Days Gone

since the 1.07 update it just crashes now dont waste your time or money

I paid 16€ for this game and it's a fair price for what I got. I knew nothing about the "controversies" surrounding this title and if you're interested in getting into it, I suggest you try to steer away from those. As a game, it's fine. Apparently, it wasn't in the best of states back when it was originally released, but all seems to have been ironed out, by now. It works flawlessly, no bugs that I came across, it's brilliantly optimized (I'm running it on a 2021 laptop with an integrated 1GB VRAM GPU, which had no right whatsoever to run it, but somehow it does -- on Medium graphics preset, even). For this, alone, I should give it four stars. I can't, though, because the game is great if you know what you're expecting, and I clearly didn't. This isn't an action-adventure title, as GOG claims, it's a stealth game. I couldn't tell you whether it's a good or bad stealth game, because it's not really a genre I play, let alone stealth with light survival elements. It's slow, which I guess is fine, considering the genre, but it will bother those who are looking for a more fast-paced adventure. I'm not even bothering with the nests and such, basically driving from one main mission to the next, since that part of the gameplay tends to slow my enjoyment of the game a lot. The writing is kind of all over the place, with some writers clearly wanting to do their own thing, but some head-honcho was apparently extremely "anti-PC/anti-woke" and every instance of the word "god" had to be capitalized, even in expressions like "goddamn" and subsequent variations. It's also very... "US-centric", in the sense it will one-sidedly address some issues most of the world couldn't care less about, like gun control and prison overcrowding. If you want to play an action game that's post-apocalyptic, has a vehicle and (great) driving and combat mechanics, I'd suggest you get Mad Max (available on GOG, as well) instead. If you like stealth, then I guess this is the better choice of the two.

This is the game that proves you shouldn’t always trust “professional” reviews. Even though I’m usually not drawn to zombie games, this one… is an excellent open-world experience! It reminded me of Mad Max: the gameplay isn’t groundbreaking and can be a bit repetitive, but everything it does, it does really well. Most importantly, the story and world are truly captivating. So if what you’ve seen has piqued your interest—don’t overthink it, just go for it. Especially on sale.

underrated

Solid design of stealth gameplay in zombie survival aplocilpse settings. Ticks all the boxes for what could be super gaming experince. Sadly it has come from consoles so it has 2 critical flaws. First - you can't just save game, have to be close to save point (bed or bike). It artificailly limits your gameplay sessions to long sittowns and often results in lost progress. Second - movemnt feels clunky and respond badly to mouse and keyboard stearing. It is playable but provides very bad experince, as if there was a delay betwen what you input and when your character reacts to. Overall I'd recomend it for people who can handle console game ports with gamepad. For old school PC player it is a bit disapointing and at times frustrating.