Days Gone will see players taking on Freakers, a zombie-like foe, but, based on our recent hands-on time, there are some unique twists to the familiar pop culture enemy.

On this week’s episode of IGN’s weekly PlayStation show, Beyond!, Brian Altano tells host Jonathon Dornbush and Andrew Goldfarb about his time with Days Gone at PAX South. Watch the video above to see why Brian thinks the freaker horde is an intriguing, and intense, take on zombie enemies, and why Freakers actually are a bit distinct from your usual zombie foe.

If you enjoyed that conversation, be sure to watch this week’s full episode of Beyond!

This week, Jonathon and the panel, in addition to discussing Days Gone, breaks down their Resident Evil 2 impressions, the closed Dreams beta, and take a Trophy Test based on Sly Cooper.

And remember! Beyond has now moved publish days! You can find each week’s new episode of Beyond on beyond.ign.com on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET. 24 hours later each week, you can catch the full episode on YouTube, iTunes, and other podcast services.

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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN’s News Editor, PlayStation lead, and Beyond! host. Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.