Review of Days Gone

This game had been passively on my radar for a while, i didnt know much about it other than it is an open world zombie game. However, when it hit the "games of the generation" psn sale i picked it up. The Good: The voice acting feom the main cast is very welo done, Sam Witwer is fantastic! The story is emotional and engaging. The survival mechanics and level up mechanics are rewarding without being punishing (you never feel like you picked the wrong perk). The "zombies" have good variety and reminds me of "Left 4 Dead" The Okay: Combat and exploration is average, nothing bad, and can be really fun at times, but nothing groundbreaking. The presentation is good but not quite as good as other AAA titles such as spiderman or god of war. The world is interesting and has quite a bit to explore with random events. However, there are only a few kinds of random events and they start to feel a bit repetitive by the end. The Bad: As much as I liked the story, it has some pacing issues, i would find myself in the middle of a chain that i was enjoying, and then the next story mission would take me somewhere else. In the age of skyrim or rockstar titles that handle multiple narratives at the same time i think this could have been handled better.

All and all this game was a lot of fun and really deserves the attention. While the pacing can feel off at times it is just a great game with some very good natural fear inducing moments and an emotional rollercoaster that made me really want to come back for the new game +