You may as well read Jade as Vaas’ sister Citra, too.
Rais is that game’s infamous killer Vaas in just about every way. Somebody at Techland really, really liked Far Cry 3. There are no new stories to tell in this space, so the team just ripped elements out of existing zombie fare and called it a day.
It’s like developer Techland was aware going in that the zombie genre is completely played out. Crane is air-dropped into the zombie-infested and quarantined city, where he’s promptly infected. He’s an agent of the Global Relief Effort (GRE), a private firm that (surprise!) isn’t as benevolent as its name suggests. Set in the large and detailed city of Harran, Dying Light stars Kyle Crane. It’s maddening to be killed repeatedly by things that are out of your control, and Dying Light has hordes of those.
That tension is a pretty big accomplishment, but it also highlights one of the game’s biggest flaws: Dying Light is nowhere near consistent enough to be as punishing as it is. You keep your weapons sharp, craft way more health kits than you need, and bring along all the right tools, but you also feel fear, and die often. It gets so dark you can barely see what’s directly in front of you, but you don’t dare flick on that flashlight. Your life feels like a fragile thing when the sun sets over the fictional city of Harran and the powerful “Volatile” zombies come out to play. Fitbit Versa 3ĭying Light is one of the only games to ever get nighttime right.