A decade after Dying Light got here out in 2015, developer Techland is revisiting the zombie recreation with a serious new replace to refresh the sport’s visuals and different elements–just do not name it a remaster.
The “Retouched” update, because it’s known as, launches on June 26. This replace is concentrated on “squeezing out much more” from Dying Light, the studio mentioned. “It’s not a whole overhaul or remaster,” the developer clarified, including that the crew has discovered new methods to “squeeze extra from the tech we have already got.”
“At some point, somebody simply began making use of these learnings to some previous assets–and it simply clicked that we might try this throughout the entire recreation,” technical recreation director Grzegorz Świstowski mentioned.
Within the Retouched replace, gamers can anticipate elevated texture high quality and upscaling for textures to assist them look “sharper” and higher total.
Moreover, the “most stage of element vary” in Dying Light has been elevated from 260% to 340% within the view distance menu from the sport’s settings. The studio can be including new “8K Extremely shadow high quality” and improved lighting for a lot of surfaces. Surfaces which may have beforehand appeared “flat” mustn’t “actually come out and get depth.”
Take a look at a number of the pictures within the gallery under to see the enhancements.
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Past visuals, Techland mentioned composer Paweł Blaszczak got here again to “give the soundtrack a whole remaster” with a novel twist.
“He even recreated that retro-tape sound by truly recording on tape! Discuss dedication. It’s genuine, nostalgic, and completely implausible,” Techland mentioned, including that the Retouched replace may have new tracks and ambient sounds. Audio in fight has been “juiced up,” too.
“Each swing, each crunch, each zombie takedown will sound extra satisfying, extra impactful. You will really feel these hits,” the developer mentioned.
This Retouched replace was first hinted at in January, and Techland mentioned it took so lengthy to comprehend due to the handbook effort required.
“I principally walked by the complete map, searching for property to be improved. And all of these needed to be modified manually by our artists,” lead 3D artist Krzysztof Knefel mentioned.
The Retouched replace does not require gamers to spend money on new PC {hardware}, nonetheless, as Techland mentioned it was necessary to maintain the system necessities the identical. The Retouched replace can be out there on PS4 and Xbox One, requiring Techland to check the sport “endlessly” to make sure “we did not run out of reminiscence” for these older consoles.
The Retouched patch launches June 26 and it is free for everybody throughout PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X|S. Whereas the Retouched replace guarantees enhancements on all methods, Techland mentioned, “the extent of modifications could range by platform,” however it did not dig into specifics.
June 26 can be the date that CD Projekt Pink deliberate to launch Cyberpunk 2077’s huge new 2.3 replace, however it’s been delayed. Techland and CD Projekt are two of Poland’s largest builders, and followers of their video games now not must determine what to play first on June 26.
Dying Light was adopted up by 2022’s Dying Light 2. The following entry within the sequence is Dying Light: The Beast, which launches in August for console and PC.