
But it does promise 4-player online co-op, which should be even more exciting.
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You'll have to play more stealthily and use an infrared-like feature called "Night Sense" during the night cycle if you want to see the sunrise.īeing a much larger and more graphically intensive game than How to Survive, Dying Light won't offer local multiplayer. But at night, zombies actually transform, becoming faster and gaining the ability to jump and climb to chase hapless humans. During the daytime, you can focus on completing quests and finding useful crafting materials. It also incorporates a day-and-night cycle. Players will also be able to pull off a number of melee moves, such as jumping over one zombie and kicking another as you land, grappling and throwing an enemy out of a window, or snapping an unsuspecting zombie's neck.ĭying Light is an open-world game, so players have plenty of freedom to explore. Those zombies come apart and splatter in a truly visceral and thrilling way when struck with wrenches and other objects. Dying Light favors melee combat over ranged combat, allowing players to wield over 100 different weapons against the zombies. Still, sometimes fighting will be the only way to survive. You can run, jump, and climb things with ease, using the rooftops to get around safely while armies of the undead congregate below. Avoiding them seems to be surprisingly natural and intuitive thanks to your character's parkour-like skills. The zombies are suitably slow, but they become much more dangerous in numbers. Players will have to navigate in a zombie-infested city. But Dying Light focuses much more on speed and mobility, to the point that it almost looks like a zombie-themed take on Mirror's Edge. No surprise since developer Techland also made the Dead Island series.

Whereas State of Decay has a third-person behind-the-back view and How to Survive uses an overhead view, Dying Light mixes things up by taking place in first-person. How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition comes to Xbox One and Playstation 4 this fall. In any case, it will help keep us all busy as we wait for State of Decay (and Dying Light) to come along in 2015.

It sounds like How to Survive will be less serious and more fast-paced than State of Decay. Introduces a new game mode where players will try to protect survivors as long as they can, setting traps and barricades. Allowing players to roam the islands on a highly randomized scenario trying to find and repair an escape vehicle.

Presenting an additional character with the ability to craft flamethrowers and advanced chainsaws.
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No word on graphical enhancements (though a 1080p resolution is likely), but the developers promise new maps, characters, modes, weapons and survival tips. The Xbox One version of How to Survive naturally includes a few improvements over last year's release. Since each character has his or her own strengths and abilities, you'll be able to complement your partner and hopefully keep each other safe. Use it to purchase upgrades for a skill tree, personalizing your character while gaining useful benefits like a reduced need for sleep.īest of all, How to Survive has that one major element that State of Decay (as far as we know) lacks: cooperative multiplayer! Two players can team up on one system or online in order to face the zombie island together. Completing these quests, as well as fighting enemies and crafting unique objects, gains EXP for your character. You'll have to hunt animals for food, gather water from wells, and find safe places to rest as you navigate the island's perils.īesides exploring, foraging, and zombie killing, you'll also have to complete RPG-style quests for fellow survivors.

Your character has three basic needs: food, water, and sleep that must be met in order to stay alive and kicking. But it's still a survival game like State of Decay. How to Survive takes place from an overhead view and controls like a twin-stick shooter.
