Days Gone

Excellent game, good crafting mechanics, good story, amazing combat, what is there to hate?

This game seemed so great. Fun stealth, (kinda) open world, scavenging, good stuff. But then I tried to load a quicksave, and found that quicksaving (which has a screen prompt and everything) doesn't actually do anything. The only saves you can access are at mission points, and even those might randomly bring enemies back to life. That takes this game from a great zombie game to a frustrating game, so I've stopped playing it. If you consider getting it, be aware of this issue.

I rated this 5 stars but it's more like 4.5 because while I enjoyed this game, I do have a few minor gripes with it. The story is very good. It might be stale if you consume a lot of zombie entertainment, but I think they put their own spin on it to make it fresh but familiar. It is definitely a slow burn; the first 10-20 hours might not suck you in but it does get better. Secondly, it ends on a huge cliffhanger & there will likely be no sequel. The graphics are amazing, they really did a great job with the environment. I didn't encounter any performance or technical issues the entire game (i7-8700, Geforce 1070 Ti) at 1080 max settings. The zombies look & act very much like fast zombies, 28 Days Later style. Gameplay is complex enough to be interesting without being overwhelming. The gunplay feels good, the skill system allows for melee, ranged, & stealth approaches. You can eventually max the entire skill tree out. There's a main storyline as well as a large number of side-quests including one involving taking out hordes of zombies. You get a motorcycle for getting around the huge gameplay area, you can also fast travel. It can be upgraded as well. There's a resource system for the bike: fuel, & scrap metal for repairs. There are a huge variety of weapons to unlock via quests & you can carry a primary, side-arm, special, & melee weapon. The crafting system is simple & used to make health items, thrown weapons like molotovs, & other things. There are encampments for sleeping, quests, refueling, turning in bounties, & a simple reputation system for upgrades. While the game is marketed as open-world it's not sandbox-y. There's little reason to just go wandering around, which can be dangerous. You can't hoard crafting materals. It's more like a regular single player game that has a massive world to move around in. I picked this up for $12 on sale and got 82+ hours of fun out of it. If you like zombies, you'll probably like this. Just wish they'd make a sequel.

After Arthur Morgan of RDR2 , St John , Deacon is my fav character, got lucky with killing breaker boss , executioner skill, rager boss died 2 time before discovered the gap and two propane tanks , reacher boss and horde still gives me nightmare , have played 100+ hours 1st half of the games mixed day and night play , but south Oregon I feared for my life and did all mission day time :) . 95% of my play times on steam deck.

Worth it, no brainer on a sale. Grea game.