While not for everyone, especially those who loved Harran, there’s something about the gritty, deteriorating landscape of Villedor that leaves me really unsettled. It’s a gigantic world too, packed with plenty to see and do, as well as aesthetically being a winner. All of this while backed by Olivier Deriviere, whose music here often makes you feel like you can dropkick Atlantis back to the surface.
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It’s absolutely joyful to be able to use a zombie’s head as a starting block for a huge dive off a skyscraper before you glide along at the last minute, then use the grappling hook to zip along even longer. Parkour also feels like it’s been taken up several notches, with Dying Light 2 having the best traversal system seen in any video games not featuring webcrawlers. There’s also Barney, who you will no doubt look forward to abusing with the game’s more robust melee options at the earliest available opportunity. Lawan and Hakon are two of 2022’s best supporting characters, while there’s also plenty of interesting, sometimes devastating stories to be found around Villedor. Yes, the main villain may be the most video-gamey bad dude you could ever encounter, anime villain monologuing and all, but it’s the supporting characters that make you care. The most obvious improvement lies on the narrative side. But judging from how Techland supported the original game, they’re only really just getting started with Dying Light 2 - and what’s here already is still one of the most fun experiences of 2022.
That’s probably not what Techland were expecting. Whether it’s thanks to Elden Ring taking off a considerable amount of its sheen or its world perhaps not being as alive and reactive as first hoped, it’s a sequel that remarkably has less than half of the amount active players as the original on Steam at this time of writing. It’s not unfair to suggest that Dying Light 2 hasn’t been as universally beloved in the same way that its predecessor was.
Next up: the very belated, very good Dying Light 2. With this year wrapping up, we’re taking at look at the games that have stood on out in a jam-packed year.
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