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Days Gone (2019)

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Developer(s): Bend Studio
Publisher(s): Sony Interactive Entertainment
Director(s): John Garvin; Jeff Ross
Producer(s): Darren Yager
Designer(s): Ron Allen
Programmer(s): John Hoffman

Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Set in a post-apocalyptic Oregon two years after the start of a global pandemic, former outlaw-turned-drifter Deacon St. John discovers the possibility of his wife Sarah still being alive, which leads Deacon on a quest to find her. Days Gone is played from a third-person perspective, in which the player can explore an open world environment. Players can use firearms, melee weapons and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures known as Freakers. A major game mechanic is Deacon's motorcycle, which is used as the player character's primary mode of transportation as well as mobile inventory.

Days Gone was Bend Studio first original property since Syphon Filter (1999), and its first open world project, and its first project developed for home consoles after working on handheld spin-offs of other Sony's franchises for decades. Development of the game lasted for approximately six years, and Bend Studio expanded nearly three-fold to support the game's development. World War Z, The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy were major sources of inspiration for the game. The game was officially unveiled at E3 2016. Originally slated for a 2018 launch, Days Gone was delayed several times.

The game eventually released in April 2019 for PlayStation 4, and for Windows in May 2021. Upon release, it received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the graphics, the artificial intelligence of the enemies, and Sam Witwer's performance as Deacon, although the story, mission design, and several technical issues were criticized. It was often regarded as one of the weaker Sony first-party games released during the PlayStation 4 generation. Days Gone was a commercial success, as 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. It was reported in 2021 that the development team had unsuccessfully pitched a sequel to Sony.

Days Gone is an action-adventure survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic open world, played from a third-person perspective. The player controls Deacon St. John (Sam Witwer), a outlaw-turned-drifter and bounty hunter who prefers life on the road to wilderness encampments. The game takes place two years after a global pandemic occurred which killed almost all of humanity, and transformed millions of others into "Freakers", mindless zombie-like creatures that are quickly evolving. These Freakers include the noctural Swarmers, which hiberate inside their nests during day time. Swarmers will often congregate and wander around at night, looking for food and water. Players can use this to their advantage by luring a massive horde of Freakers towards other enemies, annihilating them. Players need to be prepared and must keep his distance when combating the horde as they can be easily overwhelmed. In the areas near a horde of Freakers, there are chokepoints such as the narrow gaps between buildings and rooftop ledges that the players can use to corral the Freakers. Deacon can then make use of various traps and explosives to kill individual Freakers in a horde. Other enemies players may encounter included the Newts, which are infected adolescents. Newts are opportunistic hunters that would only attack Deacon when he enters their territories or has low health. The game also features infected wildlife and hostile human enemies.

The game is set in an open world set in the Pacific Northwest. The players can freely explore the world either on foot or using a motorcycle. Travelling long distance will exhaust fuel, and the bike will be disabled when it takes too much damage. Players must refuel the bike regularly at gas stations and camps, and collected scraps in order to repair the bike. Deacon needs to establish trust with various settlement camps and earn camp credits by completing missions and selling bounties and food collected in the wild. As trust level increases, players can purchase new weapons, supplies and motorcycle parts which can be used to enhance its speed, durability or maneuverability, among other parameters. The appearance of the bike can also be extensively customized. As players explore the world, they must collect valuable resources and different crafting components in order to craft weapons and supplies.

Artist(s): Donald Yatomi
Writer(s): John Garvin
Composer(s): Nathan Whitehead
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s): PlayStation 4; Microsoft Windows
Genre(s): Action-adventure, survival horror
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