Dying Light

[stankowalski]

I'm surprised there wasn't a thread somewhere about this game, particularly since it's about a year old.  Just wanted to recommend this game to others, especially if you like zombie games.  At some point one zombie game is the same as the next, but this one has a little something different.  The parkour aspect to the game is what sets it apart from other zombie games.  In the beginning you can't take on multiple zombies and the parkour style of movement really gives you a chance to survive early since most zombies can't climb.  Aside from that it has the usual formula when it comes to most zombie games, crafting your own weapons, upgrading those weapons, repairing those weapons, etc.  You can also scavenge for plants to give you certain boosts such as night vision, endurance, and so on.  

The story is your typical zombie story but that's not necessarily a bad thing.  There are day and night cycles.  You gain double xp at night but it's much tougher since there are stronger zombies that appear at night.  There is an RPG aspect to it as you can level your character in 3 ways: agility, survival, and power.  Each branch has it's own special abilities and moves and each is leveled according to how much you use them.  So if you do a lot of running and agility special moves you get agility points, if you do power moves you get power points, if you do quests and help random survivors you get survival points.  There is a co-op mode but I haven't done any of that, but I hear it's pretty good and makes the game even better.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Yeah, I thought this was one of the better games I've played in the last few years. Really glad I picked it up. The parkour is really cool, I wish they'd do this in more FPS type games.

[stankowalski]

It really is a great game.  I actually played through it on the xbox one and just downloaded it for the pc to run through it again.  The parkour stuff takes some getting used to but once you do and you level your character it's a blast.