The game was officially unveiled at E3 2016 its release was originally planned for 2018 but was delayed several times. Major sources of inspiration for Days Gone were World War Z, The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy. The game's development took approximately six years Bend Studio expanded nearly three-fold to support it. A major game mechanic is Deacon's motorcycle, which is used as the player character's main mode of transportation and an extra (mobile) ammo stash.ĭays Gone was Bend Studio's first open-world project, its first original property since Syphon Filter (1999), and its first development project for home consoles after spending decades working on spinoff games for handheld consoles. Players can use firearms, melee weapons and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend themselves against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures known as Freakers. Days Gone is played from a third-person perspective in which the player can explore an open world environment. John discovers his wife Sarah, having been assumed dead, may still be alive and goes on a quest to find her. The game is set in post-apocalyptic Oregon two years after the start of a pandemic that turned a portion of humanity into vicious zombie-like creatures (called 'Freakers').

We're shooting off all manner of content here at USG! You can find Mike's review of Days Gone loaded up here, or check out his first impressions of the game here.Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It will one-shot Freakers, and humans too! PDW - The PDW is the most powerful sidearm in the game.And while these will see you through most situations, you’ll need your sidearm in a pinch. You’ll likely learn to rely on your Primary and Special weapons in Days Gone. | Jake Green/USG, SIE Bend Studio/Sony Days Gone Best Sidearm You’ll need to own them first, so get saving up those camp credits. You can pick up these weapons, but can you store them in your Gun Locker? Well, the bad news is no, you cannot store weapons that you can find out in the open. While out killing baddies in Days Gone’s huge open world, you’ll likely come across weapons that have been left behind or dropped. Weapons are ordered by tier, and include everything listed in the game. To help you decide which Days Gone weapons you want to go for, we've included a comprehensive weapon stats table below. We recommend picking up the following guns as soon as possible. At the start of the game, you’ll need to make do with the lower-level vendors, though there are some ways to get ahead early on. Knowing what the best weapons in Days Gone are is great and all, but you won’t have access to a lot of them right away. First, here's a list of the different weapon types in Days Gone.ĭays Gone: What Are the Best Guns Early On?

We’ll take a look at price, stats, and more. To help you decide, we’ve detailed all of the weapons in Days Gone in the following table. There are a bunch of weapons to choose from in Days Gone, and not all of them are worth your time and hard-earned Camp Credits. You can also recover some of the bolts you use, and can craft ammo while out in the Shit.

Drifter Crossbow - The crossbow is great for its emphasis on stealth.

It will one-shot most enemies, and will down more powerful ones in just three. 50 BFG - For taking down elite enemies like Breakers and Ragers, you’ll want to pack the BFG. This weapon can kill Freakers with a single shot, and holds up to 330 rounds.

Chicago Chopper - you pick this SMG up from Wizard Island, and you absolutely should.

If you should happen to be close to their location, they're definitely worth getting! While there's a lot of weapons in Days Gone, we consider the best to be any of these.

Days Gone: What Are the Best Guns Early On?.

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