For example, Aiden can collect Inhibitors, which allow him to improve his base stats for health and stamina (the latter crucial for both combat and parkour). It boasts a dizzying number of systems that feed into each other, yet cohere in near-miraculous fashion. It swiftly becomes apparent that, to an even greater extent than the first game, Dying Light 2: Stay Human is a complex, full-blown RPG masquerading as a mere zombie game. That GRE key – the only means of unlocking anything GRE-related, of which there is plenty in Villedor – eventually becomes the game’s prime plot MacGuffin.

On the way to Villedor, Aiden acquires a GRE access key – the GRE being the medical, quasi-paramilitary organization that sprung into action to find a cure for the first game’s viral outbreak in Harran, but was blamed for further outbreaks and hounded into oblivion. Haunted by memories of childhood experimentation, he is on a quest to find his sister Mia, and his investigations lead him to the city of Villedor. Dying Light 2’s protagonist, Aiden, is a so-called Pilgrim, one of the few intrepid humans willing to venture outside the walled cities that remain. Its events take place 15 years after the original viral outbreak depicted in the first game, and show a world in a dire state (in a way that strikes plenty of chords after our own real-life pandemic experiences). It’s somewhat ironic that Dying Light 2 swiftly makes you feel at ease, since the environment it plunges you into is anything but comfortable.

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