Nearly a year after I last stepped into the shoes of Kyle Crane - and more than a year after Dying Light first released - we’re finally met with The Following, a full expansion that includes a new zone, new central game mechanics, and a whole re-release of the Enhanced Edition of Dying Light that is essentially a remastered/Game of the Year style package. I wasn’t planning on playing any of the DLC, and my nightmare in Harran slowly faded from memory. I put the game down and never wanted to touch it again. It wasn’t until I was in pursuit of my Platinum that I ran into multiple frustrating issues, and that final trophy ping was a welcome sound. In fact, it won an Editor’s Choice award from us and I agree with the praise our review gives it. I loved Dying Light when it first released. The first playthrough was awesome, but repeated looks revealed problems I may not have otherwise seen, noticed, or even cared about.

It’s happened for me numerous times before, most notably on last year’s review of Until Dawn. When you put additional time into a game in pursuit of something like a Platinum trophy, you brush away the surface, see behind the curtain, and start to pick up on details that might frustrate or color your opinion. One of the downsides of diving so deep into an experience is that the flaws can begin to show.

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