Few moment-to-moment experiences in games can so brilliantly nail tension. Days Gone succeeds in this area quite often, especially when a massive horde roams nearby. Tension is most notably felt when fighting hordes, where hundreds of Freaks run full force at a fleeing Deacon. But there is one problem?getting your bearings could becomes frustrating. Trying to swivel Deacon and/or the camera around doesn?t make it any easier, either. The option to press a button and quickly have Deacon look behind him would?ve helped. Unfortunately, no such mechanic exists in Days Gone. Apparently, it almost did, and the explanation behind its absence is pretty interesting.
Bend Studio recently took part in an AMA on the Days Gone Subreddit, answering a multitude of fan questions. One wondered why there?s ?no button to look back when riding.? According to Lead Designer Ron Allen, the team did develop this very mechanic for the game, which would?ve allowed players to look back when on-foot and while riding the Drifter Bike. It wasn?t simple to keep in place, though. Several other necessary mechanics kept pushing the look back option to the wayside. Eventually, it landed on the cutting room floor.
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