63 Days Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published October 7, 2024 · Updated October 4, 2024

63 Days Review, Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family, home, and future. Now I’m left with only one choice: to get my revenge and independence or die trying. The odds are against us: will our tactics, stealth, and teamwork be enough?

63 Days Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
6.77GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Graphics settings – post-processing, display settings, depth of field, chromatic aberration, and quality (performance/quality/high resolution).
The game difficulties slider ranges from very easy to challenging.
English or Polish voice choice.
Action strategy gameplay.
Three ways to play – quick start, campaign, and multiplayer game.
You can host or join a multiplayer game.
The extras menu houses unlocked cutscenes, collectibles, and character bios.
Powerful soundtrack.
Each chapter shows how many collectibles there are how many you have, and a kill count.
Fast loading times.
A full 3D game world and you have 360 degrees camera control including the ability to zoom in and out.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play and the opening Prologue acts like a tutorial scenario setup.
Excellent lighting and dripping in the atmosphere.
Mini map that rotates with you and fills in points of interest, enemies, your characters, etc.
Highlight mode is a button press that will briefly show all interactive elements in a small area.
Full party management, you can assign the leader, setup the group and how they behave etc.
Handy teleport to leader button.
Cutscenes are in the game and seamlessly transition.
Stealth plays a huge part in the game, you need to take enemies out quietly and from behind, stay out of enemy cones of sight, and that.
You can pick up and drop bodies to hide them or use them as a distraction. Another cool thing is if you time it right you can kill and carry a body in one motion.
There is a cursor at all times.
Goes with the system of throwing a knife or something will leave it on the floor or body allowing you to collect it and use it again.
Around each character is a circle and this also acts as a noise indicator.
It is possible to give orders to specific characters or have them move in a group.
Each character you play is different from stats to abilities and how they travel around the world.
Hidden collectibles in every chapter.
You can use the environment to kill enemies.
A thinking gamer’s game.

63 Days Review Cons:

You cannot remap the controls.
The overall controls do take some getting used to, it’s a lot of holding one button and pressing another.
It is a very slow starter of a game as every action you learn requires multiple attempts, plus they are sprinkling story in.
The world is highly detailed but the issue is it can be hard to make out the smaller details of your mission or see advantages or opportunities.
The highlight mode is not as clear as you would like.
I am not a fan of the menu system, it doesn’t feel smooth or well played out.
The amount of fiddly controls really highlights how this game is best played with a mouse and keyboard.
Half the time it always felt like a Where’s Wally bit as I was constantly squinting my eyes to see things.

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