Days Gone Review

Days Gone is a gorgeous-looking zombie survival game that is exclusive to PlayStation 4. It’s clearly meant to capitalize on the zombie mania kicked off The Walking Dead. Then again, The Walking Dead has been a shuffling zombie of its own for a few seasons now. And the gorgeous graphics of this open-world adventure from SIE Bend Studio can’t change the fact that Days Gone is a repetitive and plodding mess.

The Premise

By this point, it probably feels like you have experienced every possible zombie story anyone could ever tell. So, what’s the premise of this particular zombie game?

In Days Gone, your character must navigate the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Oregon in search of fellow survivors and the non-stop quests given to you by different communities. What led to this apocalypse? It’s technically not zombies: instead, the “Freakers” are humans who are infected by a virus.

In some ways, this is the first “whiff” when it comes to the game’s attempts to be unique. “They’re not zombies, they’re infected humans” is a false distinction when they look and act exactly like zombies. And this twist on the premise seems like it was done much better in games like Resident Evil 4.