Days Gone

 PlayStation 4
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10763 Ratings

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  1. Den2099
    Apr 26, 2019
    7
    Days gone not ideal, but this not bad game.Game tightens, and this more important.
  2. Gn2056
    Apr 26, 2019
    6
    Writing review with ps4 controller so it will be short. My concerns going in were stuttering, loading issues so far they have not surfaced. The Oregon setting is refreshing. The music is good. The voice acting is excellent and the story is interesting. Game play is fun, the weakness is shooting. It's bad, the melee and stealth are good. Disregard scores a 7 is fair so is a 9 it definitelyWriting review with ps4 controller so it will be short. My concerns going in were stuttering, loading issues so far they have not surfaced. The Oregon setting is refreshing. The music is good. The voice acting is excellent and the story is interesting. Game play is fun, the weakness is shooting. It's bad, the melee and stealth are good. Disregard scores a 7 is fair so is a 9 it definitely feels like a ps4 sony game and that means quality. It feels good, except the shooting. Stab everything. Back to game 4 me.… Expand
  3. Berik
    Nov 15, 2020
    6
    Days Gone a.k.a. Days of Riding, is an open world zombie game. It gives you a loading screen for pretty much everything, and they take minutes each time. F*cking ridiculous. Also it lets you drive around constantly, which is very annoying.

    Story: You play as Deacon, the most politically correct Biker to live in the US. After landing a hot blonde girlfriend, the Freaker Apocalypse    Days Gone a.k.a. Days of Riding, is an open world zombie game. It gives you a loading screen for pretty much everything, and they take minutes each time. F*cking ridiculous. Also it lets you drive around constantly, which is very annoying.

    Story:
    You play as Deacon, the most politically correct Biker to live in the US. After landing a hot blonde girlfriend, the Freaker Apocalypse breaks loose and he loses her... Or does he?

    Days Gone's story is like watching a robot that has holes in it. You are interested in the plot of the hot blonde and the Freakers, but it also very blatantly shows you what the game is behind the curtain. It's a crappy bike simulator, with 80% of your playtime consisting of driving from A to B. At some point even the plot around the Freakers couldn't interest me anymore, as it drags on into pointless filler. The story would have been better if this was a lineair level based game without the filler open world.

    Gameplay:
    The game definitely tries to make the gameplay closer to realism with smooth animations, aiming and THE MOST BROKEN BIKE EVER. It does 1 meter to the gallon, and it breaks easier than a brittle bone. What's the point of realism in a video game if it doesn't make the game more fun or entertaining? The bike is a choir to maintain, and aiming is good enough but feels clumsy. As you increase your reputation, you unlock more guns in camps. The guns that you unlock later on feel a lot better than the starter ones, but it is a choir to do all the missions required before you are at the necessary level.

    What is extremely annoying is when you are forced to walk slowly, can't grab your weapons and the game restricts your actions. I hated this in Red Dead redemption 2, and i especially hate it here when there are Newts begging to be shot!

    Graphics:
    The visuals of Days Gone are stunning. The cinematics, facial animations and character models look astonishingly good. When it comes to graphics, realism is good. And Days Gone has impressive graphics that look very real. However, outside the cinematics the games graphics become mediocre at times. Especially character models.

    Game loop:
    The first 10 hours of Days Gone are quite entertaining! While everything is new it will keep you interested. However, as missions are all based around the same structure (even the main plot missions) it becomes repetitive and tedious. There are also restrictions on what you can do, which just leads to more frustration. The bike is a poor design decision that seems to be more of a contrived feature than something to entertain the player.

    I felt for a while that Days Gone was an misunderstood gem, but as the game dragged on and forced me to do the same things over and over without giving some epic moments (with the Freakers) it disappointed me more and more. It's not a bad game at all, but it will not be memorable either. It's an average game, i give it a 6/10.    … Expand
  4. elzuri
    Jul 29, 2020
    7
    Este juego me gustó, aunque esperaba más. La ambientación y el apartado visual y sonoro son muy buenos. L a historia es entretenida aunque va perdiendo interés con el correr de las horas hasta llegar a un punto que, en mi opinión, se estira demasiado artificialmente. Tiene cosas muy divertidas como las hordas o el uso de la moto.
    La principal contra que le encuentro, como a muchos juegos    Este juego me gustó, aunque esperaba más. La ambientación y el apartado visual y sonoro son muy buenos. L a historia es entretenida aunque va perdiendo interés con el correr de las horas hasta llegar a un punto que, en mi opinión, se estira demasiado artificialmente. Tiene cosas muy divertidas como las hordas o el uso de la moto.
    La principal contra que le encuentro, como a muchos juegos de mundo abierto es que se hace demasiado repetitivo cuando se pasa la mitad del juego. Aún así vale la pena jugarlo.    … Expand
  5. vgolev
    Aug 4, 2022
    7
    Good game, but nothing special. Liked the world, some characters, bike driving is the best. But the gameplay itself is repetitive and boring time to time. And plot from dark and mature transformed to Disney/Hollywood standard plot.
  6. Sriram_007
    Jun 3, 2021
    6
    I felt the game was so blunt like I never felt the joy to play as you usually get before playing a game. There is nothing special here, just the same gameplay and story.
  7. LesandroBonucci
    Jun 12, 2021
    5
    firts of all- no story, no interesting characters? nothing
    gameplay was kinda fun sometimes
    skip this game
  8. mrsalty101
    Jul 28, 2020
    5
    Usually game critics are idiots but that doesn't mean you have to disagree with them just to disagree with them. They actually got this one right, it's **** There's so many people blindly defending this game and I don't know why. One youtube video called it the best game on PS4 and said he only ran into one game breaking bug. I never played more than a single minute without the framerateUsually game critics are idiots but that doesn't mean you have to disagree with them just to disagree with them. They actually got this one right, it's **** There's so many people blindly defending this game and I don't know why. One youtube video called it the best game on PS4 and said he only ran into one game breaking bug. I never played more than a single minute without the framerate dropping to the single digits. This is also the first time I've seen loading screens from a cutscenes to cutscenes, sometimes 4 in a row.

    Even if the game didn't have horrible performance issues it would still be mediocre at best. It has terrible shooting, weak stealth, and as basic melee combat as is possible. You can make those complaints about other games like the last of us (1) but they have characters and story to pick up the slack. This game's characters are unbearable and it's story is predictable but told at a snail's pace. I wasted money on this because people just couldn't admit the critics finally got one right, and I'm saying that having gotten it on sale for 20$    … Expand
  9. DaQuarterPounda
    Jul 29, 2020
    5
    I have disdain for this game. The first 12 hours are a complete slog. It's a very low quality game compared to PlayStation's typically fantastic exclusives. Its current user score is just denial by a group of people who disliked video reviews of the game before it even game out. This game is a 7 at best.
  10. Besork
    Jul 31, 2020
    6
    Bad graphics, terrible optimization. Boring story, after the middle of the game I think when this is all over. Bad physics and character animation. Zombies are stupid, a lot of restrictions, does not give a flight of fancy. The only thing that amuses is to kill a crowd of zombies, but it gets boring after 30 minutes. Passed the main story, deleted the game.
  11. The_BlueRose
    May 28, 2019
    7
    Pese a las claras limitaciones de Days Gone, el juego logra ofrecer una experiencia completa y satisfactoria. No estamos ante una obra rompedora ni mucho menos, pero tampoco se le puede calificar de fracaso.

    Con experiencia suficiente y apoyo el estudio podrá lograr mayores resultados en sus próximos proyectos.
  12. T-800_
    Dec 10, 2020
    6
    El peor exclusivo de Sony en años, historia regulera y juego repetitivo y con serios problemas de misiones repetitivas e inteligencia artificial.
  13. Gabzguy
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    Um jogo muito longo, genérico, com personagens genéricos, inimigos genéricos, gameplay genérica, proposta genérica de uma empresa genérica. Um dos jogos mais genércos da geracão.
    Já falei que é generico?
    Até o nome é genérico
  14. Br_AgSs
    Nov 12, 2019
    7
    I get it why people rate this game low,but, I think people should give it one more try. The world of Days Gone is very awesome, the post-apocalyptic atmosphere is unique, the hordes are terrifying and fun to kill, really enjoyable, the bike makes the game even cooler. The survival mechanics are OK, not very hard to survive and graphics are very good. The story is kinda lame and boring.I doI get it why people rate this game low,but, I think people should give it one more try. The world of Days Gone is very awesome, the post-apocalyptic atmosphere is unique, the hordes are terrifying and fun to kill, really enjoyable, the bike makes the game even cooler. The survival mechanics are OK, not very hard to survive and graphics are very good. The story is kinda lame and boring.I do like the gameplay and combat, although I think the aim could be a bit better and the FPS/bugs should be fixed. Overall, I think people should forget a little about Days Gone Campaign and just enjoy the map and enemies. PS: Sony bend didn't really delivered what they promised us, but they delivered a diferent game but a game that can be played.… Expand
  15. Creery
    Jun 28, 2019
    5
    I've tried really hard to enjoy this game but unfortunately it falls short. The graphics are good and I don't mind the game mechanics once you get used to them but the missions are incredibly repetitive. The story isn't much better and the characters are are dull at best. I'm not drawn into the story as I should be and instead just forgot why I was even bothering to kill rippers, maraudersI've tried really hard to enjoy this game but unfortunately it falls short. The graphics are good and I don't mind the game mechanics once you get used to them but the missions are incredibly repetitive. The story isn't much better and the characters are are dull at best. I'm not drawn into the story as I should be and instead just forgot why I was even bothering to kill rippers, marauders and clear nests over and over and over, again and again and again.… Expand
  16. Prrgangsta
    Apr 26, 2019
    7
    The game is not either terrible or amazing. There are noticable things like frame issues while riding the bike and the enemy ai isn't bright at all, but it is a decent comeback for bend studios, whom haven't made a console game since 2004. This game has potential to be a great series. I wouldn't recommend it at full price but it is definitely a game worth adding to your Playstation libraryThe game is not either terrible or amazing. There are noticable things like frame issues while riding the bike and the enemy ai isn't bright at all, but it is a decent comeback for bend studios, whom haven't made a console game since 2004. This game has potential to be a great series. I wouldn't recommend it at full price but it is definitely a game worth adding to your Playstation library if you are looking for a decent zombie game… Expand
  17. arrivist
    Feb 6, 2020
    6
    Pretty addictive zombie game. Unfortunately the narrative is unimaginative and uninteresting, with the dialogue completely dire - even for its genre. None of the characters are likeable which leads to wanting to skip all the cut-scenes. Thankfully you can bypass most of them, but there are lots of missions where you have to walk incredibly slowly behind other characters, following themPretty addictive zombie game. Unfortunately the narrative is unimaginative and uninteresting, with the dialogue completely dire - even for its genre. None of the characters are likeable which leads to wanting to skip all the cut-scenes. Thankfully you can bypass most of them, but there are lots of missions where you have to walk incredibly slowly behind other characters, following them at a frustrating snail's pace, as they chat absolute sh*te.

    There were lots of bugs/glitches but with the recent updates they less fustrating.

    Another issue is the upgrades don't really get interesting until over halfway into the game, and by the end they come thick and fast - which is too late.

    Overall:
    Graphics are good, the shooting is fun and headshots are satisfying. The motorcycle riding is pretty realistic, and the engines sound great. It's the overall pretentiousness, bugs and glitches and lack of engaging plot which let the game down.    … Expand
  18. Maarten95
    Jun 14, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Compared to other games from Sony, Days Gone felt like a let down. Sure the world feels big but its also very empty. Many of the characters are just not likable, make poor choices and lack backstory overal. For example the person "Jack" is apparantly an very important character for Deacon, however we never see him at all in the entire story. Where do the rippers come from? Why are they cutting themselfs? How did the virus spread so far so fast? Why didn't the govermant do anything? I mean if deacon can kill 300 zombies on his bike, shouldnt a tank be able to do alot more? Nothing makes sense. The main bad guy never tells his reasons for trying to murder other camps.

    The only thing that I do like in the game is the one horde battle which is shown in the trailer. However the ps4 has a lot of trouble to proces all that action, which causes the horde to stop moving at all. Overal I am disapointed with what I got.    … Expand
  19. silvernblack024
    Jun 5, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very minor spoilers
    I don't understand all of the high user scores for this game. While this is not a bad game it isn't a good game either. There are numerous technical issues such as the motorcycle driving straight through road instead of on it. The fighting is nothing special. Most of the guns are useless, or just unnecessary. Aiming is worthless until you get a through upgrades. Taking cover is also made into a difficult process. My least favorite thing about this game is how the money is split between camps. If you don't have money in the area with the motorcycle shop or the gunsmith it becomes almost useless, I found myself fast traveling to unnecessary places just so I could by ammo or fill up my bike. The story is all right, but is ruined by the most cliched **** ever in Skizzo who should really just be named "Sketch". All the other characters are either complete ****s, really stupid, or a combination of both. Hordes are the bright spot of this game, but even that is greatly diminished with a tiny stamina bar, and in inability to get far enough away from hordes to hit them with a molotov without lighting yourself on fire. Then there is all the collecting of items just to make items like pipe bombs and super Molotovs can be a pain in the ass. You cannot buy crafting ingredients, and you can't hold much until later upgrades. The bike has an incredibly small gas tank, especially at the beginning you will be spending all your money on gas. Motorcycle fights are very boring and kinda annoying. There is an entire quest line dedicated to listening to N.E.R.O officers while hiding in bushes. Never get to far from your bike by the way, because it is your fast travel. You need to constantly hop back on your bike to make sure you don't wander to far away from it.

    In conclusion, I am not a hater like some of you people giving 10/10 are saying. I went into this game knowing nothing about it, and hoping for a good time. By the time I finished I was incredibly frustrated with the game, and especially the stupid ending. Nothing special ever happens in this game. The hordes are the brunt of the zombies, most enemies are just other bikers. Poor shooting ,and melee weapons break very quickly. Everyone drives a bike literally everyone and they also all have a biking background somehow. I mean I guess bikers are better equipped to handle zombie apocalypse aka Daryl Dixon. This is not a 10/10 game anybody who says so must have a bias, because the bugs alone should be enough to not down at least to a 9. I my opinion this is a mediocre game that is not worth a 60 plus dollar purchase. If you want to play it wait for a sale at least, because really this game is incredibly mediocre    … Expand
  20. De_pankratov
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    Это вот тот самый случай, когда ничего особо и не ждешь от игры и ей удается тебя приятно удивить.

    В целом, как для первого проекта для Bend Studio - это очень хороший результат. Да, есть огрехи и порой игра сильно провисает в середине, но если брать картину в общем, то это очень крепенький продукт на 7 баллов.    Это вот тот самый случай, когда ничего особо и не ждешь от игры и ей удается тебя приятно удивить.

    В целом, как для первого проекта для Bend Studio - это очень хороший результат. Да, есть огрехи и порой игра сильно провисает в середине, но если брать картину в общем, то это очень крепенький продукт на 7 баллов.
  21. Anonimo22
    Sep 7, 2019
    5
    Le doy un aprobado justo, soy usuario de todas las consolas de esta generación y este juego me parece el título más flojo que ha sacado Sony está generación, mediocre en prácticamente todos sus apartados, empezemos por la jugabilidad, es genérica y el combate cuerpo a cuerpo simple y tosco, el sistema de disparos es horrible y he sufrido bugs, el control con la moto sería satisfactorio siLe doy un aprobado justo, soy usuario de todas las consolas de esta generación y este juego me parece el título más flojo que ha sacado Sony está generación, mediocre en prácticamente todos sus apartados, empezemos por la jugabilidad, es genérica y el combate cuerpo a cuerpo simple y tosco, el sistema de disparos es horrible y he sufrido bugs, el control con la moto sería satisfactorio si no petardeara tanto la consola mientras corres con la moto por el mundo, la historia es muy cliché muy visto todo yo y no te encariñas del personaje, lo siento pero el videojuego lo único salvable de el son los gráficos y sus climatológias que son muy buenas el resto es mediocre.… Expand
  22. AlienKZ
    Nov 26, 2020
    7
    I did not like the game, this game is delayed, all the good guns open only at the end of the game, the bike is made perfectly very nice to ride it.
  23. ColeKatsilas
    May 20, 2019
    6
    Main Objective: Listen

    I was pretty frustrated with the reviews of this game when it first launched. They seemed very out of touch to the experience I was having. Then it started to creep up on me, this impending feeling that they were all valid and 100% true. About 20 hours into the game I realized it was a content treadmill packed with a few of the less stellar seasons of The Walking    Main Objective: Listen

    I was pretty frustrated with the reviews of this game when it first launched. They seemed very out of touch to the experience I was having. Then it started to creep up on me, this impending feeling that they were all valid and 100% true. About 20 hours into the game I realized it was a content treadmill packed with a few of the less stellar seasons of The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy. Ammo and supplies are very plentiful, hordes and encampments quickly become manageable, and zombie killing becomes repetitive and tedious. The only real danger ever presented to the player in the game is running out of gas, both in your bike and your will to continue because you are mildly interested in the story.

    I didn't finish the game, and i don't think I ever will. I'll probably look up a story summary on youtube though because I'm invested in Deacon St. John and some of the other mildly interesting characters scattered through the game. It's just not worth doing the same 4 activities over and over and over to find out what happens.

    More of a 6.5 than a 6.    … Expand
  24. rodogonio
    Apr 28, 2019
    7
    Many reviews here come after a few hours of playing the game. Let me tell you, the first 10 hours are fun and the graphics are as good as you can expect, but after 40 hours (the time it takes finishing the main quest), the issues become conspicuous. The main problem is the lack of spontaneity and imagination in the game's design. This open world that you can't fully travel until after theMany reviews here come after a few hours of playing the game. Let me tell you, the first 10 hours are fun and the graphics are as good as you can expect, but after 40 hours (the time it takes finishing the main quest), the issues become conspicuous. The main problem is the lack of spontaneity and imagination in the game's design. This open world that you can't fully travel until after the ending; there are a ton of loading screens, invisible walls and artificial walls that stop you from being creative when tackling mission objectives and, above all, it lacks variety in terms of random events, it recycles assets to a fault and the missions are textbook fetch quests. Deacon's abilities lack imagination and there's simply not enough variety in terms of weapons (not that you need it, because of the very simplistic nature of the missions, but anyway). The motorcycle gets much of the attention but not even Deacon cares about cosmetic customization and there's obviously no attachment with the motorcycle. You always face the same ambushes, rescue the same NPC, loot the same trunk; it gets boring. The horde, on the other hand, is great, but it really gets attention after hour 25. And then come the technical problems. Maybe a few of these are solved by the time you read this, but back when I played, framerate was really bad and it was buggy as hell, sometimes the minimap doesn't show the way, some graphic signs won't disappear; voices tend to desynchronize; I had a motorcycle chase that bugged out and the guys I was chasing were stuck; and so on. A.I. is nothing to write home about with the classic embarrassments and the plot... well it is far from being The Last of Us. All in all, it is certainly not a bad game, but it isn't outstanding by any stretch of the imagination.… Expand
  25. MeiLongDong
    May 28, 2019
    6
    What are people doing handy out 10 scores like candy? Be more realistic. Anyways, it's a 6.5 for me. I found it frustratingly slow (the story and the mechanics) and boring. It sucks for an open world game that every time you interact with other characters you're forced to walk at a slugs pace and listen to whatever blah blah blah person has to say to carry the story (I didn't find themWhat are people doing handy out 10 scores like candy? Be more realistic. Anyways, it's a 6.5 for me. I found it frustratingly slow (the story and the mechanics) and boring. It sucks for an open world game that every time you interact with other characters you're forced to walk at a slugs pace and listen to whatever blah blah blah person has to say to carry the story (I didn't find them engaging). It's 2019, players know how to walk on their own and listen to other characters speak. But so what? What about the combat? Again, slow and frustrating. Opening the weapon wheel is not fun to craft just one shot or two and slow down the action. I almost forgot, the motorcycle. Again slow and frustrating. The physics weren't terrible when you can drift corners just by hitting a button, but the motorcycle itself is slow, with engine revs not matching it's speed so it hardly feels realistic at all. IGN got a lot of hate for scoring it a 6.5 but I think it's right on imo.… Expand
  26. Achtlos
    Apr 26, 2019
    6
    The same over trodden open world mechanics Now with more Zombies! Days Gone is fine, it's quite good at times, but you have already played this game 4 or 5 times, possibly in the 4 months of 2019. The disappointment is the hugely polished games Sony has pushed out prior to this, poor Days Gone has unattainable levels to match.
  27. FabsKebabs
    Apr 28, 2019
    5
    The game offers you a solid premise for a game, and the first 10 minutes are great. After that, the game is a shadow of what it could be, becoming highly repetitive and offering new biomes which don't compare to the first "forest" one. Not comparing this game to others of the same genre, it still offers nothing new - if this was released on PS3, it would have scored a lot better in myThe game offers you a solid premise for a game, and the first 10 minutes are great. After that, the game is a shadow of what it could be, becoming highly repetitive and offering new biomes which don't compare to the first "forest" one. Not comparing this game to others of the same genre, it still offers nothing new - if this was released on PS3, it would have scored a lot better in my opinion. The main reason for the low scores is the let down experienced by many PS4 owners.

    CONS:
    The world is annoying to traverse and is empty.
    The characters leave no lasting impression.
    Decon is a bit of an a$$ most of the time and you don't really feel anything towards him.
    The gunplay is better in Toy Story on PS1.
    The narrative is very predictable.
    HIGHLY repetitive (and I cannot stress this enough)

    PROS:
    Fun to pick up and play in short bursts
    The bike is fun to ride (but then breaks after 1 jump)

    I would not recommend this game in its current state/price.
    Wait till its fixed (if its ever going to be fixed) or wait till its 10 Bucks    … Expand
  28. TheNerdsDen
    Apr 26, 2019
    7
    Days Gone is a game that has been long waited for first party PlayStation enthusiast, the game unfortunately falls short on what could have been promising adventure and here is why.

    Days gone starts with a pandemic infection wiping out humanity and we skip right to a few years down the road from the start of the infection. You play as a bland one-dimensional character Deacon St John a    Days Gone is a game that has been long waited for first party PlayStation enthusiast, the game unfortunately falls short on what could have been promising adventure and here is why.

    Days gone starts with a pandemic infection wiping out humanity and we skip right to a few years down the road from the start of the infection. You play as a bland one-dimensional character Deacon St John a bounty hunter who stayed in the Oregon region to find answers about his past. The game starts off like a Mad Max Situation, your bike is taken and stripped for parts, so your objective is to build your bike from scratch and make it the best bike in all the land. I progressed through the game at quite a slow pace and upgrading my bike seem to be more of a chore then an enjoyment, I feel this way because it seem to take a long time to build the trust up in the camps to get the parts I needed or wanted in this case. While I was not building up my bike, I was out performing what seem to be very mindless tasks and exploring the very bland world of Days Gone.

    While its not all bad there is a lot of fun to be had when it comes to Days Gone, infiltrating drifter camps and taken them down silently with my boot knife never got old or tiring. The gun gameplay is unique on its own but can be a bit aggravating when it comes to unlocking them, just like the bike parts you must have a certain trust levels unlocked. Like The Last Of Us the melee combat is unique and very satisfying from crafting to brutal take downs with a piece of two by four with a saw blade in it; another thing that is like the last of us is the crafting system of collecting resources to craft things like Molotov cocktails and med kits.
    The story in days gone is certainly a unique one, there is not really a certain one main story the closest thing that comes to it is trying to find out what happens to Deacons wife as you re live the past with their relationship and the events that transpired in it. But there are many story lines in the game, none that are very captivating, and it seems to take so long to complete these story lines an unnecessary amount of time. In Reality while playing this game I felt like I was going from one mind numbing mission to the other because I felt like I was doing the same thing over and over; not to say they were not fun but the fun came in spurts, the game feels longer then it should have been.
    While you are not cruising around on your bike or going from mission to mission you are fighting off hordes off freaker’s. When fighting off the hordes having focus shot is a must and having a automatic rifle, extended clip and Molotov cocktails are vitals when it comes to focusing on this task and is a lot of fun.
    Days Gone suffers from performance issues, the open world is very bland it would have done better as a linear game, and falls short when it comes to the fun factor. What could have been a great game seems like it tried too hard.
    Days Gone 7/10
    Reviewed by The Nerds Den    … Expand
  29. hrretz
    Apr 30, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review contains some Spoilers!

    Even though i like the ps4 more than the xbox im still going to be completely neutral in this review of Bend Studios Days Gone.

    So im 25+ hours into the game and so far it is really fun when everything works but i've had some bugs in this game for example i played a mission where i was supposed to follow some guy and he just fell into the ground and i had to restart the mission which was really annoying. I also had some other bugs but aside from that this game can be really fun. Another bug i found was that a guy called me the same time the radio was on so i had two people talking at the same time which was annoying.

    The combat in this game is not brilliant. I don't feel like i have to buy any other guns and the ones i've used feels pretty much the same. The combat also feels a bit clunky with the third person camera but overall the combat is just okay to mediocre.

    Some things i liked about Days Gone were the trust system where you had to gain trust to be able to buy the higher tier guns and bike upgrades which is good so you have something to work for and the upgrades to the bike feels rewarding aswell and it makes you want to have a faster and quieter bike. The driving in this game is really fun aswell and it gets even better when you upgrade it. It also didn't get boring for me to drive the bike to all the different locations and i've almost never used fast travel which is a good thing. You also have to take care about your bike because it can break and run out of fuel. If it breaks you need to find scrap from broken cars or you can just find them out while looting and if your fuel runs out you need to find a gas at a gas station or just a can laying somewhere. This part of the game is good and later on you can also upgrade your bike to resist more damage and have a bigger tank.

    The sound of the bike is really good and also is the overall graphics in the game and the overall sound of the game is ok.

    This game also has a perk system where you can choose which type you want to upgrade. There are three types of perks: Melee, Ranged and Survival. I personally found the ranged category the most useful because it made my guns better and more fun to use. Melee is also good. Have not upgraded too much on survival yet but im definetly going to.

    The main storyline at the beginning is to find Deacon's lost wife even though he didn't even knew she was alive. The story itself is pretty good with it's good and bad parts. There is also different storylines so it's not the same the whole time and if you complete a storyline you get some pretty cool awards. My favorite one is the "I Remember" one where you find out about Deacons past in flashbacks which was really cool to see how he acted and how the world looked before the apocalypse. Some storylines is not that good though. I have to help people i don't feel anything and most characters you meet are not memorable which is a big issue in this game.

    So briefly said, the game is fun to play and the best part of this game is the driving and the trust/upgrade system in the game. Story okay and combat mediocre but overall the game is still fun and it is very satisfying just killing freakers with melee attacks. Definetly worth checking out but if your not sure if your going to like it or not you should probably wait for a sale.

    Story - 6.5/10
    Combat - 5/10
    Gameplay - 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
    Graphics 8.5/10
    Fun 8/10
    Upgrading/Trust system 8.5/10

    So after that i give this game 7/10. Definetly not the best game on the ps4 but definetly not the worst. 7/10 is not bad. People just think that because its yellow it's not good but 7/10 for me is a good game.
    Overall fun game and is worth checking out!    … Expand
  30. XHOOFX
    May 1, 2019
    7
    I really looked forward to this game. While it isn't a full disappointment, it isn't the amazing game I thought it would be. The game plays very much like Uncharted set in a zombie world, with elements of The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto. The biggest issue here is that the story just doesn't draw you in. Something about how it is structured or even edited makes the story feelI really looked forward to this game. While it isn't a full disappointment, it isn't the amazing game I thought it would be. The game plays very much like Uncharted set in a zombie world, with elements of The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto. The biggest issue here is that the story just doesn't draw you in. Something about how it is structured or even edited makes the story feel disjointed. I never found myself attached to the characters or even caring what happens next.

    As far as gameplay, There's a mass open world with various missions, but it all gets repetitive fast. No need to worry about playing on the hardest difficulty, as that setting is pretty easy. On a technical side - the load times are AWFUL. Maybe it's due to all the zombie herds (which there honestly aren't that many of). Still - it's unacceptable especially when other games that are technically superior (better graphics, etc.) don't have this issue.    … Expand
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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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