Although Sony’s upcoming zombie-survival exclusive raised tremendous excitement among gamers at its announcement, much of the hype surroundingDays Gonehas fizzled since. While that can mostly be attributed toDays Gone’s numerous delays, anticipation for the game may begin to rise again thanks to new promotional material. This week, Sony Bend released the “Fighting to Survive” trailer, which details combat against the undead, humans, and wildlife.
Dubbed “freakers”, the zombies inDays Gonecan be found in small, substantial, and even “horde” groups. In acomparison made to28 Days Later,Days Gone’s Creative Director John Garvin revealed that both small and horde freaker groups live in the open-world ecosystem, meaning players can find where a group of freakers sleep, feed, etc.
“Swarmers” are a sub group within the freakers and are given their name because they rarely travel alone. Most of the time they travel in groups of 2 or 3, but they do occasionally form hordes. “Screamers” are not a threat alone, but can be extremely dangerous since their screams easily attract freaker hordes.
While little is known about them, the video also teases Breakers, which seem to be massive, muscular freakers that will be terribly difficult to take down; and Newts, which are described as “opportunists” and are only hostile if threatened.
Despite its focus on freaker hordes, the newDays Gonetrailer does give fans more information on other gameplay features like scavenging for ammo and melee combat. Players will also have the ability to slow down time with “Combat Focus,” which looks very similar to the combat system inHorizon: Zero Dawn.
After a strong year of exclusives in 2018, Sony is looking toDays Goneto be the PS4’s frontrunner of 2019. However, multiple delays have plagued the game, and hype surrounding the game is not near where it used to be. But if Sony continues to release more videos like this one and theRiding the Broken Road trailer, an open-world zombie-survival game does have the potential to break Sony sales records.
Days Goneis set to release exclusively on PS4 on June 02, 2025.
