Days Gone

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10763 Ratings

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  1. timmytime
    Jul 23, 2020
    4
    incredibly boring, dry and uninspired. design choices are poor and hark back to the ps2 era. characters unlikeable
  2. zozzhun
    Apr 15, 2020
    4
    Pro: - difficulty is fun
    - playtime length
    - horde fight - some parts of the storyline - shooting and melee combats Cons: - it is a one year old game and it has a lot of bugs... sound and music problems, lot of fps drop (i tried original hdd and ssd drive as well), checkpoint related glithes (done the quest, died, checkpoint was 10 min after that, still had to do the quest again, etc.) -    Pro: - difficulty is fun
    - playtime length
    - horde fight
    - some parts of the storyline
    - shooting and melee combats

    Cons:
    - it is a one year old game and it has a lot of bugs... sound and music problems, lot of fps drop (i tried original hdd and ssd drive as well), checkpoint related glithes (done the quest, died, checkpoint was 10 min after that, still had to do the quest again, etc.)
    - overall weak story with only some fun parts
    - weak performance (no constant 30 fps, really hard to play a lot of times)

    I’d play again on pc with decent graphics and 60 fps.    … Expand
  3. Glaicer
    May 18, 2019
    4
    Got plat in game and wish Bend Studio to disband. They made all mistakes other studios did in open-world and zombie games. Even added they own trying to implement unique mechanic. Aside from bug-show game frustrating from 1st cutscenes. Fade-outs, loading screens, shooting mechanics, driving (this aspect getting slightly better after 40+ hrs of gameplay), even advertising horde. Nail inGot plat in game and wish Bend Studio to disband. They made all mistakes other studios did in open-world and zombie games. Even added they own trying to implement unique mechanic. Aside from bug-show game frustrating from 1st cutscenes. Fade-outs, loading screens, shooting mechanics, driving (this aspect getting slightly better after 40+ hrs of gameplay), even advertising horde. Nail in the coffin is second part of game: all above + new garbo storyline. Not worth full price, not worth keeping in library.… Expand
  4. omochadreams
    Apr 26, 2019
    4
    Wait for the PS5 re-release. Until then it should be what we expect it to be. At least graphics. Not sure if the gameplay will change. Story is ok.
  5. deuxdoom
    May 5, 2019
    4
    Graphics : 8
    Synop Story : 3
    Music & Sound : 5
    Character : 4
    Action : 4
    Enemy : 2

    I've been expect this title 6 years ago.
    But RUNIED !
  6. Shocksplicer
    Dec 23, 2019
    4
    It's derivative, repetitive, and mediocre in every possible way. The gameplay is ok at first, but quickly wears out it's welcome. Deacon St John is a terrible, unlikable, inconsistent mess of a character whose most interesting trait is undoubtedly his hilariously stupid name. The game takes it's story remarkably seriously considering how terrible and poorly paced the whole thing is. If theIt's derivative, repetitive, and mediocre in every possible way. The gameplay is ok at first, but quickly wears out it's welcome. Deacon St John is a terrible, unlikable, inconsistent mess of a character whose most interesting trait is undoubtedly his hilariously stupid name. The game takes it's story remarkably seriously considering how terrible and poorly paced the whole thing is. If the only thing you care for in a game is length, you're in luck: The game is roughly 15 hours longer than it has any right to be, as it continually introduces new characters and storylines long after any competent writer would have wrapped things up. But a competent writer never laid eyes on the development of Days Gone, and as a result it gets a story to match it's shoddy, glitch-ridden gameplay.… Expand
  7. mikepatyaev
    Apr 30, 2019
    4
    I played Days Gone, and I thought that if Sony Bend Studio had more time to develop this game, it could be something far better than this product
  8. DracoStone
    Apr 26, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Los bajones de fps son algo molesto y las misiones de busqueda son algo repetitivas, espero que mejore con las actualizaciones y nuevo contenido… Expand
  9. TheFrog
    Apr 1, 2020
    4
    I was fooled by all the positive reviews here, this game is pretty bad. Note: playing at difficulty just one notch over normal. Difficulty level cannot be changed later in the game, so you need to guess in advance what works for you.
    You play as an obnoxious character who despises almost everyone else, and cannot help but scoff, curse or use sarcasm every time someone says anything. Oh,    I was fooled by all the positive reviews here, this game is pretty bad. Note: playing at difficulty just one notch over normal. Difficulty level cannot be changed later in the game, so you need to guess in advance what works for you.
    You play as an obnoxious character who despises almost everyone else, and cannot help but scoff, curse or use sarcasm every time someone says anything. Oh, and he's a disgruntled vet who's seen too much death in his day, talk about cliché.
    Since the world is full of zombies, named freakers, survivors tend to group in relatively safe camps. You reluctantly work for these camps hunting bandits, reducing zombie infestation and the like.
    You move around on a bike whose tank grants about 1 km range (seriously!). Later on, you can upgrade it to make things a little better, but it's the first bad call. You can find fuel in gas stations, fed checkpoints and some other locations, so you need to plan your trips around the ludicrous fuel consumption.
    So, you are happily riding towards your destination when you see a laser zeroing in on you? Too bad, one second later your bike is shot out from under you and you'll need to use 7 scrap units, out of a maximum of 10 you can carry, to fix it. Since scrap can be found randomly in certain vehicles and is also used to craft crossbow bolts and fix your melee weapon, this is another idiotic idea. Essentially: "Too bad, we are randomly taking out almost all of your resources, sucks to be you".
    Then come the weapons. While enemies obviously have infinite ammo, the first rifle I acquired could carry all of 15 shots in reserve. It takes 4 or 5 shots to kill a zombie, so you do the math. You are forced to use headshots; a bullet time ability helps out to an extent, but this is another case of pure genius that completely ruins combat for me. You can get a sniper rifle with 5+1 shots, and again, only a headshot will take out an enemy in one. You expect to find ammo on the bodies of fallen enemies? Think again, not gonna happen unless you are using the exact same weapon as them (at least, I think this is it because I can find pistol ammo but not rifle ammo). Auto rifles make things a lot better. Even though they have the same damage rating as semiautos, they can carry three times as much ammunition or more, which begs the question: why keep semiaoutos in the game at all, then?
    Then it must be difficult to take out a camp full of bloodthirsty, drugged enemies, right? No, it's a piece of cake due to their idiotic behaviour and the absurd stealth mechanics, where magic bushes hide you like the shroud of invisibility, I very rarely die in this situation. Random encounters, on the other hand, are deadly. I was about to kill the last man in an enemy camp when EIGHT wolves came out of nowhere, and this is a very tough situation to survive. Fast melee enemies are infinitely more dangerous than poor shooters in this game, and eight of them? Bad mojo. Same when three super hard, super fast zombie wolves zero in on you, which happens all the time. So, what genius decided that random encounters should be much more of a challenge than all-out assaults?
    Hey, at least you get good loot, right? Nope. Don't expect to get anything when you kill someone. A zombie is worth a bounty of 5 credits, while a mid level weapon will cost at least 2000-something. A human will never yield equipment you can sell, so combat will never repay you of what you spend for ammo. This means you'll never buy ammo, relying instead on rare police cars or ammo canisters to get it free. The "no loot" approach is really bad, it makes any extra fight on the road to a mission an annoyance, rather than any fun.
    Weapon silencers only last for a few shots and you cannot carry replacements (it figures). So, when you open a car and find a rare oil filter, which is what silencers are made of in this game, can you discard a half-used one and get the new one instead? Of course not! You'd need to use it up by firing, therefore wasting precious ammo.
    By the way, you cannot buy good weapons at the beginning. These only become available when a camp trusts you, which takes a lot of missions to accomplish. A zombie yields maybe 3 trust points; to go from lvl 2 to 3, you need 25000, and each camp has its own rating.
    There are stealth sequences in which you must shadow scientists from a fed organization, to listen in on them. Do you remember the universally panned shadowing sequences from the old Assassin's Creed games? Totally unfun, but at least they are generally easy to complete.
    Then there are motorcycle chases, where you need to chase a guy on a nearly indestructible bike, while his minions chase you. Another unremarkable minigame.
    So, the game has a little of Far Cry, a little of [generic stealth game here], some driving action, some poorly implemented crafting, but it does nothing well. It's inferior to other games in every possible aspect, and frustrating for all the wrong reasons.    … Expand
  10. Lonit
    Sep 16, 2019
    4
    Even though it wasn't made by Ubisoft, it really feels that way, the same exact map-clearing side quest and cellectables that really feel like they're in the game just to stretch out the play time. Even if you have the patience to power through, the story is just meh.
  11. ARandyFatDude
    Nov 28, 2020
    4
    This game is laughably bad. The writing, the bugs/glitches, some quality of life aspects like respawns make you sigh. But for some reason I feel the urge to finish it.
  12. LarryTalbot
    May 3, 2019
    4
    Essentially the basic cable version of TLoU
    Standard sony/disney opening - lose a loved one
    Controls are horrible.... i mean HORRIBLE
    I truly feel sorry for everyone who dropped $60 on this
    Thank God for redbox.
  13. BelcrowHD
    Jul 13, 2021
    4
    El juego es malo y aburrido, la historia es muy genérica y los gráficos muy sencillos
  14. NicBKK77
    May 13, 2019
    4
    Coming to this game from Division 2... so it was quite the difference.
    Worse graphics, worse gameplays and way too many cutscenes. Also a little bit all over the place story-wise.
    The only thing I liked was the stealthiness (not the best, but still great in this game). I'm about 25 hours in and I Can't wait to finish it so I can move on to something else.
    Zero replayability (to me anyways)
  15. Gerardcc
    Jun 1, 2019
    4
    It's not really what i expected from a big company.the game quality is fine but gameplay is not interesting for me I think they should do better next time.
  16. stpdlx
    Apr 21, 2020
    4
    I think this game can win in “the worst PS4 exclusive” category. I was so disappointed by this game when I started playing it on the first day of release. And I even preordered some some of special edition within a metal box. As someone said already for me it was the last time that I preordered a game. I’m not ranking the game because of initial bugs (though they fixed it) but because ofI think this game can win in “the worst PS4 exclusive” category. I was so disappointed by this game when I started playing it on the first day of release. And I even preordered some some of special edition within a metal box. As someone said already for me it was the last time that I preordered a game. I’m not ranking the game because of initial bugs (though they fixed it) but because of the boredom this game brings to you living room. The storyline is so lame, characters are not interested at all and don’t have any personality, cutscenes is one of the creepiest part of the game. I never saw it before (well maybe in some 15 and older y.o. games) how the cutscene start in the middle of action, without any transition and in totally different place and then you have a 5 second action time and there’s yet another unnecessary cutscene to say a 1 or 2 non-related to game lines. The world is all the same. You do a repetitive task which is not satisfying at all. You have your strange behaved motorcycle which you can upgrade for no one knows what reason, animations are dumb and the list continues. For me it was a bigger game disappointment for PS4 especially because of all the adds and hype that we’re created around it.… Expand
  17. Zakis1991
    Apr 28, 2019
    4
    Когда от игры ничего особенного не ждал, а она ничего и не показала, то сложно злиться на разработчиков. 10 оправданных разочарований из 10. Множество багов, просадки FPS присутствует.
  18. TheScort
    Jul 31, 2019
    4
    Oh my - what can I say?

    Firstly - I LOVE post-apocalyptic games, and Zombies add even more love to that mix for me - so Days Gone ought to be right up my alley... It's not. Purchased digital on release day, only because someone had a code going for £35 - so I decided to take a punt; else I would have waited. Prior to this purchase, I had loosely followed the release, and watched a    Oh my - what can I say?

    Firstly - I LOVE post-apocalyptic games, and Zombies add even more love to that mix for me - so Days Gone ought to be right up my alley...

    It's not.

    Purchased digital on release day, only because someone had a code going for £35 - so I decided to take a punt; else I would have waited. Prior to this purchase, I had loosely followed the release, and watched a few videos; what I saw was a little bit of a let-down, but I held out hope that this would be a decent survival game.

    How wrong I was.

    Firstly, I hate Deacon St John - that might be a tad strong I know, but I don't care whether he lives or dies, whether his wife is alive or dead, or anything he has to say really. He's a completely dislikeable character, soulless in fact, and has a VERY ANNOYING habit of mumbling to himself incessantly!

    So with this dislike of the main character, the game is already off on a back foot for me - but I hold out hope that having a motorcycle to tool around on, might add a bit to the game - erm, it does and doesn't. It's kindof nice having something to get around on quickly, even if it is a Hardley Davidson wannabe bike, but with the fuel economy of a Spitfire, it soon becomes a chore to keep topping it up.

    The 'freakers' (don't call them zombies!!!) are dumb, they often follow a couple of patrol routes, and even on hard, they aren't a challenge in smaller groups - that changes when you have a horde mind you - but even then, it's just a battle of home many resources you have mainly.

    The enemy AI on the other hand - not only are they almost as dumb as the freakers, but they also have x-ray vision, night vision, and assault rifles that are as accurate as a sniper rifle! Unless they have patched this, then they have created some kind of super soldiers, maybe the devs were fans of Universal Soldier or something?

    The game does look pretty though, I'll give it that, and a lot of what you'll be doing is just riding through this lovely looking landscape - conducting rinse and repeat tasks and chores.

    I'm struggling to actually write anything else about this game really - considering it's a flagship title, occupying the same shelf as Uncharted and Last of Us, it is way off the mark in terms of quality and enjoy ability.

    4/10 at best for me - I'd urge people to grab this second hand, or for £15-20.    … Expand
  19. Valteck
    Apr 26, 2019
    4
    Un juego que pretende ser algo que no puede alcanzar. Los gráficos son bonitos a secas, siendo como siempre en estos juegos el mejor punto a favor. Sin embargo, los bugs, la falta de respawn de ítems para completar una misión debido a una mala carga. y la animación de los movimientos sacada de un mal monologo de moteros para mí lo hace tedioso la gran mayoría del tiempo. En ps4 pro esUn juego que pretende ser algo que no puede alcanzar. Los gráficos son bonitos a secas, siendo como siempre en estos juegos el mejor punto a favor. Sin embargo, los bugs, la falta de respawn de ítems para completar una misión debido a una mala carga. y la animación de los movimientos sacada de un mal monologo de moteros para mí lo hace tedioso la gran mayoría del tiempo. En ps4 pro es jugable, pero en ps4 normal veras unas terribles caídas de frases me sorprende que se atrevieran a sacar esa versión en lugar de solo dejarla para Ps4 pro. Si buscas algo tipo "Soy leyenda" aléjate, la historia es cliché a mas no poder. Para resumir, Si solo tienes ps4 "No lo compres" Si tienes pro y el dinero sobrante, adelante al menos unas 32 horas te mantendrá ocupado, pero estoy seguro que solo los muy muy fans de este tipo de suvirval, (Que de suvirval no tiene nada, y solo lo mal disfrazan con las mecánicas de la moto, el combustible y las armas que se rompen) lo terminaran. Saludos y espero mi primera reseña le sirva a alguien para ahorrarse unos oros.… Expand
  20. SiL3NT714
    Apr 27, 2019
    4
    Another generic bland zombie game That offers nothing new to the genre. It’s a repetitive mess with glimpses of hope.
  21. Atruepimp
    May 1, 2019
    4
    It's generically ok game, decent looking for a console game. I like the open world but the game in general is repetitive.
  22. Cap285
    May 3, 2019
    4
    1. Progression system is slow. Too much time out in 'the **** for zero reward. Stuck with the same weapons for far too long.

    2. Weapons you take off dead enemies magically have no ammo after firing limitless rounds at you and they don't go in your inventory. Still have to buy. 3. Control is terrible. Sluggishness leads to over steering of the bike. Not good in a game designed around    1. Progression system is slow. Too much time out in 'the **** for zero reward. Stuck with the same weapons for far too long.

    2. Weapons you take off dead enemies magically have no ammo after firing limitless rounds at you and they don't go in your inventory. Still have to buy.

    3. Control is terrible. Sluggishness leads to over steering of the bike. Not good in a game designed around a motorcycle. Takes forever to upgrade. See #1. Aiming isn't much better. The weapon wheel is a complete joke. Control is very aggravating while fighting a horde.

    4. Buggy, glitchy mess both audio and visual that takes you out the experience. Had to restart to sync audio.

    5. Pandering to SJW crowd. Not as forced as usual but still seemed stuck in as an afterthought. Being lesbians makes these characters no more interesting.

    6. Some missions will funnel you. Don't destroy my battlefield ingenuity in an open world game.

    Rent this on a weekend. If you like it, wait for a sale. I got close to the end but didn't even care by then. Could've cared less what happened. Repetitive with no reward.    … Expand
  23. Atilameifalo
    May 15, 2019
    4
    Games full of buggy mess and technical issues i want enjoy it but it cant they should released till it ready tho,also theres no something special in terms of gameplay feels like far cry clones with zombies they should added atleast 1 new unique mechanics in it instead being generic and saves, since its ps exclusive i expect more like they always deliver but this aint it the only reason iGames full of buggy mess and technical issues i want enjoy it but it cant they should released till it ready tho,also theres no something special in terms of gameplay feels like far cry clones with zombies they should added atleast 1 new unique mechanics in it instead being generic and saves, since its ps exclusive i expect more like they always deliver but this aint it the only reason i gave a 4 because this games atleast have a story… Expand
  24. Derpfishh
    May 26, 2019
    4
    Mediocre gameplay, cliché story and full of bugs even after patching....oh and the bike takes dmg from going over a pebble.
  25. ilbolza
    Jun 23, 2019
    4
    This is a mediocre game through and through. Technically you have a pretty average graphics but with a low framerate that gets almost unplayable after a while. The UI is horrible with long press of buttons required to do almost anything. Shooting mechanics are clunky and annoying to the point you'll rather use melee to do anything at least in the first half of the game.
    Storywise it's    This is a mediocre game through and through. Technically you have a pretty average graphics but with a low framerate that gets almost unplayable after a while. The UI is horrible with long press of buttons required to do almost anything. Shooting mechanics are clunky and annoying to the point you'll rather use melee to do anything at least in the first half of the game.
    Storywise it's more decent but the protagonist is the least agreeable character ever, you have no choices both in dialogs and in actions so you are just in for a ride with whatever choice the developers have decided for your character which breaks immersion and makes the whole story much less enjoyable.
    This is by far the worst PS4 exclusive ever from a software house that clearly should have sticked with making cheap mobile games.    … Expand
  26. Cybercafe
    Aug 30, 2019
    4
    É simplesmente o jogo mas poluído e chato que já joguei na minha vida, sou um gamer muito experiente em jogos de zumbi e curto bastante essa pegada, mas days gone é uma aberração em forma de jogo de zumbi, chato, é como se fosse um filme que você já assistiu tantas vezes que ele chega a ser chato
  27. MrCarcosa
    Jun 28, 2019
    4
    DAYS GONE is the defenition what it could have been great but its just a "OK" game, Lazy combat mechanics, very slow, full os fps drop, and bugs. the top tier here is the landscapes.
    Wait for a sale to buy it!
  28. MINIGAMES
    Sep 10, 2019
    4
    Para mi este juego fue una pesadilla mi PS4 se apagó 3 veces con este juego sin mencionar la gran cantidad de errores de programacion que trae
  29. RuriGokou
    Feb 28, 2020
    4
    I played for a few hours on normal, but Days Gone just got very tedious and repetitive with the constant stealth missions that had little variation. So, I put it on easy.

    The plot feels like it is going nowhere. I'm told I have to collect supplies and such to travel up north. But after a few hours of doing missions or whatever. It's like, "Come on game. Get on with it!" You have only    I played for a few hours on normal, but Days Gone just got very tedious and repetitive with the constant stealth missions that had little variation. So, I put it on easy.

    The plot feels like it is going nowhere. I'm told I have to collect supplies and such to travel up north. But after a few hours of doing missions or whatever. It's like, "Come on game. Get on with it!"

    You have only a handful of things you can craft so exploration has no point. On lower difficulties. I can see how it might be more important on harder difficulties when supplies are scarce.

    I hate the UI. It feels like it's too much to navigate. Especially don't like the ring inventory wheel. It worked in The Last of Us because there weren't so many items but this game has quite a few and it's annoying to get the item you want this way.

    The characters and plot are laughable. The main character you play doesn't appeal to me at all. Somme redneck biker dude with tons of tattoos. Doesn't shoot a woman, but has no problem shooting all the men. He's always talking to himself too. It's annoying. Totally forgettable.

    I'm going to continue playing on easy just for the platinum because this game is slightly entertaining, but very generic. There is a new game plus, so I think I might complete it on easy and then try a harder difficulty with the better gear. Anyway waiting for FF7 to come out so I guess I'll play this turd for now.    … Expand
  30. Flashyboy89
    Dec 6, 2020
    4
    I was hyped for this game when it was first announced but disappointed when I got my hands on it. So much potential p*ssed away. Whoever wrote the script of this game needs to be fired. All the characters you will feel nothing for them.

    Pros: Refuelling your bike, repairing bike, Scavenging and creating items, Hordes, graphics, 3D sound mode, Soundbar sound setup. Cons: No player    I was hyped for this game when it was first announced but disappointed when I got my hands on it. So much potential p*ssed away. Whoever wrote the script of this game needs to be fired. All the characters you will feel nothing for them.

    Pros: Refuelling your bike, repairing bike, Scavenging and creating items, Hordes, graphics, 3D sound mode, Soundbar sound setup.

    Cons: No player choices (as in who lives and who dies). No feeling of accomplishment, No Base building, no companions, no maintenance of guns required, too many cutscenes of douchbag woke characters including the character you play as, Nothing exciting or new happens as you progress the game.

    Gameplay - 7
    Graphics/Animations - 7
    Physics - 6
    Sound - 7
    Story/Missions - 0 FAIL
    Characters - 0 FAIL
    Value For Money (Retail Price) - 6 (Plenty of game here it’s just a shame the missions are repetitive and boring and the characters are sacks of s***    … Expand
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#3 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 109 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 109
  3. Negative: 4 out of 109
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jun 26, 2019
    87
    Bend Studio made a great game with a rich, believable and captivating story. They’ve also resisted the lure of trends: there’s no multiplayer, no lootboxes, no “game as a service” plans – just a very solid (and finite) singleplayer experience. That makes it a rare gem these days, maybe one of the last of its kind. [Issue#238, p.42]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 31, 2019
    60
    At the beginning of the game you’ll feel like you've already played this game... then it will let you go for a while only to return with reinforcements (and lots of bugs). However, Days Gone has a couple of pleasant moments, that can't be denied. [Issue#295]
  3. ZTGD
    May 30, 2019
    75
    I expect and hope for a sequel. Just know that going into this game that there is a lot of tedious nonsense to pad out a really good game to make it feel more worth every dollar, much to its detriment. I want to give this game a better score because the best moments are so good, but the large portion of this game is so bloody tiring that I just can’t.
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