

On the other hand, it’d be martial law essentially.


The Peacekeepers would also be more willing to work with us in the future. Water from the tower would be handed out to residents for free, windmills erected, and the Infected threat pushed back. If we decided to align with them, kill off Joe and Jack, the district would become a more peaceful and orderly place. At this point, trotting out Avellone is shorthand for “We’re taking our writing seriously.” That’s the only conclusion I can draw from having Chris Avellone be the one to announce the game at Microsoft’s E3 press conference Sunday. The story is key though, and Techland knows it. It felt a bit like Mirror’s Edge or Prince of Persia, trying to work out pa route to get from ground to rooftop without falling to your death. We were also shown a “Parkour Puzzle,” as Techland calls it, this one inside a water tower. For instance, you can now swing on ropes, slide down billboards, and even wall-run. There’s a lot I could talk about here, including even more options for melee combat and traversal than the previous game. Techland seems to have heard the feedback. It hits all the beats it’s ‘supposed’ to hit and nothing more.”Ī year later, The Following expansion made good on some of Dying Light’s promise, with a much more interesting conceit (sentient volatiles!) and more personality for protagonist Kyle Crane. As I said at the time: “It’s not even a bad story, but it’s predictable from start to finish. But it was a great game with a fairly weak story.
