SONY E3 2014 : A QUICK LOOK AT DYING LIGHT
Like everyone who has played Dying Light, I spent most of my time in the game running for my life and swearing to the point of awkwardness. But at this year’s E3, I saw a little taste of just how deep the ‘survival’ aspect of Dying Light’s survival action actually runs.
“The balancing of the game is still in process,” says Lead Game Designer Maciej Binkowski. “It’s delectate work. The border between being too powerful or just being powerful enough, or the border between being completely overrun, or just feeling the tension, is very slim.... Continue to read
“We iterate the game constantly. There are new builds daily. We have people playing it every day. I think it was Todd Howard from Bethesda who said ‘good games are played, not made’ and that’s absolutely true. Content-wise, the game is pretty much done. So we’re using the time we have left to play the game and polish it. Not only in terms of assets, but in terms of balance. We just play the game a lot. And make sure each part feels just right.”
I hope the final game manages to strike that balance, because with its sound grasp of tension, crunchy weapons and multiple ways in which to traverse its gameworld, Dying Light is feeling very right indeed.
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“The balancing of the game is still in process,” says Lead Game Designer Maciej Binkowski. “It’s delectate work. The border between being too powerful or just being powerful enough, or the border between being completely overrun, or just feeling the tension, is very slim.... Continue to read
“We iterate the game constantly. There are new builds daily. We have people playing it every day. I think it was Todd Howard from Bethesda who said ‘good games are played, not made’ and that’s absolutely true. Content-wise, the game is pretty much done. So we’re using the time we have left to play the game and polish it. Not only in terms of assets, but in terms of balance. We just play the game a lot. And make sure each part feels just right.”
I hope the final game manages to strike that balance, because with its sound grasp of tension, crunchy weapons and multiple ways in which to traverse its gameworld, Dying Light is feeling very right indeed.
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