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Official Tagline"

Dying Light is a post-apocalyptic first person survival horror video game developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on January 27, 2015 in North America and on January 28th, 2015 in Europe and Australia.^[2]^[1]

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Story

Official Description

"Dying Light is an action survival game presented in first-person perspective. The game is set in a vast and dangerous open world. During the day, you roam an urban environment devastated by a mysterious epidemic, scavenging for supplies and crafting weapons to help you defeat the hordes of mindless, flesh-hungry enemies the plague has created. At night, the hunter becomes the prey as the infected grow in strength and aggression - but even more lethal are the nocturnal, inhuman predators that leave their nests to feed. You will need to make use of all your skills and any available means to survive till dawn.
Official Website^[3]"

Summary

In the quarantined city of Harran, survivors of an outbreak fight to survive against aggressive zombie-like creatures known as "the Infected". The city, broken up into at least two factions' --- Runners and Bandits --- scramble to take what they can in name of their own groups survival when Kyle Crane, an "undercover operative", enters the infected zone and lands in the middle of their conflict.

Characters

Kyle Crane - Players will assume the role of Kyle Crane, an undercover operative sent to infiltrate the quarantine zone in the fictional city of Harran, and watch as the rules that govern our civilization crumble to dust.
Kadir "Rais" Suleiman - A political figure in Harran who goes AWOL when the GRE fail to save his brother, Hassan Suleiman, and the main antagonist of the game.
Harris Brecken - The leader of the runners who reside at The Tower.
Jade Aldemir - A runner and resident of Harran city who saves Crane from inevitable death upon his arrival in Harran.
Rahim Aldemir - Jade's younger brother and fellow runner.

Enemies

Over the course of Dying Light, the player will encounter a variety of Infected enemy types:

Biters - The common of infected and arguably the weakest during the day.
Virals - Infected populace that only begun to show the aggressive symptoms of the the infection. They maintain parts of their intelligence, but will attack survivors on sight.
Goon - another heavy enemy type, the goon wields a large concrete rebar and uses it to attack survivors with an AoE ground slam.
Toad - An infected enemy type that spits toxic venom at survivors, blinding them temporarily.
Screamer - An infected child that lurks inside buildings, typically places they lived. When they scream, they can disorient the player and attract other infected.
Bomber - An uncommon infected that has mutated a huge explosive growth on its chest that can cause damage to the player or other infected.
Demolisher - an uncommon and heavy enemy type; it has the strength to toss cars and debris at fair distances and crush concrete walls.
Volatile - An infected enemy type that only come out during the night. Volatile are broad-shouldered infected who's muscle and bone are exposed or sticking out. They use mandible-type jaws to attack their victims.
Night Hunter - Player character type infected that spawn from hives and attack survivors from above using tentacles. Their only known weakness is UV Light.

Quests

Story Quests

Side Quests

Challenges

Gameplay

Players travel through an expansive, open-world, urban environment scavenging for supplies, and crafting weapons. During the night, the infected become more active and dangerous. New enemies are also introduced at night, challenging the player to survive, introducing the new playing aspect of "The Hunter, becoming The Hunted".

Dying Light is a zombie-apocalypse-themed game set in an open world similar to South American slums and cities.^[4] Players traverse an expansive urban environment overrun by a vicious outbreak, scavenging the world for supplies and crafting weapons to defend against the growing infected population with a heavy focus on freerunning mechanics.^[5] Players also can customize the four characters in the game.

Combat in the game is predominantly melee-based, the majority of fighting is done using melee weapons. More than a hundred weapons can be used and players have the option to craft new weapons.^[6]

Dying Light contains a dynamic day and night cycle. During the day, the player has to go out and scavenge for supplies to send back to the safe zones. They can also set up traps, save random survivors, and make their way to airdrops. The infected are slow, apathetic, and easily visible, allowing the player to simply make their way past them, but their danger grows in numbers.^[7]

During the night, the infected transform into something much more dangerous. Without daylight, the senses of the infected become more acute and accurate. They gain the ability to sprint after the player and have increased damage, as well as the ability to jump and climb buildings like the player. In order for the player to avoid contact, they need to use their "Night Sense" to locate zombies in the dark to stay out of their way. If spotted and trying to escape their pursuers, the player can use distractions and traps to lower their numbers. Players can use sound to lure the zombies.^[8]

Multiplayer

Online multiplayer has been announced for up to 4 players in the co-op mode.^[9] It has also been confirmed that the game will offer asymmetrical multiplayer. There will be a pre-order exclusive game mode known as "Be the Zombie" that will allow the player to play as a zombie and join other players' worlds. ^[10] At EGX 2014, lead game designer Maciej Binkowski, revealed that there will be challenges throughout the world for players to engage in for experience. Two challenges were showcased with one being a fight to kill as many zombies as possible and the other being a race to an airdrop. ^[11] On October 1, 2014, Techland announced that there will be over 50 hours of gameplay.^[12]

Development

When development of Dying Light started in early 2012, reports claimed that Dying Light was originally a Dead Island sequel, but members from Techland later confirmed to Hardcore Gamer that the game is "an original title from its very beginning." Techland also did not agree with the creative vision of Dead Island and considered themselves "not in a very good business position" with Dead Island. Techland parted ways with publisher Deep Silver to begin development on Dying Light.^[13]^[14] Dying Light was originally planned to release in 2014.^[15] However, on May 8, 2014, Techland announced that the game was delayed till 2015 due to a "desire to innovate".^[16] At E3 2014, Techland announced that Dying Light would have a strong emphasis on role-playing. The game was first scheduled to be released in February, 2015, but later was announced that the release date was pushed back to January, 2015.^[17]^[18]

During Gamescom 2014, Techland officially unveiled a four player co-op mode.^[19] Within the trailer, Techland showed some of the customization options available.^[19] On October 28, 2014, Techland announced that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game have been cancelled. The decision was based on "thorough internal testing" that showed that the consoles could not handle the game properly. ^[20]

Techland originally aimed to deliver a 60 FPS frame rate on both PS4 and Xbox One. However, according to Senior Game Producer Adrian Ciszewski, Dying Light's frame rate will be locked at 30 FPS on consoles in order to be able to deliver native 1080p graphics, reduce input lag to minimum, as well as to provide a smoother and more gameplay-tailored performance. He considered 1080p/30 FPS "the optimal solution for Dying Light and all its gameplay features on consoles". Lead Game Designer Maciej Binkovski has announced that the day cycle will last for approximately 64 minutes, while the night cycle will last for approximately 7 minutes. When asked about the short nighttime, Binkovski said "I've seen a grown man cry during the night, so yeah, 7 minutes is definitely enough". ^[21]

Critical Reception

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Trivia

The cinematic announcement trailer features the song "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid.
A whole day in the game is 64 minutes in real life. The night time is 7 minutes.