16 Facts About Days Gone

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Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Days Gone is played from a third-person perspective in which the player can explore an open world environment.

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Days Gone was Bend Studio's first open-world project, its first original property since Syphon Filter, and its first development project for home consoles after spending decades working on spinoff games for handheld consoles.

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Major sources of inspiration for Days Gone were World War Z, The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy.

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Days Gone is a third-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic open world.

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Days Gone was developed by Bend Studio, one of Sony's first-party developers.

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Days Gone is the company's first open world game, its first original intellectual property since Syphon Filter, and its first game to be released for home consoles since Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow .

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Full production of Days Gone commenced in early 2015 and the game's development cycle lasted for six years.

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Days Gone has multiple, intertwined stories, which allows players to switch between narratives.

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Garvin, who was impressed by his work on The Purge: Anarchy, invited Nathan Whitehead to compose the music for Days Gone, which was performed by the Nashville Scoring Orchestra and soloists.

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At Metacritic, Days Gone was met with "mixed or average reviews" for the PS4 version and "generally favorable reviews" for the PC version.

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Lavoy noted the small scale of the map and criticized the way Days Gone uses environmental obstacles to force players to navigate longer distances.

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Days Gone exceeded the lifetime Japanese sales of God of War and The Last Guardian, another exclusive PlayStation 4 game.

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In North America, Days Gone was the second-best-selling video-game software for April 2019, behind Mortal Kombat 11, making it the 7th-highest debut in sales for a Sony-published title, and the best-selling game developed by Bend Studio.

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Shortly afterward, Ross confirmed Days Gone 2 had been pitched to Sony but that many of the details could not be confirmed due to a non-disclosure agreement.

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Garvin came under fire for his remarks; commenters said Days Gone had already benefitted from fan support during its release, and that it was unreasonable to ask someone to spend US$70 on an unknown game.

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