The Evolution of the Volatile (Dying Light 2)

Volatiles are by far one of the scariest and most formidable enemy types in any video game, right up there with Necromorphs, Deathclaws, and Pyramid-Headed Clickers. Today we'll take a closer look at Dying Light Volatiles and explore how they came to be. and how they have evolved since the release of the first game and eventually we also made our way to Dying Light when we initially developed Dying Light Techland we always had this idea in mind of a type of alpha zombie that not only poses a challenge but also allows for nighttime play . At his full potential, an enemy so terrifying that every new player would fear the night.

I mean, we all remember playing the first night mission and fighting our way back to the tower. In fact, I remember starting to hide in a random house for about 10 minutes until I realized that the game time wasn't progressing and that it was a forced night mission anyway, after exploring various visual concepts different, Teclan finally decided on the direction they wanted to go and implemented their first 3D model in the game, which As you can see on the screen in this screenshot from the initial press release, it still looks quite different from the final product, almost a mix between a

volatile

and a demolisher;

That being said, it still looks absolutely terrifying. I mean, can you imagine seeing one of these huge guys just hulking? towards you at high speeds in the middle of the night, over time the keys will continue to refine the design of the

volatile

until they end up with the iconic look we all know and love. It's pretty clear that this volatile design was inspired by other unique monsters like the dark one. The seekers and I are legend and especially the reaper vampires from Blade 2, a strain of the vampire virus that creates these super strong vampires whose only vulnerability is sun

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, sounds familiar, I mean, also just look at their faces, it's quite In the main story and when going through the tunnels between the slums and the antenna area, there is actually a hidden Easter egg that shows a huge volatile alpha leader attacking a small army of volatiles. regulars, implying that it's possible that volatiles continue to evolve to the point where they gain some sort of sentience, in fact, I mean even going back to Blade 2, only the original vampire reaper, Jared Nomak, is able to communicate and experiencing thoughts and emotions, while the rest simply follow Nomak as their leader, so perhaps some inspiration was taken here.

Also, now this idea of ​​volatiles evolving to become stronger and smarter is further explored in Dying Light, the next expansion where a new version of the enemy, the Volatile Alpha, is introduced, this blue Volatile Alpha has an appearance more armored and, consequently, more resistant. To damage, they also deal more damage to you, and most importantly, they are smarter and have heightened senses. Most of you will know that there is an ability in

dying

light

called camouflage, where I mean it does exactly what you think it would do. In a short period of time, it disguises you as any and all zombies, including volatile ones, but not alpha volatile ones.

These guys can see through your camouflage, making it almost impossible to sneak past them. They die like the following and it also gives us an idea of ​​how volatiles are created. Through a side quest where you are sent to find an herbalist named Sabite, after searching his cabin, the player discovers an underground entrance to a volatile nest located inside a cave. This is where you find Sabite halfway through the process of transforming into a volatile but not. However, far enough away to lose all sense of humanity from him, Sabite can be heard begging Kyle Crane to show mercy and put him out of his misery.

Holy yeah, no need to tell Jazeera about this. Now, the next small section contains spoilers for the death ending. I like the next main story, so skip to the screen time if you plan on playing game three, two, one. Okay, so the entire premise of the next expansion revolves around this entity known as the mother. The mother is this mysterious and abstract idea. from a person who is essentially worshiped as a deity and well, it turns out that she is a totally sentient super volatile, basically, in a nutshell, there is a military liquid biological weapon contained within vials when the vapors are inhaled by a human, that human eventually it becomes a volatile.

However, when the liquid is consumed directly from the vial, this is how the mother was created, an advanced volatile that retains full sentience during the day but remains vulnerable to predatory instincts at night. If you choose to fight the mother, she will force you to drink the liquid. and halfway through the battle you start fighting using a claw attack and then in a cutscene right after, Kyle Crane begins his transformation into a sentient volatile and ends up letting out a scream that actually turns out to be the exact same sound that the night hunter makes . of the pvp game mode, which is one of the main reasons behind the popular fan theory that Kyle Crane transformed into the sentient knight hunter, so that's an overview of the

dying

light volatiles and the death like the next, but what about the dying light also in a dying person?

The Light 2 web series that Teclan has been releasing is called Dying to know more specifically in episode 2 of this series, they revealed a canonical progression of the different stages of infection in Dying Light 2. A human gets sick and goes viral now if that virus spends too much time in the sunlight, it will degrade into a wobbly biter, but if that virus hides in the dark and you give the virus time to mutate, it will evolve into a volatile and from there the volatiles that have been exposed to certain chemicals can mutate into the different types of special infected that we will see in the game now it's really cool that Techland has given us this canonical overview of how the infection process works, but it's also a little confusing and conflicting when you compare it to everything we learned in the first game and die like the next one with the military bioweapon, the vapors become like people volatile, uh, but I mean, also keep in mind that, first of all, there's a debate over whether dying like the next guy is canon or not, and secondly, dying. light 2 takes place 15 years after the first game which gave the volatile strain of the virus enough time to run rampant throughout civilization and at this point the volatiles have simply continued to evolve if you head to the dying light monster section official. 2 takes you on a quiz to find out what kind of zombie you would be in the apocalypse if you end up getting the volatile as a result, this is what it says when a virus manages to avoid ultraviolet radiation for some time, it evolves to become the deadliest. infected a volatile primal force that crushes any hope of a fair fight his skin has hardened into armor over the years the gaping hole in his torso clenches like a jaw giving you no chance to deliver the lethal blow it's the species that will rule the earth unless someone exterminates it, the species that will rule the earth just brings it back to the I'm Legend comparison for a moment at the end of the book that the movie is based on, I mean, on First of all, it turns out that the dark seekers were fewer. like zombies and more like vampires who retained sentience and formed their own civilization and even put the main character on trial and were basically the new superhuman race that would rule the earth.

In fact, there is a YouTube channel called Purposeless Rabbit Holes that uploaded a pretty interesting video. It was theorized not long ago that Dying Light 2 will contain a sentient and volatile faction. It's a fascinating video that lines up with a lot of what I myself was thinking, so I'll link to that video in the description, but back to the details of Dying Light 2. Not only do the volatiles look more armored, they are more armored, just as they evolved into alpha volatiles and died like the next ones. The Volatiles and Dying Light 2 have undergone a similar type of transformation, although probably in a slightly more extreme way.

Since it's been 15 years this time, when comparing the Dying Light 2 model to the model from the first game, you'll notice a pretty significant difference in the torso area, there are no more exposed ribs, instead there is a hardened shield around the chest and the stomach than in Teclan. My own words clench like a jaw and give you no chance to deliver the lethal blow. I guess they're talking about a lethal blow to the heart now, although the volatiles in the first game didn't have any particular weak spots on their body. It could also be a possibility for the new Volatile and Dying Light, especially since their armor is so reinforced at this point that we haven't had a clear view of the back of a Volatile and Dying Light 2 yet, so they may have There's some sort of weak spot back there or maybe we're just absolutely sure.

One thing for sure is that they definitely still have sensitivity to UV light, in fact they may have even less tolerance to it since they've been in the dark for See you later. , although I will say in this scene here that it's very similar to that scene where he captures a dark secret. I'm legend, the sun doesn't seem to affect the volatile too much like I could resist it for a moment. broadcast a message and yell at Aiden Caldwell before retreating, you know, it's like it burns immediately, so I don't know, maybe it's possible that they're a little more resistant to UV light, there's just one way to find out now, I was lucky enough to be invited to an online event for Dying Light 2, where I'll be able to preview the content, play the game, and even get my hands on it before its release, but I can't talk about anything.

I'll be watching that preview event until mid-November, so when that happens, if I have information to share with you about volatiles, I'll definitely make a second part of this video to give you as many details as I can, but until then I hope you've enjoyed. video I hope this has given you an idea of ​​who the volatiles are, how they were created, how they evolved in terms of gameplay and story over time and, well, I guess we'll see what we'll face and how we'll die too. greetings guys