Dying Light Platinum Edition
By David Chapman,
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Overpriced bundle of violent zombie killing cult classic.
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What’s It About?
Test your mettle and survive the night with DYING LIGHT PLATINUM EDITION. This bundle is ready to fill your flesh-eating appetite with the base Dying Light game, all four major DLC expansions, and 17 different cosmetic skin packs included. The main game invites players to roam through the quarantined city of Harran, where the outbreak of a mysterious virus has left most of its people infected and turned into mindless zombies. You'll need to make your way over rooftops and through the streets to gather supplies, craft new weapons, and rescue other survivors before nightfall. Because when the sun goes down, the lumbering zombie hordes go wild, hunting humans with feral ferocity and reckless abandon. The Following takes players beyond the city and into the country to investigate a strange cult that claims to have the cure for the zombie virus. The Bozak Horde finds players strapped to a bomb and forced to complete a series of trials to prove their skills to a crazed madman. Cuisine & Cargo expands the city with two new quarantine zones to liberate. And finally, Hellraid opens a portal to an entirely new realm of fantasy, with players giving up their bats and guns in favor of swords and crossbows, bringing a literal meaning to going medieval on the armies of the undead.
Is It Any Good?
As fans get ready for the upcoming release of Dying Light 2: Stay Human in late 2021, Techland is revisiting the original with an outrageous bundle that has an equally outrageous price. The Dying Light Platinum Edition has a platinum retail price tag of $100 and comes packed with the original version of the game, four expansions, and a total of 17 cosmetic additions that have all been previously released since the game's 2015 debut. While that might seem like a good value at first glance, that value drops considerably once you realize that the Dying Light Anniversary Edition, released six months earlier, includes the same base game and four expansion packs (as well as a couple of those cosmetic packs) for less than half the price.
When Dying Light was first released, it quickly gained a following by elevating itself above other survival horror games with a mix of first-person shooting, parkour movement, and a day/night cycle that amped up both the difficulty and the tension. The expansions added some more meat to the game's story, a couple of extra maps, and, in the case of the Hellraid expansion, a wholly different, fantasy-themed adventure. These are all fun additions to the base game and must-haves for fans. But that makes this Platinum Edition all the more mind-boggling. Fans of the game are likely to already own it on their platform of choice, along with any expansions and cosmetics that piqued their interest. Meanwhile, newcomers are still best served picking up the base game or even the Anniversary Edition to jump into the game and pocket a hefty savings in the process.
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Game Details
- Platforms: Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: Techland
- Release date: May 27, 2021
- Genre: First-Person Shooter
- Topics: Adventures, Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
- ESRB rating: M for Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Intense Violence
- Last updated: October 25, 2021
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