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#10: Dying Light

It's really weird- I expected absolutely nothing out of this game.

It's a dudebro story about super secret CIA coolguy parachuting into a quarantined, zombie infected city to do something, meeting up with locals and a few attractive women, and using the powers of parkour to defeat the local warlord and become the hero of the city.

It's so dumb in lovable ways. I love Roger Craig Smith's delivery- he often reminds me of Will Arnett pointing out and exaggerating his own selflessness. The hero is clearly attracted to the lead women- except for the one with one tiny scar.

Okay, so what makes this game good? It's the first person parkour. It's mirror's edge in an open world zombie city. It starts off a little rough- you really need to gain a couple of levels to be able to run without getting tired, knock over zombies, put zombie guts on yourself (i love the 'bleugh, bloooohhh' voice line) and generally have your way with the weakest enemies. After that, it's just a joy to run navigate the city. And you'll eventually get a grappling hook, so that's sweet.

It's pretty much that. Basic encounters are puzzles, you're always leveling up (separate tracks for combat, parkour, and 'survival'), human and the various type of zombie encounters all feel different. Guns attract zombies to your location, but melee weapons and arrows don't. The night and day cycle is always there to give you a challenge if you want- nighttime is spooky, but if you're careful you can bunker up and sleep through it, and the main plot rarely demands you go out.

Helicopters will periodically drop medicine and supplies (which translates to a large chunk of exp) around the map, and if you can parkour there fast enough you can snag them before the evil militias take their share.

The worst part? I'd say 1 out of every 5 sidequests requires looking something dumb up online to find where the last item is.

This game has fantastic, fantastic online co-op. I can't stress enough how fun and rewarding this is. I genuinely think this game is underrated, and it was even moderately popular. I think it's because it was a spiritual successor to the absolutely horrendous dead island. Does Borderlands way better than Borderlands itself.

Oh, and the DLC (which i think comes packaged with the game by now) adds a third map with configurable mad max vehicles. It's really cool.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the sequel, Dying Light 2. I don't know if they will be able to capture lightning in a bottle again.
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You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.