Dying Light 2 dev wants a sequel to begin with a more powerful player character

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Dying Light 2's lead designer wants to make the player more powerful in a sequel.

Speaking to VGC in a new interview, Dying Light 2 lead designer Tymon Smektała spoke about what he'd do in a theoretical sequel to the zombie horror game. "One thing is that if we’re making Dying Light 3, then I would like the main character to start with bigger and better starting abilities and skills," Smektała told the outlet.

Smektała went on to add that Dying Light 2 basically replicated the beginning of the very first game in the series, where the player character starts out as deliberately weak, and builds from there. The lead designer notes that this is something he would "like to have corrected" if he got the chance to do it all over again.

"So I think in the third game, if it happens, that the character will start with more powers, more skills, more abilities as his basic skill set," Smektała concluded. It's a frank and honest assessment from the lead designer, and merely three months after Dying Light 2 originally launched in February.

Still, there's plenty of opportunities for developers like Smektała to build on Dying Light 2. Developer Techland previously pledged to support the sequel with new content for years to come, and we've already seen a number of add-on launches for Dying Light 2 over the last few months. The game's first post-launch story DLC, however, just recently got pushed back to a September release.

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Hirun Cryer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.

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