The GAMbIT crew got a look at Days Gone during a presentation at E3. And aside from God of War, this one really snuck up on me. Honestly, mixing the zombie apocalypse (of sorts) with the sort of Sons of Anarchy biker club feel to the characters is a bit odd. But I was certainly impressed by it.
Deacon St. John (Sam Witwer) is a drifter turned bounty hunter, and during the presentation we watched as he hunted down a former brother 2Dog. Things go haywire when he runs into Gollum a zombie, scaring 2Dog off.
Their brief fight (once Deacon catches up to him) ends by kicking off the most impressive parts of the demo; THOUSANDS of the story’s rage zombies show up, tearing 2Dog to shreds and putting Deacon on the run.
The devs fired nearly a thousand rifle rounds into these things over the course of the demo, the vast majority kill shots, and they did nothing to stem the tide.
To have that many NPC’s going at once and handle their AI at the same time in the way they seem to have done is no mean feat. They’re always running, always finding a way around obstacles, always hounding Deacon throughout the entire segment. I’d definitely keep an eye on this one.
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