Dying Light 2 developers talk about the advantages of the new engine and console versions of the game
Several employees of the Polish studio Techland in a recent interview with the Wccftech portal, shared new details of the long-suffering zombie action Dying Light 2.
Recall that Dying Light 2 was announced back in June 2018, and the game still has no release date. Initially, the release was expected in the spring of 2020, but already in January 2020, the premiere was postponed indefinitely.
According to senior technology programmer at Techland Lukasz Burdka, at least to some extent, the protracted development of Dying Light 2 is due to its C-Engine.
“These changes were necessary to create the detailed world of Dying Light 2. It took our developers time to adapt the technology; the engine department took time to improve the user experience in the new editor, ”explained Burke.
At the same time, Techland is confident that all the difficulties experienced during the implementation of the C-Engine will make it possible to realize the ambitions of Dying Light 2: the authors have “improved almost all the main systems” of the engine.
In particular, thanks to the C-Engine, developers will fill the levels with “a huge number of objects,” make the city completely seamless, display more infected on the screen, and increase the number of simulated AI.
Techland’s director of rendering, Tomasz Szalkowski, also assured that despite the technological advancement of Dying Light 2, the game will still be released on PS4 and Xbox One – the team is “working hard” to ensure the quality of these versions.
Dying Light 2 will offer three modes of operation on the new consoles: with ray tracing, with a performance from 60 fps, and with 4K. Tchaikovsky did not share the details but promised that in the edition for PS5, Xbox Series X, and S “they are trying to fit as much as possible. “
In a recent video on Dying Light 2 development progress, Techland employees promised to start talking about the game in detail “very, very soon.” Also, they shared a small (literally 13 seconds) cutting of gameplay footage.
Dying Light 2 is announced for PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and S. In mid-March, Techland admitted that it announced the game too early, even though the project is not in the so-called production hell.
