Days Gone

 PlayStation 4
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10763 Ratings

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  1. LesandroBonucci
    Jun 12, 2021
    5
    firts of all- no story, no interesting characters? nothing
    gameplay was kinda fun sometimes
    skip this game
  2. petriAND
    Jun 2, 2021
    5
    This might be the worst open world AAA single player game i've played yet. I've never got bored of games in general or not so easy, but this one I barely finished honestly.

    - story, it's just meh, the classic zombie story. 2 people got separated and they gonna find each other. The story would have been 10x better if they didn't add so many useless missions in it and i feel that they    This might be the worst open world AAA single player game i've played yet. I've never got bored of games in general or not so easy, but this one I barely finished honestly.

    - story, it's just meh, the classic zombie story. 2 people got separated and they gonna find each other. The story would have been 10x better if they didn't add so many useless missions in it and i feel that they didn't started with a story in mind and they actually wrote it on the go.
    - gameplay, is super generic the walking and driving, mostly the driving is really well done, but the open world might be the worst i've encountered yet in a AAA title, feels so empty and lazy build its just amazingly bad.
    - fun, it is just not, loot animations are too long, you will encounter a lot of **** designs in the game that are just annoying like the random encounter with the enemy that are just cancer and you cannot have at least a satisfying ride between point a and b.
    - bugs, i have had a lot from visually bugs to game breaking bugs, like it's been 2 years wtf man repair your game.
    + visuals, are nice, animations are good and all, overall is a good looking game.
    + sound design, is more good than bad, sound track is good,
    + acting, was good in most cinematics, motion capture and voice acting    … Expand
  3. AlexanderAngry
    Jan 17, 2021
    5
    An excellent game with interesting characters, a well-developed world and excellent dynamics.
    I would also like to highlight the soundtrack, and the small number of compositions that are in the game.
  4. PastelNoir
    Oct 21, 2021
    5
    how is this game so highly reviewed. its a mess. there are so many moments that drag on for way too long, forced walking sections that, unlike in other games, are boring and pointless and could've been done in a few short seconds. gameplay is really simple and the hordes are actually the best part, though they come in way too late in the game. it drags on for sooo long, with so manyhow is this game so highly reviewed. its a mess. there are so many moments that drag on for way too long, forced walking sections that, unlike in other games, are boring and pointless and could've been done in a few short seconds. gameplay is really simple and the hordes are actually the best part, though they come in way too late in the game. it drags on for sooo long, with so many uninteresting and blandly written characters. deacon is just overacting, he shouts and he mutters so much, it doesn't really feel that natural. i love courtnee draper and... yeah she saved the game. at least the environments are nice. overall, the game is just dripping with potential but has no idea what to do with it.… Expand
  5. Falloutdestro
    Apr 18, 2021
    5
    I'm not sure how this game did so poorly with all the "journalists". This is easily one of the most fun games I've played . I like that I can pick up and play for and hour or multiple and still get sucked in to the story and game play . It's not perfect but I would definitely rated it like
  6. JohnyX
    Apr 18, 2021
    5
    Great game with great potential, although little slow at start. I hope there will be a sequel and it will be better than the first game :)
  7. PJ_lion
    Apr 18, 2021
    5
    It was real cool time playing this game. Thanks a lot. I'm going to replay one more time.
  8. Mexman2010
    May 25, 2021
    5
    The game very fun specially the hordes I loved everything on it Story 8/10
    Fun 10/10
    Driving 10/10
    Even the platinum list very enjoyable
  9. garret1452
    May 29, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I play a game I'm looking for something that plays fine with at least a fun story, it doesn't have to be great for me to enjoy, but that being said Days Gone is a game that I don't really like playing or watching. I've played it twice once on PS4, and once on PS5. I'll say the PS4 playthrough was worse just for the freezing and glitches. The PS5 didn't really have those problems. From a gameplay stand point it's okay, the shooting feels good enough, and the way deacon moves is nice. The bike controls are pretty good as well. Though I don't like the melee, it's pretty boring and kind of ugly to look at. The weapon durability is annoying but that's not a Days Gone problem, that just shouldn't exist in any game. Though all that wouldn't be a problem if Days Gone had a story that didn't make me cringe all the time. Let's start with the story over all - it's fine, a sad man in a zombie apocalypse misses his dead wife and can't get over it. The side story's are more interesting but aren't very fleshed out and are pretty short overall. Boozer's (your best friend in the game) story is more interesting he has a dead girlfriend/wife as well without it being a dragged out bin story. He does lose an arm an has to deal with learning to cope with it. He goes from an outsider to being a big part of a community and trusting more people again. In contrast Deacon (the player character) flip flops from a complete crazy person mostly during gameplay, to a 15 year old emo kid who can barely speak to his best friend, or really anyone for that matter. The four camps you visit in game are fine. One is a slave labour camp, one is a libertarian camp, one is a more well rounded "do the right thing" type camp, and one is and army. The slave camp and the libertarian camp don't have much story to them apart from a storyline with a young girl that is pretty dull. The well rounded camp (Iron Mike) is where you get a lot more characters and story but its still mostly centered around Sarah (Deacon's wife), Boozer, and a couple people at the camp. Over all my biggest problem with Days Gone is it tries so hard to do what games like Red Dead Redemption 2 do, and that take on a morally grey main character and make them understandable, have them grow, even if you don't agree with them all the time. But it doesn't feel like Deacon grows much at all. Boozer tries to help him get over Sarah's death but in the end he's proven right that she's not dead, and if he had let it go he wouldn't have found her. He spends years not trusting anyone to spite the fact that they want his help and would make him a part of things if he would just try a little. I know they wanted to have him be a person who can't let go of the past but at some point it gets silly. As for the story being emotional it all fell pretty flat. The flashbacks with Sarah before you find her are some of the most cringey scenes I've seen in along time - in particular the wedding, which was so awful that it made me audibly laugh. By the end of the story I just leave a game that took me 20 hours to complete feeling like it took me 40, with about 2 hours of real story. If you cut out the bandit camps, chasing down people for ally camps, and the NERO checkpoints, this game has two mission types: go to a place and shoot people or go to a place and shoot zombies, sometimes you'll have to get an item and bring it back. I also have some smaller issues, though there not important enough to say here. It's a game made with a lot of talent and money, but not much substance. I cant see how anyone can find this emotional as it's like a poorly written fanfiction at times. Though one benefit is no microtransactions!… Expand
  10. APScoro
    Jan 22, 2022
    5
    An amazing game i finished the game on ps4 pro and was amazing i wish they would make a sequel.. 9/10 game. One of the best playstation exclusives.
  11. unborn_pro
    Jul 12, 2022
    5
    Boring and full with bugs, the gameplay is not so interesting with repetitive missions.
  12. Patosullivan39
    Mar 28, 2022
    5
    Excellent should get a another go days gone 2 please. Played no PS5 good story
  13. AGCR
    Jun 25, 2023
    5
    Joya incomprendida por la prensa, le da mil vueltas a TLOU en muchos aspectos teniendo em cuenta que ambos se basan en un juego de zombies/infectados, 10/10
  14. timmytime
    Jul 23, 2020
    4
    incredibly boring, dry and uninspired. design choices are poor and hark back to the ps2 era. characters unlikeable
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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 !
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. BelcrowHD
    Jul 13, 2021
    4
    El juego es malo y aburrido, la historia es muy genérica y los gráficos muy sencillos
  27. 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)
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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.
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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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Metascore
71

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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