Dying Light - Simulata Exitium (English)

Games summary

Before I start, I would like to say that this story takes place after the events of Dying Light and Dying Light 2. If you haven't played or watched either of these two games, I recommend that you read this brief summary first so that you can be familiar with what happens in the stories and what the universe of this franchise is like. Making that clear, I hope you understand and enjoy.

Dying Light is a first person open world survival horror game with creative combat and an impressive parkour system. With many skills available, you can explore the huge open world and face a variety of unknown infected creatures. During the day, zombies are weak and fragile, but at night they become extremely dangerous. Among the various types of zombies that have mutated and evolved, the most dangerous are those known as volatiles. They appear only at night and will chase the first victim they find, but they're sensitive to ultraviolet light.

The first game was released in 2015 for PS4, Xbox One and PC and the second game was released in 2022 for these same platforms, but also for PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Dying Light (2015) summary

The game is set in the city of Harran, where a mysterious viral outbreak has turned most of the population into hyper-aggressive zombies, forcing the Harran Ministry of Defense to quarantine parts of the city. The Global Relief Effort (GRE) helps survivors who are still trapped in the city by regularly providing supplies. Some time later, the GRE has hired Kyle Crane (the main character) to infiltrate Harran in order to recover a confidential file stolen by Kadir Suleiman (also known as Rais), who is using it as leverage to blackmail them, with the threat of disclosing it if anything happens to him.

Crane infiltrates Harran by parachute and is ambushed by a gang of hostile bandits. Crane is wounded, but shoots and kills one of them with a gun shortly thereafter. With the noise of the shots, the screams of creatures echo through the city and the bandits get scared and decide to run away. As soon as a viral (zombie that can run) appears, Crane is bitten and infected, but saved by a woman named Jade Aldemir and a man named Amir Ghoreyshi. Then they try to escape, but Amir ends up sacrificing himself to save Jade and Crane. Afterwards, Jade takes Crane to a sanctuary of survivors they call Tower (a huge building).

Crane wakes up in the Tower and is introduced to Rahim Aldemir, Jade's younger brother. Rahim teaches Crane some parkour basics and sends him outside to Spike, who gives him his first mission as a Tower Runner (people who complete missions and explore the city for supplies). Crane finds out that the Tower, which seeks to help other survivors, is being disrespected by that same bandit gang that ambushed him earlier led by a ruthless warlord named Rais (the antagonist), who steals and hoards supplies from GRE air drops, including the famous Antizin (a drug that suppresses the symptoms of infection and slows down the process of turning into a zombie). After Brecken, the leader of the Tower, was nearly killed by a rival Runner on a mission to collect an airdrop of Antizin, the Tower's need for the drug became huge.

On one of his missions, Crane manages to reach an air drop of Antizin, but despite the survivors' dire need for the drug, he is instructed by the GRE to destroy it. Afterwards, he is instructed to go to Rais, buy the drug and possibly confirm his identity. Reluctantly, Crane obeys and lies to the Tower that the supplies have been looted.

Upset, Crane decides to go to a meeting that Brecken has called for all Runners. At the meeting, Brecken suggests making a deal with Rais in exchange for Antizin. Many disagree and Jade even offers to go saying that she's not afraid of him, but Crane cuts her off and volunteers afterwards. Everyone can't believe it, but Brecken approves of the idea when Crane says Rais doesn't know him and that would make things easier.

Upon meeting Rais in his territory, Crane confirms that he is indeed Kadir Suleiman, the man who stole the confidential GRE file he is looking for. He accomplishes a series of unethical missions for Rais, under the assumption that he will be rewarded with two boxes of Antizin. Crane is unable to locate the file, and is later tricked by Rais into only giving him five vials of Antizin instead of the two boxes he promised. Later, the GRE contacts Crane and says that they will no longer provide air drops and that they won't help the Tower, which infuriates him and causes him to abandon GRE.