Dying Light 2

I found the first tense for much longer, personally, though it did wane eventually. I agree that DL2 feels and plays better.

The night mechanic in DL2 makes for a better game experience overall, but I do miss the Volatiles (I just read they appear at chase level 3; I've never gone beyond 2 myself).

It's a tough call for me. I think I still prefer DL 1, even though this is a better game, if that makes sense. As has been said, there's definitely more horror in the first one, as well as the first area being a lot better in terms of variety and feel. This one is more video-gamey but conversely more fun because of it. I also like the fact that there's no guns, which I hated in Dead Island, and Dying Light. The melee combat is better in this as well. I liked the air drops in the frist one as well which I haven't seen in this (as the world has gone to shit, that sure as hell explains why there aren't any, but I liked the fact there was a little timed impetuous to get to the drop before bandits did).

Get the Following edition of the first one and there's a hell of a lot of game there.

I actually like the story of this one so far as well, although I'm of the opinion everyone from the bazaar is out to screw me over.

I haven't ramped it up to chase level 4 yet, but 3+ was definitely run for the bazaar stage for me.

More stamina now at lev 2 for that, might me attempt level 4 for the lols.

I am slowly getting the hang of this now i think. Did a windmill and a few side missions last night & think i'm getting to grips with it.

Night time is definitely not as scary as the first game. I had to wait a good few levels there before i dared to venture out at night.

No, it never occurred to me you could. Definitely going to turn them off next time I play.

DL2 is more of a game. Deeper and richer in single player.

DL1 was crazy and fun but best in co op. I can’t even remember progressing the story in it but had great fun with my mate.

He’d dislike DL2 because he’s all about the online co op fun. I prefer single player experiences so DL2 feels much better to me.

Same for me. I couldn't play at all yesterday and kept daydreaming about it. Going to do 2 or 3 hours tonight.

Do you recall roughly how long after the first water tower it is until you get into the Central Loop, unlock fast travel etc.? It's taking its sweet time but to be fair I'm doing a lot of side missions - try to do 2 or 3 before doing another main mission.

Ta. Yeah, I'm getting a little sick of running around the opening areas from one end to another (though the new faction-specific traversal options are handy). I suspect I must only be a mission or so away from it.

I'm just having too much fun running dropkicking everyone.

I'm having trouble actually using some of the skills I've unlocked. For example, press LB while jumping over an obstacle to get a boost. I've managed to do this from a standing start with a waist-high obstacle right in front of me, but can I do that mid-run? Don't think I've managed to so far.

Then there's the skill immediately after that on the tree - double-tap RB for a longer jump. Is that a double-tap after an initial RB tap to jump, so 3 taps in total, or just one extra tap? Does it have to be directly after doing the LB thing that was the previous skill? The tooltips/videos aren't exactly clear.

Hmm. Pass on both of those, hopefully someone else can help. I've not unlocked either yet. I went for the wall run, the longer falls, the roll upon landing, the running dropkick and the sprint so far in the parkour tree.

Yeah, stagger on dodge and block are the main skills to go for on the combat tree. Heavy is good for fuckers who keep their guard up.
Think I've used the vault kick move three times since it unlocked in the tutorial.

Yeah, that's what I've found. Bit frustrating when it's so long between unlocks. Can see them patching in quicker upgrading tbh.

It is a bit tight though. Like I was clicking the left stick to sprint from the beginning of the game, because what other game gates sprinting behind an unlock.