2015’s Dying Mild was identified for its parkour, but additionally for the way it grew to become extra of a horror sport when the solar went down. Techland dialed again the stress for the sequel, making nighttime extra approachable. And in keeping with a Dying Mild 2 developer, the group might need overreacted with this variation.
Dying Mild 2’s newest replace brings again among the stress from the primary sport
Senior producer Michał Borecki spoke about this on a stream detailing the large new Good Night time, Good Luck replace for Dying Mild 2. Whereas explaining the adjustments, he admitted that the studio scaled again a bit an excessive amount of of the stress from the primary sport.
“We actually wished to carry again the night time from Dying Mild 1, however we sort of overdid it within the first model of [Dying Light 2],” mentioned Borecki. “So we tried to discover a stability between the scary darkish nights [of the first game] and the extra approachable nights in Dying Mild 2. We expect we’ve struck the stability [between both games].”
There are a number of ways in which Techland has introduced again the tenser ambiance of the unique. Volatiles, the large zombies with the bisected backside jaws, roam the streets and rooftops and supply a higher menace. There’s even a brand new optionally available filter that makes nighttime a bit darker. Borecki additionally mentioned the sound results and flashlight have been upgraded to make sneaking simpler.
The continued Bloody Nights occasion lets gamers check these new adjustments, too. It runs till July 13 and has gamers looting valuables at night time, which can get extra harmful as time passes.
Techland talked about how gamers averted nighttime within the first sport as a result of it was too harmful, one thing senior PR specialist Paulina Dziedziak repeated within the stream. Dying Mild 2 had zombies that may scream and begin a chase, however these enemies could possibly be averted and shaken comparatively simply. The change made nighttime extra manageable, however some complained that this was far much less fascinating than the primary sport, which shifted into extra of a horror sport with its roaming Volatiles that brought on gamers to play extra fastidiously.
The Good Night time, Good Luck replace accommodates a number of adjustments which can be in response to participant suggestions. Dying Mild 2’s parkour was criticized by followers of the primary sport, as many complained that it stopped the participant’s momentum and felt too floaty. This criticisms might be visualized although a video from YouTuber Noviex that makes use of Cheat Engine to show how the participant’s velocity is usually halted or diminished. This replace not solely provides extra air management, but additionally lets gamers hold their momentum extra simply and yields two parkour kinds — Bodily and Assisted — that take off or add assists.
