How One Trailer Revived a Genre

[@TheRealPeachPit]

"Hey Joe, wanna play a zombie game?"

[@jamskrusha]

Yeah!

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" -Joe "YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS" -Everyone else

[@AAngelDustgaymer]

Who's Jo-

[@joebear9686]

Me

[@Mr.Golden_YT1]

This is an absolutely legendary reference you have a new supporter😂

[@Epic_R3K47]

I will never forget the Volitile chase.

[@ZePacifista]

I accidentally skipped it. Didn’t get spotted until later but still shat myself

[@TheRealPeachPit]

That first night chase was when I really knew I was in for something different and amazing!

[@Epic_R3K47]

@@TheRealPeachPit I thought that I could skip the night but after waiting for 15 minutes I realized that it was night mission.

[@wick3d33]

Be me: Bold, badass volatile hunter (as long as I am within 20FT of the Bazaar’s bollards and UV traps LOL)

[@iurysaraiva3411]

Scripted run. Special first time was marked

[@mr.2cents.846]

I remember the very first time I came out of "the tower" and the open world full of danger and adventure greets you. Magical.

[@JG-jz3wh]

With the sun ☀️ hitting your sight as you exit the tower

[@sciencepluspotato1294]

Dying light is one of the most fun coop experiences iv'e ever had, i think after the initial push word of mouth also helped it become huge.

[@LaJin9292]

Too bad it's not a good zombie game.

[@joggo5312]

@@LaJin9292What did you dislike about it?

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Techland really know how to make awesome coop games! Dying Light and Dead Island are so fun to play with friends.

[@michaelbruce7889]

@@LaJin9292 how come? (0/10) rage bait

[@LaJin9292]

@@michaelbruce7889 Its garbage dude. Parkouring over zombies,. Creatively bankrupt garbage. Nothing about it plays into the horror of a zombie outbreak. They're two completely opposing concepts. The questing missions and plot were trash too. Uninstalled after 4 hours. You people have zero taste or logic for what you enjoy, you made an impulse purchase on Dying Light and fooled yourselves into thinking it was good.

[@raven77081]

Still play it to this day, and now I got my 3 younglings playing it on their switches.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

That's awesome!

[@JG-jz3wh]

Wholesome

[@shadow__bubby]

If a zombie apocalypse happens they might just survive

[@ch1zra]

And don't forget the music theme. Is just so god damn iconic... Dead Island got me amazed, but DL1 got me in love.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

It's so good! Whenever I even go to the menu and the theme starts playing I get hyped!

[@ruzgarkeremelmal4601]

on the first supply run mission in the game i felt SO stressed that a volatile was gonna send me flying the second i stop thinking about parkour or going to the safezone.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Same! Those chases are so intense! And I really love the mechanic where you can quickly look behind you as time briefly slows down.

[@manvendrasinghrawat2492]

Dying Light Resident Evil Devil May Cry Doom are the games every gamer should experience atleast once in there lifetime

[@trisser39]

do not forget cyberpunk 2077

[@manvendrasinghrawat2492]

@@trisser39 can't say haven't played it

[@sterbsen]

@@trisser39 not really, out of fully glitched games I would say skyrim is better choice

[@trisser39]

@@sterbsen wrong ranking bro

[@trisser39]

@@manvendrasinghrawat2492 you should really try it its gonna change your life but buy it on sale together with the dlc cos its such a beautifully made game

[@monkeyman2918]

I just played it for the first time it’s fun and it’s scary and I don’t get scared from games normally, daytime isn’t bad but it changes at night, i go from being a badass overpowered acrobatic to me running for my life from the night zombies the music is really well done and chilling, I can’t believe I never played it earlier I love games with any parkour and combat and zombies it’s literally my type of game

[@monkeyman2918]

It’s probably my favorite zombie game right now, the zombies kinda remind me of the last of us zombies in a sense that they are scary but the last of us zombies can sometimes be repetitive and dying lights zombies move in a realistic physics based way and it could be a different experience each zombie you fight

[@TheRealPeachPit]

They did such a great job creating the stark difference between playing in the day and playing at night that is so fun, creepy, and effective! And as you mentioned the physics on the zombies are so fun as well. I love seeing them shamble around and over objects or how their body reacts to getting kicked into an object!

[@Running_doggo]

Even worse is now during the main game during the night there can be both running exploding hazmats and volitiles chasing you. (The sound design still holds up even to today's standards.

[@GraphicJ]

Dying Light 1 is definitely the best zombie single player game i have ever played. 7 Days to Die is the best zombie Survival-Crafting game ever.

[@LaJin9292]

You're fucking stupid and tasteless, Gen X opinion.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Excellent games!

[@lokoli6756]

You should also try ouy project zomboid too, a good zombie survival game too

[@phonzy7765]

Run Boy, Run.

[@Soundwave1900]

To this day I don't understand how the goons outran Brecken to the rooftop.

[@mn7306]

Eh, might be they're closer. I mean Rais territory is big

[@Solidsnakeraz]

I mean 2:29 actually is quite a good theme song for that. Volatiles are in love with the runner. Or is it only me?

[@PlayerALH]

being stared at while staring at you feels like you're going to hit me the second i stop looking

[@billdover3165]

For me the coolest part of the trailer when I initially saw it is how it absolutely perfectly describes the game especially at the end. You can hold on to your hope but there's just something there that's gonna take it away and every freaking time it's most likely a volatile that comes out of nowhere and just ruin your entire night. Those words will forever live in infamy because of how the first dying light is all about the hopelessness of the situation that you're in so the words good night and good luck carry some serious weight.

[@BLOATEDNGOATED]

BE THE ZOMBIE MUST RETURN I WILL NOT LET IT DIE

[@sterbsen]

sadly there are too many cheaters

[@BLOATEDNGOATED]

@@sterbsen yea I’m thinking of making a rework video for the hunter he so outclassed by the human is so stupid

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Be the Zombie was such a fun and innovative mode!

[@BLOATEDNGOATED]

@@TheRealPeachPit MAKE A VIDEO FOR ME PLEASE PEACHPIT I DONT HAVE THE POWER YET MY VIDEO WONT GET THE RECOGNITION PLEASE HELP ME SAVE THE INFECTED THEY HAVE LIVES ASWELL I NEED THIS PLEAAAAAAAAAASESSSSSS

[@BLOATEDNGOATED]

@@TheRealPeachPit you can’t silence me peach the goat has horns I WILL AVENGE THE NIGHT HUNTER

[@a-a-ron7243]

Good Night Good Luck is such a great theme to build off of like they did

[@BonnieBunny118]

Amazing video! I’ve been at army basic training since July and when I got my phone I saw the trailer and was like WTF this is so awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@Vladimir-AndreiFroane]

Brecken's face in this cinematic is also David Belle's. Consultant for now both DL.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

That's really cool, I didn't know that!

[@abarbeanoufrenzis4857]

Great video, dying light is really a timeless masterpiece

[@ediosmollai8785]

man dying light 1 trully is one of my favorite games EVER i still remember the first time i was being chased by a volitile or when i stayed out a bit too late and had to run for my life back to the tower. The night of dying light 1 filled me with more dread then 10 cheap horror games combined it trully was a marvel of game that to this day still has not been topped even by dying light 2

[@TheRealPeachPit]

It's so good! It's also one of my favorite games as well! I've never felt more terrified then when your watch starts beeping and you begin to hear the screams of the volatiles in the distance. The Following was super good too!

[@ricefarmerricefarmer2869]

yeah i am on the following rn and this is one of the best games ive played, its up there with far cry 3 and red dead 2

[@smellyflounder7544]

I've hearrd it said that Zombies are popular because they are a threat that everyone could imagine themselves beating them. If you compare them to Jason, Micheal Myres or the Xenomorph Zombies kinda suck unless there in big hords, especially if they are the slow kind. Zomvie stories therefore often play with the idea that an average person, if they are clever enough, would reach a high level of freedom. This plays into the fantasy of being a badass by making the enemy threatning but not overwealming. I think everone at some point made a plan what they would do in a Zomby outbreak, as did I. Dying Light expands that idea with the Parcour element, a cool ability often seen in action movies, making the player character even more badass and by doing that making the power fantasy more appealing.

[@sterbsen]

tbh parkour skills would work irl too

[@smellyflounder7544]

@@sterbsen sure but most people wouldn't be able to pull them off. Like we like to thjink we would make it in these scenarios but it's more likely to die first.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Some very good points and insights! This game really does give you a strong power fantasy that lets you have tons of fun exploring and interacting with the world. To tie into your points, I think they also went about it really well where you start the game as a fairly ordinary guy (other than being a government agent and being instantly good at parkour lol), and you learn more and more parkour moves throughout the game while upgrading your skills making it feel like a pretty realistic progression. In the beginning, you can't really fight too many zombies or else they'd overpower you, but by the end, you've got powerful weapons and lots of awesome abilities that make killing regular zombies pretty easy.

[@USDMS-AGENT-27]

I stopped playing dying light. 2 years later started playing again. And immediately I was like "why did i stop?"

[@Darkwatch2002]

Honestly, i won't be surprised if this franchise lasts longer than the Call of Duty franchise. (back when Call of Duty was real Call of Duty)

[@mn7306]

You really think COD will die? 😂 Dude people like you who call COD dead are minority, people still buy it for a lot of reasons. Even if it has become an unrealistic military stuff

[@Jakthecanadianidiot]

i remember when i first played this game, man it feels so nostalgic, havent played it in forever. sadly accidentally deleted my save data, but the game is still enjoyable no matter what. so to sum it up i love dying light.

[@tfyk5623]

even the following was like another whole game 10/10 DLC. Daylight lights 2 replayability I feel like is less but is still a great game. also the music in all games are so good its insane.

[@ShiroTheWolf]

Run boy run was epic in the trailer, just like AC revelations and Ghost lights.

[@raiquiaarbiter7974]

my guy doing a really good content i thought he has hundreds of thousands or even millions of subs, new sub here man.

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

[@mishkaa5362]

Cant wait for Dying Light 3 to get released

[@a-a-ron7243]

You mean the beast?

[@mishkaa5362]

@ Yeah the recent one

[@troll_486]

but dw, Techland said they have already planned DL3 and it is a thing for now

[@mishkaa5362]

@@troll_486 yeah Ive seen the trailer on steam, the game is astonishing

[@troll_486]

The Beast is not DL3 I talk about real DL3

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

4:44 wait what? damn, i didn't made that connection! good catch.

[@Niepoprawnyuu]

Gosh, youre so underrated, subbed!

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@ObsidianFury-x6y]

I still play DL1 from time to time today and it’s still the best zombie game to exist in my opinion. It combined all my favorite elements i want in a game, parkour, zombies and survival elements im hyped for DL the beast and i hope it can live up to DL1

[@weplo1597]

I like DL1 for making a game that takes place in my country : Turkey and they also added alot of Turkic/Turk references as well too so credits to them

[@SloopJohnB91]

I don't remember this trailer but i do remember the viral spread of the cinematic Dead Island 1 trailer.

[@Unknown26411]

Ive been waitin a long time for Kcrane to come back and just a new game.

[@Mazin-J]

Can't wait for The Beast

[@CorianderMan]

Dying Light was sooo good!

[@LaJin9292]

No it wasn't. You just have no taste.

[@smellyeggrolls21]

​@LaJin9292 if you don't like the game, why are you here? 😂

[@50CentExceptImNot50cent]

@@LaJin9292 Watch out.

[@Epic_R3K47]

@@LaJin9292 Wrong. It's a Epic game. you just don't understand it.

[@sterbsen]

@@LaJin9292 bot account?

[@rulerarez]

I first played this game july of 2017 on my ps4 off of the memory of it being a somewhat okay fps melee zombie game that dashieXP played when it first came out. I soon learn it was nearly if not is the best in its genre. I was 13 years old not really understanding what journey I was about to embark and how much it was going to imprint on me for years to come. I was a fan of the far cry series and always wanted a zombie game that didn’t make you feel like your just running around kill things but actually surviving and this game struck the cord hard and echo’d its tune for a long time. Have recently been playing it on my ps5 now 20 years old and still marvel at its charm and how great of a game it is. I will not really ever play dying light 2 or entertain it. Most likely I’ll see what dying light the beast is going to offer but was not fond of the next installment of the original.

[@mysterious_559]

This game was so fun.

[@Ze_Jakmaya]

I was one of the first people to buy dying light 2 on launch, so im gonna ego myself and say im part of that first million. didn't regret it, i knew techland would pull through and they did, people had lots of negativity on it and personally i just hoped they wouldn't get unmotivated, but now we're getting the beast dying light fans rise up.

[@HaiAkuSydney]

I remember when i used to scared by the airdrop mission

[@tristanschmidt1239]

i could not handle games with simple jump scares i still can't in anomaly i will physically jump when getting hot at but with anomaly and dying light i stuck with it when i was younger because of how fun it was no other game did that for me back then

[@sourmangousa6220]

Dying light and dying light 2 are by far the best zombie/action game on the market!! Huge open world lots of side missions and DLC can't wait for the 3rd!!!

[@LinayatIlyas]

I thought the scream was from the Volatiles... i remember hearing them make the same sound during a volatile chase

[@toshi5860]

Volatiles are so iconic man

[@GarrysFactor]

that trailer awaken something in me.

[@Mingo31194]

I skipped the first release of DL2, watching online gameplay and youtube vids, thinking this is not it. November 2024, finally get to play the game and I have to say that, it is not that bad, the physics, the combat ( the skill tree is ass tho). Jumping straight from DL1 to 2 doesn't seems that far off in those terms. But yeah DL1 is still the better game, the atmosphere in closed to none, truly the best open world zombie game we ever had

[@Nathan35077]

I don’t get why people say there are soooo many zombies games. You know what’s oversaturated? Military shooters. Platformers. fantasy/medieval RPG’s. JRPG’s. Way more than zombie games lol I don’t get why zombie games get targeted when there are way more game genres that are just completely oversaturated. Like if you don’t enjoy zombie games that’s fine, you don’t enjoy them. But that doesn’t mean there are too many. I mean I HATE JRPG’s. But I’ve never once thought they should stop making them, or there are too many. Because people enjoy them. Of course they’ll keep making them. But idk, it’s just weird to me that it’s this genre that is viewed as “too much”.

[@jasonmenjivar713]

mods on dying light make it so much scarier

[@SpartanGoku]

Dying Light is very addicting. I’m not a fan of Parkour but in this game I don’t mind at all cause it was needed to survive

[@daniellauney7984]

Did anyone notice the Dead Island song playing in the background

[@simonosborne7933]

Brilliant game I started a new play through recently

[@tharealtnt]

Idk but Careless Whisper would've been epic on this trailer 🤣🤣🤣

[@Noah_112]

i hope They Make a remaster version of this game!

[@Eric-ct2xy]

i still have dying light i think i should play it now

[@Stuart267]

*Concord may very well be the biggest flop in gaming history. Love the cope we see in Sony fanboys trying to say the game was "just ahead of its time". Nope! The game is racist trash. DEAL WITH IT*

[@Rabomoje]

How one trailer deluted millions of people*

[@ak-t7d6f]

Dying Light 1 was legendary.

[@agentnukaz1715]

When did this trailer release and why? I never seen it

[@sevside430]

this game is so good

[@Jackrhoades]

Dying light 1 was a masterpiece The reason I start gaming

[@peterszarek2404]

I still play it but still haven't beat it.

[@iurysaraiva3411]

Don't use grappling hook = horror fun 😅

[@RamonAlek]

Now compare Dying Light 2 announcement trailer, to the final product 😓

[@Someone_1994]

dying light resident evil left 4 dead telltale's walking dead games dead island games dead rising games are my favourite zombie games of all time

[@Stuart267]

*Shame they dropped the ball with Dying Light 2. Hot garbage. I bought the so-called "Deluxe" edition & still have buyers remorse to this day. Same with RE3make.*

[@simonosborne7933]

I did exactly the same and and agree with you

[@JG-jz3wh]

Run boy run.

[@bhabhutiji1169]

Greatest Game of all time.

[@Taiisam]

i love dying light

[@AnotherKuzixx]

7:30 minute of yapp

[@blablabla1646]

Too bad Techland is bought by Tencent and more focused on making microtransaction now.

[@spinninglotus7252]

Can you guys stop putting captions for only the first few seconds?

[@aminamro5604]

Which DL2 followed on the same horror path instead of becoming arcady

[@sterbsen]

it is arcady and even now a bit floaty, but even if its different I love both games

[@Whateverzonep4c]

i friking had to be forced to stop playing dying light like the first days i got it thats how you now the game was good when you did not stop playing it till you wore forced to.

[@kerer2241]

dying light is my favorite game

[@TheRealPeachPit]

It's so fun!

[@kerer2241]

@@TheRealPeachPit ik i used to force my best friend to play It with me now that the game has a event imma spend 2 days on it again

[@mikulhabibi8939]

Too bad DL2 ain’t have memorable moments

[@BlaidWhiteYo]

Honestly the only thing keeping both Dying light game from being amazing games is the terrible writting. The story is generic, the characters are uninteresting but man the gameplay and environment is crazy

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

whats with you eye? like serious question.

[@Leggo_Waffle]

Drink4DLC!

[@GrompyWompy]

who do you voodoo

[@Goku-zu3rk]

Ehh just show me the trailer again hehehe

[@ZaneKilo]

What’s up with your eye dude?

[@lobaandrade7172]

5:08 something tells me you haven’t played 2042 over the past year or two because it is really good now. That bug on screen is a literal day one bug you hater 😂

[@TheRealPeachPit]

Not hating at all, I actually play it almost every day! And I fully agree with you, 2042 is a ton of fun! The point I'm making is the trailer didn't match up with the game at release which drastically affected reviews, launch sales, and overall public perception. Thanks so much for watching!

[@Arthof82]

well.. you apparently enjoyed the game but it was petty lame. plenty of good zombie games out there and this aint one of them

[@CronyToby]

Dying Light 2 is not good

[@mimimemes]

it actually is good once u give it a chance. i used to hate on it until i really played it

[@CronyToby]

@@mimimemes i played it, it was good. But with co-op the structure of the game crumbles

[@mimimemes]

@@CronyToby agreed, i thought u were talking about the game in general

[@CronyToby]

@@mimimemes I apologize, I should have been more clear from the beginning. Yes, I agree with you. The game is great, wish it was stable to play with my brothers though.

[@sterbsen]

it is good, just not as good as dl1, but thats just my opinion, I love both games

[@Jackrhoades]

Dying light 1 was a masterpiece The reason I start gaming