I got to preview Techland's next entry in its Dying Light series, which brings the parkour zombie horror to the great outdoors.

Horror Special | Delving into the belly of Beast Mode with Techland's Dying Light franchise director, Tymon Smektała

By contrast, Dying Light: The Beast jettisons Stay Human ’s choose-your-own-adventure mechanics from the start, offering a more traditional open-world structure and linear narrative. Crane is given far more agency, and that sense of freedom can be felt immediately when players encounter and talk with other characters in the game.