This time we’re aiming to get the console versions visually on par with the PC version, which was not necessarily the case of DAH!1 due to the old console generation’s lack of performance and memory.” “It allows us also to have better shaders, better lighting, better shadows, textures in higher resolution including the destruction elements. “The new console generation allows us to use up to 5 times more objects in the levels, making them more vivid, less empty, more believable, and more active,” they said. It would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, to maintain the benchmarks of the visual quality for DAH!2: Reprobed compared to DAH!1 on the old console generation.”Īccording to Black Forest Games, thanks to improvements across the board to visuals, environments, their level of detail, and more, they’re hoping to deliver a console experience of Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed that is visually on par with the PC version, which wasn’t the case with the 2020 remake. “The levels of DAH2 are bigger and more complex than DAH!1. “This benefits both combat and other gameplay situations, we are aiming to have roughly 2x-3x more ambient NPCs around in the game at any given time, making the world more lively and dynamic, thus prone to more Crypto-unleashed chaos. “We also increased active actor and NPC limits drastically from DAH!1’s 20 active limit to 50 high-res NPCs,” the developers explained. The developers also went on to explain that other factors such as higher NPC counts and larger and more complex levels would have also made optimization on previous-gen consoles more complicated. We believe it would be a very constrained experience gameplay-wise if tethering needed to be in, and certainly more Crypto-driven-chaos & couch co-op fun should not be limited like this.” Beyond this, split-screen co-op would need to have player-to-player tethering on old-gen, and we did not want to limit the host and the guest’s distances to one another.
“Split-screen co-op will still have 30 FPS on consoles upon delivery, and we know this already is a comfortable gameplay experience.
“Optimization was already a major challenge for PS4 and Xbox One, and this would be rather magnified in DAH!2: Reprobed’s split-screen gameplay,” they said. We posted the question in a recent interview with technical director Johan Conradie and assistant creative director Stefan Schmitz, who told us that optimization had already been a significant hurdle on the PS4 and Xbox One when they had been working on the previous game, and that would have been exacerbated with the second one’s development, primarily thanks to split-screen gameplay.
Given the success THQ Nordic and developer Black Forest Games enjoyed with 2020’s Destroy All Humans! remake, there wasn’t ever any doubt that they’d continue investing in the series, and sure enough, recently, they announced a ground-up remake of the second game in the series, Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed.Ĭuriously enough, the game’s been announced only for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and with most games right now choosing to launch as cross-gen titles, many have wondered why the Destroy All Humans! 2 remake is instead skipping the PS4 and Xbox One. Additionally, any progress made during the free weekend will transfer over to a purchased version of Dying Light. The game is also still being supported, as just a couple of weeks ago a new weapon bundle was added to Dying Light.
The weekend may give ample time to understand the game mechanics and get a feel of the experience, which could allow players to see if they would be interested in making a full purchase. RELATED: Dying Light 2 Developer Techland Reportedly Fostering Hostile Work Environmentĭeveloper Techland has just revealed that Dying Light is free to play right now on Steam from today until March 1, 2021. And with the game having just celebrated its sixth year anniversary, a free weekend is a nice little celebration. There are those who have yet to have had the opportunity to try the zombie survival horror game, so now may be a perfect time.Īlthough Dying Light is certainly not one of the newest games out there, the game saw plenty of additional content over the years and support from the developer. Dying Light was one of the surprise hits of 2016, and a game that some are still enjoying to this day. Dying Light is free to play for a limited time over six years after its initial release.