'Days Gone' is an ambitious zombie apocalypse game that misses the mark

Get the Full StoryDays Gone seems like an accurate reflection of how things would go after an actual, IRL zombie apocalypse: clumsy, violent, and filled with failure.

Bend Studio's new PlayStation 4 release is a survival-action game with a story that sits in the Venn diagram overlap between Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead. For a great many hours, you manage ever-dwindling resources, kill lots of things both living and undead , and try not to drown in all the melodrama.

Don't underestimate that last point. Your post-apocalyptic road trip as biker dude Deacon St. John runneth over with on-the-nose metaphors, emotionally manipulative twists, and character motivations that seem driven more by the needs of the moment than any coherent arc. Read more...More about Entertainment, Gaming, Playstation 4, Days Gone, and Entertainment

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