He says that this difficulty is “very close to the original’s pressure in everything trying to kill you and it’s nighttime experience”. In order to compensate for that lower challenge early on in Dying Light 2 when playing on the base difficulty, Smektala reveals that there is a setting in the game that will recreate the experience players felt in the original. Criticism was levelled at the first game in 2015 for how much pressure you were under early on, due to your lack of tools to handle the Volatiles. Speaking in the latest issue of EDGE magazine, Tymon Smektala, Dying Light 2’s lead designer, says that the opening hours will be more approachable for new players. However, in Dying Light 2, those relentless moments have been toned down slightly when playing on the game’s base difficulty. Whilst out of your safehouse after sundown, you would have to run away from terrifying Volatiles as they chased you relentlessly through the back alleys and rooftops of the city.
Easily the most terrifying part of the original Dying Light was venturing out into the streets of Harran at night.
