Days Gone hands-on preview — Great expectations from hours of gameplay

Sony has a bit of a thin slate of games this year, and Days Gone has been elevated to one of its major single-player exclusives for the PlayStation 4. The title was first shown via a riveting demo at E3 in 2016, but it has been delayed as developer Bend Studio has polished it. Now the title is in its final weeks of development, and the game is coming into focus.

Days Gone caught my attention because its hero, a bounty hunter named Deacon, had to try to destroy and run away from as many as 500 zombies (dubbed Freakers) in a horde that was pursuing him at high speed, as if it were a school of fish chasing after him. But the game is more ambitious than just that crazy scene, as Deacon must survive in the open world of the Oregon woods, with just some companion friends and his motorcycle.