If you’re a video game enthusiast like me, then you must be aware of the E3 conference going on in LA. E3 is the world’s biggest expo on everything related to video games. Recently one of the Studios of Sony presented a game which re-imagines the role of a motorcycle in a Video game. The game about which we are talking about is “Days Gone”. The game is an action-adventure game, which features the protagonist named Deacon St. John, who is a former motorcycle gang member and an outlaw. The twist in the game is the Zombie Apocalypse, which killed a lot of people throughout the world, including Deacon’s girlfriend and most of his gang. Having suffered the loss of his near and dear ones, Deacon along with his close friend, now have to survive a post-apocalyptic Oregon, which is the high desert of America. To make things interesting, along with the journey, they have their most valuable tool, their bike.
Your custom bike in the Game is the centre point of the whole situation. You will have to upgrade it using new parts, you will have to refuel it and even protect it from potential thieves. The bike is a cross between something of like an X-Diavel and a dual sport like Honda CRF 450L, It much miles on the highway and the long travel suspension and off-road tyres, make transversing through the wilderness easy. The bike is an excellent means of protection against the “Freakers”, who is a hoard of fast running Zombies with deadly attacks.
You will start your game with 1 bike and you will end the game with it as well. The Developer of the game, SIE Bend Studio, claims that the kind of importance, the bike has, it can be considered as a character in itself. Since it is a post-apocalyptic world so replacing damaged parts for the bike isn’t as easy as it is today. For that, the user will have to travel through the dangerous highways of pacific mid-west America and salvage whatever part he can from broken down vehicles. Another thing to note is that the setting of the game isn’t set too far after the apocalypse, it’s hardly been 2 or 3 years since the disasters, so a lot of modern-day tools and batteries are still functional.
DAYS GONE is being referred to as the one of it’s kind. It will be powered by using Unreal Engine 4 which has previously been used in Games like Arkham Knight and Gears of war 4. The game is a PS4 exclusive and will release on 22 February 2019.
By: Yetnesh Dubey