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The zombie game in question is none other than Dying Light: The Beast, which was originally supposed to be DLC for Dying Light 2, but was spun out into its own spin-off game as the third release in the action-RPG meets survival-horror series. And so far, it appears to be a successful spin-off, blending the best parts of its predecessors. To this end, not only are many seemingly checking it out, but it boasts a solid 80 on Metacritic. That said, so far this is a bit below what Dying Light 2 achieved three years earlier. When it released, it posted a high of 274,983 players. This is, to an extent, to be expected as it’s a larger and more consquential release. So this is a pretty big drop off, but not a bad one when you consider this is not a sequel, but essentially a standalone expansion.
About the Game:
Like the Dying Light games before it, Dying Light: The Beast was made by Polish studio Techland. The spin-off picks up after the events of the Dying Light: The Following and stars the protagonist of the first game, Kyle Crane, who has escaped imprisonment and years of painful experimentation that added zombie DNA to him. Now he is part man, part zombie looking for revenge on the man responsible, the Baron. In his quest for revenge, he has to keep tame his inner beast all whilst surviving a zombie-infested Castor Woods.
