2019-05-01+Official+PlayStation+Magazine+-+UK+Edition

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THE JOURNEY, NOT THE DESTINATION

Deacon hears of a young girl holed up in an abandoned town. Unfortunately, he’s not the only one...

hissafehouse.Followingthescout

backtotheircampandeavesdropping

confirmsthata largegroupofraiders

havedesignsonDeacon’sdomicile.

Atthispoint,youcouldgoinall

gunsblazingandwastea lotof

preciousammo...andpossiblyattract

theattentionofwhateverFreaker

hordemaybejustwakingupatthat

timeofnight.Inthepost-apocalypse,

stealthgenerallymakesthemost

sense.Pressing 8 , wesurveythe

scenewithourbinoculars.Everytime

wegeta raiderinoursights,wemark

themwithiinordertotrackthem

andalsogeta senseofhowawareof

ourpresencetheybecomeasweskulk

aroundthecamp.Deaconspendsa lot

oftimeintheraininourhands-on

butthepresentpitter-patterofthe

onthetrailofcorpsesyou’veleft
inyourwake.Ortheymaynot.
Theymaybenonetoobrightbut
theirunpredictabilitymakes
thema forcetobereckonedwith.
Humansareanothermatterentirely.
Humans,likeourlatestbounty,
Leon,aresmart.They’lltrytohide,
forstarters.Leonexpendedtoomany
ofhisbulletsontheroadandlostthe
ensuinggunfight,tearingawayinto
thesurroundingwoods.Comingtoa
forkintheroad,Deaconcantrackhis
movementswith. Intermittent taps
of the stick highlight foot prints,
blood spatter, and other areas of
interest, such as crafting supplies.
Leon can run, but he can’t hide.
In the big, bad world of Days Gone
other humans set up camps and
ambushes. For instance, early on
Deacon realises someone’s watching

dynamic weather system proves to be

an asset as it disguises our footsteps.

Crawling in and out of cover, we

slowly work our way through the

camp, taking down lookouts and

keeping an eye on patrols. Thankfully

the latter don’t deviate too much

from a pretty set path and the former

don’t seem to notice when their

fellow raiders start to go missing this

early in the game. Each marauder

camp like this presents its own

challenge, and once cleared can act as

a fast travel point for Deacon.

FULL THROTTLE

Sometimes there’s no time for stealth.

As we’re travelling between

01

DeaconuseseverythingBoozerhastaught
himabouttrackingtopickupthesurvivor’s
trail.Asshewillneedfreshwatereveryday,like
anyhumanwould,it makessenseforDeaconto
starthissearchbytheriverside.

04

After a tense first meeting, we persuade
the girl to come with us to... the relative
safety of somewhere that isn’t here. But on our
way out of her boarded-up home, we find the
town is suddenly crawling with Freakers.

02

Deaconfollowsherfootstepsthrough

buildings,notingthatmovingatnightwould

beriskybutthedarknesscoupledwithhersmall

staturewouldmakeherhardertosee.She’s

clearlysmarttohavesurvivedthislong.

05

We get through the Freakers in one piece.

You can sneak past or stealth-kill plenty of

enemies but that’s unlikely to work on the infected

bear now sniffing around our bike. We’d better

start running. Wish us luck!

03

Mid-trail,Rippers– anunpleasant

apocalypticcultwithanadmittedlynifty

linein scarification– descendonthetown,loudly

announcingtheirownintentionstofindthegirl.

Wedon’tallowthemtofeelwelcome.

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And then, after all that, Deacon and the

poor girl are beset by marauders –

unfriendly humans – who are camping out in an

underground tunnel. It’s a good job we still have a

few Molotov cocktails left in our armoury...

DAYS GONE