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Thank you for putting lots of work and effort into such deep-dive comparision. Its very much appreciated and noted!

1 thing I still don't like about dying light 2 is there is no zombie hot spot like the bridge in the first one. I want hordes!

One thing I don't see people talking about nearly enough when comparing the games are the worlds themselves. You kinda' touched on that here when you talked a bit about Old Villedor, but it goes deeper than that. Harran had a stronger identity, and it genuinely felt like a lived in world before the apocalypse. There were stores, pharmacies, hotels, hospitals, schools, restaurants, etc. None of them needed to be marked on your map and given a distracting waypoint on your HUD because everything made sense. It was a realistic world and you could navigate it like one. Villedor's identity is much weaker in comparison, and it blatantly feels like a parkour sandbox. It's not a real place that could exist, it's a video game. You have a few stores and hospitals, and other than that, it's all generic skyscrapers and copy pasted houses with hollow interiors. Also, there are too many damn hospitals in the Central Loop. There are like 10 of them, but you don't see one school or police department or something.

One thing to note regarding attention to detail: in Dying Light 1 when it's just a few minutes for night time, the zombies will all of them stare at the sunset. Possibly this is because at night, biters can become Night Walkers, but still this is a really cool minor detail that was scrapped in DL2.

It sounds stupid but one of my biggest let downs was the safe houses. I loved how a tiny area that you had to interact with (turn on the lights or move something etc.) turned into a somewhat cozy spot in the middle of the apocalypse. With DL2 it just didn’t feel the same at all. The game felt more like a strange reboot than a sequel that built on top of the first game.

I love DL 1 and 2 but DL1 was a monster of its own. To this day I still get chills from the soundtrack when exploring harran!

I always hated the central loop and even some of the starting towns design. Harran felt so natural to explore but in the central loop buildings felt more like a race tracks where you have a more linear pathway that’s highlighted for you instead of allowing for the player to find their own way. And being so high up is basically its own mini safe house because there are little no to no chance of being in danger.

My biggest issue is through levelling up . In dl2 you have to go out of your way to go through all these different locations to level up through inhibitors. In dying light 1 you level up simply by just playing through the game. Feels more like your adapting to the harsh world as time goes on.

Not sure if someone else already mentioned but another thing about attention to detail in DL1 and the safehouses: in the tower, your room gradually gets filled with trinkets and whatnot from all of your completed sidequests

For me, the one thing Dying Light 1 did way better was the game's atmosphere. Dying Light 2 just doesn't have that ominous feeling when you play it.

My biggest criticism with DL2 is the lack of immersion. Harran felt like a real city while Villedor feels and looks more like random environment designed for a parkour tech demo, a cartoon playground. DL1 was so immersive.

DL1 was just so far ahead of its time. It’s hard to live up to DL1

Dying Light 2 definitely need a 2.0 Update like Cyberpunk 2077

The fear in my heart running though the first night mission is a core memory for me

Dying Light 2 looks and feels like it was done by another game studio that just glanced at DL1 for reference

OG DL clears DL2 and it’s not even close. Despite the promising patches and updates, Techland fumbled massively with this sequel. They tried “fixing” the foundation of the original when it was never broke.

No it’s not. Yet.

I have to disagree with character development in DL2. Lawan's whole personality until the very end is mostly her saying "F you" more than anything, Hakon starts out as this nice companion, then turns into a Renegade obeying goon for a few missions before returning to save you (if you don't let him die earlier on). Having to constantly interact with characters, especially Lawan, which in no way have a good relationship with Aiden is just annoying to sit through. Personally, i really think the parkour feels a lot better in DL2 as of now, even with the stamina meter. It just feels like you have endless moves to get around, really doubling down on what was built in DL1. However, my biggest gripe with DL2 is the artstyle. The zombies, especially special infected, look too ...fantasy-esk? And the arstyle of bright glowing crystals, bright orange spit and colored veins on zombies just makes it feel too much like an alternative reality, rather than how 'realistic' the zombies were in DL1. Overall, nobody needed this silly grind to upgrade blueprints, armor stats, or the focus of activities that make you engage with night time. In DL1 you could do pretty much whatever, whenever (excluding volatile nests in The Following). In DL2 it feels so forced that during the day zombies aren't a threat at all - while during the night there's a volatile camping each and every rooftop now. It feels like the only reason to go into forsaken stores and such during the night is to gather materials to craft weapons that will only really be useful at night. I don't necessarily dislike DL2, but especially after the inclusion of Dying Light Points and the game turning more and more into an RPG, i kind of see the game - and possible sequels - on downhill course that will be difficult to correct from.

I'm still heartbroken looking at what could've been.

I havent watched the entire video yet, but both games are pretty good to me. One is good in parts where the other ones isnt. However, whenever i think of DL1, i think of lightning captured in a bottle, and when I see DL2, i see lightening destroying the bottle it was suppoed to be in and the devs picking up the bits of it that they could still salvage and putting it together however they could

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"It's not better yet" is such a shitty argument. No, I don't want to wait 5+ years for the sequel to be better than the original.

I think DL1 is better over all. As you mentioned, there are lots of small but noticeable things that have an impact on the game. DL1 world felt more "real". Might I also say one of the biggest factors for me and my friends: Be The Hunter made multiplayer fun. Harran was a unique world.

The gore is FANTASTIC in 1 and greatly contributes to my love of the game!!! Every hit takes chunks out of the zombies at the point of impact, splitting zombies apart vertically or horizontally, with blades you can even straight-up amputate and decapitate them. Doom Eternal also had something similar, I just LOVE when enemies in a game dynamically take visual damage.

The sun and moon point is actually extremely important on a game that focuses so much on Day / Night

i always feel like the vibe of dl2 is too laid back compared to the first. the state of panic and uncertainty people displayed in dl1 really made a difference. also 15:58 is hilarious 🤣

When I heard Techland basically say that in the first game people were so scared of the the night that they were skipping it entirely, my reaction was "Oh good so you succeeded it what you set out to do" Why they ruined that when DL2 first came our is beyond me.

With DL1, I can remember almost all safe houses and I use it to guide me where I am on the map. I even have a fave spot - Bites Motel. Even in Old Town, the walled safehouse w/ mini farm is my go-to spot. The fact that I can remember all of these details after not having played it for about 2 years shows the level of love and attention I received in the first game. DL2 just aint it.

The nights in DL1 were scary! Recent adding of Volatiles every 5 meter that respawns straight into my face is not scary at all. Volatiles are not scary at all. They are annoyance. Oh and.. i could live in Central Loop, it's colorful and peaceful. Damn i miss Harran. Oh.. you did hell of a job with this video. High quality observations and analysis. Well done!

Great comparison!) Still I don't think I'll play dl 2 again. Finished it once, that's it. But played dl1 multiple times. I really didn't like the time jump. I wanted the continuation of Kyle Craine story, what's happened with him etc. Cause the following had so much potential, like sentient volatiles, government experiments, gre. Now all just abandoned and added not so much interesting story about Aiden. Dl2 will never be what it supposed be because of development disaster. I'll play next game, and will see maybe it will be better.

That describes an issue I have with the dl2 perfectly. Dl1 just felt so real and it was creepy and chilling because of it. As well the design of DL2 in comparison to the original is just shockingly bad they fixed what wasn’t broken. Personally I disliked the new dark ages theme because while cool it wasn’t realistic and wasn’t scary or intimidating with enemies. The world of DL2 is absolutely beautiful but it isn’t what most would expect a city to look like 20 years after zombies took it over the trees on the rooftops were an over exaggeration. Something you’d see in a more cartoony game. The world of dl1 is still amazing and great in certain times of day with lighting but the world felt dead you could find npcs telling their story on rooftops but in the sequel you would run through houses on top of already existing buildings, and people putting on plays in makeshift theatres? The whole world of dl2 just doesn’t scream horror. Sorry if that was mad rambling I have a lot of issues with the sequel I have a strong take but I personally think it’s too far gone. I wanted what we saw in E3 2019.

I just started back on Dying Light 1 and I have to say…it feels like there are major aspects of the original DL that felt more serious, real and less cartoonish than DL2. When you open the door to step out into the storm on the Antenna quest, the animation of the wind, lightening, rain makes it feel like you are really in a storm. In DL 2 you barely notice the weather changes. Also I love the way Kyle Crane gives his insight as you move between save screens…it’s like he’s guiding you through the entire game. All in all I feel that Dying Light is spookier than DL2

Dying Light 2 is like Darth Vader. Nothing but a shell of what it could be. After nearly two years of updates there's still practically nothing to do in the endgame, the main story was unsatisfying and all over the place, 80% of the "sidequests" are just challenges pretending to be their own stories. Tons of cut content and broken promises just leave a sour taste. The DL2 that we saw in E3 2018 was Anakin Skywalker at his full-potential. A compelling story written by Chris Avellone, a dynamic world shaped by your choices, different factions to side with - each with moral pros and cons a la Fallout New Vegas. I REALLY want to like this game, but until the expansion comes out I just can't get excited anymore. None of my friends will play it with me and that's where most of the fun is.

It’s so interesting reading these comments, seeing that the fans unanimously prefer the original but for so many varied reasons. For me it was the improvisational feeling of the combat, the underpowered opening hours and the way you slowly gain mastery over your abilities and the environment, and the true sense of place. I also don’t think people talk about that last act of DL2 enough. That was a terrible, awful, no good, very bad ending to a video game released in the 2020’s.

I really wish there was more ‘horror’ music like the “Now They Are Coming” track in DL2. The entire night soundtrack for the first game made me so much more scared, and as much as I love feeling cool I do miss the horror.

*Can we drop the "nostalgia" excuse for liking the original more? I played the original just before the sequel launched. And the OG game is just better, period*

Honestly I wish we got what was shown in the e3 2019 version of dying light 2 it looked much closer to the first game's atmosphere dying light 1 nailed immersion and while dying light 2 is in a great spot at the moment it's world doesn't feel like it takes the zombie apocalypse seriously unlike the first game.

The nights are so much scarier in the first game as well, and made you fear the night. The chases were also pulse pounding adrenaline laced races toward the safe zones, in the second game they are too easy amd just filled with non stop annoying virals that just chip your health away for a volatile to one hit and k.o. you. I wish the chases would have different types of infected each level as it progresses

DL2 needs that horror feel to it

I only played the first one, but by watching this video It almost feels like the sequel was made by a completely different team. They changed things that weren’t necessarily bad. The dangerous, dark nighttime brought so much urgency to the first game, I loved it.

Wish Paraglider was endgame thing, for me we get it way too early. And we quickly get addicted to it. Parkour might be better in DL2, but jumping on the same copy and pasted roofs over and over again is not really fun. In DL1 things were copy and pasted too, but created in such a way that it felt like different locations. DL1 map was smaller but harder to navigate, with different obstacles and hills, you could never see the whole map at once. Meanwhile DL2 map is big but really repetitive, and why is it so flat? I sometimes don't know where on the map I am exactly cause every building and interior looks exactly the same.

I dont think dying light 2 could even be better than its predecessor, they'd need to redo the entire story imo

I would prefer Ambient music like in DL1 instead of Dynamic DL2 music. In DL1 it was so fitting and added such a good immersion, and now it feels so nostalgic.

DL1 I avoided night for the longest time,I eventually decided to do a night only run from start to end (Nightmare,NG intro was strictly done objectives, and grapple hook was not used)

The music in DL1 sounded more like '70s zombie movies, which i loved

I feel like certain zombies, like howlers, add unnecessary bloat to the game for simply “variety”. The viral basically did the same thing in Dying Light 1, but less forced. A viral would make your presence known to other virals, and thus a chase would begin or you may get overwhelmed by virals.

Blud is doing meta analysis 😩😩. Heavy work on this one. Definitely what the community is wanting. ❤❤

Let me save you an hour. No it's not.

unpopular opinion: DL2 way better than 1, one is still good tho

Nothing beats the slums in DL1. That is one of the best gameplay experiences you can have in a zombie game. DL2 does not match that.

1)E3 2018 outfit and option to remove pilgrim bracelet 2)Better blood which should be working dynamically like come on Dead island 2 has it even Dying light 1 has it 3)They should bring back e3 shadows because they were better and u get to see Aiden's shadows with clothes on 4)They should make climbing more satisfying like E3 has it and add radial blur for parkour since it looks much better (2018-2019 and 2021 trailers had this and it made parkour absolutely better) 5)Make dismemberment more satisfying like remove that "shnggg" sound when cutting enemies and remove that whoosh sound when hitting people with blunt weapon 6)Bring back flashlight inertia and flashlight shadow and better flashlight texture 7)Make parkour objects like ziplines, Ropes, Etc blend in with environment because they stick out like sore thumb 8)Make AI smarter and better, Humans should do smart things and zombies should be dumb and Volatiles should be reduced but have same terrifying AI as Alien isolation Alien 9)Add more enemy variants like PK dogs, Crossbow PKs, And rarely PK/Renegade with Scorpio

I don’t know about the rest of the community, But when I started getting better at DL1 I love the nights, It’s so fun to be chased, and basically fight back against those demons. I’m just saying when it came around night time, I went volatile hunting. 😎

it honestly surprises me when i come across fresh channels and personalities who actually care for there content and its just so nice to see

Asking for some punishment with this video! haha ( I finished the video, very well done! You hit the nail on the head with why Dyinglight 2 was a bittersweet game with a portion of Dyinglight fans and why those fans adore some elements in DL that are lacking or missing in DL2. One thing I've felt with DL2 is that it feels like it shifted genre, DL seemed more like a realistic, immersive, action, sandbox and zombie horror game. )

I loved dying light 1 nights, they were scary and had a great charm on their own, also like the first game story a lot more, it was bad but enjoyable and the missions has a very good variety between them in another hand i absolutely hated dying light 1 maps and i mean all three of them: the slums were comfortable but had that giant wall in the middle that was very frustrating to go around, i really disliked to go to the bridge just because of that, the old town was beautiful but felt way too small to really enjoy it but the verticality was amazing and the country side had also a big obstacle in the middle and it felt like everything was too far from everything but needless to say killing zombies with the car was fun af. From dying light 2 i loved the maps, both areas of the city had something nice to offer and a lot of verticality but the center was really what made me fall in love with the map, it was simply amazing and fun to go around. There were certain parts of the story that i liked but in general it was just a cringe fiesta where everything felt unfinished, oh you see that character you got interested in? boom dead next act. In the first game i only hated two characters: tolga and fatin, holy shit i hope their deaths were painful. The other characters for me were likeable or in the worst case scenario just meh, but in dying light 2 the only character i liked was aitor, there were some meh characters but most of them made me wish their deaths for one or other reason. Combat in dying light 2 is better designed but combat in dying light 1 felt more satisfactory, you can really feel a grouth in your capabilities and become more and more strong until you are a demigod, in dying light 2 without glitched weapons i always felt like i was an old man in a bar fight. I liked the infected from both games but liked demolishers from the original game a lot more. Dying light 2 crossbow rules! Dying light 1 hook rules! Tolga and Fatin can eat my ass!

Not even close, 1 is by far the best.

I need an Internet Historian video on Dying Light 2 explaining exactly how its 6 year development cycle turned out worse than Dying Light's 3 year development cycle.

Banshees need to act like they did in the live action trailer. Not waiting around eating a corpse but crouching on the side of building waiting for you or anyone to wonder by and when they do they pounce onto you. They also scream when they pounce as well so maybe call in virals when doing that and it would be so cool if they could join in on chases. I remember watching Onis first review of gameplay and it literally had a banshee chasing him when he sparked a chase. Why cant we have this stuff back. Make Dying Light 2 actually SCARY

You may mentioned it (I’m halfway through the video atm) but the one thing that bothered me the most in DL2 was that you can deadsmack 2 feet away from a PK base or Survivor base (depending on what you choose) and there’d be a fuckin pack of renegades right next to the base torturing a PK or survivor. Or times where you’ll see random survivors just relaxing by a fire and cage trapped survivor is screaming for help next to them. So much for tension and immersion

My biggest issue with DL2 was the lack of Volatiles. They’re what made the first game scary and thrilling to travel across the map at night. You could go through most of DL2 without ever seeing a Volatile. Replacing them with screamers and runners felt like a step back.

this was so well done, hopefully it gets more attention

Airdrop, was actually a reason for me to notice time is passing in game of DL1. Unfortunately, DL2 does not have that and time really does not have a meaning in it. For me DL2 is either day or night. In DL1, i was timing my missions and tasks, gathering and grinding to make sure I do not miss the airdrops.

I don't even need to watch the video. Given the current state of Techland and the direction they are taking, I can safely say that DL2 will NEVER reach the levels of the original Dying Light game. They are just not equipped to make it. In its current state DL2 is an ok game, at least right now, but Dying Light will remain a masterpiece and an iconic game for generations to come.

Playing first nighttime taught me that better be a friend of the dark than a be naive by the light

Parkour is basically the only part of DL2 I have ever preferred over DL1. But when the game launched, I thought it was passable at least and had a shit tonne of room to improve. There are aspects that are basically never going to be improved like the open-world design and the main story, but there are other areas techland have changed that I think has been for the worse. Mainly the massive fucking grind in every damn aspect of the game. DL1 had the basic levels, and legend levels to grind, that was basically it. DL2’s content updates have either been fixing the broken shit, or adding more repetitive crap to grind, as well as nerfing half the shit in the game to make it grindier and grindier. Techland want it to be a damn live-service game where players are on all day every day grinding bounties, cause that makes them more likely to check out the fucking DL point store. I have been a follower of this series since DL1 launched, but Techland’s priorities are pretty clear. They want their cyberpunk/NMS redemption to support their dogshit live-service cashcow. No matter how much good stuff they add, I wholeheartedly have come to dislike this game more and more as techland have shown their priorities. I think it’s pretty telling that the community for this game is pretty dead, as AussieGG pointed out, a game with an absurdly good parkour system has no speedrunning community whatsoever because Techland keep fucking up fun parts of the game for the sake of balance. Techland’s priority is making DL2 a cashcow, and they’ve been forced to add all the recent shit to recover from the DL point backlash.

DL1 you were alone, aside from safe houses. You felt safe in safe houses; not just next to a lamp where you can get spit at. Idk I was just genuinely scared in the first one where I was afraid to let night hit. They sometimes glitch and can come out in day aswell lol. The sunlight in 2 confuses me aswell, it’s like bam, night. Idk different vibe… nice socks btw

I swear Rais is just an attempt at a far cry villian outside of farcry. Has long detailed monolouges, a distinct appearance, sayings that repeats all the time, and is supposed to be intimidating

They should have continued story of the first game, including crane. Crane goes out trough the sewers to the other part of the city spreads the virus, you as the main character from the other part of the city try to finish what crane couldnt and thats finding cure. It would be cool playing again in that same atmosphere add more zombie variants add real soldiers around the place as they just found out that virus is spreading there now. Game would be immersive as the first one, DL2 we got is just random and when you compare both games its just not it, DL2 feels like another universe...

Dying light 1: Zombie Game with parkour. Dying light 2: parkour with Zombie

just watched the entire video right now. great video

The absolute best part of dying light 1 that they left out in the second game is being hunted by the Player controlled Hunters. When you have someone you play online with like a friend and you are about to be invaded by an apex predator whilst you are scavenging or exploring new things and then interrupted by this player controlled hunter gave a thrilling experience. My favorite thing i use to do in dying light 1 with my friend was being in the gas station with the gas tanks and throw them at the apex predator and tried escaping the Hunter. It’s something that honestly needs to be added back and i think the game would be perfect. The fact they made it to be “Less scary” drains the game of its life because what’s the point of a game like this? We honestly need the relentless pressure of dyling light 1 and the Be the zombie game mode back because the people who choose the be the zombie option don’t impede on your gameplay and you don’t have to select that game mode to be encountered by the Player controlled hunters. Something i would love to see. We would have a bigger community but maybe they are just trying to stall so they can release stuff over the years so the game doesn’t die out too quick but honestly they did so good with dying light 1 that i would have hope for dying light 2 to be just as good

Not even close 1 is better by a long shot

Sorry, but my opinion is no.. After having played DL2 several times till the end, giving it ALOT of more chances than it should have gotten, i can't say that i enjoyed the Story nor the gameplay more than DL1. Though i have to say that they are still trying to improve it and i did have a lot of fun anyways. Just DL1 + The Following were so good and filled with quests and fun that it has a place in my heart as one of the best games i've ever played

Night was defiantly better to this day in dl1. The days I think are a bit better in 2 because in 1 there were times where there were not many zombies but it did have hordes and hordes need to be added to DL2. Also they should make the hospital in 2 a proper explorable dark zone. Zombie hospitals are just the best:)

Dying light 2 is such a strange sequel, in almost all other cases developers take what works and improve on it but for some reason it feels like Techland threw everything out and started from scratch. I can’t think of anything that feels genuinely improved compared to the first game and of course the most jarring was the melee combat being like a different series entirely, like how did they F that up so badly when they had nearly perfected it in the first game. It’s baffling to me how they some how went backwards in most cases. Great video thank you

What was so good in dying light 1 for me was how night was basically suicide but it didnt scale with the player. By the time you are at the endgame, max level, best weapons and skilled at parkour, you can go out at night and fuck shit up. Its so gratifying to take what you would do anything to avoid all game and face it head on now at the top of your game. In dying light 2 i would usually prefer to do missions at night for more experience. Further, by the time i reached the endgame and felt i was at that next level, nothing was really that different. Also one thing you didnt mention was the air drops. By far my favorite random event that always had the thrill of get there fast and get crazy good rewards but beware if its almost night

Dying Light 1 was never the best game at first launch, but update after update made it one of my most favorite games of all time. I can see the same thing happening with Dying Light 2, possible DLCs could make this game better than most others realize and even just normal game patches might make Dying Light 2 absolutely overtake Dying Light 1. I’m hoping to say that Dying Light 2 will be my most favorite game. Right now, Dying Light 1 keeps the title of the best game.

I started re playing dl2 after a while and i have a question. When did the gore became better ? I was surprised when slicing enemies that the damage looked really good. We can also cut limbs and in half special enemies like volatiles and goons

DL1 has no business still looking and feeling so good after all these years especially coming from an era where Fps controls were still clunky in alot of games

It's a small nitpick but does anyone else hate that using grapple on a charging enemy, smashing their head/body into a wall/car or other obstacle leaving a huge splatter of blood... Does next zero damage..? The first game had pretty high damage for the grapple move

The weather in dl2 has been updated a lot since the clips you showed. The sun may not move but there is now some incredible lighting at sunset. Also mists with god rays appear in the morning and there is now better rain effects. These effects are absent in dl1 so one could argue to which is better now. The copy and paste of assets in dl2 is unforgivable.

DL2 is much better for me even though I love DL1. It's a great sequel just as it should be, introducing the most important gameplay elements to a better level.The arguments of people who say that DL1 is better are usually something like "DL2 is worse because it's not DL1" People are too blinded by nostalgia and for them it would be best if it was Dying Ligh harran 2. So many years have passed, I don't want the same thing again, let the creators move forward When it comes to the video, I agree with many things but: When it comes to the details you mentioned so much, it is known that there are also details in DL2 that are not present in DL1. And I don't understand why such small things should affect your personal experience of the game. You can't judge a game based on details. Something like "Oh look! In this game weapons destroys more realistically upon impact! This game is better! There are bad games that can do a lot of details and good games that don't pay much attention to it, this is not an indicator of how good the game is. GTA4 also had own details that GTA5 didn't have, but GTA5 also had own details. It's not fair that you show a room with storage space and a bed from DL2. When it comes to safe zones, you should specify metro stations and their unlocking compared to safe zones from DL1. Literally the safe zones you showed in DL1 are areas that we take over and liberate. Because we just kill zombies in these little houses. In Dying Light 2, we free a huge subway from zombies and then we have to turn on the electricity, the room opens after unlocking the subway station. So I think it's unfair that you explained it this way. Additionally, you made fun of The Witcher 3 by showing its map and saying "classic Ubisoft game" You probably never played it, it's one of the best games of recent years. It's an RPG game where markers are completely optional, this game has some of the best side stories, characters, main story, music, one of the best dark fantasy world, and I could go on.

My biggest issue with DL2, was that night time wasn't scary. In DL1, it truly felt like a risk night running. Even being a level player, it felt terrifying with how dark it was. DL2, just simply isn't scary in the same way/ not scary at all.

I got the dying light 1 deluxe edition on sale for like $30, but I can’t bring myself to keep playing it because I like the parkour in dying light 2 more

I felt heavily that Aiden didn't really compare to crane in dl2 he felt bland and boring but he shined when he yelled and was angry it felt satisfying and well deserved meanwhile crane gave emotion on everything not just yelling and screaming even normal conversations

I truly believe they could fix these problems which makes me hopeful but right now it's not scary it like how you said it feels like a game (which it is but you know what I mean... Also i hate the glowing yellow stuff surrounding the map so much it's just ugh it's terrible and it doesn't help that the zombies don't even look scary anymore they look cartoony the humans look fine but the main thing the volatile doesn't even look scary to me anymore but yet the first dying light volatile still holds up!)

Dying light 1:Reflex and hardcore Dying light 2:Get punched in cutscenes, got kicked in the priv, slapped, and only becomes volatile in certain mission

I like the sandbox feel of dl2 and I like the scariest thing ever feel of dl1

I think DL2 could surpass if they would just simply focus on basic mechanics and functionality. I believe a lot of the outrage comes from they had already mastered certain systems and mechanics and into it was almost like thanks for the extra money chumps. Leaving the feeling of adding insult to injury.

I like dl2s maps better but dl1s felt more natural and real. I like the combat physics of the first game way better but I do like the parry implementation. parkour is obviously way better in the second game but i think the story actually falls short of the first game's story. Thats just my opinion . Weapons felt way better in dl1. Night time was shit-your-pants-scary in the first but now you dont even need a flashlight.

Simply bring back the nighthunter mode, that mode added so much replayability for me in DL1

Amazing Video oni as always! And i love the long form videos!

Something I think not nearly enough people talk about are the zombie models between games. Let's take the Volatile as an example. In DL1, the Volatile looks horrifying. It's got exposed muscle, blisters everywhere, a gouged out stomach and just these little details that make it look fucked up. W Meanwhile, from what I can see in DL2, they're about the same shape as the ones in DL1, but just grey all over. They still have most of the same features like the weird bisecting lower jaw and the hole in the stomach, but a lot of the finer details have been left out. Also, who thought it would be a good idea to have a timer for during the night that insta-kills you? It's kinda dumb if you ask me since night time is often the thing players have to overcome in their playthrough, unlocking a whole new dimension with more risk but better rewards like double skill XP. To limit that time is dumb imo.

Man people's opinions aside, ya gotta give Techland the credit of building both these worlds. Like compare both to the normal FPS open world, and there's just nothing like it. They made a truly open world, where you can legit go anywhere, with many interiors. I just think of like Far Cry where most buildings are just some static, unclimbable thing. It's honestly pretty damn remarkable. Especially the sequel with just the sheer size of it all.

Dying lights 1 story was one of the best gaming stories I have ever played. Especially the DLC for if anyone who doesn't know. Kyle Crane Becomes the night hunter and everyone who has played the game knows what happens at the end of the The Following.

It still isn’t anywhere near as good but it’s getting there so I hope they keep listening to the community and continue to improve the game

Great video ONE. I'm gonna stick with DL1. Last time I played DL2 my game was still busted every time I go down it says I can't respawn or get up or do anything while in multiplayer, even though I"m playing alone. DL2 just is not the same game. They threw out DL1 and started from scratch and it was clearly, to me, a mistake. I love techland still working on this game, but it will never be enough to catch back up to a previous game that is almost ten years old. I do have high hopes for their next game though. I don't believe they will keep repeating the same mistakes ala Bethesda. God I hope they right this ship. I still have faith in techland.

Okay you can love DL2's music all you want but DL1's soundtrack is much, MUCH more memorable. When you hear the first few seconds, all the memories come back by themselves. It's something that stays with you, it's unique and one of a kind.

Personally i really miss the guns and the buggy car vehicle introduction in The Following...Dying Light is much better for me.