Days Gone has many dangers, like these wolves.
Days Gone has many dangers, like these wolves.
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Days Gone hands-on — This open world is always trying to kill you

In a world of unlimited ammo, Sony’s Days Gone would be an easy game. You could strap on a Gatling gun and just mow down 500 or so zombies, or “freakers,” as they come running at you in the Oregon wilderness.

But even though the freakers are plentiful and fast, Days Gone doesn’t give you a horde of weapons and bullets. You do have access to a motorcycle, a chopper with the wheels of a dirt bike that can handle both dirt and asphalt roads. You can take to the open roads and flee when the danger becomes too great.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.