Witha name that sounds like a 1970s aftershave to place in your cabinet alongside a bottle of Sex Panther, Deacon St John’s a character it would be too easy to overlook.
The ex-soldier turned Mongrels biker gang enforcer is that rare thing in a modern game: a working-class hero. A school dropout who never attended college, Deacon learned his life lessons the hard way: down the barrel of a gun in Afghanistan. He’s not a rich kid with daddy issues who’s become a treasure hunter. It’s his background that makes Deacon such an interesting character. Over Days Gone’s 60-hour playtime his layers are peeled away like the skin of an onion, one layer at a time, until we’re teary eyed and retching. Days Gone demonstrates why it’s important not to judge a book by its time-worn cover.