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Hungry to get a peek at the gory goods for Techland’s upcoming Dying Light: The Beast? You’ve got your wish, as the the developer has offered a glimpse into the increased gore and levels of brutality in the game with a new trailer, appropriately titled “Blood & Guts”. Per the press release, the trailer delivers “a non-stop montage of the most brutal moments of Dying Light: The Beast,” from decapitations to bone-shattering slashes, blood-quenching stabs and brutal finishers.
“We’ve dramatically increased the body horror to give you this feeling of fighting for pure survival and Kyle’s hunger for revenge,” says Tymon Smektała, Dying Light Franchise Director.
And according to Smektała, the gore is not just for show. The brutality aims to add to the interactive storytelling and to the psychological horror as well: “It’s one thing to see a health bar go down; it’s another entirely to see the flesh peel away from bone or have a burnt and destroyed faces only inches away from you – that’s how nightmares are made!”
The level of brutality is driven by the significant tech improvements to the game’s engine. “We’ve overhauled the body damage system,” explains Nathan Lemaire, Game Director. “We doubled the number of places on enemies – we call them Gore-Nodes – where players can inflict damage and the number of wounds or injuries that are visible on one single enemy. And we improved the precision of melee attacks – so the angle and trajectory of your strike defines what you hit and how your enemies react to it. So you can target and cut off limbs more precisely than ever!”
And while every combat will feel gory, the brutal finishers take it to the top, with nearly triple the number of finishers at players’ disposal.
To have a realistic representation of gore in Dying Light: The Beast, the art team went to some lengths. “We’ve improved all of the visuals of wounds and injuries and match them with all of the body types. The research was extensive – I just hope no one ever looks up my browser history,” says Dominik Wasieńko, Lead Character Artist.
Dying Light: The Beast arrives September 19 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
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