{"id":62887,"date":"2025-04-30T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62887\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:16:12","slug":"days-gones-review-scores-have-been-rising-over-time-with-ps5-version-coming-highly-recommended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62887\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Gone’s Review Scores Have Been Rising Over Time, with PS5 Version Coming Highly Recommended"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Days<\/a>Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Remasters usually get lower review scores than the games they\u2019re based on.<\/p>\n

Without getting too insider baseball on this stuff, that\u2019s because when a publisher re-releases a title, the climate tends to have changed. Gameplay, for example, will have been pushed forward by more contemporary titles \u2013 and the element of surprise will have gone.<\/p>\n

A good example is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion<\/a> \u2013 a 10\/10 in its time. It\u2019s less special these days, and so we just gave it a 7\/10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Days Gone<\/a> has actually been getting better reviews over time.<\/p>\n

Now some of this is due to the fact the PS4 original launched with a number of bugs, but it\u2019s also because time has been kind to the open world game.<\/p>\n

So, the original released in 2019 with a 71 Metacritic<\/a>, which is considered \u2018Mixed or Average\u2019 by the site.<\/p>\n

Once the PC port launched in 2021 \u2013 which was a fantastic version of the game, by the way \u2013 that number increased to a 76 overall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now with the PS5 remaster, the average review score has increased again to 78<\/a>, which is considered \u2018Generally Favourable\u2019 by Metacritic.<\/p>\n

One thing that\u2019s worth pointing out here is that the game has, as you\u2019d expect, been attracting less reviews over time. The original version was reviewed by over 100 outlets, while the PC version attracted just 48 reviews, and the PS5 edition is currently at less than 20 verdicts.<\/p>\n

More reviews will generally result in a lower overall average, but it\u2019s clear that critics have come around on Days Gone as it\u2019s matured; what was once the ugly duckling of Sony\u2019s first-party has gradually blossomed into a misunderstood fan favourite.<\/p>\n

With Bend Studio cancelling its recent in-development project<\/a>, we wonder if a sequel could happen after all. Either way, it\u2019s going to be interesting to see where the developer turns its attention to next.<\/p>\n

[source metacritic.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Remasters usually get lower review scores than the games they\u2019re based on. Without getting too…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[32469,546,59,55,341,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-62887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-days-gone","9":"tag-pc","10":"tag-ps4","11":"tag-ps5","12":"tag-sony","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114426870809046181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}