Techland is trying to perfect the art of zombie-smashing in Dying Light after the promising but not-actually-all-that-fun Dead Island. The big new innovation is - lots and lots of jumping about.
The developer has released a new trailer ahead of Gamescom that shows off the game’s strange mix of Assassin’s Creed-style parkour acrobatics and gory melee combat, and reveals the existence of a four-player co-op mode.
Dying Light casts you as a scavenger out hunting for key supplies in the zombie infested streets of [unidentified South American city]. Obviously you want to keep off the traditional pedestrian thoroughfares unless you really like getting all your limbs chewed off. Instead, you’ll stick to the rooftops, using your speed and agility to scamper and leap past the undead hordes when necessary.
The big reveal from this trailer is that four-player co-op, which lets you customise your runner with a variety of outfits and pelt around the city causing chaos with friends. Like Left 4 Dead with more jumping, basically. Could be fun.
Dying Light is coming to PC and current-gen consoles next February.