When the original Dying Light launched at the beginning of 2015, the world was not in need of another zombie game. But at what was perhaps the peak of Walking Dead hype and the start of zombie burnout, Dying Light's parkour system made players sit up and take notice. Dying Light 2 aims to do that again by expanding and improving on the original game's fluid and physical movement system.
Techland's lead gameplay designer Bartosz 'Glova' Kulon tells us that some of the most dramatic additions to the original game's moveset haven't actually been all that hard to implement. It's getting moves - such as wall-running - to work with the rest of the motion system that's the real challenge.
"The wall-running itself is not that difficult," he explains. "You detect a wall-run surface, make the player stick to it, and play a good animation. The problem is that the surface could be a wall that also has ledges for climbing. So we have to avoid those ledges, because preventing wall-running on surfaces that aren't even would actually limit the move a lot."
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Techland has made the call to delay Dying Light 2: Stay Human into next year. The developer has taken to Twitter to reveal that the upcoming PC game will now release on February 4, 2022, explaining that the team needs more time to realise its ambition.
"The team is steadily progressing with the production, and the game is nearing the finish line," CEO Pawel Marchewka says. "The game is complete, and we are currently playtesting it. It is by far the biggest and the most ambitious project we've ever done. Unfortunately, we've realised for us to bring the game to the level we envision, we need more time to polish and optimise it. We are sorry to keep you all waiting a little longer, but we want the game to meet your highest expectations on release, and we don't want to compromise on this."
Marchewka further explains that plenty of updates are coming your way soon. Both press and content creators are getting to try the game out on PC and console next month, so you'll be able to read their thoughts about the game soon. Marchewka also shares that the team is gearing up to share some "exciting news" about the game later this month.
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