Days Gone

 PC
User Score
8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1485 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,302 out of 1485
  2. Mixed: 108 out of 1485
  3. Negative: 75 out of 1485

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  1. somovbiu
    May 7, 2023
    1
    The story fails to interest me, it's just another zombie story. The combat, Jesus the combat, it's terrible. Everything is clunky. And don't even bother using a gun, it's miserable.
  2. monzzs
    Dec 19, 2022
    0
    wonderful game, played 3 times and still not tired of the story, should come out the second one.
  3. zNeverSleeping
    Jun 7, 2021
    4
    Um pouco entediante.

    A historia não me parece inspirada, e sim demasiadamente vazia. Não temos sequer um personagem cujo o interesse nos leve a prosseguir no game. Ao invés disso, vejo apenas arquétipos com um background desinteressante. A exploração é algo muito importante para um jogo do gênero, e aqui... não sinto que há um grande incentivo para que você gaste seu tempo com isso.    Um pouco entediante.

    A historia não me parece inspirada, e sim demasiadamente vazia. Não temos sequer um personagem cujo o interesse nos leve a prosseguir no game. Ao invés disso, vejo apenas arquétipos com um background desinteressante.

    A exploração é algo muito importante para um jogo do gênero, e aqui... não sinto que há um grande incentivo para que você gaste seu tempo com isso. As armas - tanto de fogo como brancas - são chatas. A gameplay no PC é travada e isso incomoda a curto e longo prazo. A fisica com a moto foi em feita, mas eu preferia um cavalo. Parece mais útil, acredite.

    Anyway, é uma pena, pois tinha potencial.    … Expand
  4. Fourth_Jhana
    May 22, 2021
    2
    Cons:
    * The checkpoint system before you get your bike back (and are able to then save between checkpoints) is annoying. It's an enforced, long tutorial. I lost progress at one point. Not only that, but even when you do get bikes and beds, you have to 1) get to them, and 2) not have enemies around. It's a major step back in time and should not exist on a PC game in 2021.
    * I've    Cons:
    * The checkpoint system before you get your bike back (and are able to then save between checkpoints) is annoying. It's an enforced, long tutorial. I lost progress at one point. Not only that, but even when you do get bikes and beds, you have to 1) get to them, and 2) not have enemies around. It's a major step back in time and should not exist on a PC game in 2021.

    * I've encountered a couple of immersion-breaking bugs: an enemy standing in mid-air dozens of feet up, and a zombie that was frozen in position on the ground like a stone.

    * I don't know why they thought it'd be a good idea to have to hold down the X (or 'E' on keyboard/mouse) button for half the actions in the game. I looked for a setting to disable or speed this up, but there is none. It's bizarre and adds nothing, just wastes time and hurts my thumb. As well, this makes you sit through a tedious animation every time you craft an item, etc. It gets old fast.

    * The story and characters are uninspiring and generic. I've probably been spoiled by games like The Witcher 3, but "do fetch quest for camp leader so you can unlock next section" doesn't seem like it should fly in modern games.

    Pros:
    * I'm a massive Last of Us fan, and parts of it will feel familiar to TLoU players (stealth combat, scavenging), which is a pro if you like those mechanics, but TLoU did them better. It's far too easy to get rich with resources even on Hard. Stealth is also janky compared to TLoU. I had enemies spotting me without looking at me (literally looking 180 degrees the other direction, which now that I think about it, is yet another bug).

    * There's a few things that are new: the bike travel, the dynamic weather system, and the hordes to name a few.

    * If I rated games purely on visuals, this would get a thumbs-up. It's much more outdoor-oriented than the more-urban TLoU (though that game has beauty in its world's decay), and some of the views are breathtaking.

    Summary:
    * If they fixed things: more reliable save system, fewer tedious animations, several weeks on physics bug-fixing, and either ditched (for a pure sandbox open world) or improved the story, I would like this game! I really would. But they cut too many corners. Like another reviewer said, this feels like a Cyberpunk situation, where a non-AAA-size team was forced to release something too fast, too soon. There's a great game somewhere under the messy surface.    … Expand
  5. ChrisWeasel
    Dec 26, 2022
    4
    Boring, predictable, and just like most PS exclusives. I gave it about 5 hours, and just couldn't do it anymore. The game play, it's fine, not great, not bad, but just like every playstation exclusive you have ever played. Which means it comes with the same generic controller scheme. The story, and characters are things you have already seen on any AMC zombie show with a biker, incrediblyBoring, predictable, and just like most PS exclusives. I gave it about 5 hours, and just couldn't do it anymore. The game play, it's fine, not great, not bad, but just like every playstation exclusive you have ever played. Which means it comes with the same generic controller scheme. The story, and characters are things you have already seen on any AMC zombie show with a biker, incredibly uninspired. There isn't enough to pull you in. The games graphics are good enough I guess. The game is fine, if fine is all you are looking for, go ahead and pick it up. If you want something fun, pick up anything else… Expand
  6. psmoon21
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    The character is insufferable and has no charisma at all, the secondary characters have as always in sony with their message of how you should think. It does not have coverage, the character crosses the bodies of animals and the motorcycle rocks and train tracks

    The missions are too many, some are just cinematic or very simple, a map full of tasks to clean Turns out hordes are pretty    The character is insufferable and has no charisma at all, the secondary characters have as always in sony with their message of how you should think. It does not have coverage, the character crosses the bodies of animals and the motorcycle rocks and train tracks

    The missions are too many, some are just cinematic or very simple, a map full of tasks to clean
    Turns out hordes are pretty much optional and the demo video was way better than the final game.

    It has not even exceeded expectations in sales and that is why sony has decided not to release a second part.    … Expand
  7. Robo_Steve
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    Incredibly boring, unoriginal and repetitive game play. Awful story. For some reason this game has legions of fanboys that defend it to the hilt. Bring on the downvotes losers.
  8. Conan20
    May 19, 2021
    0
    Bad storytelling, boring open world, repetitive missions, at first you think it's a good game, then you will be easily able to understand how this game is so bad.
  9. LegaRoSS
    Jul 11, 2022
    0
    Can't even describe how my impression on this game was ruined with UNSKIPPABLE titles knowing there is still things to be done and haveing checkpoint not after that UNSKIPPABLE titles but before the end fight.
  10. ozymandias79
    Jul 18, 2022
    3
    Uninstalled this after I couldn't get back to my bike that gets -100 miles to a gallon. Could have been a good game, but wasn't thought out enough.
  11. lostsol
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    The game was just a terrible unimaginative rehash of other survival games. Lots of frustrating bugs, repetitive game play, uninteresting characters and storyline. I think the game needed at least another year of work before it was released.
  12. D4Damager
    Aug 22, 2021
    0
    Games is just amazing and the length of it is just perfect! I had no bugs at all! Top notch
  13. Aneel4art
    Jun 20, 2021
    2
    Пустая игра с крайне устаревшими игровыми механиками, затянутым и нудным сюжетом, графика оставляет желать лучшего.
  14. Sego
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    It's just bad, bad game design, bad combat, bad AI, bad scenario, and it was PC version, can't even imagine how bad PS was
  15. hertzian68
    Jun 7, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well the game mechanics are pretty good, but zombie pandemic stuff is just SO OVERDONE. It's fun to play no doubt but it features hate speech constantly but we don't have suicide bombers or the ADL so these douches get away with it. It features church burning, it features all sorts of marxist SJW/perverts garbage, all sorts of antichristian themes and subliminals etc etc. Sony/Bend are trash tbh, HZD was another revolting game that looked good and had good gameplay but had an SJW trans main character and marxist story. It features a woman, who has a rod up her bum, who admits she's partly responsible for billions of deaths but in the end she's just enjoying herself back at the bunkhouse? Mmmkay. The protaganist is a douchebag of the highest order, a mentally disturbed murderer who mumbles wildly to himself a lot who is very holier than thou. He loves his hat and jacket. It sort of fades away, probably for a sequel, because the ending is just "we blew up a huge base of our enemies", nothing further about nero or the larger/deeper details or anything else. The world is nice to look at but after a while the side quests etc just get boring, the same thing over and over. DON'T even compare this to Dying Light which is a much better zombie game from 2015, memorable side stories and main characters, more immersive, much more suspenseful and scary, amazing atmosphere etc etc etc I did not support these devs or sony, borrowed a copy of it.… Expand
  16. vova22379
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
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  17. hyunwest123
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    terrible. poor writing, the dialogue is **** predictable and so boring. characters are all shallow and their actions dont work under the cause and effect rule.
  18. Mordazavr
    May 23, 2021
    3
    Rizen 7 2700. 16gb ram ddr4. gigabyte rtx 2060 6 gb. И ссд не помню какой. И эта игра работает в 38-58 кадров вне зависимости от настроек графики в 1080p
  19. satinlight
    Oct 12, 2021
    4
    The main reason I quited Days Gone on PC at 3/4 of the game and do NOT recommend it is poor 3rd-person port when it comes to controlling the character. Slow response, delayed reaction and sort of drunk momentum of your character will be very frequent cause of death. Moreover his stamina is some kind of joke. I wonder how he survived zombie apocalypse being able to run for so short time. AThe main reason I quited Days Gone on PC at 3/4 of the game and do NOT recommend it is poor 3rd-person port when it comes to controlling the character. Slow response, delayed reaction and sort of drunk momentum of your character will be very frequent cause of death. Moreover his stamina is some kind of joke. I wonder how he survived zombie apocalypse being able to run for so short time. A zombie horde reaches you so quickly that you don't even get the chance to use all of your arsenal on them. And stamina cocktails are ridiculously ineffective. Don't get me wrong. I love challanges, but this is just some weird balance, especially when he tends to stuck and not interact properly with the surroundings as it designed to be played. Result - you are surrounded and killed by zombie horde. The decent and highly responsible 3rd person game play is Watch Dogs 1 made back in 2014 (!).

    CONS
    - not very responsible 3rd person controlling as for the game where you can be surrounded and killed by zombie horde in 1 second!
    - avarage shooting as for the game where you can be surrounded and killed by zombie horde in 1 second!!!
    - a lot of grind at the beggining
    - quite repetitive game play
    - too long and sometimes too boring story
    - kill/fetch side quests
    - quite stupid AI
    - half-done stealth
    - half-done mechanichs regarding attracting zombies with noise to make them deal with bandits

    PROPS
    + overall graphics and beautiful landscapes
    + atmosphere
    + music and sounds
    + not bad optimization    … Expand
  20. MementoMor7
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    An ordinary zombie game without any unique style and design, without interesting characters and plot with very mediocre gameplay. This game did not cause me any emotions and desire to continue playing it further. Deleted after 3 hours.
    If you want to play a really addictive and unique zombie game with an incredible atmosphere, addictive gameplay, good storyline and great soundtrack, play    An ordinary zombie game without any unique style and design, without interesting characters and plot with very mediocre gameplay. This game did not cause me any emotions and desire to continue playing it further. Deleted after 3 hours.
    If you want to play a really addictive and unique zombie game with an incredible atmosphere, addictive gameplay, good storyline and great soundtrack, play Dying Light 1 instead.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

7
#7 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 47 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 47
  3. Negative: 1 out of 47
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2021
    90
    Great port of a great title. Zombie games are all around us, but Bend Studio managed to squeeze every last drop out of this worn out setting. Everything is well-designed and polished in Days Gone – the believable world and characters in it, the distinct post-apocalyptic aura, the crafting, the thrilling combat and spectacular encounters with bloodthirsty hordes. In addition, this version is well-optimized and runs smoothly on a mid-range PC. [08/2021, p.48]
  2. IGN Portugal
    Jul 5, 2021
    70
    The PC version of Days Gone manages to be a superior experience. More polished and better performing than the original on PS4. It doesn't escape its sins however – a story with an uneven pace associated with repetitive and sometimes unnecessary mechanics. The game would benefit if some mechanics were simplified, but it is still a very solid option for those who like open worlds, motorcycles and zombies.
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  3. GameCritics
    Jun 9, 2021
    90
    For my money, Days Gone remains one of the absolute best open-world games on the market, and now more people will have the opportunity to try it out for themselves as it puts its best foot forward. That’s something worth celebrating, I think.
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