Days Gone

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1485 Ratings

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  1. Days_Gone2
    Jan 30, 2023
    10
    Someone from Sony, please read this.

    I understand that at the end of the day, it's just a company that wants to make money, but it's absolute fact that Days Gone 2 would make a lot of money. Easily, easily more than Horizon 2. There's millions of fans out there who want this game and millions of potential new fans, who would be interested, if you actually made this game. Not making    Someone from Sony, please read this.

    I understand that at the end of the day, it's just a company that wants to make money, but it's absolute fact that Days Gone 2 would make a lot of money. Easily, easily more than Horizon 2. There's millions of fans out there who want this game and millions of potential new fans, who would be interested, if
    you actually made this game. Not making Days Gone 2 would be biggest mistake in entertainment history ever. Nothing else is even comparable.

    Sony is overall amazing company and i have huge respect for it, especially in recent years when you decided to bring your games to PC and by the way, you are doing it better than lots of other companies. You don't use Denuvo, your games always work and if they have bugs or technical problems, you make sure to fix them.

    But also, please understand that Horizon 2 was very mid game, i mean, is anyone even playing it anymore? Does anyone even care? Nobody is even talking about that game anymore. Games should be made, so people keep playing them, not for them to collect dust on shelves, just for some fanboys to say that they have the sequel too, even tho they never play it. God of War 2 was better, but let's face it, also mid. At the end of the day, it was pretty much same thing all over again as the first game. I'm not hating, but it wasn't anything phenomenal. So i'm asking seriously, what's next?

    Your only guaranteed hit is right now Spider-Man 2. This one will sell easy 20 million+. But other than that, you have nothing. I mean, you just keep making Horizon and God of War sequels endlessly? Bruh. Thanks to Days Gone PC release, there are so many new fans who want sequel to that game. This game got so much deserved respect after the PC release.

    So why Days Gone? you might ask. What is so special about this game? Well let me tell you.
    Days Gone has likable main character, if you don't like him, that's your personal issue and has nothing to do with him. Graphically, days gone is phenomenal, i could drive around the map for hours and enjoy these fantastic weather effects. ONLY game that does it equally good, is Red Dead Redemption 2.
    Now, bike mechanics and upgrading. I know some people hated it (also personal issue btw), but i love that system. Planning out the routes, before you start driving, making sure you have enough gas in your bike. Taking gas from actual gas stations (first game to ever do that) is amazing. This is exactly what survival game needs. I'm not saying every game needs stuff like that, i'm fine that i can drive endlessly in GTA, but in Days Gone, it's cool. Story, while i agree it keeps going for too long, is actually solid. It's not bad. All the mistakes could be fixed in sequel anyway. Map is very well designed, all the houses and buildings that you can explore, broken bridges, that small city area and so on. Everything has this perfect post-apocalyptic feeling. Hordes is amazing addition to this game and there's so much you could do with that in the sequel. Anyone who says that Days Gone is just another generic zombie game, has no idea what he/she is talking about. It's the BEST open-world zombie game ever made. Of course there could be argument, that Days Gone simply isn't the most mainstream game ever made, but in my opinion it's popular enough. Not everything needs to be Spider-Man. Even Alan Wake (huge fan btw) isn't as popular as Days Gone and even that game is getting a sequel.

    What could/should you do with the sequel?
    You could make it optional co-op, make both Sarah and Deacon playable in co-op. Make them go into big city to explore what's left of humanity, make them find out what has happened with rest of the world. Make them meet more survivors. Extend bike mechanics to boats, so you have to make sure you have enough gas canisters with you, before you go to sea. There could be mutated sharks and other sea creatures. Expand swimming/diving and so on...

    There is no other AAA open-world Zombie/survival game like Days Gone. NONE. This is the only game. Dying Light was decent game, but it's not even the same level, Days Gone is so much deeper and more complex. Dying Light 2 was awful. And if you really don't care about that game, just sell the rights to someone else, so someone else can make this masterpiece of a sequel. Sequel that fans actually want and are actually asking for. Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  2. funandgames
    May 19, 2021
    10
    PC version of Days Gone is almost perfect. I'm glad this game can finally shine as it was meant to shine already in 2019.
  3. PCReviews2021
    May 19, 2021
    10
    "Days Gone" is definition of Underrated Good Video Game.

    Best weather effects since RDR2. This game looks phenomenal maxed out. I have seen some people complaining that fuel goes out too fast. I completely disagree. That's one of the best survival elements this game has and it's unique. By the way, if you look for them, you can find fuel cans all over the place, i never ran out of them    "Days Gone" is definition of Underrated Good Video Game.

    Best weather effects since RDR2. This game looks phenomenal maxed out.
    I have seen some people complaining that fuel goes out too fast. I completely disagree. That's one of the best survival elements this game has and it's unique. By the way, if you look for them, you can find fuel cans all over the place, i never ran out of them and you can fill your bike at gas station. That's what makes it fun. Planning out your routes, before going on your way. It would be almost stupid (in this game) to endless drive around. I know it had fps issues and bugs on PS4, i get that. But tons of games have had that. RDR2 PC launch was one of the worst i have ever seen , but they fixed it and the game is amazing now. Literally same thing with Days Gone. Runs flawlessly on my PC and looks amazing. After 7 hours, zero bugs. None. Everything works. It's one of the best, if not best open-world zombie game that has been made so far. I enjoyed it so much more than Dying Light (i don't hate that game btw and i'm hyped for sequel) and Dead Island combined. Days Gone has incredible atmosphere, thanks to keyboard+mouse, combat feels so much better than it ever did. It feels like this game was always meant to be on PC. I truly hope that PC gamers will finally give this game respect that it truly deserves. Same thing happened with "The Evil Within" (2014) and now it's one of the modern-horror classics. "Days Gone" is not perfect, but nothing is. Very enjoyable game and this time i truly mean it.    … Expand
  4. RodroG
    May 25, 2021
    9
    It's is a great game that features an interesting story, many secondary missions, and rewarding and addictive gameplay. The PC edition performs flawlessly and looks visually stunning. Congrats to Sony for bringing this great game and excellent console port to the PC gamer community.
  5. dogswatch
    Jul 5, 2021
    10
    Very decent/good open-world zombie game. One of the best of it's kind. Some missions could be longer and better defined, but overall it's solid. Can't wait for part 2.
  6. Azurim
    Jun 24, 2021
    10
    The game starts slow, but then you just can't get enough of the story. The characters: 10/10. The music: 10/10. The story 10/10. The atmosphere 10/10. The realism 10/10. The waifu 11/10.

    The combat gameplay isn't that great (AI is weak) and the sidequests are a bit copy/paste repetitive. But it's still an amazing game. Finished on Hard II in 44 hours.
  7. ulvido
    Apr 19, 2023
    10
    Loved everything about this game. Story, gameplay mechanics, atmosphere, open world, audio everthing! EVERTHING!. cant wait for days gone 2. I will buy ps for it.
  8. FallenActual
    May 23, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating: 9.5/10
    This game is absolutely amazing! *Minor Spoilers Ahead* From the writing to the gameplay this title is absolutely a masterpiece and against Sony's judgment it 100% needs a sequel. Hat's off to Bend Studios for making this Mona Lisa level masterpiece of a game, From the story to the gameplay, everything is written and executed so well from the very beginning to the very end. Throughout the story, I countlessly ran into moments where I thought I knew exactly what's gonna happen and it threw it all out the window with such amazing twists. Each character from the beginning left a huge impression on me, with such strong voice actors and believably real emotional dialogue all performed to perfection, I was attached to Deacon and his story about trying to find his wife Sarah from the very beginning. From the flashbacks of those picture-perfect moments they shared throughout their relationship before the epidemic to the connection, Sarah shared through dialogue and physical cues to Deacon I found myself teary-eyed more with this game's story than I have with any other AAA title. When it came to gameplay none of the mission felt repetitive or used as filler and when dealing with 100's of enemies on screen at one time the intensity brought on by the music gave me that much more satisfaction to see that last enemy fall lifeless to the ground, being able to mow them down wasn't always easy and often times required creativity early game was never the less was still very satisfying. One thing that did not go unnoticed was the massive attention to detail this game presented from the snow building up on corpses to the sound of gas sloshing around in your motorcycle's tank depending on how full/empty it was. Some other things that did not go unnoticed were a few minor bugs late into the game I ran into like objects such as chairs and tables not rendering in one of the cutscenes in a medical tent at one of the later settlements you discover, a bunker not rendering once a hatch was opened in one of the many camps your fight through and the floor not rendering in on my final "boss fight", all of this I attribute to being a side effect from porting a game to PC as this game was initially released on April 26, 2019, for the PS4 as an exclusive. This stuff I'm sure will be patched in the coming months. Never the less it was nothing that wasn't fixed with a simple reload of a recent save. I can also forgive the lack of some small QoL changes such as auto looting corpses and more depth to the skill tree and weapon variety because of the aforementioned release date, granted there are already quite a few weapons but when it came to what the enemy dropped weapons it seemed almost every enemy had the same gun the game's version of an AK-47 with a few exceptions and there isn't much variety in weapon quality with there being 5 levels of weapon quality from poor to mil-spec and all functioning identically the same with some minor stat variations to stats I almost always ran into poor quality guns. Lastly, there were a few early-game moments I felt were missed opportunities to add variety to the game where for example when prying open the trunk of a car near the beginning of the game an infected child called a "Newt" jumps out and attacks you which was a great idea to introduce you to one of the few different infected types and gave me a good jump out of my seat, however, this was something I would not run into again through the entire game even after opening up hundreds of car trunks it only served to introduce the player to the creature that one time and not used as a possible event throughout the rest of the game, needless to say, I still prepared myself before opening any trunk for the possibility that it could happen again. My final message is to Sony, with such a rich atmosphere and tone set by the lore and encounters built through the hard work of everyone on that end screen of credits, leaving the ending on such a cliff hanger many of the characters stories only told as a single chapter in a collection of books does not do this game justice nor does it do those very same people justice, THIS GAME DESERVES, NO IT NEEDS A SEQUAL!    … Expand
  9. Jaidenbrkl1
    May 4, 2023
    9
    The PC version of Days Gone is just as good as the PS4 version, with great performance, top notch features, a great launch, and overall a fantastic PC port for an underrated PS4 exclusive.
  10. ssami1
    Apr 14, 2023
    10
    What a game. Easily one of the best games I have played , from the combat , to the open world , fighting hordes and clearing out enemy camps , underrated story and characters. Definitely recommended
  11. reaLKovacha
    Apr 27, 2023
    10
    Don't listen to critic reviews (some of them at least) made by people who have spent less than 2 hours playing the game.
    One of the main "flaws" those critics pointed out is that the game starts out a bit slowly (these same critics give Death Stranding a 100 even though it takes 6-10 hours for the game to start out).
    But enough of this crap, Days Gone is a very good open world zombie    Don't listen to critic reviews (some of them at least) made by people who have spent less than 2 hours playing the game.
    One of the main "flaws" those critics pointed out is that the game starts out a bit slowly (these same critics give Death Stranding a 100 even though it takes 6-10 hours for the game to start out).

    But enough of this crap, Days Gone is a very good open world zombie game. For an open world game the storyline is surprisngly very good and engaging because as real gamers know.. open world games tend to have not so great storylines most of the time...

    The gameplay does get repetetive but once again I ask you.. which open world gameplay doesn't get repetetive?
    You have the fast travel option but anybody who has played the game probably never uses it because it's just so satisfying driving your bike around and upgrading it.
    The zombie hordes are the cherry on top of this game.

    Fuzk you Sony why in the hell does there have to be someone among your ranks in a high power position who has a vendetta against this game for some reason?    … Expand
  12. phantomromano
    May 3, 2023
    8
    I really enjoyed this game. The story is great, the visuals are stunning. The game play gets switched up a lot and does not get boring at any point during the game. The atmosphere in the game feels genuine and can make you get lost in the world of Days Gone for hours. I´m deducting two points for two reasons though.

    The first deducted point is for technical faults. I played this game    I really enjoyed this game. The story is great, the visuals are stunning. The game play gets switched up a lot and does not get boring at any point during the game. The atmosphere in the game feels genuine and can make you get lost in the world of Days Gone for hours. I´m deducting two points for two reasons though.

    The first deducted point is for technical faults. I played this game with an Xbox-Controller, which does work but is poorly implemented. The UI elements randomly switch to keyboard controls without me touching keyboard or mouse. This does not happen in any other game for me, so I guess its not a hardware fault. This can be extremely annoying, when during a quick-time event you have to think about what the F-key on the keyboard is on the controller now, leading to a lot of failed QTE´s. The pause menu also pops up at random intervals, gladly not often enough to be frustrating.

    The second point deducted is difficulty spike. Without spoiling anything: There´s a point in the game where an overly hard and frustrating game mechanic is introduced (you´ll know what I mean when the word "Chemult" gives you nightmares). It is an unskippable part of the story multiple times and requires a whole bunch of grinding and multiple tries every time. The game could have done without it.    … Expand
  13. Fataga
    Jun 14, 2021
    10
    Ein großartiges Spiel. Ein Meisterwerk. Eines, der ganz ganz großen Spiele, die ich in 30 Jahren Gaming gezockt habe. Story, Atmosphäre, Gameplay, Sound, Wettereffekte besser als in RDR2, einfach alles. Noch nie so tolles Schneegestöber in einem Spiel gesehen. GENIAL. Das Spiel wird mir lange in Erinnerung bleiben. Großartige Arbeit Bend und großartige Arbeit vom Bend-Team, welches diesesEin großartiges Spiel. Ein Meisterwerk. Eines, der ganz ganz großen Spiele, die ich in 30 Jahren Gaming gezockt habe. Story, Atmosphäre, Gameplay, Sound, Wettereffekte besser als in RDR2, einfach alles. Noch nie so tolles Schneegestöber in einem Spiel gesehen. GENIAL. Das Spiel wird mir lange in Erinnerung bleiben. Großartige Arbeit Bend und großartige Arbeit vom Bend-Team, welches dieses Meisterwerk auf PC gebracht hat. 50 Stunden reine Freude am Spiel und nicht ein(!) einziger Bug, Fehler oder sonst was. Geniale Umsetzung
    auf PC. Spielte auf 21:9. Und selbst alle Zwischensequenzen waren in 21:9. Kein schwarzer Balken irgendwo zu sehen am Grand. SUPER. Ich bin schwer begeistert und kann Days Gone für PC jeden empfehlen. Ich hoffe, dass Sony noch ein Einsehen hat: WIR WOLLEN EINEN ZWEITEN TEIL!
    ich verstehe nicht, warum man so ein geniales Meisterwerk nicht vorsetzt. SONY, schaut Euch die PC Community an und gebt Bend Studios das GO für einen zweiten Teil. Ich würde Ihn direkt vorbestellen. Auch wenns 2 Jahre Entwicklung brauchen würde. DANKE für dieses Game!
    Warum zu diesem super genialen Spiel SONY keine Fortsetzung machen möchte, ist mir absolut unbegreiflich!    … Expand
  14. robertfisch
    May 19, 2021
    10
    I really don't understand how can critics give this game a rating of only 78 out of 100. This game deserves at least 90 as an average, it's a very well done game, very polished, attention to every detail, developers did an overwhelming job in porting this game to pc. Visually impressive game, I can confirm this is one of the most gorgeous games I've ever tried, very well optimized, fastI really don't understand how can critics give this game a rating of only 78 out of 100. This game deserves at least 90 as an average, it's a very well done game, very polished, attention to every detail, developers did an overwhelming job in porting this game to pc. Visually impressive game, I can confirm this is one of the most gorgeous games I've ever tried, very well optimized, fast gameplay, no bugs. Excellent! We need more games like this and more serious developers like Bend Studio… Expand
  15. mikezero34
    May 19, 2021
    10
    One word. Amazing. Been waiting for this two years. I was really worried that it will be another trash port that needs thousands of updates, but this game surprised me. Runs very well even on older systems. Best open world zombie game.
  16. klausmunich
    May 19, 2021
    10
    Sony you are the best! You ported this game on PC in a flawless way! Have been playing it for many hours and no bugs so far, incredible stability, incredible framerate and top notch graphics, very beautiful colours, HDR mode is great! Wow! You did a very impressive job. Game is so exciting, thrilling, story and characters are great. A must play for everyone
  17. Yahel84
    May 20, 2021
    10
    This is a great game, i highly recommend it to any who like like this genre. Amazing visual quality , and the best zombie hordes that you ever see in video games. Best open world zombie survival games !!!
  18. Buyman3375
    May 19, 2021
    10
    Slow start, but maaan wait until you getto meet Rikki... Nothing else to say!
  19. Dan90
    May 19, 2021
    10
    Play it briefly on PS4 Pro when i heard it was coming to PC, so i decided to wait, and im not regreting it. The game looks amazing, it's well optimize, gameplay is fun and as far as now the story and characters are fine. i would actually give the game a 9 but i will upgrade it to 10 just for being a really good zombie game.
  20. fallturnal
    May 19, 2021
    10
    Good game, glad to see PC reviews are way higher now that this game is fixed and patched.
    It was never bad game, just some fps issues, but these are long gone now.
  21. petrb
    May 19, 2021
    10
    This is one of my favorite games.
    Personally I like it much more than both parts of Last of Us.
    And now, playing it on PC looks like the game was made for PC in first place: shooting is good, world is beautiful, controls are set to reasonable defaults. Optimisation is great too. My PC specs are: Core i7 8700k RTX 2080 TI 16 Gb RAM And I have nearly 60 FPS in 4k on max settings.    This is one of my favorite games.
    Personally I like it much more than both parts of Last of Us.
    And now, playing it on PC looks like the game was made for PC in first place: shooting is good, world is beautiful, controls are set to reasonable defaults.

    Optimisation is great too.
    My PC specs are:
    Core i7 8700k
    RTX 2080 TI
    16 Gb RAM

    And I have nearly 60 FPS in 4k on max settings.

    And the main thing: THIS GAME TOUCHES. It has it's cons, but IT TOUCHES and makes you want to return to this world.

    I don't know, why this game is so underrated, but I hate Sony for not making a sequel to this.    … Expand
  22. seddik
    May 20, 2021
    10
    insane and amazing survive game by bend studio thanks for them for this good game
  23. Kiweex
    May 21, 2021
    10
    I don't understand the reviews for Days Gone. The game is beautiful, perfectly optimized, with a very good lifespan, a captivating universe. This open-world is really excellent. Thanks to Sony for allowing the PC gamer to discover their catalog !
  24. gamestation3567
    May 27, 2021
    10
    Very solid game. Specially music and graphics + solid story and interesting enough characters. Most fun is just free roaming and killing hordes tho + exploring abandoned buildings, caves and crafting stuff, collecting stuff, trying to survive in this zombie wasteland. Would recommend more than any other 2021 game so far.
  25. Imaculate
    May 19, 2021
    8
    Didn't play it on PS4. Hearing good things, gave it a try on PC. Have been enjoying the story. As for gameplay, it's fun. Nothing new to the genre but the developers did a good job porting it to PC and added ability to configure graphic settings. Everything on max and runs smoothly - maintaining 60 frames or better on a 2070. I wish this game had co-op.. Not one single issue so far.
  26. Allisra
    May 28, 2021
    9
    Great game, good gameplay well balanced, long playtime, most things belong to the story so its not boring, good emotional and cinematic presentations I think it's really underrated.It's a must play.
  27. ssqq11
    May 19, 2021
    10
    If you liked the game on pc you will love this. It is basically a more polished version of the ps4 game.
  28. CooperD
    May 20, 2021
    10
    10/10

    This is simply the best game of the current generation. It's a mixture of LOU and RDR2, maybe a little MM. The graphics are great and this is very important as you immerse yourself in the game and enjoy the views all the time. The gameplay is constantly changing. There are сhase, shooting, adventure, survival horror. And most importantly, all this is perfectly balanced.    10/10

    This is simply the best game of the current generation. It's a mixture of LOU and RDR2, maybe a little MM.

    The graphics are great and this is very important as you immerse yourself in the game and enjoy the views all the time.

    The gameplay is constantly changing. There are сhase, shooting, adventure, survival horror. And most importantly, all this is perfectly balanced.

    The story is very good and a pleasure to follow. Side quests are part of the main story, so you enjoy doing them. And the main thing is the atmosphere of the game. Just fine.

    With very good graphics, I play the game on a fairly old PC. I limited the frame rate to 30 fps and it plays just fine. The camera is perfectly controlled. Sometimes it jerks when driving when moving to another zone.

    The graphics, gameplay, story and driving are all top notch. And the main thing is that nothing gets boring during the passage. I usually don't finish games until the end due to imbalanced gameplay, simply because it gets boring to play until the end. But Days Gone is just fine and balanced.

    I think the developers know their stuff. It can be seen that they tried very hard on this game and everything was done with love.

    If you like adventure games then don't miss Days Gone. Such games are rarely released.    … Expand
  29. Fantazer
    May 29, 2021
    10
    как по мне отличная игра, хороший открытый мир, графика, управление транспорта пришлось по нраву, единственное пока не успел оценить наполненность этого самого открытого вашего мира)), стрельба, поведение нпс врагов и поведение зомби 8/10 можно лучше, но тем не менее общая 10/10 (сюжет так же еще не успел оценить в полной его мере)
    Дополнение: прошел игру, сюжет 9.5 из 10 -0.5 за то что    как по мне отличная игра, хороший открытый мир, графика, управление транспорта пришлось по нраву, единственное пока не успел оценить наполненность этого самого открытого вашего мира)), стрельба, поведение нпс врагов и поведение зомби 8/10 можно лучше, но тем не менее общая 10/10 (сюжет так же еще не успел оценить в полной его мере)
    Дополнение: прошел игру, сюжет 9.5 из 10 -0.5 за то что нет никаких диалогов или сюжетных миссий после титров касательно основного сюжета, также -всего лишь 0.5 потому что доп. сюжет после титров доведен до конца, с уделом на 2 часть которой к сожалению видимо не будет, геймплей 9/10 -0.5 за неумение плавать, -0.5 не помню за что, какая-то механика меня взбесила и оставила осадок, всего лишь -0.5 потому что видимо я ей пользовался всего лишь раз, из-за чего и забыл,
    вождение 9/10 -1 потому что нельзя въехать на крутой склон(там где в реалии скорей всего проехал бы), сразу переворачивает,
    боёвка 9.9/10 -0.1 т.к. рукопашку можно было сделать красивше,
    за разнообразие действий врагов плюсик, т.к. они хотя бы есть. стелс 10/10 придраться тут не могу ни к чему(кроме как к немного тупого ии(но где он умный есть? да и хотели бы вы играть против умного ии?)).
    из придирок бомбануло из-за злодеев в финальной миссии, но может так и должно быть ))).    … Expand
  30. eldz958
    May 20, 2021
    10
    This is a great game, i highly recommend it to any who like like this genre.
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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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