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Dying Light: The Following

Dying Light: The Following is a massive expansion to Dying Light and the untold chapter of Kyle Crane’s story. Take to a vast new area that will transform your Dying Light experience through new game…

81 6 February 2016

Dying Light: The Following is an adventure developed by Techland, released 6 February 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dying Light: The Following is

Dying Light: The Following is an adventure game developed by Techland and released in 2016. It was published by WB Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Chrome Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dying Light: The Following is an expansion pack for the first-person survival horror video game Dying Light by Techland and was originally published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The story of The Following follows Kyle Crane, who must venture into the countryside of Harran to investigate a mysterious cult whose leader may hold the key to immunity to a zombie virus that plagues the city. The game introduces a large, sprawling rural environment that is two times larger than the map of the base game. While the gameplay continues to focus on parkour, it has a larger emphasis on using firearms to defeat enemies, and the game introduces a dune buggy for both traversal and combat…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Dying Light: The Following holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 66 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 17.1 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM DDR3 and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dying Light: The Following launched on 6 February 2016, within three weeks of Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch and SuperHot. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch, SuperHot.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dying Light: The Following yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Dying Light: The Following — frequently asked questions

When did Dying Light: The Following come out?
Dying Light: The Following was released on 6 February 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dying Light: The Following?
At minimum, Dying Light: The Following needs Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM DDR3, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 / AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 (1GB VRAM) graphics, 40 GB free space of storage.
How many GB is Dying Light: The Following?
The PC version needs about 40 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("40 GB free space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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