'' Days Gone '' is an action-adventure survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic open world , played from a third-person perspective . The player controls Deacon St. John ( Sam Witwer ) , a former U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division Afghanistan War veteran outlaw-turned-drifter and bounty hunter who prefers life on the road to wilderness encampments . The game takes place two years after a global pandemic occurred which killed almost all of humanity , and transformed millions of others into " Freakers " , mindless nocturnal zombie-like creatures that are quickly evolving . In the E3 2016 stage demo , two types of " Freakers " were revealed , Newts and Hordes . In the E3 2017 stage demo , infected animals such as bears and wolves were revealed to also comprise the " Freakers " , and human enemies are revealed to be featured in the game as well
E3 2016
E3 2016
Days Gone