I was absolutely shocked by how much I enjoyed Dying Light last year. It’s an open-world zombie game! Three out of every four titles released these days are open-world zombie games! Yet its unique take on parkour survival meant that it hit for me in a way similar titles didn’t.
Apparently I’m not the only one who liked it a bunch, because Techland has announced their intent to support the game with another year of support. Their CEO issued an open letter thanking players for their enjoyment of the game.
Dear Players,
While the launch of Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition is only a few days behind us, I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the support, feedback, and faith you have shown us. We have received countless words of encouragement, praise and constructive criticism – I would like you to know we appreciate and listen closely to everything you have to say.
We are also humbled by the immensely positive reception of the enhanced version of our game. We always had faith in the project, but seeing so many enthusiastic opinions among players and high review scores from the press is utterly heart-warming. At the same time it is a clear sign that there is still high demand for that unique Dying Light experience. To make sure that every new or veteran player gets all the fun they deserve, we have decided to continue our support for Dying Light at least till the end of this year. We are already working on new unannounced content, so stay tuned for our future news.
Having said that, this is my personal request to all of you: share your impressions with us. You can do it through one of our social media channels, our official forum, or simply by e-mail. We want to hear about all your stories, ideas and problems you could have. As the Dying Light franchise goes forward, let us also know where you want to see it headed. We strongly believe in active collaboration between our design team and you, players who every day fight for survival in the world of Dying Light.
We are all ears,
Paweł Marchewka,
Techland CEO
Dying Light’s first major expansion, the Following, released just over a week ago, and according to Chris Capel’s review for GameWatcher, it was a solid add-on despite some iffy new gameplay additions. Hopefully Techland can follow-up with even better stuff in the future.
