The entire time I was playing Dead Island I kept wishing I could climb things. The game had a lot of environment pieces and set dressing that looked like they should be climbable but weren't.

Then Dying Light came along and I was mostly happy. The story was weaksauce but the gameplay was special; kinda like MIrror's Edge but with danger. I loved it. (though I still need to play The Following)

Now DL2 comes along, and it's like Dying Light but like if you hadn't seen it for awhile and it comes back and you're like "daaaammnnn you've been working out!"

So yea it's more Dying Light. The grappling hook changed. At first it was difficult and I missed the Spider-Man one of the first one, but once you get good with it, you can literally climb sky scrapers; something that could not be said of the previous incarnation.

Apparently people are up in arms at the moment about some cosmetic store nonsense. "DL Points" or some such. I just spent 2 days revisiting the game and not once did the game mention or push these points. I'm pretty sure you have to actually click on the word "Store" in the Main Menu to even know these things exist if you didn't see all the tears in the Discussions.

If you never click on "Store" you never even know they are there.

That's another reason to recommend the game:
If you want microtransactions, you actually have to go looking for them. You could play for days, maybe even weeks and not know they exist.

But let me not get bogged down on that stuff, let's talk story (no spoilers of course).
The first one was like if a really attractive person was lame in the bedroom. You're just left laying there going "well... this was fun I guess... maybe I'll call you sometime or somethin?"

The second one gives you choices and ya know it's fine, everything's fine. It gets you comfortable and then in the end smacks you with an ultimatum because it got tired of your ♥♥♥♥. I could write a short story on why I didn't like the final choice, but my reasons are entirely personal and they would not prevent me from recommending the experience.

Oh and before I go I'd be remiss to not add that performance has always been amazing, even on my mid tier hardware. There's lots of options to increase framerates without giving up too much visually.

The entire time I was playing Dead Island I kept wishing I could climb things. The game had a lot of environment pieces and set dressing that looked like they should be climbable but weren't. Then Dying Light came along and I was mostly happy. The story was weaksauce but the gameplay was special; kinda like MIrror's Edge but with danger. I loved it. (though I still need to play The Following) Now DL2 comes along, and [b]it's like Dying Light but like if you hadn't seen it for awhile and it comes back and you're like "daaaammnnn you've been working out!"[/b] So yea it's more Dying Light. The grappling hook changed. At first it was difficult and I missed the Spider-Man one of the first one, but once you get good with it, you can literally climb sky scrapers; something that could not be said of the previous incarnation. Apparently people are up in arms at the moment about some cosmetic store nonsense. "DL Points" or some such. I just spent 2 days revisiting the game and not once did the game mention or push these points. I'm pretty sure you have to actually click on the word "Store" in the Main Menu to even know these things exist if you didn't see all the tears in the Discussions. If you never click on "Store" you never even know they are there. That's another reason to recommend the game: [b]If you want microtransactions, you actually have to go looking for them. You could play for days, maybe even weeks and not know they exist.[/b] But let me not get bogged down on that stuff, let's talk story (no spoilers of course). The first one was like if a really attractive person was lame in the bedroom. You're just left laying there going "well... this was fun I guess... maybe I'll call you sometime or somethin?" The second one gives you choices and ya know it's fine, everything's fine. It gets you comfortable and then in the end smacks you with an ultimatum because it got tired of your shit. I could write a short story on why I didn't like the final choice, but my reasons are entirely personal and they would not prevent me from recommending the experience. Oh and before I go I'd be remiss to not add that performance has always been amazing, even on my mid tier hardware. There's lots of options to increase framerates without giving up too much visually.