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Sony's PS4 exclusive Days Gone has come to PC

Continuing their newfound interest in PC gaming, Sony today released 2019 PlayStation 4 exclusive Days Gone for Windows. It's an open-world action game about bikers in a post-apocalyptic USA overrun with zombies (here known by the hilarious term "freakers"). While the PlayStation scloosie I crave is Bloodborne, I do broady understand that Days Gone is one of those 7/10 games which hits just the right note with some people to hold them, thrill them, kiss them, and kill them, so that's nice for them.

A 2018 paper published in the journal Acta Ethologica showed evidence that European rabbits can smell traces of other rabbits in the droppings of the predators who have recently consumed them. I've thought about this a lot while roaming the apocalyptic Oregonian wilderness of Days Gone. It's a world redolent of a man named Deacon St. John, who I've seen devoured by wolves countless times as I've played.

When Days Gone first launched after several delays as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2019, it was criticised for poor performance, even on the PS4 Pro. Bugs were also an issue, and Days Gone was saddled with middling reviews in its initial incarnation. The PC release not only features enhanced graphics options and support for ultra-wide monitors, it also resolves almost all of these technical issues. This is definitely the best way to play Days Gone - a stable, unlocked framerate and enhanced graphics let this biker adventure's exciting tale take centre stage.

Perhaps more than any other open-world game I've played, Days Gone takes its time revealing its hand. While its marketing highlighted the massive zombie hordes you take on, you don't actually even see such a horde until perhaps a dozen hours into the story. Days Gone holds several of its strongest cards until you've had time to settle into its muddy, desperate vision of the Pacific Northwest, two years after a zombie plague has destroyed civilisation as we know it.

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Days Gone (PC) – Mini Review

Following Sony’s strategy to release their first-party titles to PC, Days Gone is now available outside of PlayStation console ownership, with the zombie-survival, action-RPG coming to Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Like many, I bounce between console ownership from generation to generation. While I owned a PS4 at launch, I ended up moving on from it in preparation for the next-gen consoles, which meant I wasn’t able to play Days Gone when it originally released on PlayStation 4 in 2019. Luckily, Sony has decided to start publishing their first-party release onto PC, which allowed for someone like me to jump in and enjoy a game I really regretted missing out on a couple of years ago.

For those who are visiting this for the first time, Days Gone is the story of Deacon St. John, a biker and bounty hunter who is stuck doing odd jobs in the apocalypse while simply trying to survive. Between the zombie hordes of Freakers and militant human groups, Deacon is about to have the fight of his life as he tries to help surviving camps and friends make it through all this mess. A third-person shooter with heavy stealth and RPG mechanics, Days Gone features an open world with deep map-clearing capabilities for those looking for 100% completion mileage.

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With that being said, our CG Magazine review from 2019 highlighted several technical issues, a dislike for the way the shooting feels, and a weak opening portion of the game.

I can say that after my time traveling around Oregon in 2021, Days Gone’s PC port has made incredible strides over the last two years. While some of the gameplay and story issues couldn’t be resolved for our original reviewer, the performance is top-notch, with the consistent stuttering gone and bugs removed for the PC experience. This allows Days Gone to stand on its own two feet, with nothing but the experience intended critiqued. While it’s worth mentioning that that experience could vary based on how powerful of hardware you have available, it’s clear that as long as you can meet the recommended minimum requirements, you should be all set to hit the open road.

The shooting mechanics, while still as high-pressure as originally intended with the PS4 release, have been improved somewhat simply through the implementation of the mouse and keyboard. Accuracy improvement and not having to deal with motion sensitivity issues that you’ll find on the controller make the shooting aspects much cleaner. While early-game fights are more difficult than you’d find in most other shooters, once you’ve delved a bit into the skill tree, things get more and more satisfying as you tackle hordes that can have a couple of hundred zombies in them. Leaning into the traps and strategizing, running the Freakers through gunfire makes Days Gone one of the more interesting ways to play a zombie-survival title. It really is a shame that Sony made the decision to not move forward with a sequel.

Besides the base game, the Days Gone PC port also includes all of the future content made available to the PS4 version. Survival Mode, Challenge Mode, extra bike skins, and a New Game Plus mode offered following your initial play through means that even more content is available right from the get-go for those wanting all the bang for their buck they can get. It’s also nice to see the purchase price get a bit of a discount two years on, with a $49.99 USD price tag.

Days Gone for the PC is easily the definitive way to play. With top-notch performance removing the primary complaint from the original release, you’re left with a content-rich open world title that’s unique in some of the best ways. While the gunplay can be questionable at times and the opening act is not as neat and tidy as one would hope, Days Gone still ends up being one of the better zombie shooters on the market.

Days Gone PC - Bug Reporting

Days Gone on PC is OUT NOW!

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Thank you in advance, and we hope you enjoy your ride in Days Gone!

Days Gone PC system requirements are now available on Steam

We recently learned that the PlayStation exclusive open-world zombie game Days Gone would be coming to PC, and sure enough, now it has its very own official Steam page, complete with PC system requirements. While the Steam page doesn't shed any new light on when exactly Days Gone will arrive on PC, we do have a set of minimum and recommended system requirements to review.

Days Gone is a good-looking game, and it features some impressively dense zombie hordes. However, it doesn't look as though it's going to tax any modern gaming PC - the recommended specs call for an Intel Core i7-4770K or a Ryzen 5 1500, paired with either a GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580.

The Steam page also hints at some new PC-specific features that will be available in the Steam version of Days Gone, including ultra-wide monitor support, unlocked framerates, and graphical improvements like increased detail and draw distances. Days Gone uses the Unreal Engine 4, so it should feel right at home on PC when it arrives this spring.