OK, I have learned that Days Gone is very Far Cry, in a Horizon Zero Dawn X The Last Of Us kind of way. And there's an upgradeable motorbike to get you from place to place. Zombie apocalypse Far Cry works for me!
I'm surprised there haven't been more open-world zombie apocalypse games in this format. Especially when somebody seems to think twenty seven seasons of The Walking Dead is a good investment
I had no expectations for Days Gone, and I have been pleasantly surprised at every turn. Its presentation on PC is outstanding, which is why I think it's been much better reviewed than the PS4 original. It's nice to see a game have a whole second life when it moves to a new platform
Recently picked Days Gone back up in the hope that I can quickly finish it and reclaim my disk space, but holy moly does that game go on forever. Not in a bad way, I’m really enjoying it, but the sprawling mission system makes it impossible to beeline your way through the main quest, and I would totally be happy now if there were a ‘do this mission to immediately finish the playthrough' option
Honestly, I think the narrative in Days Gone is S-tier; I hope that the upcoming console remaster will give it a second lease on life, like the great reception it had on PC (it got an IGN 6.5/10 on console originally, but is sitting at a 92% on Steam). It's much richer and deeper than you would expect from ‘some zombie game’