Stephanie Burdo from The Koalition writes:
"After spending countless hours grinding in Techland’s new open-world zombie game, Dying Light, I found myself feeling an overwhelming sense of deja vu. With a fair amount of similarities to Dead Island, it occurred to me time and time again— does this qualify as a new I.P? Or am I simply replaying Dead Island for third time? After a lot of deep thinking and comparing the two titles, I finally found my answer. Dying Light is the intelligent, better-looking older brother and Dead Island is the sociopath younger sibling who eats glue and farts in public."
The Retouched update for Dying Light that improves graphical features has been released; here's how it compares with the Enhanced Edition.
I remember playing this for the first time on the PS4 and it knocking me sick and hurting my eyes due to the horrible motion blur and FPS.
Played it a lot on pc a year later. Then again on ps5 once they dropped the 60fps update. I'll be giving it another go. Mad how they have kept updating this game for 10 years.
Hey Survivors! Tymon here, your favorite Dying Light Franchise Director.
It's been an absolutely wild month here at Techland! We're in the thick of what I'm calling the "Summer of Dying Light," delivering updates and big news across all three Dying Light games. Just a few weeks ago, we dropped the first gameplay for Dying Light: The Beast, revealed its release date, and kicked off pre-orders (if you haven't seen it, check out my last dev blog). I'm incredibly proud of what we're building with The Beast - it’s the culmination of more than 10 years of experience in open-world survival horror!
But here's the thing: we never forget where we came from. That's why, this week, we're not just looking forward - we're rolling out significant updates for both the original Dying Light and Dying Light 2: Stay Human. We promised to support our games for a long time, and we're committed to continuing that support, right through and beyond the launch of Dying Light: The Beast.
It has been more than ten years since Dying Light was released, but what happened to the $386,000 'My Apocalypse Edition' of the game?
Wtf did this edition come with ? A real helicopter and a real zombie virus ?
For one lucky person willing to spend $386,000, the My Apocalypse Edition of Dying Light promised a staggering collection. It included the buyer’s face in the game, a human-sized ‘Volatile’ statue, and parkour lessons with a freerunning team. It also came with night vision goggles, an all-expenses paid round trip to Techland’s offices, and four signed copies of the game. Oh, and it also came with a custom-built, ‘zombie-proof’ survival shelter.
LOL but it was a stunt from the team:
‘It was a PR stunt and got a lot of media attention for its wild and over-the-top nature, it was designed to generate buzz around the game’s release. It did a great job of getting the game noticed, though! But nobody purchased it – thankfully, I guess!’
Dead Island wishes it were Dying Light.
Having played both, I would definitely say Dying Light is the better game. The parkour gameplay alone far exceeded any and all expectations I had for how the character moves through the environment. The story has it's fair share of twists and turns too.
Dying light is truly one of the best games ive played of this gen. The game is just damn good. If you are into the zombies, crafting, hunting, etc this game is a must buy. The storyline is interesting, its a pretty difficult game (especially in the dark) and it offers a ton of value. The coop is one of the best ive ever seen(I am on Xbox One and it runs flawlessy, played with a group of friends last night). Its just a great game, such a pleasant start to 2015!
Dead Island couldnt even wash Dying Light's jock strap.
Dying Light is everything Dead Island SHOULD have been, but failed at.
Only when im near the water in the docks in the slumbs area it feels like dead Island a Little bit but not other than that.