'For example, the Peacekeepers faction - they're clearing the streets of baddies, but they're also clearing the dark zones and the streets from infected. 'We didn't count the number of choices we can do, because it's really systemic,' he tells. 'We're thinking about choices and consequences as a gameplay, as a narrative sandbox - not just picking a dialogue choice in a cutscene and branching the story' While Avellone promised 'hundreds of choices', our conversation with Techland chief creative officer Adrian Ciszewski suggests this might be a marketing hook simplifying the game's overarching concept. Behind the scenes is a 'huge matrix' for the game world and all its related systems, from the factions to the zombies and even resources like clean water. There's even a new engine under the hood, created from scratch to simulate the central city and power the 'choices and consequences' concept that will go hand-in-hand with any conversation about Dying Light 2. In the game's announcement video, Avellone described the hundreds of choices players will make throughout their zombie-slaying adventures and the visible impact these will have on Dying Light 2's open world city.

In addition to the original Dying Light team, the title is also the product of venerable RPG developer Chris Avellone, who has helped take the series is a fresh direction. But developer Techland has far greater ambitions for the upcoming sequel. For anyone who hasn't played the first one, it would be easy to dismiss Dying Light 2 as yet another zombie game.

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