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As Days Gone gets its PS5 remaster, it's only right that it gets a critical reevaluation too


Days Gone finally gets a native PS5 re-release, complete with some enhancements, so we ask if the game got judged too harshly on its initial release.

With practice, you can lean into the weight of the bike and roll an awful long way - paying attention to the topography of the forest roads ahead of you, and cutting corners if a steeper gradient offers you a natural boost to your speed. | Image credit: PlayStation / Eurogamer / Digital Foundry Zombie fiction has long been a libertarian's wet dream, and Days Gone is unapologetically American in embracing the genre's themes head on. Here, it lends truth to the idea that the map is littered with St John's memories - that he can't clear a zombie nest or travel a backroad without coming across a spot where he had a particularly good day, or a particularly bad one.

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