Yes as suggested by the body shape of the Night Hunter and the scream at the end of the game

No he’s a Sentient Volatile

The vial Crane was forced to drink by the mother (in a nutshell) turns people into Sentient Volatiles, it was even hinted by the Mother herself that he’ll become what she became when she says “maybe you’ll understand when you see it with my eyes” before she forced the vial into Crane, which obviously foreshadows that he will turn into a Sentient Volatile, forgot to mention the mother also drank the vial, which led her to becoming a Sentient Volatile herself, so that also confirms it. What people got completely mixed up is Techland reused the night hunters howl to make crane’s sentient volatile form sound more intimidating, but that brought people to believe he’s a hunter, even though the subtitles said “volatile scream”. It is pretty obvious it is a reused asset specifically for intimidation purposes, they also reused the demolishers breathing for the hunter as well, Techland knew exactly what they were doing… this was no mistake! You know how btz players are… they’re too lazy to do their research because they think a single sound confirms everything whereas there’s so much more proof Crane is a Sentient Volatile. What they also try to compare is the clothing. They’re actually very different, Crane wears a light grey shirt and light blue jeans, the hunter wears a brownish shirt and dark blue skinny jeans, in the final cutscene, you can see crane is wearing the survivor outfit which is a red and black coloured outfit. If the hunter were canon there’d definitely be more than one hunter, each hunter/player has a different play style, mutated or not. Just because it’s wearing the same clothes don’t mean it’s the only one, all the volatiles, demolishers, toads, and bombers look the same and wear the same clothes, yet there’s more, it’s just Techland’s laziness, can’t be bothered to make more designs…. Think about it, Like I said before, the hunter isn’t canon so there’s no possible way he’d turn into one, and the vial changes people into Sentient Volatiles, it was a failed military experiment, The Mother even said (in a nutshell) that in the day Sentient Volatiles still have their humanity, whilst in the dark, they lose their humanity and volatile instincts start taking over, now with the hunter; Techland said it’s a seperate mutation and was only made for a gamemode, and that it has nothing to do with the story, nothing more and nothing less… Hunters aren’t another possible transformation effect from the vials, the vials do the same thing and the effects and transformations are the same, if the vials were different then the acolytes wouldn’t trust the vials and would’ve told crane not to take em, the hunter has no humanity whatsoever… Sentient Volatiles still have theirs, that’s the difference! The acolytes sounded pretty sure that they were cures which means they knew they have the same chemicals, the mother proved them wrong that they are poisons, but that still doesn’t change the fact that they’re still the same…

No

@@elpablo3344 yeah, not to mention, the argument that Kyle crane has abilities like the hunter is a very invalid argument, as viruses themselves are not sentient, nor conscious, and cannot decide what they do to their host, they work with what they have, genetics. So the hunter isn't cannon, and probably some random guy, who spent enough time in pure darkness, and had the right genetic code for the virus to rapidly mutate him into the hunter.

I didn't like the first because my chase immersion would ruin how the climbing button would just never want me to climb

its a compliment in disguise, pretty sure thats what the game wanted you to feel when being chased

@@AnExstravagancy Then I guess ill be skipping part 2, I couldn't imagine how real these volatile will look like. I don't mind fighting 1 on 1 but if it forces me to run cause its stronger then im good lol

@@Jaem-ml4lx you could actually kill volatiles in the first one if i remember correctly lol.

@@Jaem-ml4lx or use UV rays/flashlights

In addition, the character's breathing sounded nervous, followed by breathing difficulty from terror after escaping from them

Im replaying the game, their grunt huff n puff when near is crazy too

I hope that i get really scared at night

Jonah scott (adrian) said that the sound design was really good, so probably.

What got me was how there eyes glowed slightly in the dark

They were vampires in the book.

They really don't remind me of things in I AM LEGEND and I am legend was a good plot but movie overall wasn't really that great, what the Volatiles reminded me of were the Reapers in BLADE 2

@@AdamWest1290 That movie was amazing, What are you Talking about?

Spoiler: When Sam died, It was just 😔

@@NN-cm2mh I thought it was when I first watched it but afterwards naw..it was just another will smith action over dramatic movie

That’s actually not really true I actually debunked that today I was pointing the light on him and after like 3 seconds he just started too ignore it and pounced me I died cause I legit was so frightened cause I didn’t expect that

@@allenrichiez930 That's what I'm saying. In Dying Light 2 they don't care about UV after a bit and just attack you normally.

@@reinaldotorres5844 no no I’m talking about dying light 1

@@allenrichiez930 they have fight or flight type manurisms. If your in an open area the A.I will run. If you in a closed dark room or up close it'll swing wildly at you or pounce then run a little.

@@reinaldotorres5844 they do care about UV, just not the flashlight. They won't get near you if you stand within a UV bar you've thrown

And later in the game you have either the op grapple hook or op cross bow which makes night and viotiles easy as hot cheese

The only time I really ran into a volatile was in the VNC Tower

Don't know if it was a bug, a feature or something else, but once I ran around on rooftops and stumbled across 3 volatiles on a roof where usually only virals would chill. I died.

@@legithacksource2324 if you do thr GRE facilities and stay until it shifts back to morning, a volatile will immediately jump after you. Trust me. Spent too long in the facility and got chased out by 2 of em.

@@MissSimone02 Lol 😂 I never stayed in there too long

Thats just the plot of the dlc for the first game

@@nonameguy96 oh damn, true! Didn't realize that. But it could be that they change the plot a bit or get introduced entirely different to the world 15 years after the events of Harran. And that they actually have more influence on the game and potentially gameplay instead of only story-wise stuff

And Crane is their leader

They'd be OP asf

Some dope smoking volatiles be like "Ay, man..... Oh shiet, come here, smoke some" And you can chill with them whenever you want

Temporary bases would be dope. Would be dope if you can choose you favorite spot and just keep supplies there and with having to check up on it make sure it’s strong enough to last nights or run into for defense and fight off whatever chases you.

@@knightslayer6161 someone needs to suggets that to.them add minor base bulid and this game finna be for more people aswell

So basically a first person state of decay

@@barackputin haven’t played state of decay, but if it works well on that game, sure add that mechanic on dying light 2

@@barackputin that would be pretty boss actually. Always liked state of decay but I’ve seen it still falls flat in some places actually. Would be a nice system if implemented well.

Or you can be like me and brute force it. Just need to have a few sips of the drink from DL 1 that makes you take 1 damage for every hit and you’re golden… er, bloodied!

@@coolsceegaming6178 doubt they be in this game tho

@@q-tips9984 👀

@@q-tips9984 Lol well it seems you have been mistaken 🤣

@@dustinmesch7517 huh? i didnt say the volatiles werent gonna be in the new game

And then sometimes they sound closer then they are or they sometimes go around or go like a long way to where they think you will be and then u look behind and you see none and it just terrifies the FCK out of u

the sound design in dying light 1 in general is pure nightmare fuel, the noises that you hear, volatiles, the music, and the overall feel of nighttime is just terrifying

That's fair, that and the countryside spillage only came after the events of DL1 base game, and burning up that Antizin was a stupid move on the GRE's part, even the bottles Kyle stashed couldn't have prevented/stemmed the outbreak on a scale that large. Imagine if the virus mutated in water and suddenly fish zombies...

What is Iirc

@@gokukakarot3404 If I Recall Correctly.

@@RobertPayne556 aight thanks

Lmao things scary

Okay thats hilarious just "Crane why are you so wet" *volatile screech* "Oh"

My first time I didn't know I had a torch, so I when you have to run back to the tower it was near pitch black for me, but somehow I managed to make it And then I never went into the night until I finished the game when I had all the good stuff

funny, i just assumed they wouldn't swim and headed for water on my first night

Yeah, the whole thing is that these zombies aren’t dead people but just VERY sick people.

I think virals are actually still alive just sick and normal zombies are actually dead

@@johncruisethebaldguy1710 i disagree since you can kill infected conventionally. You can snap their necks and kill them, you don't have to destroy the brain

@@johnychrist5475 true but I don't you have to destroy the brain

They're recently turned, that's why they're so agile and have this feeling of pain

Or like have a Hive mind.

I don’t watch a lot of dying light 2 gameplay but mabye there could be like nests we have to destroy or unless it was in dying light 2 gameplay but we did had similarities from dying light nest there is misson where Raheem tell us to bomb the building filled with zombies but mabye we have to destroy like few of them to make places safer

I kind of hear more like a "Please help me" than a "We shall rise"

Too bad Volatile in DL2 is almost rare encountered in game.

@@Count_Gustav they only come out at night when you hit level 4 chase

I straight up did a massacre of volatiles with a gun and bow which only attracted more until the sun rose.

But now you can no longer do that in dl2, decent level volatiles are impossible to beat if theyre in numbers AND you're in a crowded building.

Much appreciated!

Just started DLC. Literally same feelings about it :D

@@CERBERUS0420 Make sure you maximize all your upgrades on the buggy.👍🏾

CKiwi skin for DL2?

Its not as easy on new game plus let alone nightmare. You cant run and gun on that even with all the fancy weapons. I would still prefer to have all the fun weapons from DL1 DLCs. If they werent fun and people havent enjoyed them, they wouldnt pop as many weapon dlcs.

I mean, if you go to town at one with a shotgun, won't more turn up at your ass due to sound? But I agree that they probably shouldn't be opponents you are supposed to take on

Mhhm I diss agree I highly disagree

idk about the first game since i never played it but they just didnt give us guns in dl2.. i mean theres the boomstick but still :(

@@rockhoggaming it’s honestly better this way. The guns in the first game, were either overpowered or underpowered. There wasn’t an in-between and it ruined the gameplay sometimes, not to mention the sound of the weapon would make every viral within a 20 mile radius charge you. So considering there wasn’t a chase sequence in the first game, it would make using your weapons at night obsolete pretty much in the second game. But that’s just my opinion.

It's from the Dying Light 2 OST kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdufrbabrZe5nXU.html

the game is horrible kiddo, go take your medicine and stay in school

THV literally means "The Harran Virus"

@@Jayd888 Tachytranmissive Harran Virus is THV, which is a completely different strain and why it's Abbreviates unlike "Harran Virus". Make sure you're correct if you're going to correct someone.

He turned into a nighthunter if i remember correctly

@@noturbusiness9756 pretty sure the devs said the nighthunter was just a gameplay mechanic. Not actually canon.

@@Amoogus Im pretty sure Crane has become the Night Hunter. If you put things together he had the DNA of every infected in him due to his encounters. And the Night Hunter has also a combination of powers every other infected has. The grappling hook Crane had was replaced by the tentacles and the scream Crane did when he was turning is identical to Night Hunter's.

@@MrMaKeMeDiNnEr I mean good reasoning but I’m 99% sure the nighthunter isn’t actually canon.

Nobody from dl1 makes return And here i was hoping for tolga and fatin since they're the only ones to our knowledge that made it out alive from quarantine

Thank you for the long-lasting support as always, Tony!

Oh nice, where have you seen this?

@@ColossalKiwi There were images floating around on the official dying light discord a few months ago that showed character models in dl2 (matt, frank, aiden, the old lawan model and a volatile). I think the source of it was a onedrive file that the community had access to for a short time. On the image of a volatile, it showed the head, torso, legs and feet of it. Edit: (The torso part showed the back as well)

@@gort7361 that's awesome, thanks for the info!

@@ColossalKiwi Your welcome, great video by the way!

Yes. Yes. YES. ZOMBIE SINGLE PLAYER PLEASE.

That is LITERALLY DL2

Been playing since 2019 definitely my favorite zombie game of all time

you mean shrieks, those werent screams man, they were inhuman fucking shrieks that fucking jumpscared you

Thanks for sticking with me all this time

We just call them armored volatiles.

I called them blues, like Blue Volatile since their extra ‘armor’ was blue. But I also switched between nightmares and alphas

@@eggos2713 nightmares and alphas seem to be the most popular ones, I like blues though since it reminds me of the Velociraptor from Jurassic World, being the leader and all

I call them Yeeehaaaw Volatiles because they're from a countryside Incest makes you grow armor, brother

It's alpha volatile and mutated goon

Except we won't as it's confirmed to not be cannon Edit: I was wrong, I was told 4 years ago it was canon, but it wasn't true.

@@Bullymag553 well, it's been 15, I'm sure a lot of DL1 character would still be around, except they're vapor. Vapor created when you mix a human with an armed nuclear warhead Edit: well, if the nuclear ending isn't canon, and Kyle becoming a volatile is, then I'm very sure there could be a couple of DL1 characters around.

@@SegularRpork was it? That's a bit silly tbh

@@Fragar212 no, it wasn't silly. It was a bad ending. Harran was supposed to end.

@@SegularRpork it’s actually 20 years after DL2, it’s 15 years after the virus broke out and spread

Thanks!

Yea their pretty common there along with outside one of the safehouses you unlock shortly after reaching old Town where you look for Jade.

Legend. Thank you for the high quality footage!

@@ColossalKiwi And thank you for including it into your awesome video. Hope to see more videos from ya, cuz i used to watch you a lot back in the days when people still thought Dead Island 2 was going to be released. Glad to see you're back, mate. ^

Ikr

On new game plus they are very hard to kill let alone the nightmare difficulty. Hell, even virals are really hard to kill on new game+ and they spawn constantly knowing where you are bothering you.

Thanks for the correction there

@@ColossalKiwi np man. But honestly i just hope we can still throw buckets at people

For sure. Chemicals mutations aren't always entirely beneficial 😅

Exactly. After playing DL2 I went straight back to DL1. I’ll probably never play DL2 again. To think of how passionate Techland were about their zombies and where the story could have gone after The Following…..then we end up with this inflated intestine full of gas.