While combat can be boring at first, it only improves as the game goes on. The moment-to-moment gameplay is engaging, and the parkour movement is almost always fluid. Bounding across rooftops and sliding through crowds of zombies is an absolute blast. The Gameplay: Part of the reason why “Dying Light’s” story is so grating is because of how amazing the gameplay is. They are frustrating and break the game’s momentum. “Dying Light” is one such game where the boss encounters detract from the experience. While some games, like “Bloodborne” (2015), manage to have bosses that add to the experience, most others do not. The Bosses: Another problem is “Dying Light’s” boring boss encounters. Instead, it forces the player to go through a lengthy tutorial filled to the brim with uninteresting story.
The Tutorial: It’s a small detail, but the tutorial for “Dying Light” highlights the problems in tutorials across gaming. It takes far too long to get the player into the game. Although stories in games are improving, “Dying Light” shows why people often do not take stories in games seriously. I was rarely interested in the story, making it all the more infuriating when I was forced to slow down and pay attention. It has all the tropes of an action movie, from the evil bad guy to the shadowy government agency. The Story: In the same line as its protagonist, “Dying Light’s” story is generic at best. Making this even worse is the fact that the game appears to take place in a Middle Eastern setting, with an American hero swooping in to save the day. “Dying Light” features white American Kyle Crane as its hero, joining the ranks of countless other video game protagonists. The Protagonist: The protagonist in “Dying Light” exemplifies one of the biggest problems facing modern games: their lack of diversity.
In fact, its flaws fall victim to a disappointing series of tropes plaguing modern gaming. However, despite this, “Dying Light” is not perfect.
The good aspects of the game highlight exactly what makes video games fun. An open-world zombie game released in 2015, “Dying Light” is a fantastic game.