By day you run across rooftops, by night you run for your life. Two games in one.

On gut instinct, the community places it a touch below average, and the profile tells a hollow story. The thing that jumps out: attachment sits at the very bottom, ahead of only 7% of games. Rediscovery follows down in the same low tier. Oddly, it is the art style that saves face, ahead of 78% of titles, with fun and controller feel holding around the middle. That is the tension: a game you enjoy crossing in the moment, but that leaves almost nothing once you close it, like an all-nighter you forget by morning.

Against the infected survival games and the parkour crowd, Dying Light holds up through its movement and its fear of the dark more than its characters. You cling to it for the sensation, not the memory.

So, for who? For you if you love climbing, fleeing and feeling the tension rise as the sun goes down. Much less so if you want a game that marks your heart, one you will dream of reliving years later.