By Techland, the developers of Dead Island, comes Dying Light, another zombie game of them. I haven't played the Dead Island games, though this didn't stopped me by enjoying Dying Light for PC. Let's start with the good thinks the game has to offer (or at least some).
1)The game looks excellent.
2)Vibrant colors.
3)There is a nice day cycle. During night you gotta be more careful. The nights may be long 7 minutes, but in-game they don't feel that short.
4)The plot was interesting - not the best, but solid.
5)Some likable characters. From the campaign - Jade, Rahim, Crane, Bracken, from the side quests - Gazi, Jeff, Alfie, Fatin and Tolga.
6)The main quests are fun to do. The final level is awesome.
7)The side quests are also fun to do.
8)The parkour works excellent. You can climb almost everything you want.
9)Climbing antenna towers felt dangerous.
10)The game gets additional pluses for the final mission, when you're parkouring around.
11)Unlocking new skills rewards you. There isn't a skill, that feels unnecessary.
12)Climbing the bridge in the Slums is awesome.
13)The two main areas - Slums and Old Town do feel different from each other.
14)The dropkicks are awesome.
15)Plenty of weapons.
16)Killing zombies is a lot of fun.
17)Variety of enemies.
18)Lots of blueprints. I like their descriptions.
19)Throwing molotovs at zombies is really fun.
20)Throwing grenades at the zombies is also really fun.
21)The safe houses are different from each other.
22)It is fun to unlock new safe houses.
23)The battle journals are surprisingly worth collecting. They give you interesting tips for the game.
24)The notes are also a nice collectable.
25)Voice mails are also worthy to collect.
26)Entering some buildings made me feel kinda sad about what happened to the people trying to survive there.
27)Smooth gameplay.
28)I replayed the game more than once and I had lots of fun.
29)Huge fun factor.
There are probably more positive thing about the game. But why don't I dive into the things I don't like.
1)The overall AI, especially the human AI.
2)I wish more time could have been spent with characters from the main story like Brecken and Savvy.
3)I dislike some of the voice acting.
4)There was an arc of side quests where the quest givers were the brothers Tolga and Fatin. I was disappointed by the last quest.
5)I also disliked the end of the quest, where you do the Bozak challenges.
6)Some of the voice acting.
7)Some game mechanics.
Overall Dying Light is a super fun zombie video game. It has its flaws but from Bad 1 to Excellent 6 it gets VERY GOOD 5.25 - a little bit more than just VERY GOOD 5. I sure am trying Dying Light: The Following when it comes out.
