![]() Deacon will undertake jobs for the camp but doesn’t agree with the politics. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of ill-intentioned human enemies (Marauders, Rippers, Drifters) undertaking foul deeds at the expense of these camps, so there are plenty of bounties for Deacon to hunt down. We learn there are two camps where people band together with differing ideologies and concepts of civilization, and we learn Deacon and Boozer are Drifters, individuals who eschew this camp life and choose to eke out an existence on their own. That’s Leon in the front.Īlong the way, you pick up on the politics of post-pandemic Oregon. Days Gone uses this introductory scene to run the player through the mechanics of the game: running, crouching, gun shooting, melee combat, gathering collectibles, crafting materials, and driving a motorcycle. The action begins in media res with Deacon and Boozer chasing down a gent named Leon on their motorcycles. We learn it’s been 731 days (gone) since the rapidly growing zombie population caused the collapse of civilization. The playable beginning of the game picks up two years later. ![]() Then he and Boozer watch as the copter flies off into the sunset. Sarah is suffering from a mortal stab wound - we don’t yet know how that happened - and Deacon puts her on the last helicopter leaving the overrun city while he stays behind to help the wounded Boozer who, as he puts it, “… won’t make it without me.” So Deacon finds out where the helicopter is going and gives Sarah his prized Mongrels ring as a promise he’ll make it to where she’s being taken. In the game’s opening cinematic, we see Deacon, his wife Sarah, and Boozer (his best bud for life and fellow Mongrel) on the run from a fresh zombie outbreak. And while he maintains a healthy cynical streak throughout the game, he does show his softer side as the story unfolds. But he’s been in an extreme survival scenario for more than two years - his attitude feels as much a defense strategy as a personality flaw. I agree that Deacon comes across as a jerk in the early part of the game. I have to wonder if these critics played the game much past the first few missions. Many game critics didn’t like Deacon - citing his lack of a character arc and a dearth of personal growth. We don’t know much about him at the beginning of the game, but his story slowly unfolds in a series of cinematic backstory scenes (one small criticism here: some of these scenes run a bit too long). John is an army veteran, having served with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. ![]() ![]() John, a ne’er-do-well biker with a heart of gold (well, maybe bronze) from the Mongrels, a Farewell, Oregon motorcycle, club (MC). It shares many of the hallmarks that come with open-world games - story-driven quests, random encounters, a plethora of items to harvest, a fast-travel system, and plenty of places and landmarks to explore. It treads the same narrative territory as Resident Evil and The Last of Us with a little Sons of Anarchy thrown in for spice. So when Days Gone was offered for free on Playstation Plus in April 2021, it piqued my interest enough to warrant a download and trial play session.ĭays Gone is an open world zombie survival game set in a post-apocalyptic Oregon after a global pandemic. But those were both starting to get a little stale. So I passed by Days Gone with nary an afterthought.ĭuring the pandemic year, I’d settled into a routine of playing Red Dead Online and Borderlands 3. Too often I’ve spent $50 or more only to be disappointed (I’m looking at you, Way of the Samurai ). I’ve just become very resistant to buying new games over the years. This apathy had nothing to do with the lukewarm reception the game was getting from the gaming media, and I didn’t have anything against the game. I didn’t have much interest in Days Gone when it was released back in April 2019.
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