Days Gone Remastered
Days Gone Remastered is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Climax Studios. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
Days Gone Remastered is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 5AI review
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Hordes and motorcycle travel remain stronger than the campaign pacing.
Days Gone is at its best when a distant horde becomes a planning problem. Traps, explosives and escape routes matter, then improvisation takes over when the plan collapses. Fuel and maintenance give motorcycle journeys practical stakes, while forests, rain and controller feedback establish a strong road-trip atmosphere. Horde Assault concentrates those large encounters into repeatable scenarios. The campaign itself is less transformed: its extended opening and uneven missions remain, and melee lacks the flexibility of the best horde battles. Direct base-PS5 testing reports stable Performance-mode delivery and shorter loading pauses, not the complete removal of loading. New players willing to let the systems unfold can find substantial rewards; returning players should not expect a rewritten story structure.
Strengths
- Hordes reward preparation and improvised escape.
- Motorcycle travel and scenery establish atmosphere.
Weaknesses
- A slow opening delays the strongest encounters.
Who it is for: Patient open-world players interested in large-scale survival fights.
Play notes: Based on the 2025 native PS5 remaster; technical evidence explicitly concerns base PS5.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Horde Assault concentrates the strongest encounters, but the extended opening still weakens campaign momentum. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Hordes reward preparation and improvisation, while bike upkeep gives travel stakes; melee is less accomplished. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Scenery and riding feedback sustain a convincing road-trip atmosphere despite uneven storytelling. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stable reported base-PS5 performance supports horde control, with shorter rather than eliminated loading. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Sony InteractiveClimax Studios
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive
- Release date
- Apr 25, 2025
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- InvestigationSolo-friendlyReal-time CombatSlow BurnExplorationStory-drivenThird PersonLinear Levels3D GraphicsPuzzle SolvingMain Story 10–20 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideApr 25, 2025
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