In the video, we see a number of Days Gone glitches and other technical issues, like an NPC appearing out of thin air, fire disappearing, protagonist Deacon St. John teleporting through buildings, and Freakers (the game’s version of zombies) blocked by invisible walls. However, the video doesn’t just point out some of Days Gone’s glitches.
The video also takes aim at Days Gone’s shaky AI and stealth mechanics. In the video, we see the AI enemies fail to act despite Deacon being in clear view of them. In one instance, Deacon stabs an enemy, who screams loudly, only for nearby enemies to just watch and take no action. In another instance, we see enemies just run at Deacon in a straight line to get mowed down one after another. Friendly AI is also shown to be fairly incompetent in the clips used in the video.
Most of these Days Gone glitches are fairly amusing, but the game has also had its fair share of major technical problems as well. For example, there was one Days Gone bug that caused full system crashes on PS4. Another bug caused audio issues that forced players to fully reset the game to fix it.
Perhaps Days Gone just needed some more time in the oven. After all, developers SIE Bend Studio had to cut features that were previously advertised for the game, like Days Gone’s choice system, but maybe it could have kept the choices and polished the rest of the experience if it was delayed just one more time before launch.
Meanwhile, the lackluster technical performance by Days Gone hasn’t seemed to put a big dent in its sales. In fact, Days Gone is reportedly selling quite well, especially in the UK, so perhaps it will sell enough to justify development on a sequel that could iron out problems with the first game.
Days Gone is out now, exclusively for PS4.
