Players can freely explore the world on foot or using a motorcycle. The game is set in an open world in the Pacific Northwest. The game also includes infected wildlife and hostile human enemies. Other enemies include newts, who are infected adolescents and opportunistic hunters who only attack Deacon when he enters their territories or has poor health. Deacon can use traps and explosives to kill individual freakers. ДЄreas near a horde of freakers have chokepoints such as narrow gaps between buildings and rooftop ledges where players can corral freakers. Players can be overwhelmed by the horde and must keep their distance. Players can use the swarmers' behavior to their advantage by luring a horde of freakers towards other enemies, killing them. One type of freakers is the noctural swarmers, who 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 are evolve quickly. John, an outlaw-turned-drifter-cum-bounty-hunter who prefers life on the road to wilderness encampments. In this gameplay screenshot, protagonist Deacon is being chased by a horde of freakers.Дays Gone is a third-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic open world. It was reported in 2021 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. It was often regarded as one of the weaker Sony first-party games that were released during the PlayStation 4 generation. 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 but criticized the story, mission design, and several technical issues. The game was released in April 2019 for PlayStation 4 and in May 2021 for Windows. The game was officially 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 and mobile inventory.Дays 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 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. Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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