Dying Light is becoming one of my favorite video games! I've been really addicted and playing a ton lately. Far Cry 3 will always be my #1 all-time go-to pick, but this one comes close in terms of long-term enjoyment and overall fun.

Pros:

lengthy main mission and plenty of side work to keep you going for hours and hours

great co-op

level-up system is decent and worth the first few levels of horrible weapons and fast deaths

Good music and sound effects... the noises are downright creepy and unsettling at times



Cons:

There are a couple places in the game during which you lose your loot and weapons for the duration of a mission. Upon completion of a mission, you don't automatically get everything back in your backpack. This means you have to your stash in the safe house and retrieve everything ... weapons, loot, mods, medkits, lockpicks, everything. Very tedious and annoying.

I do wish there were a couple more fast travel options. There is only available and it's not an option until the Old Town is unlocked and played for a while. A couple for each map would be nice, just to save a little on time, although I do realize that traversing the world of the undead is part of the challenge of this setting.



Overall the pros far outweigh the cons and I think it deserves the full five stars. Just started The Following last night so my rating is mostly surrounding the base game. So far my thoughts on The Following: the dune buggy is a fun addition; the day/night cycle seems to roll around faster but maybe that's just my imagination; I'm excited to get the crossbow but haven't encountered it yet; I was so stoked that my character and loot ported over from my old game which was stored on the ps4 and not on the disc that came in this set.