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Dying Light Critique - Nearly Phenomenal

Dorkaxe

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My in-depth look at the first Dying Light. Dying Light is an open-world zombie survival horror game developed by Techland. What began as a successor to Dead Island turned into something far more ambitious during the early stages of development. Dying Light, to me, is a nearly phenomenal game.

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0:00:00 Attention Grabber
0:00:47 Intro
0:03:10 Immersive
0:06:04 Visuals/Sound Design/Setting
0:12:33 Parkour/Safe Zones/HUD
0:21:19 Doors
0:24:14 Traps
0:28:09 Looting/Inventory/Difficulties/Crafting
0:33:16 Looting/Weapons/Scaling/lockpicking
0:39:08 Combat/Weapons/Equipment
0:44:02 Progression/Shops
0:46:20 Leveling/Skill Tree
0:53:48 Enemy Design/Online Invasions
1:05:22 Never Ending First Days/Open-World Start
1:08:35 Airdrops
1:12:02 Biggest Disappointment in the Game
1:20:21 Open-World Quests/Content
1:27:35 Side-Quests
1:43:08 DLC - Bozak/Prison/Hellraid
1:49:16 Story
2:08:37 DLC - The Following
2:28:42 Conclusion
2:30:30 Outro

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20 Comments

@Dorkaxe Creator 4 years ago (edited) Pinned

I have no idea why, but the cutscenes in the game ended up looking like shit, frame dips and quality dropping significantly. I don't remember that happening when playing, only watching the recording, so I don't know what happened. Sorry if it annoys anybody I suppose. Also, SPOILER DOWN BELOW

I should have put text on screen at 1:59:08, but yes, Rais wasn't lying, the GRE were trying to weaponize the virus, I just meant he could have easily been lying to Crane when he said it.

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@hyperdimensionbliss 2 years ago

I think the main reason all weaponry is disabled in safe zones is because there's a thematic element where no longer having your weapon drawn or throwables ready mechanically tells the player that they can be at ease there. It's genuinely safe, with no chance of a sudden combat situation outside of story/dialogue prompting one.

@colonel1003 3 years ago

1:58:20 Roger Craig Smith has the most sarcastic voice I’ve ever heard and the writers knew this which is probably why most of Crane’s lines are either sarcastic or snarky. I honestly expected him to say “well he’s dead” after he snapped Rahim’s neck but my God, I got the best cutscene in the game instead.

@JosephBallin320 1 year ago

35:34 when your controller vibrates during a Dying Light lockpick, one side of the controller will vibrate more than the other to tell you which direction to move the lockpick

@Homiecheese227 3 years ago

One of my favorite things about this game is how it feels so responsive like when I hit a zombie, you, your character and the zombie react in a way that feels like you actually hit a zombie.

@disbot3482 4 years ago

The last event for dying light actually gives a explanation to what happened to the tower as after a while when crane didn't make contact or arrive, they decided to leave Harran somehow.

@JohnSmith12134 4 years ago

Alfies second quest searchlights actually puts new light traps around the Tower. The Gardening book has a farm started on the roof of the tower.

@reaper8264 2 years ago

I agree with the human character. they're like made of solid steel when you kick them or do anything. Like Crane has enough force in his kick that can destroy heads and you're telling me it does nothing to them or the fact the only way to stun is the slide kick.

@urbiznesnunuv6938 3 years ago

By the time you get to Old town In the story rais has made a offer that anyone who kills crane will be offered Antizin, that’s the reasoning for hostile survivors tbh.

@TheFawse 3 years ago

The best thing about Dying Light, more than the amazing parkour system, weighty, realistic combat, genuine anxiety about nighttime, or great voice acting, is the atmosphere. The sound design, environmental design, contrast between day and night, and just the general look and feel of this game is unmatched to this day. I haven’t played DL2 yet (just bought it, a friend and I are wrapping up our playthrough in the Following right now and then we will), but the thing I already mourn the most is the loss of the gritty, apocalyptic vibe of the original

@DragonBallG69 2 years ago (edited)

I like the ambiance in this game. If u just stand and observe you can hear the sound of blowing gusts of wind, objects clattering around in the distance, trees and foliage swaying violently, particles in the air, it’s all just fantastic and lends an excellent sense of movement to the world, which compliments the immersion of embodying Kyle, and the fluidity of the zombie physics very nicely. Nothing quite feels like Dying Light. It’s a combination of many different things complementing one another.

@Largentina. 4 years ago (edited)

My favorite videogame ever made, along with Risk Of Rain 2. I seem to love co-op games with tons of mobility options and interesting ways of using time/difficulty.

@STAXXX313 4 years ago

The biggest problem is they expected to be a mixture of Andrew Ryan and Vaas but they failed miserably.

@paytonsurber8272 2 years ago

The lock picking mini game is easier than you might think. There is a sound cue like a click every time you put pressure on the lock with the pick out of position. The lockpick health drains faster the longer you try and rotate this. However, lockpick health can be completely reset by just exiting the lock and then picking it again. Also you can just spam rotate until the clicking sound stops. Now you can get through the entire game with one lockpick.

@thegifting267 3 years ago

1:54:00 We keep one thing of antizin, but i’m pretty sure it’s completely forgotten by the storytellers. The one antizin we got could’ve been used on Jade or her brother to stop them from turning, which kind of ruins the moment of them dying.

@beansfebreeze 4 years ago

Quick tip: goons and demolishers go down very quickly and very quietly to bow/crossbow headshots if you don't feel like slogging through melee or making an absolute ton of noise

@xeno1019 2 years ago

I’ve sunk so many of my hours into dying light from 2015 to now. I’ll never forget the fun and memories this game brought me, it shall go down in gaming history as a damn near masterpiece of a zombie game

@thedrawen2099 2 years ago

1:13:10 oh boy, he doenst know that DL2 had less functions than DL1 💀

@doddood5516 3 years ago (edited)

Im pretty sure the reason brecken never does anything is that he becomes epileptic after rais men kick his ass

@jacedal 1 year ago

31:06 this was actually a feature in the release versions of Dying Light, it would display a prompt asking if you would like to return to your inventory as it was before you got your items taken. For some inexplicable reason this was removed in a later update.