A motorcycle, a horde of the undead, and the empty roads of Oregon after the collapse, that is the backdrop of Days Gone.

With no gut ranking here, the profile reads criterion by criterion, and it draws a mid-table game. The desert island, the feel of a controller, the art style, rediscovery, everything hovers around average. Decent, no spark. But three lines pull downward: fun struggles, ahead of barely a fifth of games, the soundtrack stays low, and above all connection crumbles, right at the bottom of the table. The story of a polished world you cross without ever really clinging to it.

That is the fate of many post-apocalyptic open worlds released in the shadow of giants. Against a The Last of Us that breaks you, Days Gone offers a solid journey, a believable mood, but the emotion never bites as hard. The biker keeps his distance.

So, for whom? For you if you love to ride, manage your survival, feel a constant threat in a coherent open world. Much less if you expect a strong bond with the characters or a soundtrack that follows you once the controller is down.