In an interview with MP1st, Lead Level Designer Piotr Pawlaczyk said that for Dying Lying 2, "Parkour has many improvements. Techland has said that players will be able to hone Aiden's skills to their playstyle, with a focus on either combat, parkour or crafting - though you will be able to mix things up a bit. Thanks to Aiden's brutal combat abilities and athleticism, he's a commodity in this world and so factions are itching to get him on their side as the city teeters on the brink of collapse due to a water shortage. It's up to the player whether Aiden focuses on his own goal or decides to help rebuild The City. Taking place 20 years after the events of the first game, and 15 years after the apocalypse, Dying Light 2 introduces a new protagonist, Aiden Caldwell, who is an infected survivor (best of both worlds, eh?) seeking to uncover the truth about his past and find his sister - a search that leads him to The City. The City has has been divided into regions and is set to be four times larger than in the original game, with three factions (Peacemakers, Renegades and Nightrunners) all vying for control. Stay Human is set in Villedor (AKA The City), a huge urban area in Europe that is the last bastion of humanity. The trailer closes with lead game designer Tymon Smektala and animation director Dawid Lubryka detailing some final points, such as the need for thousands of new animations to help the gameplay run much smoother than before.ĭying Light 2, like its predecessor, is set in a post-apocalyptic open world, plagued zombie-like infected and ruthless survivors.
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We also see traversal items such as a parachute and grappling hook weave into combat moves, which should mean that your options in how to approach fights will be greatly expanded in Dying Light 2. For some reason, we imagine the zombies will be the least of our worries this time around. Human enemies look to be a much greater threat in the sequel, too, many of which have formed their own gangs. One shot features the player character using a zipline hundreds of feet above ground level, with several buildings littering the near and far distance. The sense of scale is greatly expanded here, too. Focusing on the setting of Villedor, the trailer gave us a more better glimpse at the world of Dying Light 2, and it's a good sight more colorful than the original game.ĭying Light 2 looks to maintain the original game's unbroken first-person narrative, but we can already tell characters are much more emotive here, which should hopefully lead to an all-round more believable story. The Gamescom 2021 Xbox Stream kicked off with a brand new trailer for Dying Light 2, and it was a substantial one at that. Unfortunately, we've realized for us to bring the game to the level we envision, we need more time to polish and optimize it." "It is by far the biggest and the most ambitious project we've ever done. The game is complete and we are currently playtesting it." Pawel Marchewka, Techland CEO, says that "the team is steadily progressing with the production and the game is nearing the finish line. However, in September 2021, Techland announced that Dying Light 2 had been delayed once again, this time to February 2022. While Techland remained tight-lipped about Dying Light 2 details for over a year after the delay, we finally got confirmation of the sequel's new release date during the Dying 2 Know live stream on May 27: December 7, 2021.
However, in January 2020, developer Techland announced that the game was delayed - with no new release window given. It will also be available on Nintendo Switch through cloud streaming.ĭying Light 2 was announced at E3 2018, with an initial release date set for sometime in early 2020.
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Dying Light 2 will release on Februfor PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PS5, following yet another delay.