TLOU is going to sell great regardless of other releases. So hopefully Days gone releases Q1 2019 and TLOU Q3 2019 and is bundled trough out the holiday season.

Well the game is almost 1 year from release. And Sony haven't pushed much, so it really isn't to expect much talk besides the ones we are having. But you could be right and it not blowing outside of the fandom.