Dying Light makes you feel like a zombie-slaying Spider-Man

LOS ANGELES — Dying Light is secretly a superhero game.

You don’t get a cool nickname or wear a spandex suit, but after playing the new demo for the open-world zombie game at the giant Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow, I couldn’t stop thinking about how it made me feel a lot like Spider-Man. Dying Light places a huge emphasis on speed and efficiency. You have to constantly figure out new ways of using your parkour skills — how quickly you can jump and climb over obstacles like fences and ledges — to overcome its urban levels. Dozens of zombies swarm the streets, so you want to stay away from the bigger crowds as you travel from one mission to the next.