Dying Light: The Beast Gives Kyle Crane Supercharge Sequel
Blog Andrew Joseph 22 Jul , 2025 0
The dying Light series quickly takes a place in the pantheon of the great zombie games by blending brutal first-person battles with satisfying parkour sport, all set in a dangerous open world. So far, the series has offered a sleek and exciting survival experience, but with the upcoming Dead Light: The Beast, we see developer Techland return to its roots to become a more focused concept that has loosened a vibrant protagonist, Kyle Crane in a more hostile environment.
I had to spend over four hours opening the dying light: the beast, and after the second game event, Kyle Crane re-reached Kyle Crane. Playing Beasts is so much like the turbocharged version of the original game that you might as well call it the Super Dying Light. So here are the six most exciting and game-changing upgrades that the upcoming sequel brings.
1. A more focused story, and the return of Kyle Crane
Dying Light 2 takes a bold step towards an RPG-style story and defines game-changing events through your choices. While ambitious, it has not fully realized its full potential in a broader sense. For the Beast, we see a more explicit story about Kyle Crane's return, whose return is carried out with some horrible experiments after the swell of Death Light 1. Now, Crane takes revenge against the mysterious rival known as the Baron, must re-learn his skills as an survivalist while leveraging some powerful abilities to enhance the competitive environment.
The beast draws inspiration from the dying light 2 and does more to make Kyle a more important character in his story. Together with the new third-person cutscenes, there are now more opportunities to help build Crane's understanding of the state of things in Castor Woods. Several interactions with key characters can also play a role in mass effect chats, which can give you more knowledge about plot development and pick up the dying Light Lore. I am very grateful for the focus on storytelling and character growth starting from these moments, especially at the front and center of Kyle Crane. This is a cool opportunity to catch up with the changes in the world after the Death 2 event.
2. You ran away
Dying Light: The beasts show teeth early on, which suggests that this is a more cruel view of the series. Many of the battles in the opening show that even ordinary enemies are able to attack me more and more aggressively when I put down my guards. Fortunately, Kyle Crane is a more capable survivalist than before. So much so that different skill trees in previous games were locked, such as parkour-based high jumps and snatch counter snatch, part of the Crane core suite that can be used immediately. Additionally, you can even use new hits on weak enemies, which is glory kills fewer elite infected people.
I'm certainly happy to be able to do this without having to endure a lot of rereading familiar forces to ensure important skills. This made me feel more confident that I could knock down enemies armed with a hammer or machete, thanks to some beast power running in Crane's corpse. That said, sometimes I still feel overwhelmed by the encounters of fighting and have to do tactical retreats regularly to heal. But thankfully, new skills that can be unlocked can help balance the field, such as the return of the flying kick and the new beast power that Kyle can unleash.
3. A more organized way to acquire new skills
Previous games have tips all over combat, parkour and survival trees, and your play style defines every growth. Dying Lights: The beast abandons a dedicated level system in favor of more traditional levels, and in your spare time, the skill points won are spent on different battles and traversal branches. This helps to grow the character evenly, and the beast avoids the unbalanced growth that may occur in the first two dying lights.
However, the special beast skill tree will require more effort to unlock, as only the various chimera bosses hidden in Castor Woods revealed themselves in story missions and hidden positions. Once you defeat one, Crane will get a chime sample, which will expand his stronger skills.
4. Beast-removing mode
Dying Light: The Beast finally gives players new abilities and skills that they have stolen for a long time throughout the series. As a power state, once you extend or suffer enough damage, the crane will automatically enter Beast mode to bring your melee strike and agility to resemble you with normal and elite enemies to make his melee strike and agility. Additional beast power adds new abilities such as running jumps, ground slams, and even the ability to pick up boulders and throw them onto enemies, just like those annoying bear enemies in early games.
The dying light series always balances this sense of power with the sense of fragility in combat, but entering Beast Mode provides satisfying power not only in the clutch, but also brings a fantastic end point to the battle. The developers even compared the modes of obtaining power particles in Pac-Man, which will instantly turn your enemies into weaknesses. While Beast Mode may come in handy, unfortunately it activates the moment the meter fills, which can lead to awkward moments when the action is gradually lowered while you are still pulled out.
5. Reset survival horror by adding more dangers
For a moment, when night falls, every dying light player instills a sense of fear. In that moment, with powerful, turbulent infected people emerging, the game will transform into a comprehensive survival horror experience. Under the dying lights, 2 relieves the tension of night gameplay, making it more approachable, but ultimately at the cost of a larger experience. Further updates were later made, and the beast completely contained the original vision of nocturnal survival.
Even though the crane strengthened the beast’s power and weapons, I still found myself feeling uneasy in the evening looking for safety. In a special case, I found myself trapped on the roof of the Old Town, after I messed up my jumps and landed on the street below, I was infected by three volatiles who were actively hunting. Volatility is more aggressive and smarter than ever before, and the night is very disturbing to explore. Nevertheless, the beast manages to strike a huge balance that allows you to survive but is completely vulnerable when feeding yourself.
6. This is not an extension, but an appropriate sequel
One general concern, other fans, myself included, are dying: The Beast is this will be a more biting follow-up, but after I started it, developer Techland proved that I was wrong in the upcoming indie game. The beast is closer to the original dying light, and the developers say it is the best choice for a more aggressive survival game in the open world.
What makes the dying light: According to me for a limited time, the Beast works well, and is the best aspect of it combining the original sequel with the first sequel. It takes a more thoughtful approach to presenting its main narrative and second character while retaining the original work’s more confident, tougher, and tense action. Without the decision-making paralysis of the complex narrative of Death Light 2, The Beast is fully integrated into Crane's revenge stories that are filled with the thrills and fears of the series – which seems to be what fans are most looking forward to is the next work in this series.