Current Events > Why has no one tried to copy the Dying Light parkour?

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It absolutely blew me away in the first game and they really upped it in the second. The movement system is totally revolutionary to me but there are no other games doing it. I just imagine a Farcry or Metro game where you can jump around and run across rooftops. Or an open world Dark Messiah with parkour. I know it's probably a hard system to perfect but Techland wasn't exactly the biggest studio when they made the first game. Someone has to copy this.

Is it like Mirror's Edge? Because that kind of movement is excellent and needs to be in more games.

Dying Light made me think of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8qG4AlK1qk

Unknown5uspect posted...

Is it like Mirror's Edge? Because that kind of movement is excellent and needs to be in more games.

seriously

I'd probably hurt myself

^Just train harder

Unknown5uspect posted...

Is it like Mirror's Edge? Because that kind of movement is excellent and needs to be in more games.

Its better tbh. Once you get max stamina and free running, the movement is bar none compared to any other game.

InTheEyesOfFire posted...

Its better tbh. Once you get max stamina and free running, the movement is bar none compared to any other game.

How does it compare to Sunset Overdrive?

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Why are you so aggressively wrong?

parkour is being trained by hobbyists right now so the level of athleticism to copy dying light parkour is just not here yet. yes there are people that make money off the sport and are pros but they aren't training like athletes at an elite level. unlikely for any of the current parkourists to be on PEDs either.

also climbing is definitely one of the weakest aspects of parkour right now as a result of the community focusing more on jumps, tricks, flips,vaults, etc... there are a handful of more climbing focused parkour athletes but based on reactions from climbing forums they are nothing really special. altho toby segar is considered at least pretty good for someone without a climbing background and is currently practicing formal climbing on rock walls and stuff.

Lol. 9 postsalmost a record.

I like it too.

Not parkour, but movement in Rage 2 with all the perks is a friggin blastat least during combat. It just might be your thing if you havent played. Can get it for a buck nowadays. Maybebut not much more on sale, for sure.

Man, as far as fun movement, Anthem just might reign supreme for me still.

Tyranthraxus posted...

How does it compare to Sunset Overdrive?

Never did play that one. I had heard the player movement was pretty seamless though.

Basically you hate Dying Light because the world hates Dead Island

NecroFoul99 posted...

Not parkour, but movement in Rage 2 with all the perks is a friggin blastat least during combat. It just might be your thing if you havent played. Can get it for a buck nowadays. Maybebut not much more on sale, for sure.

It's on GamePass.

Dead Island was fun as hell. More fun to break, which was not really hard to do.

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I loved Dead Island. Wish we could get it 60fps on console, tho. Truth be told. Its a tad cumbersome and 30fps doesnt help.

The grapplehook trivialized the parkour in Dying Light, I liked driving in Dead Island alot more than parkouring around a city.

InTheEyesOfFire posted...

Never did play that one. I had heard the player movement was pretty seamless though.

You get a damage bonus based on how many movement tricks you do before attacking. It's pretty insane.

Here's a small sample

https://youtu.be/LJlaXGLLo38

trappedunderice posted...

The grapplehook trivialized the parkour in Dying Light

I agree, but it felt great as a late game power up. You had already mastered all the moves and now you can just zip around. Still a ton of fun.

Also, love to see the random support for Rage 2 and Sunset Overdrive in this topic. Since it's my favorite underrated games. Why no one immediately jumped at open world Doom or Tony Hawk with wacky guns is beyond me.

specialkid8 posted...

I agree, but it felt great as a late game power up. You had already mastered all the moves and now you can just zip around. Still a ton of fun.

Also, love to see the random support for Rage 2 and Sunset Overdrive in this topic. Since it's my favorite underrated games. Why no one immediately jumped at open world Doom or Tony Hawk with wacky guns is beyond me.

Because it was Xbox exclusive. That's all.

It was honestly one of the best platformers of that generation.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Because it was Xbox exclusive. That's all.

It was honestly one of the best platformers of that generation.

Yeah, I really wanted to play it but didn't own an Xbox and I wasn't spending several hundred euros on a single game.
This reminded me to check if it's on PC and seeing as it is, I'm buying it right now.

TheSavageDragon posted...

Yeah, I really wanted to play it but didn't own an Xbox and I wasn't spending several hundred euros on a single game.
This reminded me to check if it's on PC and seeing as it is, I'm buying it right now.

There's a shout out to GameFAQs on it. Everyone here is obligated to play it.

Nothing will compare to Brink's SMART system

lilORANG posted...

Nothing will compare to Brink's SMART system

From what I understand Titanfall is literally brink with mechs

I liked Dead Island more than I did Dying Light

How is Dying Light 2 anyway, better than the first?

DarthAragorn posted...

How is Dying Light 2 anyway, better than the first?

Somehow the story is even worse. I completely zone out during every dialogue sequence. But the core gameplay loop is phenomenal. The combat is pretty much identical and the movement starts out the same but grows a good bit from there. I just got to the second map and it's like a completely different game with how you move around.

The only thing I really hate about Dying Light too is that they made night time like stupid

Irony posted...

The only thing I really hate about Dying Light too is that they made night time like stupid

Yeah, the night is a lot more gamey, and waaaay less dark. Night in the first game was fucking terrifying. Also, those god damn screamers ruin everything.

Assassin's Creed needs to take notes from dying light.
The movement in AC has always been shit.

Imit8m3 posted...

Assassin's Creed needs to take notes from dying light.
The movement in AC has always been shit.

I played Valhalla recently and it's crazy that it still has bugs in the movement that have been there since the first game.

I love Dying Light. Didn't care for Dead Island. I really can't believe they are made by the same company. I was disappointed in Dying Light 2 but I'm doing a second play through and I'm enjoying it much more than the first time.