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Playing at night for the first time was one of the most scariest moments in gaming history for me no other game has made me feel scared lol

The ambience at night when you’d be on a roof in dying light was just perfect, the quietness but also the small noises that would scare you. They literally crafted dying light 1 perfectly in terms of the world, music, and environment as a whole

I avoided nighttime for aaaages, until I experimented with going out at night to double my agility points. That's when I discovered nighttime wasn't so bad and I could easily avoid the volatiles with a little environmental awareness. That's how well done the first introduction to nighttime was!

Everyone told me the story (for DL1) was garbage, but I didn't get that. I feel like all the elements of the game pulled me in and I felt like I was truly there. Like the choices I made (the ones that should have been there but felt like they were there anyway because Crane made them) really seemed to impact myself rather than just the character I was playing. The choices in the second game I feel like are just different paths to take so I can get more out of the game. The first game had me feeling like I truly was Crane, he didn't feel like a character to me it actually felt like I was doing those things and that's what made the first game so amazing for me.

We were being really inconsistent with our demands from Techland. We say that DL2 nighttime cant even be classified as horror because of how toned down it is, but then the numbers showed that most of us, including me*, skipped nighttime in DL1 because of how terrifying it was. I don't blame Techland for making a change to a problem they saw. I still prefer DL1 night time though.

I was one of those players. I was so terrified of the night I just didn’t want to deal with the stress and never once went out at night. This game and dead island are to this day still the only games to give me this weird tingling feeling on my lower back.

*Hot DIGGITY DOG, this place is MAGINFICENT*

This game holds up even today. The support it still gets by the dev is impressive. I consider it a more polished and less clunky version of Dead Island. It's really a fun, rewarding game.

Ngl i think one of the strengths that made me love Dying Light is the music. Especially that loading screen music that gives me that zombie apocalypse vibes.

Really wanted a hardcore zombie looking horror game succeeding this mighty gem.

I love this game, waaayy better than most horror games. the second one doesnt even compare...

I can still remember how hard I tried to avoid the night, it's STILL terrifying even fully equipped.

Dying light 1 is literally 100 times better than DL2

I'm glad I found you when I first started playing Dying Light 2. Your content is amazing and only gets better and better. You inspire my future content so much and I'm here to stay. Keep up the incredible work.

I enjoyed dying light 2 but there’s something about this game that keeps bringing me back

Been playing it since day 1. Still my favorite game of all time. It really needs a proper sequel.

I sent this to my friend who has never heard of Dying Light and this convinced him to buy it

7 years ago when I was 7years old, I used to watch my dad play. When the screaming little zombie kid ran up and started screaming, it was just something that frightened me at that time. And I was so scared to play that part of the game, when I started playing the game… LOVE, IT

The first volatile chase was so intense i spent half an hour to get to the tower

Techland misunderstood their data. Just because I avoided jight it doesnt mean I want nights to be a cakewalk. The horror of night was something that kept me playing even though I was scared.

Phenomenal video Oni! Dying light will always be amazing!

But you're going back and playing dying light (1) after 7 years of patches... Disconnect your system from the internet and install and play it from an old version of disk, and you'll see that this game took 7 years to get where it got to(which is an amazing game) I remember how meh the game was when it first came out .. to the point for the first 3 years I'd play like 2 hours a year until the giant DLC "the following" came out and added quite a bit, and added quite a bit in the base game with patches at that point... Because if you find a disk from the first run, and make sure it doesn't update (I just disconnected my PS4 from the internet playing version like 1.X you'll realize just how much post launch effort techland put into the game after launch, for free, all these added patches and features, they really turned it into this amazing game after launch by listening to the community, down to even making community events and repeating the ones people asked for/were super popular....so in 7 years see where dying light 2 is, as even 1 year after launch it's a *much* better game with more features, including ones the community asked for(like the legendary system being added in 2 like it was in 1) That said though #1 is almost a perfect game, not a perfect zombie game, but an almost perfect "everyone who has a system that can play it should own it" game Kinda like how the last of us was, if you owned a PS3, or a PS4 you have to own it, much like a version of halo for the 360/one So I feel this review should be preceded with a "this is a video about the final version of dying light 1" or mention how dying light 1 was at start versus what you're doing the review on Idk if dying light 2 will hit the same status as dying light 1 did, or if it'll just get that status with dying light 1 fans, but in 6 more years(since it's a year old) could make #2 as good a sequel as dying light 1 deserves... If anything the amount of free patches and events and just how much time and energy techland put into listening to the community needs to really be emphasized as dying light would not be the game it is, if techland didn't listen to the community and also didn't keep putting out patches for 7 years, as it showed how much the devs themselves loved the game, how much the devs and community loves the game, and how much effort they kept putting in to making it the best game it could be But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong, I guess

DL1's first night traumatized me so bad that I actively avoid night in OTHER games.

Watched a youtube tutorial on how to clear a vollie nest. The video showed the train tunnel having only biters and no vollies at night. At that point, i was nervous to encounter a vollie, So i went to attempt it at night. There were 2 or 3 vollies around the entrance of the tunnel but i managed to sneak in. I killed a biter, camouflaged myself and destroyed 3 spawn points, no sweat. Until i saw a volatile in there. I paused the game and thought about how to avoid it. I camouflaged myself a few seconds earlier so i just tried walking past it but it still saw me. I ran, tried to kill it, but it killed me. Heart rate was high and i was scared to even drive my buggy past a nest. I am not someone to get easily traumatised, but the vollies, they are nightmarish

Best zombie game EVER. Such a great game, completely blew my mind. I was watching and waiting and when I finally got my hands on it, whew. Perfection. I spent a night in a bus once and it was nerve wracking but so awesome. The following blew me away, straight into outer space. I had the enhanced version too, with Hell raid and all the dlc's. Loved it.

Night time is where I shine baby. Especially on Nightmare difficulty.

I’d like to see this game get a kickass remaster in the sub-10 year future with graphics that’ll make Danny Devito’s Jersey Mikes sun look like old news.

Dying Light will always have that special place in my heart that Dying Light 2 will never match. Just being on the main menu brings back waves of nostalgia and good times that I’ve had while playing the game.

the moment the shotgun touched my hands i never saw night time the same again

The skill trees... I like them. Other games dot his where they fill up the skill tree with inaignificant stuff like +0,3% increase in damage, but dying light... Everything is a new skill, not a little buff to a kick, but a dropkick, not a damage increae for heavy weapons, but a heavy slam, they are actual SKILLS.

I played this game blindly into it, never heard of it before in that time (2017 to be exact). Fast forward, its in my fav game of all time list.

The feeling of its going to be night so you prepare which safe house you are going to be near and I remember what I did in the old town was to stay on one of the safe houses in which is placed at the top and positioned myself near the ledge to make volatiles chase me to just kick them off falling with a molotov at the bottom. That is where my level boosted bc Ive killed a lot of volatiles that play style, what a good times. Dying light 2 tries but as much as I also did love the game, nothing compares the first night run.

Happiness is starting and playing Dying Light every year. One does not speedrun such a game. One simply enjoys every second of it.

Just got my friend to buy it and we have been running it for probably 2-3 weeks and it’s honestly the best coop game Iv played and I’m positive my friend would agree. Game ages greatly and I would highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t played.

Awesome review! The Negan references are hilarious!

17:38 i'm not sure i agree, Gazi is the best

Am i the only one who goes to bed on daytime cause night time is so much better

Pro tip: if you skip the first night time cutscene the volatile's doesn't spot you

I got this for Christmas and finished it today and I have to say I loved it it felt like my parkour fantasy’s had a bio shock villain a bunch of punching bags Skyrim’s upgrade system and an mix of mine-crafty-RPG upgrade loot-craft premise.

the goon minding his own business: me with my police rifle: Sensational.

I mean, when you said its underrated that isnt very true it sold 17 million copies, but to be honest it could've garnered more

Now we need a comparison between the two games

I don't think Rais killed the guards in the arena to show his power, I think he punished them because they failed to protect him from Crane. Maybe it is still overly crude....but maybe makes more sense. Why pay awful bodyguards?

I bought DL this week and at first the night time scares me alot. But as time progressed and I've gotten used to the parkour aspect of the game, night-time has turned into fun running time for me. Sometimes I deliberately get seen by volatiles just to get that rush of running away from them, it's amazing.

Waited 50 years for this

The sewage chase sequence at 20:30, while terrifying by itself, also gives me PTSD from Carnage Doc Ock in Spiderman on the PS1 as the final boss chasing you through the underground tunnel. Scariest thing in my childhood and that has the same vibes and similar enough look 👀. Anyone else remember that or know what I'm talking about? If you don't then I REALLY recommend looking it up!

i prefer the first one wayyyyy over the second

It took me almost a month to survive first night, I almost had given up playing this game. Now I only go out during nights whenever I start afresh.

People were terrified of the night time? I never was terrified on that. It was fun to gain double experience and have motivation for running. Like sure running is fun but you need a reason, which my reason was to not lose survivor points.

I'm playing it rn for the first time. Just finished the pit mission. Loving this game

Fun fact about the night time it was so scary and difficult techland had to nerf the night a lot it used to be terrifying back then now,it is just very scary

man back in the day when I don't have any other way to level up my parkour skills, i have to venture the night packed with A LOT OF FLARES and fFIRECRACKERS just to get those x2 exp in the night. this game was so magical to me and the very first ever single story game that I've finished. i still play the game on steam PC cause i like playing with random players cause they suddenly drop/give you GODLIKE shotguns that have infinite ammo

That very first night-time sequence alone makes the whole Alien Isolation game feel like The Sims.

I still can't believe Techland is reworking the parkour system and combat just because of us :DD can't wait for a more grounded parkour and brutal combat experience.

the first chase sequence is the most intense gaming experience i ever had, still remember my ears was spreading wide

I love this game. There is nothing like the nighttime in DL1.

Give this man an award for the most entertaining content creator on youtube!!!

Really good video, especially appreciated the point about the build up and general tension around night time. I don't think being scared of the night is inherently a negative, really frightening when you're caught out at night with no safe zones around. The contrast between feeling powerful during the day and helpless and scared during the night is a great dynamic.

This game has always got a special place in my heart one of my absolute favorites🤟 The sequal however is kind of disappointing so I barely play it.

That Negan transition is great, thank you

I enjoyed every second of your video! Maybe because DL1 is a gem that can never be repeated! I wish DL2 reach that one day...

Something that is super underrated is the amount, variety and creativity of the weapons and how you can modify them. When I finished the story I installed a mod to unlock them all and holy moly was it worth it. Weirdly enough there is no complete list online and it's really a shame

I've got 100+ hours into Dying Light and have little to no interest in stopping or playing the sequel. Dying Light is something special. 2 feels like a flawed misfire.

What I'd do to play this for the first time again

It gets to a point where your trapped outside with the volatiles to the volatiles are trapped outside with you while you just grin and watch

excellent video! Thank You for the great Work!

one thing im sad you didnt mention was that the final volatile chase was the exact route that brecken took in the run boy run trailer!

I liked the story buy main negative for me were big distances (second map were better because it was safe to use parkour than walking the streets which were the requirement in the original map) between missions which made side-quests a waste of time because of it (they weren't good anyway)

This game is totally perfect, you can play in the style you want and in the way you want, I like horror games and in general they don't terrify me, but THIS one? Here I have had good scares and have many moments of adrenaline, it is simply a masterpiece. And I would say that it is one of the best received games in the history of gaming

Watching this has made me start to play at night, I recently bought dying light for the first time and have competed it, I’m still working on the following and love the car and the locations. Thank you for making this! I had such a scary and thrilling chase sequence running in old town 😂

Fun Fact: A particular game with possibly the best parkour mechanics in the history of gaming YET, known as Mirror's edge, inspired Dying light with its movement system.

I remember watching the gamplay walk through when e3 was going on and it captivate hard with the zombie killing parkour

I played this again after playing number two and still loved it, definitely in my top 10 of all time...

This game was to good and nothing will replace this game

Hearing the sounds as you first come out of the tower, then the run back in 😮

Even in late game once you have all the strongest weapons and guns. Night time is still scary in Dying Light.

Even tho i highly prefer the setting of Harran city and the parkour elements over the car-focused vastness of the countryside, i have to agree that "The Following" has the more interesting story within the DL universe.

I haven't played another game that nailed uneasiness at all times like Dying Light. The little ambient noises, explosions in the distance, screams of infected... It all made my skin crawl and I love it. Then add on the tension of nighttime play with volatiles. 😙 There's nothing quite like your first volatile chase. I love this game so much and how bleak everything is. Gotta go, I'm gonna put another replay under my belt again. 😅

When I finally got to kill Rais I felt so amazed about the entire experience. The graphics were well for its time, and still are. The night is so eerie about how quite it is, and then there’s the one volitile behind you. Amazing game, and forever will be.

I love going out at night in dying light.

My first time playing the Airdrop mission was the day I turned from a boy into a man. I was 14 at the time. I just made it into a building and lost the chase, hid in the building for a little bit until I built up the courage to head to the tower again. Nearly as soon as I left the house, a volatile spotted me. They almost got me, bought me down to 1hp, but I saw the purple lights getting closer. I finally got back to the tower full of adrenaline, knowing that I had just grown up and that I could do anything. For those of you wondering, dying light is my first new gen (at the time) horror game. Techland changed gaming in my eyes forever.

Bro, what an incredible video I didn't miss a second of it, I loved it, as a good DL fan I was surprised by everything you included... maybe you just need to include something that is very good for me and they are the "Workshop Maps" or "mods" too... what a crazy game for almost 10 years and it's still incredible I keep playing and getting friends to play and they all remain open-mouthed because of the graphics and the atmosphere of it... greetings from Argentina! (you have a new follower) haha

I finished the game for the first time, twelve hours ago. So fun.

Playing at night was a very terrifying experience for me, yet the next night, i did not try to avoid going out then.

This is one of my biggest gripes with DL2. The nights aren't scary. They've put Bounties in the game like "Be in a level 4 chase for 60 seconds" and the biggest challenge is actually getting it to level 4, which is when Volatiles finally show up. If you start to kill any virals that run after you, the rest might lose sight of you and the chase will be over. My second biggest must be the ragdoll. Zombies just aren't as prone to falling, and they'll hit an invisible wall when they're about to walk off rooftops. You can even see this with virals when they do their jump attack. They will glue onto any terrain, be unable to go over anything, and it's impossible for them to fall. Would've been really cool to see them jump for you on a rooftop and go crashing down to the streets below, but no. It just seemed like very lazy and safe programming.

hopefully Techland has a "come to Jesus" moment and looks back to see why people loved Dying Light 1 and improve upon it

Wish we had something like those air drops in dying light 2, opening one of those just felt so satisfying

Open world FPS zombie/infected games weren't my cup of tea and this game did completely change my mind. It did grab me in the story, going out when was night gave me anxiety and adrenaline, at same time. Music on point. An open world that actually have a reason to exist. A small group of survivors trying to live day after day and I truly felt being part of that world. All of this is priceless, since it seem so hard today, find games that suck me so easily. Maybe ME, regardless the arguable endings and the entire Legacy of Kain.

DL1 is hands down one of my all time favorite games, regardless of genre. It nailed so many things, but it's especially the fantastic ambiance that made exploring such a great experience, day or night.

It would be nice to see dying light 3 pick up 7 years in the future with crane as a side character and were helping him try to change the world again

Drip kicking a zombie into a spike trap just feels so, so satisfying.

man this makes me wanna replay dl1, think it may be time. Enjoy the vacation Oni!

Watching this has made me want to complete this game again for the 10th time this game holds a special place in my heart

when i started playing dying light,I was looting everything i saw, at night, while I was looting, a volatile broke the roof and landed on me, i got so scared i didnt touch nighttime for 2 days

one day i played dying light for 8 hours and after that i was so distroyed i needed to pick lock the door to open it, and when i go outside i was so attentive for not take a bite from a zombie.

The scene at 15:01 is so on point 😂😂

The first night made me shit myself so much that i didnt go out at night during my first 100hrs

*Crane throws Antizin into dumpster fire* Also Crane: "We need to get this elusive Antizin at all costs!"

I'm still playing this masterpiece on the Switch. It's just too good.