Dying Light: The Beast

I need to preface this with the fact that I did in fact receive the Fist game for free back in 2023. I have now been playing the entire franchise, start to finish for well over 3 years, the first became one of my all time favorite games within hours a playing (I have a soft spot for zombie based survival/horror). I've played DL1+The Following, DL2SH+Bloody Ties, and now DLTB. With every game I purchased extra DLC and played through it all. and with this I feel I can confidently say that this game is by FAR my favorite of the 3 games (4 if you count the following, it was essentially a whole game). the first game was beautiful, great setting, amazing soundtrack, good characters, good graphics(for it's time), good story, and most importantly, IT WAS HORRIFYING. And now, to be honest, DLTB hits all of those boxes and surpasses them, soundtrack is nostalgic of the first, and yet fresh and clean. the setting, while not quite the same vibe, and not as dense which restricts it's beautiful movement system, it's still great. The characters feel a tad bit flatter in comparison, but this was a much smaller game that was intended as a DLC, and we have Crane back so I can't complain too much. The Graphics are incredible, and rival many games of similar standing. I personally think the story is the greatest of all three, it's being a direct sequel to the following we now get a definitive ending as opposed to the ambiguous one. and yet again, the game is terrifying, not only is night scary though, due to this game's manner of bosses and situations the quests set you in you will be mortified regardless of how you play it. All in all, this is by far one of the best horror survival games i have played, I have nothing but love for the Techland crew, and admiration for their works. I wait in anticipation for what may come next, but until then this is truly one of the best games that does what this does on the market.