Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2867 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,159 out of 2867
  2. Mixed: 183 out of 2867
  3. Negative: 1,525 out of 2867

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  1. mauriceperignon
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Jeu vidéo vraiment très mauvais, tout franchement ça ressemble à un vol. Denuvo ça rend les choses encore pires
  2. KonradJohansson
    Feb 17, 2022
    0
    sämsta gameplay jag har sett. Tråkigt spel. Dumma uppdrag. Grafiken är dålig och gammal. Allt är trasigt
  3. bristolman
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    most Indie games I played are way better and interesting than this crap game. Asked for a refund and will never buy any other game from techland
  4. hindu
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Denuvo which is inside this game will gradually kill your SSD, undermine your CPU and GPU. Its only benefit will make rich those greedy developers called Techland who weren't sure about the quality of this game, so they put Denuvo to boost sales otherwise just few gamers would have bought this crap. Very very bad game, it's not fun to play, ugly banal quests, ugly visually and doesn'tDenuvo which is inside this game will gradually kill your SSD, undermine your CPU and GPU. Its only benefit will make rich those greedy developers called Techland who weren't sure about the quality of this game, so they put Denuvo to boost sales otherwise just few gamers would have bought this crap. Very very bad game, it's not fun to play, ugly banal quests, ugly visually and doesn't deserve our money… Expand
  5. diegogomez97
    Feb 16, 2022
    0
    Techland ha arruinado este juego que está lleno de errores. El sistema de game saving también es terrible. Las misiones son repetitivas y aburridas. El juego es cero
  6. Sniperuger
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    Non solo è un gioco pessimo, ma gli sviluppatori non hanno implementato il doppiaggio in lingua italiana. Mi auguro che falliscano.
  7. Mycroft17
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    - Terrible combat compared to the previous part

    —broken ragdoll - Rudimentary RPG system —Bad graphics, optimization, sound, music - Killed atmosphere, fear of zombies and dynamics. The character began to run and ship more slowly. Night chases are not so creepy and adrenaline now. — The same weak plot and dilaogues as in the previous part. But unlike the previous part, now    - Terrible combat compared to the previous part

    —broken ragdoll

    - Rudimentary RPG system

    —Bad graphics, optimization, sound, music

    - Killed atmosphere, fear of zombies and dynamics. The character began to run and ship more slowly. Night chases are not so creepy and adrenaline now.

    — The same weak plot and dilaogues as in the previous part. But unlike the previous part, now the combat and the atmosphere do not pull the game.

    — Denuvo, because the developers knew that their game is still ****

    -Price for her, at a discount of $ 20, and then only if there is nothing to play with friends.    … Expand
  8. Ziomal
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Dying Light 2 is the worst what Techland could make.
    they ruined this game so much.
    Parkour is so clunky and slow. Gameplay feels so unresponsive it have a lot of bugs and most important it is not fun at all.. Graphics did not improve so much but optimization is really bad. Sounds sometimes are not synchronized, ragdolls of the zombies is terrible and you can't for example kick them with    Dying Light 2 is the worst what Techland could make.
    they ruined this game so much.
    Parkour is so clunky and slow. Gameplay feels so unresponsive it have a lot of bugs and most important it is not fun at all.. Graphics did not improve so much but optimization is really bad. Sounds sometimes are not synchronized, ragdolls of the zombies is terrible and you can't for example kick them with normal kick from the roof ( the ragdoll turning on when zombies are in the air) . YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE DUBBING LANGUAGE WITHOUT CHANGING THE FILES IN YOUR STEAM FOLDER (WTF?!) IT IS SO HARD TO ADD SUCH A SIMPLE THING?? We waited for this game for 7 years and it is completely garbage. Triple A games is dead. They shouldn't deliver this game at this stage. I think it is a biggest disappointment in gaming...

    I regret that I played Dying Light 2, and I would like to forget that something like this exists, just to have good memories with the Dying Light 1 which was a masterpiece    … Expand
  9. splashyDIAMOND
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Completely unacceptable. False Advertisement like never before. TECHLAND has clearly fumbled that football. So incredibly sad.
  10. vapabo1703
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    adding Denuvo 2 days before release lol, not reccomended just based on this, F#ck Denuvo
  11. GamerRap
    Feb 6, 2022
    1
    There are no firearms in the game? Did they really take it out? How can you remove pistols, machine guns and shotguns from a zombie game?
  12. MaksikPri
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Absolutely zero! I don’t understand only one thing - why corporations are spending so much money for games without soul and concepts!
  13. Luft7774
    Jul 25, 2022
    0
    Should be criminal. Game is a massive downgrade from the first. They lied about everything.
  14. nodo134
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    Такое ощущение что игру делало UBISOFT POLAND запороли все что было возможно .
    ПЕРВАЯ ЧАСТЬ ЛУЧШЕ ВО ВСЕМ БЕЗ ИСКЛЮЧЕНИЙ .Ну а концовки это вообще дно.
  15. KYKi997
    Feb 7, 2022
    2
    Dialogi czasami się nie włączają przez co nie da się normalnie grać. Poza tym doczytuje się tekstury zombie się zacinają
  16. exqziME
    Feb 6, 2022
    3
    Bugs, repetitive side content, bad storytelling, and the unfulfilled promise of its choice and consequence system leave Dying Light 2 unable to capitalize on the strength of its excellent parkour and combat mechanics.
  17. Strutt3r
    Feb 5, 2022
    4
    The second game is a clear downgrade in almost everyway. The devs seem oblivious to what made the first game fun, it was essentially a zombie killing sandbox and it was the best one ever made.

    Hours of fun just playing around with the hordes of zombies, pushing them into traps, setting them on fire, kicking them through windows and off rooftops, mowing them down with the vehicle in the    The second game is a clear downgrade in almost everyway. The devs seem oblivious to what made the first game fun, it was essentially a zombie killing sandbox and it was the best one ever made.

    Hours of fun just playing around with the hordes of zombies, pushing them into traps, setting them on fire, kicking them through windows and off rooftops, mowing them down with the vehicle in the DLC. Each weapon felt unique, each swing was satisfying, the way the zombies seemed to react differently to every hit. Of course the story wasn't great but nobody cared, it was good enough to keep you moving through the game.

    So what do they decide to do with the sequel? Attempt to turn it into a branching RPG-like story focused game where all your choices will matter, which they seemed to have completely given up on half way through development and just left the barebones of it.

    That wouldn't be a problem if they didn't neglect almost everything that made the first game so good, zombies will now play canned animations after every hit before they go ridiculously flying through the air like they've been hit by a truck when they die.

    The weapons have lost all their weight and impact, a baseball bat will cut through a crowd of zombies just as easily as a sword will. Even kicking zombies off of rooftops isn't fun anymore because they don't go tumbling off ledges, now they just slide off and fall straight down.

    Overall the combat is worse than the second game, although human v human combat is improved it is nothing special. The ragdolling and physics have been massively downgraded, zombies won't even stick to spike traps anymore, they just collapse and die. There are less zombie hordes and they are less fun to kill. Almost all horror aspects of the game have been lost, night time isn't dark, no roaming volatiles and the loot scan ability now reveals every zombie in the area.

    For all the focus and marketing around the story it is no better than the first but it is definitely longer, more boring and more irritating. The only improvement is in the parkour but it still gets plenty of things wrong, the ridiculous running animation and Aiden having the same vertical leap as the Mario brothers are the obvious ones.

    Dying Light 1 is still the best zombie game, Dying Light 2 feels like a Ubisoft reboot.    … Expand
  18. ONEEX
    Feb 12, 2022
    4
    Почему 6 ?
    •Ухудшили освещение по сравнению с "E3"
    •Крайне мало внимания уделили оптимизации •Обещанного влияния выбора на мир - как такового нету •Лишние значки и эллементы подобного рода •Отсутствие огнестрела или им подобное •Почти такой же состав зомби как и в первой части - малое разнообразие монстров •Неоправданное растягивание прокачки снаряжения - гринд ни к месту •Слабый    Почему 6 ?
    •Ухудшили освещение по сравнению с "E3"
    •Крайне мало внимания уделили оптимизации
    •Обещанного влияния выбора на мир - как такового нету
    •Лишние значки и эллементы подобного рода
    •Отсутствие огнестрела или им подобное
    •Почти такой же состав зомби как и в первой части - малое разнообразие монстров
    •Неоправданное растягивание прокачки снаряжения - гринд ни к месту
    •Слабый искусственный интеллект врагов
    •Слабая физика
    •Denuvo которое ухудшает и без того плохую производительность
    •Некоторые сспособности должны были быть с самого начала и не включать их в таблицу прокачки
    •Нам выдали Сырой, неоптимизированный и по сюжетной линии слабый продукт - выдали как готовый! Что очень обидно.
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    Why 6?

    •Worse lighting than "E3".
    •Extremely little attention to optimization
    •Promised effect of choice on the world - as such is not present
    •Superfluous icons and similar elements
    •No firearms or similar
    •Weak physics
    •Almost the same composition of zombies as in the first part -lack of variety of monsters
    •Unreasonable stretching of equipment upgrades = grinding
    •Weak enemy AI
    •Denuvo which worsens already poor performance
    •Some abilities should have been there from the start and not included in the leveling table
    •We were given a Raw, unoptimised and storyline-weak product - given away as a finished product! Which is a shame.    … Expand
  19. Bruhiilantr28
    Feb 6, 2022
    4
    Cut contents from trailer, some animation became worse , became too colorful than dying light 1.
  20. Reiler
    Feb 6, 2022
    3
    -What is happening with the collisions?
    -Writing and characters made by chimpanzees and orangutans perhaps? They are boring and childish.
    -The combat system is boring and repetitive, nothing to do with the first game. -Animations are bad, really, really bad. Do you remember Dead Island? Practically the same for your main character. Some "cinematics" have characters with zero    -What is happening with the collisions?
    -Writing and characters made by chimpanzees and orangutans perhaps? They are boring and childish.
    -The combat system is boring and repetitive, nothing to do with the first game.
    -Animations are bad, really, really bad. Do you remember Dead Island? Practically the same for your main character. Some "cinematics" have characters with zero expressions.
    -Denuvo, again.    … Expand
  21. Kunray
    Feb 5, 2022
    1
    I really hope a lot of these problems get resolved and they bring back repairing, rebalancing the skill trees would be appreciated.
  22. Belui
    Feb 6, 2022
    4
    Если бы половина бюджета игры потраченная на рекламу этой игры была использована на ее разработку, то не пришлось бы сейчас наблюдать столько проблем с оптимизацией и анимацией. Не пришлось бы внедрять Денуво для увеличения продаж сырого продукта. Денуво которая сильно портит производительность и без того плохо оптимизированной игры. Посмотрите на своих коллег из CDPR, они выпустилиЕсли бы половина бюджета игры потраченная на рекламу этой игры была использована на ее разработку, то не пришлось бы сейчас наблюдать столько проблем с оптимизацией и анимацией. Не пришлось бы внедрять Денуво для увеличения продаж сырого продукта. Денуво которая сильно портит производительность и без того плохо оптимизированной игры. Посмотрите на своих коллег из CDPR, они выпустили высококачественную игру без защиты и весь мир в восторге и они заработали больше чем нужно. В общем пока игра того не стоит. Да и дорогая она пока.… Expand
  23. DyingJoke2
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Absolutely awful game, maybe one of the worst i have ever player. Bad graphics, jumping on zombies has so physics compared to DL1, awful story, boring characters, city looks bland and boring. This is most generic bad game i have ever seen. Avoid at all cost!
  24. Shilfein
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Abysmal writing, cardboard NPCs with 0 charisma, awful narrative, boring main story and repetitive Ubisoft-esque sidequests. Instant refund.

    Such a shame, I was really hyped with the whole "narrative focus" and "decisions with consequences" thing... It could have turned out so differently if Avellone had been at the helm... Next time you try to turn your sandbox game into a narrative    Abysmal writing, cardboard NPCs with 0 charisma, awful narrative, boring main story and repetitive Ubisoft-esque sidequests. Instant refund.

    Such a shame, I was really hyped with the whole "narrative focus" and "decisions with consequences" thing... It could have turned out so differently if Avellone had been at the helm...

    Next time you try to turn your sandbox game into a narrative RPG... Maybe consider NOT firing the best writer in the gaming industry over some crazy ex unbased claims?

    Just another flavor of "Get woke go broke", I guess.    … Expand
  25. Iddri
    Feb 7, 2022
    2
    Let's be clear about it - the game does not meet the enormous assumptions that were presented in the announcements. If we put it this way, it is simply poor. What is missing is the atmosphere of being stuck in the first part, in which the player was afraid to fall from the car straight into the hands of the hungry undead. Here? You don't feel this fear at all. The product, however, hasLet's be clear about it - the game does not meet the enormous assumptions that were presented in the announcements. If we put it this way, it is simply poor. What is missing is the atmosphere of being stuck in the first part, in which the player was afraid to fall from the car straight into the hands of the hungry undead. Here? You don't feel this fear at all. The product, however, has quite a lot left from the first game in the universe, but these are mainly stupid and not logical mechanic-gameplay systems. Despite all this, there is one thing in the game. This is parkour. DL2 could be a simulator of running around an apocalyptic city, because it does it nicely and definitely better than an action horror movie, but even this way of spending time in the game is limited and simply bored with time.… Expand
  26. amonen
    Feb 5, 2022
    2
    I have to admit I havent even made it through the complete tutorial, before I gave up.

    Personal issues with headbobbing (I so hate it): My personal worst is the headbobbing and constant movement of the camera. Even in Idle the picture moves with the breathing and in combat the cam is all over the place, it seems to be moving with any movement the head of the protagonist does. The    I have to admit I havent even made it through the complete tutorial, before I gave up.

    Personal issues with headbobbing (I so hate it):

    My personal worst is the headbobbing and constant movement of the camera. Even in Idle the picture moves with the breathing and in combat the cam is all over the place, it seems to be moving with any movement the head of the protagonist does.

    The story feels uninterseting and doesnt really add up even at the very first few bits you get out of it. Too much Deus ex Machina already in the first conversation... ugh.

    I cant quite put my finger on it, but somethings weird with the graphics (Played around with FOV, but the movement in the world never felt real or natural). Aidens wooden movement, that made me want to break his arms to get them out of the screen didnt help, either.

    The survivors sense is quite ackward as well. It highlights items for like 3 seconds and then you can interact with them anymore, unless you click again. So you are constantly spamming it - first WTF moment.

    I have no Idea, how one could come to the conclusion that a Stamina system in a game, thats massively depending on the smooth movment might add to the experience. Right at the beginning of the tutorial (after spike) you have to climb a ledge and do a jump, if you miss the first time, you either wait for the stamina to replenish or you will fall off the ladder for running out of it - 10 mins in and I already hated the game for that.

    Off we go to the next stop on the tutorial. Survival sense is worthy of superman, i can see verything behind every wall....no more careful epxloring required - I know where you are... meh

    Didnt notice the weirdness of fighting yet, cause sleeky me crept up on them and enjoyed the ever repeating takedown animation.

    Every repeating micros stutters from probably Denuvo also become more noticable. But as any pickcing up also stops you for a quick and bad animation, its less anyoing.

    Every time you search, Aiden is performing so kind of voodoo speel on the thing, so you get better stuff, i suppose. Looks silly, gets old fast.

    Next stop is an old houe, you search it - empty. But as soon as you jump out of the window, a dozen zombies spawns and crawls out of thin air. Another cringe and then the first fight.

    Not only are is my survival sense superhuman, I also possess enough power to let every monster I kill fly away like a balloon hit with a racket. Unless they fall of a cliff, then they stand up again to play there proper death animation. Hitting them has that balloony feeling as well, resulting in a very unsatisfying feeling.

    I carried my unsatisfied feelings down the next hill, over the lake and zoomed thorugh a bunsh of zombies before entering the subways for some more cringy dialog and the final decision, that this isnt for me to play.

    I loved dying light one pretty much as I dislike this new installment, which was a huge disappointment from the first frame onward

    TL;DR:

    Bad animations
    Story seems to have been written by a child
    Fighting is ragdoll bashing with bad hit feedback and ridicuolos physics
    Headbobbing/Camera all over the place
    Stamina System drains the fun out of parkour
    Controls sometimes dont respond    … Expand
  27. marco_brambilla
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    questo Dying Light 2 è stato fatto senza nessuna cura al solo scopo di guadagnare soldi a palate, ottimizzato con i piedi, Italiano assente (!), inserito un sistema super invasivo come denuvo, motore grafico vecchio e textures risalenti a 7 anni fa, in più non è possibile nemmeno salvare il gioco ma lo fa da solo in un unico slot! roba veramente ridicola per quello che dovrebbe essere unquesto Dying Light 2 è stato fatto senza nessuna cura al solo scopo di guadagnare soldi a palate, ottimizzato con i piedi, Italiano assente (!), inserito un sistema super invasivo come denuvo, motore grafico vecchio e textures risalenti a 7 anni fa, in più non è possibile nemmeno salvare il gioco ma lo fa da solo in un unico slot! roba veramente ridicola per quello che dovrebbe essere un gioco AAA ma non lo è! In più è noioso, stupido e ripetitivo. … Expand
  28. suchy_kalosz
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    You are a big fan of the brand. You pay a few dozen dollars for the game in a preorder. In the end, the publisher says he'll implement denuvo, which works horribly, and he'll let twitch streamers play the game the day before, because he's a big streamer and you worm, wait another day because you don't deserve to play it earlier. No more preoders.
  29. 2022issometa
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    Just an advice from one gamer to another, ignore all the fake positive 10/10 reviews. These people are lying, shamefully lying. Dialogue in this game is worse than some 2003 games. Parkour gets old in 2 hours, story is awful, characters forgettable at best, there's pretty much no horror in this horror game. If you want solid open world zombie game that has actual horror elements, i wouldJust an advice from one gamer to another, ignore all the fake positive 10/10 reviews. These people are lying, shamefully lying. Dialogue in this game is worse than some 2003 games. Parkour gets old in 2 hours, story is awful, characters forgettable at best, there's pretty much no horror in this horror game. If you want solid open world zombie game that has actual horror elements, i would recommend Days Gone instead… Expand
  30. kapral38
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    The game has very poor optimization, on a ryzen 5 2600 processor, and a 1660ti video card, the game constantly slows down, gives out 30-47 fps. The game requires constant activation of Denuvo, if you restart the computer, the activation disappears.
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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 47 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 47
  3. Negative: 0 out of 47
  1. RPG Fan
    Mar 28, 2022
    52
    Despite all my complaints, I initially had fun with Dying Light 2. The first quarter of the game was engaging. I think if the rest of the game played like this, I would have way more positive things to say, but the fact is that it’s just not done. This is clearly an unfinished game mired in mismanagement. I don’t blame the developers at all; the leaders and executives behind this work are responsible. What works here is clean and well done, albeit with some boring AAA niceties. After the first quarter or so, though, the game absolutely falls apart in almost every respect. I’m sad for what was produced here, but if I’m being honest, I’m more sad that I invested nearly thirty hours of my own time into this. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
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  2. XGN
    Mar 14, 2022
    80
    Dying Light 2 has proven to be a brilliant zombie game, thanks to the great parkour and combat mechanics. The story however is a bit flawed due to some really strange twists.
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  3. Hooked Gamers
    Mar 11, 2022
    60
    There is fun to be had here, but aside from a few moments of joyous parkour, it's the sort of fun you can have in dozens of other open-world games. There is certainly some added fun in co-op with a couple of friends, but in a world where we get another open-world game every week, I just cannot recommend anyone go out and buy Dying Light 2 at full price. Especially not when it came out right before Horizon: Forbidden West and Elden Ring, both of which look far more promising.
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