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With Days Gone<\/strong><\/em>, first-party PlayStation developer Sony Bend Studio was given its first real shot at an original IP and AAA game since the Syphon Filter<\/em> series on PlayStation 2. Despite releasing to mixed\u00a0reviews from critics, Days Gone<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has become a beloved game in the eyes of the audience, building a substantially strong following among PlayStation’s hardcore fan base. Sony has never officially released Days Gone<\/em> sales figures but it sold reasonably well\u00a0given it was the\u00a0best-selling PlayStation Store exclusive and ranked on the NPD top 20 best-selling games of the year for 2019\u00a0in the US.<\/p>\n

There has been no\u00a0word about a potential Days Gone<\/em> sequel on PS5 from\u00a0either Sony or Bend Studio\u00a0and it’s not likely there’ll be one anytime time but all signs seem to point in that direction – particularly\u00a0when Bend Studio just released a PS5 update for\u00a0Days Gone<\/em><\/a>, adding support for 60 FPS and 4K resolution. For Days Gone 2<\/em> to surpass the original both critically and commercially and make the IP a household name for the PlayStation brand, Bend Studio\u00a0must double down on what made the game unique: Hordes, government conspiracy, and the supernatural.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Artist Creates Awesome PS5 Game Covers for God of War Ragnarok, Days Gone Sequel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Often described as Sons of Anarchy<\/em> meets The Walking Dead<\/em>, Days<\/em> Gone<\/em> felt like a\u00a0relatively\u00a0standard open-world zombie game, meaning that for everything it did right, it\u00a0didn’t\u00a0exactly push either genre forward. Where Days Gone<\/em>\u00a0truly started to shine came in the form of Hordes, an endgame activity where large groups of Freakers would roam the open-world as a single collective pack and took strategy and a lot of firepower to take down. In the pre-release marketing for Days Gone<\/em><\/a>, it came across as just another zombie game only with more enemies on screen, struggling to translate\u00a0the exhilarating feeling of turning a corner\u00a0to find\u00a0a Horde roaming in the wild or the stress of running out of ammo as they close in from all sides.<\/p>\n

Days Gone<\/em> was one of those games that did most thing well enough but nothing great; jack of all trades but master of none. From issues with performance to numerous bugs, bland side-characters and\u00a0villains, and mediocre gunplay, Days Gone 2<\/em> on PS5<\/a> needs to tighten the core experience and focus on what it does well and what makes it unique. While Days Gone<\/em> doesn’t need to go the direction of the Dead Rising<\/em> series, Bend Studio should double down on the concept of Hordes and utilize the power of the PS5 to give players something they’ve never experienced before. Not to mention, the ending of Days Gone<\/em> set up\u00a0new threats that could make next-gen Hordes\u00a0even more terrifying that the first time the Saw Mill Horde attacks.<\/p>\n

Warning: MAJOR STORY SPOILERS<\/strong>\u00a0ahead for the ending of\u00a0Days Gone<\/em><\/a>. Throughout the main story, players learn that two years prior, a virus spread across the globe killing millions of people and turning millions more into violent, ravenous zombie-like creatures called Freakers. It’s later revealed the virus was created in a lab by NERO and that the virus (and Freakers)\u00a0is\u00a0evolving, making the creatures stronger, faster, and harder to stop. At the end of the game, Deacon St. John is contacted by NERO scientist O’Brian one last time who reveals that NERO have always known about the virus ability to mutate, that he has been infected with a strain that make him an intelligent Freaker, and that NERO are coming.<\/p>\n

What began as a story about a biker searching for his presumed dead wife in an apocalypse soon became a mystery thriller about an outbreak that was created and covered up by the government. Deacon spends a decent amount of time in the campaign helping O’Brian research the Freakers, and slowly bigger threats and the idea of mutation comes into play. By the end of the game, NERO is behind everything, they’re coming to Oregon presumably to wage some sort of war, and the virus is now at a level where anyone can become infected and turn into a human\/freaker hybrid super soldier.\u00a0Super soldier Freakers\u00a0could be going a little too far into wacky territory but learning more about NERO’s plans and\u00a0them\u00a0coming in as a potential new\u00a0threat to fight\u00a0on top of Freakers, new evolutions of the virus (like Bloaters from The Last of Us) and bandits could make\u00a0the story of Days Gone 2<\/em>\u00a0very interesting.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Days Gone Gets 25GB Patch Ahead of PS5 Launch<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sequels often focus on being bigger and better than the original and most of the time, that ends up with an entry that forgot what made the original beloved in the first place.\u00a0Days Gone<\/em> hinted at a much larger world and set up some exciting story threads for a sequel to explore, which is why the idea of a government coverup, scientific experiments, and the virus evolving into something supernatural and out of control is a smart direction for the team to explore. But it’s characters that drive narrative and Days Gone 2<\/em> needs to prioritize those smaller, more intimate stories and relationships if it wants players to become invested. There’s a reason why shows like The Walking Dead<\/em>\u00a0or Game of Thrones<\/em> became so successful or why The Last of Us Part 2<\/em>\u00a0won Game of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the month, it was announced that\u00a0Bend Studio lost two of its creative leads<\/a> and industry veterans, Jeff Ross and John Garvin. Ross served as Game Director on Days Gone<\/em> and as a designer on Syphon Filter<\/em>, Resistance<\/em>, and more, while Garvin was the writer and creative director for Days Gone<\/em> and Syphon Filter<\/em>. For better or worse, Bend Studio is now in the position to give a voice to new creative leads and foster the next-generation of the studio, and that could be just what Days Gone 2<\/em> needs in order to reach its full potential.<\/p>\n

Days Gone<\/em><\/strong> is available now on PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n

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