

This means less desperate leveling early on and more confident exploration. The game doesn't contrive some reason to strip away all your stuff and boot you back to square one, thankfully, so when you walk out of Harran at the start of The Following, all your skills and gear come with you. Fortunately, missions are generally less of a grind here not only because of the strong narrative framing but also because you've got more gameplay options to work with. Of course, because no one's ever willing to divulge information for free, you're once again stuck doing favors to earn trust, which means more errands and fetch quests. Now Playing: Dying Light: The Following Video Review The Following requires the base game, but you only need to complete Dying Light’s prologue before diving into the DLC. It's both more original and more satisfying than the full game's narrative.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Its self-contained story, while slow to start, gradually becomes an engaging conspiracy thriller complete with tension, intrigue, and a few genuinely surprising twists. Crane still lacks depth, but The Following delivers fresh themes that set it apart from.well, every other zombie apocalypse tale out there. Gruff protagonist/cardboard cutout Kyle Crane uses the man's map to find his way out of the city and into a creepy mystery centered on a secretive cult. The setup is swift and simple: A short time after the conclusion of the full game, a mysterious outsider shows up in zombie-infested Harran ranting feverishly about a place where everyone's immune to the outbreak.

It's a pretty unexpected change, but The Following works well, delivering a sizable chunk of story-driven content that feels at once distinct from and in sync with the original experience. The Following DLC, on the other hand, weaves customizable dirt buggies into its basic structure, trading dense urban slums for sweeping, open farmland. First-person zombie brawler Dying Light is full of cars-burnt out, abandoned husks of cars that are perfect for parkouring over but not so great for driving.
