I had trouble finding new, interesting games after finishing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided so I thought it would be a good idea to look backwards. I ended up getting Dying Light: The Following. I played the original but never got around to finishing it because I found it tiring. And I mean that literally. The game is constantly spawning zombies so even after clearing an area of them, you still have to stay vigilant. Now, I know that’s how things are supposed to work in the zombie genre and Dying Light pulls that off magnificently. However, while it’s fun to fight an endless horde of zombies, it’s still exhausting in the long run.
Learning from that, I tried changing my approach to the game: I ran more than I fought. I thought that at least running had a destination, which meant I would eventually stop. Adopting that method allowed me to actually finish the main game.
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