Topic: What Genre would you say Days Gone belongs to?

I've got into a stupoid argument with someone on the comments of an article. He claims Days Gone is a survival game, I claim it is not. Surival action, maybe, but not survival. Fair play to him, he's sticking to his guns. SO I wanted to throw this question open to get a consensus. In your opinions, is Days Gone a survival game?

It’s blatantly an action game with survival elements. Or a survival game with action elements. You’re both wrong and right. Congratulations!

I will say the survival elements (in terms of resource management) are more significant on the higher difficulties. In this sense it leans towards traditional survival horror games. Don’t mix games like Resident Evil up with Don't Starve.

I'd lean more towards the former, rather than the latter, but you raise some valid points. Personally, I do not think the crafting anywhere near as involved as a survival games systems. At no point do you need to worry about shelter or food. The presence of crafting alone does not a survival game make.

Nearly every open world game has "survival elements"; so just open world action-adventure.

It’s a survival game because it tests how long you can survive listening to Deacon before you turn the game off.

@PossibLeigh so what makes Resident Evil a survival horror game? That doesn’t have deep crafting but it essentially created the genre.

I think you are assuming the person you’re arguing with is suggesting Days Gone is a straight up survival sim game, clearly it is not, but it absolutely has traditional survival horror elements.

To be honest I may struggling to remember exactly what the chap originally said, so maybe he can enlighten us, but it was along the lines of Days Gone being a survival game.
Here's my stance; Survival game = broad crafting systems, bodily function simulation (hunger, thirst etc.) & consequences upon death.
Survival Horror games = limited resources, psychological horror / terror (music, jump scares, ambiance), more focused narrative / game structure.
They are different genres. Whilst Days Gone does take elements from both (light crafting, maintenance of your bike, some ambience etc...), It has many more elements of the genre it does belong to; open world action (an open world, obs, minimal consequence for death, a day / night cycle, abundant weapons and a more open quest structure).
So that's where I'm coming from.

@PossibLeigh so there you go, it’s an action game with survival horror elements. Although I played it on the harder difficulty and it certainly felt more survival horror sometimes than action in the earlier hours.

Yes, so not a survival game, which was the point. I didn't actually get to take down a horde before my PS now free sub ran out, so I may go back to it one day. If there's ever not anything new to play.