Days Gone

Fun in small bursts, but Days Gone's repetition, bland world, and meandering story make for an unremarkable ride.

Days Gone has its exciting moments, but it fails to say anything interesting or meaningful about its story and characters.

A frequently gorgeous, sadly generic open-world game that runs out of steam well before its extended play-time is over.

Riding and maintaining your bike is great-the boring world, dull missions, and overly serious tone, not so much.

Instead of getting to the bottom of these questions, most communities prefer to send me crisscrossing the gorgeous Oregon countryside and rolling mountains of Days Gone's open world on my motorcycle as I hunt down bounties, recruit survivors, and raze entire camps of raiders. Completing missions builds trust within these communities, which in turn unlocks better gear, a reward I find much more compelling than the idea of helping each camp's one-note characters.

Days Gone is a keen and engaging open world zombie adventure despite some issues.

Surviving the zombie throngs can be a thrilling experience, but the story and open-world structure come in second

This is a game of fun and fury – it’s thrilling at times, but it signifies nothing.

Days Gone is far from the worst specimen of its genre but in a year already packed with 50 hour+ endeavours, it rarely makes the case for its own existence.

While it’s still slightly better than most recent Xbox One exclusives, Days Gone just isn’t anywhere near the quality of the majority of PS4 first-party releases.