Studio doesn’t think of Dying Light as a zombie game
Ever since Techland’sDying Lightwas announced, it’s drawn comparisons toDead Island— the studio’s previous title. It’s easy to see how many would come to that quick conclusion with it being an open-world zombie game and all. But, that’s not the way Techland looks at it, as the developer wanted to depart fromDead Islandin the first place.
Speaking withDying Lightproducer Tymon Smektala at E3, he commented that the team doesn’t viewDying Lightas a zombie game, but rather as a game about movement. It knew that it didn’t want to makeDead Island 2because that would have to be a vastly different game.
Smektala remarked that he’s not surprised thatDead Island 2‘s in production. After all, it’s one of Deep Silver’s bigger properties. However, given the direction Techland wanted to go in with (what eventually came to be)Dying Light, the studio knew that it wasn’t the right fit to develop the nextDead Islandgame.
