From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
On 4/6/2023 5:19 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Okay, I admit. I'm cheating a little bit with this post. I'm sending
it out early, a few hours before these games are actually available.
But that's only because I won't be able to post them at the correct
time, and if I wait too long Ant will pre-empt me, and THAT CANNOT BE ALLOWED! Hence, the cheating.
Anyway, free games? Yup, free games.
This week we get:
* Dying Light: Enhanced Edition https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dying-light
Zombie games are, arguably, passe but if you gotta pick one to get for
free, "Dying Light" isn't a bad choice. Yes, it's a bit heavy on the open-world aspect - too much grinding for loot and XP - but it has a
big map that's fun to traverse, the combat is fun (at least, it's fun
once you get some of the higher tier skills; it's a bit of a pain in
the start), and the zombies actually feel a bit threatening. Is this
the greatest game ever made? Not even close, but it's still a pretty
good zombie game. That's good enough for me.
I got around to trying this. It's o.k. I'm up to level 14 so far. I
swear every time I level the zombies get tougher, hit harder and
sometimes new more deadly zombies are added. Even the plain zombies
that were there from the start seem to be getting tougher. I had bought
an orange rarity weapon that was for a few levels one shotting them, but
they take 2 or 3 most of the time now. I feel like I'm going in the
wrong direction.
I can't survive at night worth a darn either, at least not well enough
to get any quests done that have to be done at night. The UV flares and
traps aren't helping as the nasty jumping zombies just jump from outside
the light and kill me, and they run faster and jump higher than I can.
I think they see through the cammo too.
I put on the co-op online mode but haven't had anyone join to help, I
haven't tried joining anyone else though. I'm about ready to give up on
it, as I'm taking longer and longer breaks from it.
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-Justisaur
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