The more I think about Dying
Light, the more impressed I am with the end product of the game. I
was never excited for Dying Light. If anything, I rolled my eyes at
the thought of having to play another game based upon a zombie
apocalypse. I think Techland was well aware of the genre fatigue
they were entering, and instead of making a game very similar to that
of their previous Dead Island games, decided to breathe fresh air
into a stale genre.
The first noticeable thing
about Dying Light is that it is a solid game that works. In the past
few months many games have come out broken or flawed, in need of
hefty patches before being playable. Dying Light burst out of the
gate with all its mechanics intact and ready to roll. I've seen
people report bugs and glitches, but in my over twenty hours with the
game, I have yet to encounter any major problems.
To me, Dying Light was a
unique game. The dichotomy of day and night in the game is striking.
When the sun shines over Harran, fear is the last feeling I would
use to describe Dying Light. Even with the hundreds of zombies that
hunt you, you don't always feel underpowered during the day and
escape is never all that difficult. But, when the game transitions
to night, the word fear is all I have to describe the game. Dying
Light purposefully and deliberately strips you of the upper-hand with
far quicker and more powerful foes and running seems the best and
only option. This complete change in mechanics forces players be on
their toes the second that sun looks like it is dipping below the
horizon. Dying Light never lets you fully fall into a rhythm before
it changes the rules on you completely and I love that. I was never
bored with the game, because my safety was always fleeting and time
was always of the essence.
Four days ago, it was
tweeted from the official Dying Light Twitter that “over 1,200,000
unique players” had played that game. This impressive number and
the ambiguous ending of the game gives reason to believe that we
could see a Dying Light Two within the next couple years. I believe
that if the game stays on the same path and elaborates on all the
things that made Dying Light great and unique, a second iteration of
this apocalypse could be nothing short of spectacular.
Source : Geekspective
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