Days Gone Patch 1.05 Improves Performance and Squashes Bugs

Within the first hour of playing (1.04), I have experienced a myriad of bugs. I am confused how they even managed to release a game in this state. Was it not play-tested at all? And after a 7 year development cycle, we should not end up with a turd like this. No. I am shelving the game for a couple of months until they actually finish the game so I can play it.

I think they should delay the game a week or 1 month to patch the game rather than release it in this state. Fortunately the game is selling well so we’re gonna get a good amount of fix and update.

@Dubya75 Funny, looking at your past comments you have been paying out this game at every turn, saying you think it will be trash, crying about free dlc, throwing the doll out the pram at every turn yet we are to believe you bought the game. Highly doubt it, played the game for 20 hours and have not run into a single glitch on 1.04.

I had two hard crashes the first two times I tried to launch the game (digital, ps4 pro), but since then it's run perfectly and I'm really liking the game!

@JayDub I couldn't care less if you believe me or not, chum.

Definitely didn't think the game was all that buggy, the most common bug seems to be an audio drop and some oddities with the flashlight. I'm still waiting a bit longer on my purchase for this reason though. Never hurts to wait for a few patches! The game is a stunning technical achievement as it is, a few patches will only make the game better. It IS a shame that they couldn't release the game in a more stable state to begin with, but as I understand it, this game already spent 6 years in development.

I went into this game with my expectations lowered because of some lukewarm reviews . Now I'm having a real enjoyable experience because I didn't expect much.
So thanks lukewarm reviews 👌.

I just lost the sound whenever I got on the motorbike, but the patch has seemed to have fixed it (fingers crossed).

The only issue I've had is a sound glitch, where 99% of the audio drops out. It was driving me nuts, as the only way to correct it was to quit and reload the game.

Fortunately, I discovered through Reddit that it seems to be caused when you upgrade the bike exhaust to the Level 2 "quieter" version. If you switch back to the standard exhaust, the problem goes away. Hopefully it'll be fixed in the next patch.

There are two major gripes about Days Gone: The bugs and glitches, and the unoriginal gameplay. I have been fortunate to not experience too many hiccups in my 10 hours of playtime, but it is encouraging to hear that Bend Studios are devoted to improving the game. Skyrim was released with many more issues, yet that game is view as an all time great. Regarding the cookie cutter design, do other franchises receive the same criticisms when warranted? Think COD, or Assassin's Creed or Madden. A review is by nature an opinion, but Days Gone deserves more praise than a 5 or a 6. I hope the gamers respond appropriately with their wallets. It looks like that's what's happening, at least in the UK.

I’m about several hours in at this point and have only encountered a couple of problems. One is a few framerate drops, which mainly was when near a camp and lasted a couple of seconds.
The other was kind of funny as I had a bandit running around like the human torch but behaving completely normally. After I killed him he returned to a normal corpse.
Thoroughly enjoying it so far, just managed my first horde today. Didn’t plan on doing it but stumbled across it and gave it a go.

@Dubya75 I've just watched ACG's review of the game and I would class him as a top and honest reviewer, he's stated it's littered with bugs, so I would have to agree with you on this. Shouldn't be acceptable with the amount of development time they have had. The odd one fine, but tons of pop in, FPS and other kind of issues.

I don't know if it's a bug or intentional gameplay choice, but I haven't been able to access upgrades from the Hope Springs mechanic. I only get the options to repair and refuel. Nothing else. Maybe someone can help me by clarifying this.

The most major glitch I had in 1.04 was jankiness in the market. Guns would not refill and I couldn't switch out my primary. 1.05 has fixed this.

Audio in the game is pretty bad at times. I sometimes lose it altogether. I'm enjoying it other than that.

I’m glad to hear that, despite a technical issue here and there, most players’ experiences with the game have been positive. A busy weekend prevented me from diving into post-apocalyptic Oregon as planned. I hope to get started in the next day or two.

over 7 hours of play not 1 problem great game

I had a glitch where I got on my bike & fell through the ground & died but I'm really enjoying the game even of it does have bugs & the loading screens take forever

@RBMango It's a gameplay choice. There is a point you have to decide which of the first 2 camps to give something to, it states that one will help you upgrade your bike and the other better gun options.
I'm fairly sure later camps will do both.

@BearsEatBeets Thank you. That makes sense. I haven't reached that story point yet.

I started playing on 1.04 and I have yet to encounter any major bugs. Pop-ins sure, even some slow texture loading, but nothing major at all that would ruin the experience.

I’ve unfortunately been experiencing the binocular / stone glitch often. 1.05 didn’t fix it for me. Quite annoying that the only way to fix it at the moment is to completely restart the game.
Other than that I’ve been having a great time so far. Didn't feel any repititveness either. I was really afraid that it’s gonna be like Far Cry games. Then again I’m only at the point (no spoiler) where I meet a certain female biker and still have to see what the game brings going forward.

Only about 3 hours in but no bugs or performance issues so far, I've only played since this latest patch and I'm playing on PS4 Pro if that makes any difference. I've played very few open world games that didn't seem to have any issues particularly at launch. I've recently had to restart a mission 3 times in RDR 2 because the game kept getting stuck in a menu and wouldn't let me cook a rabbit plus I had a horrendous single digit performance in St Denis once when a combination of a train, tram and some coaches were all in the same area. The only thing I've noticed on this is the odd momentary freeze which has happened once or twice

Had one physics glitch where a gasoline canister was flung a few feet up in the air when it got stuck between a wall and Deacon. No problems so far.

The game is alright, but maybe it's just the beginning that's a bit of a drag. Getting used to the new menus, quest system and all takes a bit of time as usual.

Game hasn't crashed on me yet been playing a lot played 13 hours straight on Sunday lol, a couple of bugs and out of sync audio but nothing major

1.06 is now out. Bend Studios are aggressively patching their game. Kudos to them!