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Posted April 17, 2024
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EverNightX: I apologize for being ignorant about this genre so I may be way off. But does "Days Gone" fit into that genre?
https://www.gog.com/en/game/days_gone
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Sachys: YES!
What makes it a survival game? As far as I remember it has no survival game mechanics that is usually associated with the genre. It has an open world to explore, but I would call it an action adventure game more than anything else.

It is good, though, I think it is under-rated. it has a little slow start, which may turn someone off, but becomes really good if you stick with it
Post edited April 17, 2024 by amok
Posted April 17, 2024
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Sachys: YES!
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amok: What makes it a survival game?
I'm not sure I have not played it yet. But I see it has the survival tag and a feature it lists is a "survival mode"
Posted April 17, 2024
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amok: What makes it a survival game?
I don't own the game, but after reading these statements on the game's store page:

- Scavenge through abandoned settlements for equipment to craft valuable items and weapons, or
- take your chances with other survivors trying to eke out a living through fair trade… or more violent means.
- Explore a variety of mountains, caves, mines and small rural towns
- Brutal encounters: With vicious gangs and hordes of Freakers roaming the land
- make full use of a variety of customizable traps, weapons, and upgradable skills to stay alive

I'd say it checks a lot of the "Survival Sim" boxes.
Posted April 17, 2024
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amok: What makes it a survival game?
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BreOl72: I don't own the game, but after reading these statements on the game's store page:

- Scavenge through abandoned settlements for equipment to craft valuable items and weapons, or
- take your chances with other survivors trying to eke out a living through fair trade… or more violent means.
- Explore a variety of mountains, caves, mines and small rural towns
- Brutal encounters: With vicious gangs and hordes of Freakers roaming the land
- make full use of a variety of customizable traps, weapons, and upgradable skills to stay alive

I'd say it checks a lot of the "Survival Sim" boxes.
would you call for example Fallout: New Vegas a survival game?
Posted April 17, 2024
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BreOl72: I don't own the game, but after reading these statements on the game's store page:

- Scavenge through abandoned settlements for equipment to craft valuable items and weapons, or
- take your chances with other survivors trying to eke out a living through fair trade… or more violent means.
- Explore a variety of mountains, caves, mines and small rural towns
- Brutal encounters: With vicious gangs and hordes of Freakers roaming the land
- make full use of a variety of customizable traps, weapons, and upgradable skills to stay alive

I'd say it checks a lot of the "Survival Sim" boxes.
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amok: would you call for example Fallout: New Vegas a survival game?
In the broadest sense - sure.
Posted April 17, 2024
Technically with all the genre pollution that goes on (like visual novels claiming to be RPGs), you could make a case for any game being a survival sim if 1) there is stuff is trying to murder you and 2) there are resources for you to manage.
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: Because "survival sims" suck, and are aggravating chores to play, and games are supposed to be fun & enjoyable.
Except that we all know that you're the guy that wrongly thinks that the only way to have fun and enjoy a game is to complete a checklist of achievements to the extent that all games without achievements need to just go away when it's not hard to shop around the stuff that you don't want.
Posted April 17, 2024
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amok: would you call for example Fallout: New Vegas a survival game?
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BreOl72: In the broadest sense - sure.
the the genre is starting to lose meaning. Heck, you could arge that Final Fantasy 8 is a survival game as wwell
Posted April 17, 2024
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BreOl72: In the broadest sense - sure.
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amok: then the genre is starting to lose meaning.
All genres lost meaning long time ago.
Posted April 17, 2024
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amok: then the genre is starting to lose meaning.
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BreOl72: All genres lost meaning long time ago.
then it really makes no sense fo you to argue that any game is survival or not.
Posted April 17, 2024
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BreOl72: All genres lost meaning long time ago.
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amok: then it really makes no sense fo you to argue that any game is survival or not.
Erm...I never argued over that, one way or the other..?
Posted April 17, 2024
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amok: then it really makes no sense fo you to argue that any game is survival or not.
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BreOl72: Erm...I never argued over that, one way or the other..?
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_are_there_so_few_survival_sims_on_gog/post18

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_are_there_so_few_survival_sims_on_gog/post20
Posted April 17, 2024
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BreOl72: Erm...I never argued over that, one way or the other..?
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amok: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_are_there_so_few_survival_sims_on_gog/post18

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_are_there_so_few_survival_sims_on_gog/post20
No clue, as to where you see me arguing in these posts.
Posted April 17, 2024
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amok: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_are_there_so_few_survival_sims_on_gog/post18

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/why_are_there_so_few_survival_sims_on_gog/post20
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BreOl72: No clue, as to where you see me arguing in these posts.
https://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/resize/scaleHeight/815/cached.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/OMC/1646391713380_1.jpeg
Posted April 22, 2024
(Somehow my post ended up on two threads...)
Post edited April 22, 2024 by JAAHAS
Posted April 22, 2024
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Corbul: Just what is up with that?
I don't think you've looked hard enough.

I love survival games, and GOG have or have had quite a lot, and of different types.
Plenty of Horror based Survival games for instance.
Plenty of post apocalyptic ones.
Zombie ones even.
etc etc.
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