Dying Light 2 introduces its first fully free chapter expansion: In the Footsteps of a Nightrunner
Techland has announced the first free chapter DLC for Dying Light 2, staying true to its promise of regularly updating and expanding the Dying Light 2 experience. Update 1.4 includes the fan-requested Photo Mode, along with gameplay tweaks, new in-game content, events and systems. This is just the beginning of their five-year support plan, with many more improvements and changes to come over the next five years.
Check out the trailer for the new Chapter: In the Footsteps of a Nightrunner:
It doesn’t reveal much, but as far as teasers go it’s certainly whetted my appetite for more DL2!
Luckily, we have a few more details of what the update and new chapter will bring;
Your task is to help Harper, a Nightrunner of old, in his efforts to combat the Special Infected that are endangering the City’s people in exchange for access to some powerful, never-before-seen equipment.
- Chapter Agent — meet Harper, a former Nightrunner that acts as your link to the new adventure. Find him at the Fish Eye Canteen and assist him in taking down the Special Infected.
- New Rank System and Unlockables — discover a system that strengthens the bond between you and the agent by carrying out his tasks. Moreover, with enough reputation points, you can rank up to unlock access to high-end weapons, outfits, and consumables.
- Daily and Weekly Bounties — face the Infected head-on in a series of daily and weekly night activities that will earn you reputation points upon completion.
- 2 New Currencies — to purchase these new items, you will first need to collect mutation samples off the Special Infected corpses and acquire unique Harper’s Tokens with each new rank.
- New Enemies — meet the deadly and fierce Mutated Infected, the Volatile Tyrant, and the Volatile Hive.
- Chapter Mission — purchase a special Chapter Mission Ticket from the Chapter Agent and try to endure the highly challenging and punishing time trials that will test your stealth, parkour, or combat skills to their absolute limit.
- New Feature: Photo Mode — our fantastic community asked for it, so we gladly obliged. The Photo Mode feature is here! Take some photos to commemorate your adventures in the City!
Ok, let’s be real; the basic implementation of Photo Mode is the same thing we’ve seen in countless games before. You can add filters, effects, frames and more, and it’s great, but it’s nothing new. What’s more interesting is how they discuss things like manually changing the time of day or allowing players to spawn in certain volatiles during daytime. That’s something that could fundamentally change how the game is played, so it’ll be interesting to see whether they tie that in with regular gameplay or make it a photo mode-specific feature.
As the video reveals, it’s something they’re giving careful consideration to, so hopefully, we’ll learn some more info soon about how it will all play out.
Photo Mode and the new chapter will be accessible as soon as you download the 1.4 update, which is available now!
What are you waiting for, Pilgrim? Hardcore Parkour!!!
