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Days Gone is a better game when you take out Deacon’s motorcycleThe joys of photo mode

The joys of photo mode

A screenshot of Deacon sitting in his motorbike pose (but without the bike onscreen) in Days Gone

If there’s one thing I’ve discovered about my gaming habits over the last couple of years, it’s thatI love a good photo mode. Lining up the perfect shot of a particularly pretty bit of virtual scenery is all well and good, but my favourite photo modes are the ones that let me fiddle about with what’s onscreen, creating character poses and expressions that are totally incongruous with the rest of the scene. When a photo mode lets me tell my own version of events, I justcan’t help myself. Case in point:Days Gone’s photo mode might not be the best or most flexible one out there, but it is amuchfunnier game when you use it to make Deacon’s beloved bike invisible while he’s still sitting on it.

You can also make Deacon’s bike invisible, too. While he’s still sitting on it.

Like a lot of photo modes these days, Days Gone has various visibility settings, letting you remove certain characters or objects from a scene to benefit your photo… including Deacon’s bike.

A screenshot of Days Gone’s photo mode showing Deacon’s bike visibility enabled

Holy… YES.

A screenshot of Days Gone’s photo mode showing Deacon’s bike visibility disabled

I don’t know if the developers ever intended for their photo mode to be used (abused?) this way, but man alive it definitely makes Days Gone amuchmore interesting game. It also 100% makes up for the lack of additional poses you can put Deacon in, because honestly, what other pose could you possibly need when you have this brilliant mid-air squat?

Allow me to demonstrate:

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

OR, Deacon doing his best Freaker monster walk impression?

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

OR, Deacon letting one rip in the most obnoxious (and noxious) getaway ever?

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

Deacon riding his motorbike in Days Gone

OR, Deacon looking displeased that everyone’s spoiling his jumping in muddy puddles party?

A screenshot of Deacon riding downhill on his motorcycle in Days Gone

A screenshot of Deacon riding downhill on his motorcycle in Days Gone

OR: Deacon just had a terrible,terribleaccident?

A post-apocalyptic zombie survival game about a man who pretends to ride an invisible motorcycle around the mountains, on the other hand,thatgame I’d play for days.