You are Kyle Crane and you are sent as an undercover agent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in the city of Harran where there is an ongoing zombie outbreak. You soon meet with a gang and a group that fights against the gang.

Your goal is to understand what is going on in the city while building up relations with some of the inhabitants. As you progress you can unlock safe spaces (like in the Division or the Just Cause series). And if you've played Death Stranding you will find a similar concept here: while guns and rifles are present you really don't want to use those. Instead, you rely on melee weapons or even better avoid combat where possible using the amazing parcourse loop.

The start of the game acts as a tutorial: it works well with minor quests to introduce to the different aspects of the game.

The voice acting in general is good to great.

The game has crafting (there are many blue prints to manufacture weapons and helpful items. There are also multiple skill trees that work similar like Bethesa games: using a certain skill more often gives more experience and if you use it long enough you will get more skill points. And as you level up you gain access to better items in the shop, more blue prints etc.

Parcourse is great - I enjoyed jumping through the:-).

I don't know why but over the last few years I tried to get into DL but for some reason I just lost interest after a couple of hours. The parcourse part is well done, the introduction is good but then it just became average to me quickly.

The game is old and the graphics are slightly dated; the positive is that performance is good.

There is no manual save – there is auto save only. While it forces you to think twice about taking on hordes it gets frustrating when you miss a jump during parcourse and have to redo it all again which can become annoying.

There is no fast travel.

I get that DL2 is out but why do we need to get a reminder about this every time we start the game?

In general, I had a bug and glitch free experience.

There are 50 DLCs for DL. Most are skin packs and cosmetics but there are some that add new player modes. If you want to get DL it's best to a pack that contains all of them when it's on sale: right now it's the Dying Light: Definitive 10th Anniversary Edition. I don't think any of them are necessary to enjoy the base game but if you can get it for a good price then go for it :-).

What is good about DL is that you don't start out as a super hero. You slowly build up your skill as you learn more about the city that you're in. Unfortunately, despite trying multiple times to get into the game I lost interest after a few hours. I'll try DL2 and hopefully it will work better for me.

If you're into zombies, like parcourse and don't want to be all over-powered at start then it may work for you especially when it's on sale. It is a bit dated though and there is some annoying game mechanics like no manual save and no fast travel. It didn't click for me and having tried multiple times I just can't get in. But that may just be me: it is not a bad game - it's one of those instances where if a friend asks you hey should I get it? I would say maybe.

[H1]So what's it about?[/H1] You are Kyle Crane and you are sent as an undercover agent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in the city of Harran where there is an ongoing zombie outbreak. You soon meet with a gang and a group that fights against the gang. Your goal is to understand what is going on in the city while building up relations with some of the inhabitants. As you progress you can unlock safe spaces (like in the Division or the Just Cause series). And if you've played Death Stranding you will find a similar concept here: while guns and rifles are present you really don't want to use those. Instead, you rely on melee weapons or even better avoid combat where possible using the amazing parcourse loop. [H1]The good[/H1] The start of the game acts as a tutorial: it works well with minor quests to introduce to the different aspects of the game. The voice acting in general is good to great. The game has crafting (there are many blue prints to manufacture weapons and helpful items. There are also multiple skill trees that work similar like Bethesa games: using a certain skill more often gives more experience and if you use it long enough you will get more skill points. And as you level up you gain access to better items in the shop, more blue prints etc. Parcourse is great - I enjoyed jumping through the:-). [H1]The not so good[/H1] I don't know why but over the last few years I tried to get into DL but for some reason I just lost interest after a couple of hours. The parcourse part is well done, the introduction is good but then it just became average to me quickly. The game is old and the graphics are slightly dated; the positive is that performance is good. There is no manual save – there is auto save only. While it forces you to think twice about taking on hordes it gets frustrating when you miss a jump during parcourse and have to redo it all again which can become annoying. There is no fast travel. I get that DL2 is out but why do we need to get a reminder about this every time we start the game? [H1]Bugs and glitches[/H1] In general, I had a bug and glitch free experience. [H1]The DLCs[/H1] There are 50 DLCs for DL. Most are skin packs and cosmetics but there are some that add new player modes. If you want to get DL it's best to a pack that contains all of them when it's on sale: right now it's the Dying Light: Definitive 10th Anniversary Edition. I don't think any of them are necessary to enjoy the base game but if you can get it for a good price then go for it :-). [H1]Summary[/H1] What is good about DL is that you don't start out as a super hero. You slowly build up your skill as you learn more about the city that you're in. Unfortunately, despite trying multiple times to get into the game I lost interest after a few hours. I'll try DL2 and hopefully it will work better for me. [H1]Should you buy it?[/H1] If you're into zombies, like parcourse and don't want to be all over-powered at start then it may work for you especially when it's on sale. It is a bit dated though and there is some annoying game mechanics like no manual save and no fast travel. It didn't click for me and having tried multiple times I just can't get in. But that may just be me: it is not a bad game - it's one of those instances where if a friend asks you hey should I get it? I would say maybe.