![]() ![]() I found myself jumping out of my seat with anxiety when the sun came down, and this time around it’s for a completely different reason - but it’s still just as intense. In the original, you didn’t want to be caught outside at night due to the crazy, difficult zombies you would meet. The best part here is how it plays into your gaming experience in a whole new way, which brings out one of the best parts of the sequel. ![]() One of the game’s core mechanics also making a return is the day and night cycle. As the name suggests “Stay Human” can play to the words in meaningful ways. With the sequel, there are a lot of story-focused details I won’t speak to or spoil but it’s important to know how important they are to the mechanics of the game. The most important aspect here though is that this is a zombie survival game through and through, and shares traits with games like Dead Rising and Dead Island. To me, EA and DICE’s Mirror’s Edge is at the forefront of the mechanics as you traverse the world in first person at a fast pace including climbing and jumping from building to building, which also may feel familiar to fans of Assassin’s Creed. For starters, let’s speak to some of these for newcomers to the series.ĭying Light is a hybrid action adventure title with mechanics that feel inspired by a number of games from a variety of genres. Like it’s predecessor, Dying Light 2 boasts an enormous open world, impressive and polished combat, sleek parkour traversal mechanics (which to me stands out as my favorite feature) and a ton of new components that I think can easily give you hundreds of hours “as advertised”. Without further delay, let’s talk about this ambitious sequel and if it’s worth your investment. ![]() With Techland committing to at least 5 years of content and support, this is an exciting time to be a fan of the series. But, also most importantly, the sheer love and dedication of the developers and the supportive community provided to this day, 5+ years later.ĭying Light 2: Stay Human shares the same traits so far. Something I feel is an expectation with the original Dying Light is there were always bugs, but for me, they were easily forgiven based on the rest of the game experience. During my initial time with the game, I had my share of challenges as many other reviewers did, but I want to stress that most of that has not affected my overall opinion of the game. ![]() Full disclosure, I was provided the code to review with a greater time to play before launch, so not all planned pre-launch and day 1 patches are in place. The most important factor here is, was the delay giving the developers the time they needed to get the game to where the fans hoped it would be? Seeing what happened during that launch scared me into worrying about Dying Light 2: Stay Human, and with the pandemic still in full effect some delays were expected. Seeing the first gameplay behind closed doors at E3 built a level of excitement that would slowly dwindle down as the time passed.Ĭomparing another highly anticipated game also shown at the same show behind closed doors, “Cyberpunk 2077” was where my head was going, and this didn’t bode well as a fan. As a fan of the original Dying Light and it’s enormous DLC “The Following” my expectations were through the roof. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about the various delays that have occurred since the initial reveal at E3 2019. Also On: PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC ![]()
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