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I love the first Dying Light. Kyle Crane is such an icon. The way he speaks, the parkour! It is intoxicating to play as Crane.

In Dying Light two, the developer for no reason replaces him with a generic unmemorable young man. I was so disappointed Many fans are disappointed.

Now, they are back to the original formula. I am excited again to play as Crane jumping off the roof into an open window.

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[–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I am sorry but Kyle Crane was a really bland character as well, I think in most of everyone thinks so as well. I don't think I have every seen a opinion/review that actually praised the main character or story of the first game.
And mind you, Dying Light 1 is one of my favourite games of all time.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe I am just noticing it more these days (see: Wuchang) but holy crap are the community manager originated "talking points" so ridiculously transparent while also being disturbingly effective.

Ain't NOBODY ever gave a shit about Kyle Crane. That is right up there with "The Iconic Hayden Pierce's Hat" in the ubi-verse.

That said: I would like it to be good but I still think 2's biggest mistake (aside from the hilariously bad story which... 1 wasn't much better) was that there just isn't that much water in the "parkour around zombie city" genre and all that wingsuits added was another case of being frustrated when we couldn't do something we should be able to do (the grappling hook in 1 had similar problems). And apparently they are going for 18 hours of story in Beast? That... is a bold move.

[–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, wingsuit ruined the second for me. You can literally fly across the map with having to parkour. I liked some of the parkour changes, but they alsmost don't want you to have to actually parkour in that game.

[–] wolfiedafloof@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love dying light. Played first one till the end. Nearly played the second one till the end and now this! :D Only sad part is that the company TenCent managed to grab this game and is sadly infecting it with some 'enshittification'. Hope tencent will leave them be in the future

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is endshittafication? You mean spyware? Tenent is a contest company. I won't be surprised if it is mandated by mainland China to have their software companies install bots in their app.

[–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

There is a Wikipedia page that explains what it is!

[–] druid74@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It generally means to degrade a product to maximize profits for shareholders. In this case, it is very likely to be done by locking content or quality of life features behind microtransactions. That is the usual trend with games made by developers after Tencent invests. Hopefully it will just be cosmetics, or just being able to unlock things easier then in game, but even that can be a slippery slope considering they may increase the grind required to absurd levels in order to push people to spend money.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The writer for dying light was let go for good reason and he was the main talent. This is why dying light two was so plain story wise because the replacement writer wasn't up to the task.

No reason to hype that the beast writer is up to the task also. Only time will tell.

[–] fistac0rpse@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Avellone

[–] barooboodoo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Sad that it got delayed but I have high hopes.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I hope it is good!!!