Dying Light

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Dying Light is a first-person action horror game with the elements of survival. It is a first part of the Dying light series followed by Dying Light 2. The game is set in the open-world environment of fictional Harran city. Players are offered to assume the role of an undercover agent Kyle Crane who has been sent in the quarantine zone. His mission is to find the rogue politician Kadir "Rais" Suleiman lost somewhere in the infected giant city. On the way to achieving the goal, Kyle will meet other survivors, who desperately try to stay alive among zombies. The chief game mechanic is running the generators and turning on streetlights throughout Harran to make another part of the map accessible and safe at nighttime. The game features day/night time cycles that change the game remarkably: the action becomes fast-paced, and all the infected people turn into dangerous zombies. Therefore, the gameplay is based on armed combat against mutants and Kyle’s sneak and parkour skill for preventing it.

Release Date

Jan 27, 2015

Metacritic Score

74

Rating

Achievements Count

488

DLCs

5

Play Time

17.5 hours

Games in Series

1

ESRB

Mature 17+: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language

System Requirements

Minimum:

  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
  • HDD: 40 GB

Recommended:

  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 290 (2GB VRAM)
  • HDD: 40 GB

Interesting Facts

  • The game’s story follows an undercover agent named Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a Middle-eastern city called Harran.
  • It features an enemy-infested, open-world city with a dynamic day–night cycle.
  • The gameplay is focused on weapons-based combat and parkour, allowing players to choose fight or flight when presented with dangers.
  • The development of the game began in early 2012.
  • Dying Light is a survival horror video game played from a first-person perspective.
  • The majority of the game’s combat utilises melee weapons, with more than 100 weapons and over 1000 weapon possibilities through crafting and customisation.
  • The game features a four-player cooperative multiplayer mode which allows players to explore Harran and complete the campaign together.
  • A multiplayer feature included is a game mode known as “Be the Zombie” that allows the player to play as a particularly strong and fast infected mutant called the “Night Hunter” and invade other players’ servers.
  • In the fictional Middle Eastern city of Harran, a mysterious viral outbreak has turned most of the population into hyper-aggressive zombie-like creatures, forcing Harran’s Defence Ministry to quarantine parts of the city.
  • Parkour is an important part of the game.

Mod Support

Yes

Cheats support

Yes

Microtransactions

Yes

Contains Game/Battle Pass

Yes

Cross-Play

Yes

Virtual Reality Support

Yes

Number of maps

3

Third/First Person

First person

Platforms

Linux macOS Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

Genres

Action-AdventureAdventureRPG

Game Engine

Chrome Engine 6

Protagonist sex

Male

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