Granted I played it on PS4 Pro, but I honestly really enjoyed it and definitely never noticed performance issues that could remotely classify it as "a mess". Was it really that broken on base PS4?

I am playing this game now for the first time on PS5 and I am amazed at how good this game is. All that unfair reviews were really misleading but still the game managed to be a critical and commercial success.

Currently hooked up with this one on PS5. It is easy a 9.5 game for me and a must have.

I have it, planning on playing it for the first time on my PS5

The game is not a Masterpiece. I enjoyed it, but it was extremely rough around the edges and they had to reduce what they had planned from their initial demos. AI was heavily, extremely heavily, reduced in the game. Hordes weren't as intelligent as they demoed, awareness for humans *and* zombies were so heavily reduced to favor a system of heightened awareness without sudden immediate death for the player (they were too powerful to give them the AI they planned for initially). Then the "ambush" stuff was pretty much two options across specific points that you could plan around (snag line and wolves).

I appreciate the game for what it is, but a Masterpiece just isn't at all how I would describe the game.

Playing though atm on PS4, runs well. Good graphics, clean with good textures and weather system.

Can't knock it tbh, would have preferred different characters if I'm honest., but still a good game and i'm sure PC gamers will enjoy when it comes.

The fact the CP2077 got better reviews still baffles me

It had it's technical issues back on the PS4 and it seemed to get worse with every update so let's not kid ourselves. Don't pretend the game didn't stutter hard when trying to load another section of the world, and then the flashlight being broken for a while. But this wasn't the reason for it's "lukewarm" reception from critics. It got shat on for having a white main protagonist and they got triggered by the "sexism" of a single line because they couldn't understand it was biker gang tradition.
They were desperately trying to slander the game and failed because it still sold well. Sucks if SONY ignores the fan reception and chooses to believe the bias media over the financial success this game turned out to be. Getting real tired of all these "critics"

Days Gone got hammered for being generic but it's not really at fault for that. Ten open world games will release and do similar things but some them will be regarded as a masterpiece and some of them will be regarded as ok.

I remember how much praise there was for Dragon Age Inquisition when it released and then playing it only to be a bit underwhelmed by it. ME: Andromeda comes out taking more than a few pointers from it and all of a sudden journos are pointing out problems in it that were definitely in DA:I.

I will always say this regarding Days'gone reviews is that the game suffered from the Quantum Break curse
Meaning the game was already judged badly by the reviewers before they actually played the game.
I remember saying months in advance that the game would score an average of 7 because all media had already passed judgment on it.

Remember right after the first trailer releases comments like: do we need another zombie game or Hey another Sony Uncharted clone was running rampant.
Then come to the protagonist feels generic
the game feels generic
etc.

So Bend Studios is being reverted to what they used to do and that's remasters/portable games for PlayStation?

It was never a mess to begin with, wtf

The game was never a mess sure it had bugs but what game doesn't have bugs and the bugs were patched it was never a mess you want a mess play Cyberpunk. The game is friggin awesome looks great has a solid story sure some shit is repetitive all in all its one of my favorite Sony games next to Horizon.

On base ps4 the cut scenes were a mess. Hoping for a ps5 update

Too many people trying to take Sony down now for no reason, look at all the top stories here, Sony closing a 15 years old store for PS3, which is totally normal and people have to blow it out of proportion, I started playing games when I was 5 on an NES, first game was Contra with my dad, and I never ever go back to play previous generation games, unless there are just some backlog that I am wrapping up, such as still trying to finish RDR2 on my PS5 now.

Not every game gets green lighted, Days gone didn't launch well, had its development problem. I personally like the game and will get Days Gone 2 if it ever releases, but there are thousands of games that don't get green lighted each year, we just don't know about them.

With that said, I do wish there will be Days Gone 2, maybe after the next game, they can show Sony that they are capable to pull it off.

I'm not gay, but I was erect the whole time playing because of Deacon lol

I have been enjoying the game on PS5. Smooth, looks great, and the open world has a nice, different aesthetic to it.

As much as i like this game, it is not a masterpiece.

I'm playing it now for the first time on ps5 and its great. The bike controls well, the shooting is solid as well as pretty much everything else so far. Really like it tbh.

I don't know why I have this but every time I decide to give this game a try I give up after doing a few missions in that area with that old lady driving a golf cart. Maybe it's because that's when the game opens up more and I get a bit intimidated by it.
Also have it with other games, especially with the later Assassin's Creed titles.

I really enjoyed the game on ps4. It was far from perfect, but it had fun. I had a blast mobbing around on the bike in my home region, even when It was like playing an interactive flip book. Which happened a lot! Looking forward to the pc release.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau