Before players can fast travel, they must destroy all Freaker nests between the two fast travel points. Fast travel consumes fuel and causes time to pass. Inside NERO checkpoints, players can use NERO injectors to boost Deacon's health stamina, used when Deacon is sprinting or dodging and focus, which allows Deacon to temporarily slow down time while aiming his ranged weapons.

In addition to the main quests, the game has a number of side objectives, which include clearing Freaker nests, rescuing hostages, clearing enemy camps, capturing bounty targets, and restoring power to National Emergency Response Organization (NERO) checkpoints. Īs players explore the world, they must collect valuable resources and components for crafting weapons and supplies. As the level of trust increases, players can purchase new weapons, supplies and motorcycle parts that can be used to enhance its speed, durability and maneuverability. Deacon must establish trust with settlement camps and earn 'camp credits' by completing missions, and by completing bounties and selling food. Players must regularly refuel the bike at gas stations and camps, and repair it using collected scraps. The bike consumes fuel and becomes disabled if excessively damaged. Players can freely explore the world on foot or using a motorcycle. The game is set in an open world in the Pacific Northwest. Deacon can use firearms, melee weapons, traps, explosives and choke points to kill Freakers. Players can be overwhelmed by hordes and must keep their distance. The game includes infected wildlife (called Runners and Ragers) and hostile human enemies.

Other enemies include Newts, who are infected adolescents and opportunistic hunters who only attack Deacon when he enters their territory or has poor health. Players can lure Swarmers toward other enemies, causing the two groups to fight one another. Swarmers, a nocturnal type of Freaker, hide in their nests during daytime but often congregate, wander around, and search for food and water at night. The game takes place two years after a pandemic killed almost all of humanity and transformed millions of others into 'Freakers', mindless, zombie-like creatures that evolve quickly. John, an outlaw-turned-drifter-bounty-hunter who prefers life on the road to wilderness encampments. Gameplay In this gameplay screenshot, protagonist Deacon is being chased by a horde of Freakers.ĭays Gone is a third-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic open world. In 2021, it was reported that the development team had unsuccessfully pitched a sequel to Sony. Days Gone was a commercial success it sold more copies than all of Bend Studio's previous games combined and became the 19th-best-selling game of 2019 in the US.

Upon release, it received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the story, mission design, and technical issues but praised the graphics, artificial intelligence, and Sam Witwer's performance as Deacon. The game was unveiled at E3 2016 its release was originally planned for 2018 but was delayed several times. Major sources of inspiration for Days Gone were World War Z, The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy. The game's development took approximately six years Bend Studio expanded nearly three-fold to support it. A major game mechanic is Deacon's motorcycle, which is used as the player character's main mode of transportation.ĭays Gone was Bend Studio's first open-world project, its first original property since Syphon Filter (1999), and its first development project for home consoles after spending decades working on spinoff games for handheld consoles. Players can use firearms, melee weapons, and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend themselves against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures known as Freakers. Days Gone is played from a third-person perspective in which the player can explore an open world environment. John discovers his wife Sarah, having been assumed dead, may still be alive and goes on a quest to find her. The game is set in post-apocalyptic Oregon two years after the start of a pandemic that turned a portion of humanity into vicious zombie-like creatures. Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4.

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