Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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  1. PraiseTheSunCZ
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Almost everything is worse than Dying Light 1. DL1 had better combat, better weapons, better HUD, better parkour, better zombie behavior and physics, and better abilities. The graphics look like a game from 2016, not 2022.Denuvo.... Fighting zombies is not fun. Parkour is fun at times, but the whole citi looks so similar that I feel like I've been everywhere, even if it's a new location.Almost everything is worse than Dying Light 1. DL1 had better combat, better weapons, better HUD, better parkour, better zombie behavior and physics, and better abilities. The graphics look like a game from 2016, not 2022.Denuvo.... Fighting zombies is not fun. Parkour is fun at times, but the whole citi looks so similar that I feel like I've been everywhere, even if it's a new location. Story is ok so far, a few weird decisions, but ok for a zombie game. If you've never played DL1, don't bother with DL2 and go straight to Dying Light 1. I can't find a good innovation in this game, though there are a few. In fact, I think this game should be called Far Light: New Dawn 2. Same crap as Far Cry: New Dawn, boring world with boring weapons, boring people problems. They chose the worst part of the apocalypse, rebuilding a world where nothing happens. I personally don't like it. You can choose between 2 sides you want to help. Survivors and Peace Keepers. Both are stupid idiots, one looks like beggars and the other like paintball kids playing soldiers. You can't manually save so if you glitch into a wall during some missions and die you fail it and bye bye. Most of the characters aren't very interesting and the few that are worthwhile aren't super essential to the story. The zombies feel like they are just there to fill out the world, you almost don't have to fight them, the main opponents are humans. The physics and behaviour of the zombies is disappointing, you just sneak past most of them anyway so they don't see you and when you do fight one you don't break their bones with your punches and they don't X-ray like in DL1 which was one of the best features, you don't break their bones with every punch like in DL1. You're just taking away the Hp's that levitate above them to die, also almost everything here defies physics and zombies, humans and Aiden fly through the air like nothing. You can't throw weapons here, stomp on zombies' heads, my favorite two-legged kick is basically useless and difficult to use here. Overall the skills here are boring and useless.… Expand
  2. CousinVielgosh
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Another totally average "ubi like" checklist game. Bland and uninteresting story, cringy flashback moments, overuse of cutscenes where game is taking the controls because a protagonist must look around for no reason.

    Parkour is the highlight of this game and works very well, however the story and the world presented is so uninspired that I've lost interest after 15h.

    Wait for 50% discount.
  3. Proxodnik
    Feb 7, 2022
    5
    Я не знаю,я поиграл в эту игру где-то минут 40,и сделал возврат средств,графика была какая-то мыльная,я ещё ссылался на то,что это просто потому что у меня уже устаревает железо,1070 мощная - но уже устаревающая видеокарта,спасибо зажравшимся разрабам которые так хотят продвинуть свою революционную технологию RTX!Чем-то напоминает PhysX и 3dVision,только живёт дольше,ну ладно графика,тоЯ не знаю,я поиграл в эту игру где-то минут 40,и сделал возврат средств,графика была какая-то мыльная,я ещё ссылался на то,что это просто потому что у меня уже устаревает железо,1070 мощная - но уже устаревающая видеокарта,спасибо зажравшимся разрабам которые так хотят продвинуть свою революционную технологию RTX!Чем-то напоминает PhysX и 3dVision,только живёт дольше,ну ладно графика,то что у меня на любых настройках видеокарта пыхтела как чёрт и загружалась на 80 - 100%,такого даже в киберпанке не было,я бы ещё понял если бы там была какая нибудь ультра-реалистичная графика,так нет,она такая же как в первой части,только фильтр ещё более жёлтый,и текстуры получше вместе с освещением,но это явно не некстген и не графика 2022 года которую все так хотели увидеть 10 лет назад,дальше когда я встретил своего первого зомби я упал в шок - лвл система,в сиквеле игры которая была экшен паркур луталкой про зомби?Серьёзно?Это я ждал 7 лет?Окей лвл система,её можно спрятать,но то как зомби реагируют на удары,это же ужас,они просто отлетают,не как в первой части когда ты их бьёшь и они реагируют так как они реагировали бы в жизни,а тут непонятно что,я просто дальше не стал играть,читал отзывы в стиме и у меня не одного такие проблемы,ещё заметил что после того как выйдешь несколько раз игра просто не пускает потом что-ли в течении 24 часов,я так понял это защита наша прекрасная денуво,которую все так любят,по первым ощущениям игра трояк,из уважения к разработчикам которое потеряется,если они не исправят эту ошибку поставлю 5.… Expand
  4. Mizuiro
    Aug 14, 2022
    5
    Juego del montón , con controles que son bastante macarrón e incomodos sobretodo en el parkour y con el parapente que es penoso de lo mal que se controla. Historia aburrida a la que pronto no le prestas nada de atencion y misiones suicidas en las que como siempre le toca hacer todo al prota mientras el resto de supervivientes se rasca bien los huevos = pesimo guión.
  5. Egosen
    Aug 18, 2022
    5
    Игра отвратительна во многих местах. Ужасная боевка, далеко не самый лучший паркур. Отвратительный последний боссфайт. Оптимизация и баги тоже хромает. 80 процентов игровых персонажей вызывают только ненависть. Играл только ради того чтобы уничтожить весь город, чтобы хоть как то отыграться на всех мерзких персонажах, что собственно я и сделал. Не играйте в это братья, сам прошел только изИгра отвратительна во многих местах. Ужасная боевка, далеко не самый лучший паркур. Отвратительный последний боссфайт. Оптимизация и баги тоже хромает. 80 процентов игровых персонажей вызывают только ненависть. Играл только ради того чтобы уничтожить весь город, чтобы хоть как то отыграться на всех мерзких персонажах, что собственно я и сделал. Не играйте в это братья, сам прошел только из уважения к первой части игры… Expand
  6. Xemnuz
    Feb 9, 2022
    7
    For someone that hasn't played Dying Light '1' and is not very critical of things, this might be a good time. For those that have played the first one and liked it, this can take sometime but it will grow on you.

    First off to g-sync users who need v-sync on, you have to go into video settings advanced and turn on DX12 instead of DX11 to get more than 60 fps cap, had to play for 2 hours    For someone that hasn't played Dying Light '1' and is not very critical of things, this might be a good time. For those that have played the first one and liked it, this can take sometime but it will grow on you.

    First off to g-sync users who need v-sync on, you have to go into video settings advanced and turn on DX12 instead of DX11 to get more than 60 fps cap, had to play for 2 hours with 60 fps before I found this out which should not have been a solution but works.

    The intro is appaling, really really bad, bad characters, very little engaging and is just a narrow path with no open world which the game is known for, they have no love for in media res. After the first 30m-hour, you are a bit more free but you quickly find out that running animation and speed feels like a full diaper and the parkour part of it is pretty nausiating for those not a fan of it to start with as I find it very little impressive (which is not something you think about unless you care). Though it must be said that the speed and handling does improve after some perks, but that it even starts that bad is pretty sad and moving sideways cuts your speed in half feeling like youre on a boat in the ocean.
    I was really looking forward to a lot of customization of character, clothes, hair, equipment upgrades, even a backpack, but there is none and the clothes are pretty poo.

    Quests are decent but characters are quite boring though it seemed to get a bit better in the new city. The first city is actually pretty small, about the same as the size in the first game, but there is another city too so theres that. Though the animation of charcters conversing seems pretty solid and there are maaaany different sidemissions characters, if only they spent more time on the main ones.

    Combat is pretty wonky at first, hit head, go back hit head go back til weapon breaks.. though there are other ways to go about it but I seem to remember that combat felt more rewarding in the first one. Though there are many ways to go about it, using the bow can be nice and you have a ton of gadgets.

    The writing lines are as bad as it is in most games nowadays, saying "fckin A" when you blow up a bomb, which almost made me vomit onto my monitor. But the characters and voiceacting seems solid.

    An interesting thing is that nighttime seems quite a lot less dangerous than it was in the first one, and that can be a good thing and bad.

    Graphics are pretty nice, you have to remember to use the upscaler with DLSS Balanced/quality and its really quite good, especially given the size, any better is maybe not even possible to change without huge fps drop. Would be great with a distance slider, turning off clouds, npcs etc. And the game runs pretty well on my system which is better than most I guess, 3070, 8600k, 32 gb ram,ssd.

    The last pretty fatal flaw is the saving system as you cannot manually save, big choices become really annoying when you have no way to go back and change it like most games Skyrim, Witcher 3, Fallout 4 where dialogue has a lot to say. So the entire game so far I'm helping the faction I don't want to help, people have died I wanted to save and you get enemies and friends based off replies that doesnt sound the way it was written so it ends up meaning something else, there are prolly over 10 things I would go back and change so far.

    After about 20 hours I conclude subjectively that during the first 3 hours I was extremely unhappy about it (I've been waiting for this game for like 5 years+). But the rest have been good, I've actually wanted to get back on and play, but when I got to the new city now it feels there is a lot to explore and do.

    The game seems a mix of Dying light, Metro 2033 exodus (in atmosphere and characters, animation) and Far cry in world mechanics, looting and objectives.

    To those rating it a 0, why are you even on here? To those giving it 10, are you mental?
    Let's all try and stay objective, this is a 6-7/10 so far.    … Expand
  7. ShaGan
    Feb 9, 2022
    6
    For Italian players. Don't be selfish and jerk. Most of released games are include Italian language (subtitles). Did you noticed how many games didn't have polish subtitles? Polish players didn't cry in internet because some of developer's ignores polish customers. So hard for you to listening English voice or what? In my opinion games should have only voice in two languages (originalFor Italian players. Don't be selfish and jerk. Most of released games are include Italian language (subtitles). Did you noticed how many games didn't have polish subtitles? Polish players didn't cry in internet because some of developer's ignores polish customers. So hard for you to listening English voice or what? In my opinion games should have only voice in two languages (original developers country and English) and subtitles in all languages. Spamming about no Italian voice on English website it's funny (next what? You starting attack metacritic for no Italian language?).

    About Game. I giving 6/10 because game looks amazing and I see techland improved most of gameplay part which gives me a lot of fan in first part. Why not 10? Hmm maybe that why because the land gives me only selection to pay for game only on Epic and Steam (thanks Denuvo). I buy most of games on my favourite platform which is GOG #FCKDRM and I don't wanna have one part each platform.    … Expand
  8. Artilha
    Feb 8, 2022
    5
    No pasta impasta dubbing 1000000/10
    Game 10/10
    Optimization 7/10
    No mario language 100/10
  9. Gohax
    Feb 17, 2022
    7
    Dying Light 2 is honestly a game i waited to play since they announced it way back when
    the first game was such a blast to play and this game is a huge improvement but still kind of lacking
    pros: - the game looks gorgeous everything looks really really good - the whole map design is superb everything feels like it was made for you to play with and parkour on - everything is    Dying Light 2 is honestly a game i waited to play since they announced it way back when
    the first game was such a blast to play and this game is a huge improvement but still kind of lacking

    pros:

    - the game looks gorgeous everything looks really really good

    - the whole map design is superb everything feels like it was made for you to play with and parkour on

    - everything is open including the apartments and other buildings you can enter any building you want scavenge anything and get out

    - they improved the whole night day gameplay where in the day there are barely any zombies and you can move freely wherever you want but cant find any resources since they are hidden in building where zombies sleep and in the night the building with the vast amount of recourses are empty but it is very hard to get there because of the stupid amount of zombies out side

    - the improved combat with bandits is a warm welcome unlike dying light 1 you actually have to really fight block and dodge the bandits and raiders and not just 1 shot them

    - there is a lot of things to do in the game building to explore camps to overtake and parkour challenges to do i find myself a bit overwhelmed in the good way even after 32 hours of gameplay

    - the music is not the best but still good and immerses you enough to really feel out the game

    - a lot more zombies types and cool zombie bosses

    - they took out the guns which in my opinion is an awesome thing because they did make the first game a lot easier

    - the adding of levels and recourse management gave me a lot of stalker vibes you really need to go and search for stuff for upgrades and crafting and most of the time you cant just wing it without the whole search and craft shindig

    - although they added legendary and common items and a level system that can destroy some games *ahem ac ahem* this game makes it so much easier for you to get legendary weapons gear and level up as long as you explore the world the game will reward you handsomely with cool sht

    they added 4 player co op and the armor you find has different build so you can have a full party of 4 friends where each one is a different class such as tank healer dps stealth
    which in my opinion the best thing they added in the game

    cons:

    - the game is stupidly buggy i would suggest for a lot of people to wait for the patches
    how buggy you ask ? i had to improvise with my glider to get to the top of the windmills just because the parkour there wouldn't work and bug out

    - the story is a big garbage dump even after they focused on making it better with the whole choose your story tale tale style it was still bad and they should have made a 15 hour generic story and focus a lot more on the gameplay and the open world

    - the map feels big and small at the same time you have the tutorial small area and the skyscraper big area and even after i explored everything it felt as if there should have been more

    - the whole choose which faction to support is stupidly ridiculous because one faction has cool weapons and improves your chance against zombies and the other just gives more parkour options really just should have gave you everything and as I said focus on making the gameplay better instead of the whole choose your thing

    - the glider like the buggy in the following ruined the game for me because yeah its fun and all but why not make a bigger area with more parkour options why is there always a gimmick yes the scorpion rope is cool and adds a new layer to platforming but why should i you use it when you can just glide there ? in my opinion the second they add a gimmick way to travers it ruins the whole point of a parkour game

    - a lot of story bull@#% like for example your character unlocks a power of sorts but only uses it in story missions and you don't get to use it in the open world and i bet they'll add it in some sort of dlc pack

    - the immunity system where you are limited by a timer to go out in the night is cool on paper but is done very poorly in the game because you can just stack like 60 immunity boosters (which are very easy to find)
    and just survive the night as if there wasn't a timer in the first place

    in conclusion the game only really starts to get fun after you finish the goofy stereotypical story and start to explore look around and find cool gear and missions i had my fun with the game and i do recommend it even more on co op and yes i do think zombie games need to die out but this one was just dumb fun (not counting the story of course)
    but as of now the game is really unstable and in dire need of fixes and patches so for now i give this game a 7 out of 10 and after they fix it and if you play it in co op an easy 8 out of 10    … Expand
  10. dmitrylch
    Feb 17, 2022
    6
    I played 64 hours in Dying Light 2, walkthrough storyline twice, and it's one of the most controversial games I ever played.
    Storyline.
    The storyline is garbage, literally. All characters lines are not-finished, the fate of secondary characters I found out only on the second walkthrough by accident, and it happens once, other characters fates will be tellen you by call, and that is    I played 64 hours in Dying Light 2, walkthrough storyline twice, and it's one of the most controversial games I ever played.
    Storyline.
    The storyline is garbage, literally. All characters lines are not-finished, the fate of secondary characters I found out only on the second walkthrough by accident, and it happens once, other characters fates will be tellen you by call, and that is ridiculous.
    Both fractions look like lazy scums, none of them I can't emphasize at all, but for some unknown reason one side is "right" the other is "wrong" no matter of its sanity.
    So all the time through the story, questions like "why?" and "what?!" popped up in my mind until I forced myself not to think of what happens after several first missions.
    And then I focused on gameplay, which is strange. Parkour at first without upgrades is difficult, and sometimes not fun.
    Some basic things that should be available at the start (we are pilgrim common!) are under a perk tree.
    So the first half of the game I tried to achieve it, and second half then I got a hook, and parachute it's become useless most of the time, cause thanks to hook, with a lot of stamina you'll become a spider-man!
    Locations.
    Locations and their design are gorgeous at first impression, but in the middle of the first location, you start to understand that most of the buildings are the same, and you can't navigate without a map even after 5-6 hours of gameplay and instant run back-forward.
    Central-loop is much more interesting, cause it's more vertical and diverse in the case of movements, but still, I find myself always open-up maps to find out where I need to run, cause all buildings mostly feel the same, and those which stand out and could be memorable, placed on the edge of the city.
    Weapon.
    It's nice, but till you got crossbow or basic bow, and after some point of the game I find such powerful weapon that I ain't change it till the end of the game. Most of it, a skill that gives you hit enemies by legs from the jump is killed everyone from several repeats. So any bow and that skill become a solution for most fights from almost the start of the Central Loop part.
    Upgrades.
    Only on the second walkthrough did I get to know that I can upgrade almost everything, but then I also reveals exactly for it I need rare trophies and understands how much time I need to hunt and loot for it, I drop that idea and never upgrades anything. (especially if you with peace walkers and get crossbow)
    As a result.
    It's a raw game, pretty raw, maybe even unbalanced sometimes, with a ton of grind, and I spent there a lot of time.
    Don't have any reasons why, but it was quite fun (not least because of stories ridiculous moments), and maybe more important for me, quite relaxed gameplay that I could experience on my own after a work day.
    Wish developers to fix all bugs, a balance that is unbalanced, and hopefully reveal the plot more clearly and fully through DLC, side-missions and etc.
    Thanks for reading!    … Expand
  11. Kast2
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    - Graphics definitely better than the first even if I expected better
    - Optimization not exactly optimal, but if you have a high-end it can go (absurd frame rate dips aside)
    - The story is good, voice-acting and dialogue ok, non-existent facial expressions (?) - Skill system good - Combat system discreet, I expected better - Italian dubbing not present, for me is not entirely a    - Graphics definitely better than the first even if I expected better
    - Optimization not exactly optimal, but if you have a high-end it can go (absurd frame rate dips aside)
    - The story is good, voice-acting and dialogue ok, non-existent facial expressions (?)
    - Skill system good
    - Combat system discreet, I expected better
    - Italian dubbing not present, for me is not entirely a problem but it makes no sense to dub the first saga and then the second no    … Expand
  12. yepcockagane
    Feb 8, 2022
    5
    Gameplay 6/10
    Downgraded in every way compared to dying light 1, parkour feels floaty and sometimes uncontrollable (might just need to get more used to it) and combat feels worse in every way. The systems are there to make it way better than the first game but is just executed terribly in my opinion.
    Story 4/10 Worse than the 1st game I don't even know what to say about it. Atmosphere    Gameplay 6/10
    Downgraded in every way compared to dying light 1, parkour feels floaty and sometimes uncontrollable (might just need to get more used to it) and combat feels worse in every way. The systems are there to make it way better than the first game but is just executed terribly in my opinion.
    Story 4/10
    Worse than the 1st game I don't even know what to say about it.
    Atmosphere 3/10
    e3 2018 and 2019 was more fitting look for the game in my opinion and now its just looks so oversaturated and green for the modern dark ages.
    Graphics 8/10
    Game textures and raytracing implementation is not that bad probably the best overall part of the game
    Open World 7/10
    Central loop is better than Old town in my opinion but also Old Villador is worse than Slums and they are populated too lowly for my taste.
    Horror 2/10
    Nothing about this game is scary except the one chase when you are headed to the Central Loop, that was a really good part that made me feel scared.    … Expand
  13. Metla
    Feb 8, 2022
    7
    Dying Light 2 takes what its predecessor did great and elevates it to another level. With a carefully designed and crafted open world that is full of things to discover and can be used beautifully with all the combat and parkour movements, you can unlock as you proceed throughout the game while hearing an adrenaline-pumping soundtrack. It is not the greatest open-world RPG game. But itDying Light 2 takes what its predecessor did great and elevates it to another level. With a carefully designed and crafted open world that is full of things to discover and can be used beautifully with all the combat and parkour movements, you can unlock as you proceed throughout the game while hearing an adrenaline-pumping soundtrack. It is not the greatest open-world RPG game. But it does right what it was supposed to do.… Expand
  14. xenomorf
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    Pretty good game. Improved on some areas to the first game. Except for crafting weapons which was an important feature, but just not that good in this game. The controls feel twitchy and inaccurate. For normal gameplay it is okay, but climbing a tall building or tower can be very frustrating when you fall to your death being almost at the top due to bad, inaccurate controls. FurthermorePretty good game. Improved on some areas to the first game. Except for crafting weapons which was an important feature, but just not that good in this game. The controls feel twitchy and inaccurate. For normal gameplay it is okay, but climbing a tall building or tower can be very frustrating when you fall to your death being almost at the top due to bad, inaccurate controls. Furthermore there are glitches, none gamebreaking sofar (else the rating would be immediately 0), but the game doesnt feel that polished… Expand
  15. infectedvoice
    Feb 11, 2022
    5
    Well i like parkour and environment in game but optimization its the point where everything **** up.
    No manual saves and this essential when game can crash in random moments.
    Little bit strange scenarios.
    So when game will be more stable its really 7-8/10.
  16. capitanweed92
    Feb 13, 2022
    7
    +very playable
    -incredibly shallow story with shallow characters as well
    -no variety in side activities
    -one of the worst endings
  17. Patrikk
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    Yet another broken release that is also worse than DL1. Repetitive, Boring dumb Story, this is DL for the Fortnite gen. No HDR which was promised too. Terrible Performance. You need a 1080ti for 60 fps in 1080p ultra while looking worse than comparable games.

    Also why are people so childish because of the people who want italian language? It was in DL 1 why not in 2? The game is a    Yet another broken release that is also worse than DL1. Repetitive, Boring dumb Story, this is DL for the Fortnite gen. No HDR which was promised too. Terrible Performance. You need a 1080ti for 60 fps in 1080p ultra while looking worse than comparable games.

    Also why are people so childish because of the people who want italian language? It was in DL 1 why not in 2? The game is a regression everywhere. Im not italian btw but i can understand them.

    But i played in german and the dub is absolutely low effort and bad. It was okay in DL 1 Kyle was actually really good . But DL 2? Hell no. Switched to english better but for an AAA Game.....well.....

    7 years 1500 people worked on this garbage? You should search a new job. It will be a success financially but cyberflop was too.

    Even if bugs and Performance were perfect it would be a mediocre copy paste open world game. Why this wanna be rpg garbeg in every game smh.

    Make DL 3 better but i doubt it. Even dead island is more fun.    … Expand
  18. AfrikaansUnited
    Feb 9, 2022
    7
    I see there is no Afrikaans language option or even subtitles in the game, AT ALL!!!!!!! This just shows the ignorance of the developer, and a product of the capitalist society we live in, not acknowledging the minority and their heritage. #freedyinglight #freeAfrikaans #thisendsnow#right now
  19. SirMAD
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    It'd a damn good game but it has some issues. The main problem is the story - the construction of it is misconseptive and unfortunetly your choices don't come together at the right moment, feel like they don't matter at all, and you really don't develop any bonds with so generic characters.
    (dialogue feels like someone wrote it not in his native language and then translated it back if you    It'd a damn good game but it has some issues. The main problem is the story - the construction of it is misconseptive and unfortunetly your choices don't come together at the right moment, feel like they don't matter at all, and you really don't develop any bonds with so generic characters.
    (dialogue feels like someone wrote it not in his native language and then translated it back if you catch my drift - writing is filled with flat epithets, **** comparisons, moments straight from a B-movie like "Welcome to the paradise" - I mean Jesus Christ, give it some heart, some originality, spice, flavour, not this mumble jumble bullsh*t - It is apocalypse after all!)
    So the actors generously endowed with these type of text either nailed it (Aiden) or meh or there was something like Hermann (I have a suspicion that he read the script and was like "Hey guys maybe make my character deaf and spare me this opportunity allright?")
    Animations sometimes work, sometimes don't, there are many bugs to be resolved by devs.
    Gameplay is fantastic, parkour mechanics, fighting system - after couple of hours in a game it just clicks and you want MORE and MORE and MORE and MORE (SUPER...HOT...SUPER...HOT) - which of course is strictly tied to skill system that feels really rewarding and well measured.
    Side quests are fun like a piñata - those mini-stories were so much better than a main one.
    Art-style presented at E3 was superior to the looks of final product but I mean... it's still gorgeus
    Graphics is not top tier by any means, and optimalization is 5/10 (PC)/but music is memorable and sound effects are crispy and enjoyable.
    Some changes like risk at night, lack of guns (but there is a bow and a spears), Weapon upgrade system, crafting etc. - Opinions about it are arbitrary for example most folks didn't play at night in DL1 and now folks complain because it is too easy and they don't feel pressure - i mean you can't both have a cookie and eat a cookie

    It's a very fun game, the most of it can be repaired within a year, and I have complete trust in Techland that it's going to be 2 points better - but for now - it is what it is.    … Expand
  20. Splitlivez
    Feb 7, 2022
    5
    Why are Italians such cry babies? They bomb review games that lack their language.
  21. LaMbaDa
    Feb 8, 2022
    6
    The first one is the best, the second part was cut
    rpg system this game doesn't fit
    it's better to keep silent about the rest
    advice to play the original part
  22. Lukrejshyn
    Feb 9, 2022
    7
    Unlike the other polish game released recently it lives up to it's hype. The game improves upon parkour mechanics from the first game and level design of open world makes it shine even brighter. Personally combat for is a little less satisfying. The weapons apart from 2-handed ones lack weight. Zombies feel less like a threat and more like time wasters here which takes away from theUnlike the other polish game released recently it lives up to it's hype. The game improves upon parkour mechanics from the first game and level design of open world makes it shine even brighter. Personally combat for is a little less satisfying. The weapons apart from 2-handed ones lack weight. Zombies feel less like a threat and more like time wasters here which takes away from the atmosphere of the game. Apart from that while combat with humans is a lot better than in the first game the AI often feels dumb. The open world itself feels like old ubisoft open worlds where you will be doing the same things over and over but they always attach a spin to each thing and make it feel unique. Some people may dislike this design I however enjoyed it thoroughly. The upgrades trees are just like in the first game genius and the progression is satisfying. The stamina change really makes a difference in the open world however at times it feels like the system was changed in a way to keep you away from progressing too fast through the story and gatekeep you from completing certain activities. The story is really boring with tons of plotholes, inconsistent characters which also often are really flat or annoying and quite cliche plot drive with a lost family member. There's also a ton of junk in terms of bugs but sooner or later they will get fixed and they weren't a dealbreaker for me. Overall the game lives up to both first game and expectations and while it has it's cons it is fun and really enjoyable with tons of content to sustain players interest and keep them playing,… Expand
  23. NonoCat
    Feb 8, 2022
    6
    Good:
    + Parkour gameplay extremely fun
    + Combat gameplay very well made + Graphics are really good + Beautiful map Bad - The saving system and the death/respawn is completely ridicolous : CHANGE THIS IMMEDIATELY to some more classic save system without respawn; what is the point of trying not to die if anyway death has basically no effect?!?!?!?!?!? - The synopsis of the game    Good:
    + Parkour gameplay extremely fun
    + Combat gameplay very well made
    + Graphics are really good
    + Beautiful map

    Bad
    - The saving system and the death/respawn is completely ridicolous : CHANGE THIS IMMEDIATELY to some more classic save system without respawn; what is the point of trying not to die if anyway death has basically no effect?!?!?!?!?!?
    - The synopsis of the game feels like it does not have a logic consequentiality; frequently elements of the story do not add up with each other and it really feels like the developer have rushed the last phases of delivery by performing cuts and pastes in the structure of the plot; the game's faction system makes no sense, they should have paired PKs and survivors into a unique faction and completely remove the faction system while working on a more solid game plot
    - Weapons cannot be repaired if not as a side consequence of installing mods into them : CHANGE THIS IMMEDIATELY
    - No vehicles as in dying light's previous episodes
    - No pvp / only max 4 players in the same online room

    I award this game a 6.
    **IF** in future patches the developers will resolve the 2 points marked with "CHANGE THIS IMMEDIATELY" I will raise the value of this review, maybe till 8 !    … Expand
  24. Ryan76
    Feb 5, 2022
    5
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3,6GHz
    GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING X TRIO 11GB
    32 GB Ram Win 10 Resolution: 1920x1080 High settings, and frames drop to 29-32 fps, it's not even funny....the game itself is good, but in this technical condition I am not going to play. Thanks Techland, thanks Denuvo. The game itself is nice, but i'll wait for them to take that protection off. At the moment, the    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3,6GHz
    GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING X TRIO 11GB
    32 GB Ram
    Win 10
    Resolution: 1920x1080

    High settings, and frames drop to 29-32 fps, it's not even funny....the game itself is good, but in this technical condition I am not going to play.

    Thanks Techland, thanks Denuvo.

    The game itself is nice, but i'll wait for them to take that protection off. At the moment, the assessment cannot be different, unfortunately    … Expand
  25. Bebrommel
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Довольно смешанные чувства по сравнению с 1 дл. Боёвка здесь убита напрочь, когда в дл 1 ты кайфовал от того, как убиваешь зомби, здесь же ты не получаешь никакого удовлетворения, не знаю какая была проблема добавить старую механику. Паркур здесь средний. Сюжет такой же, такое чувство что диалоги то ни на что не влияют. Про Денуво я вообще молчу, на кой хрен его добавили я даже не знаю. ВДовольно смешанные чувства по сравнению с 1 дл. Боёвка здесь убита напрочь, когда в дл 1 ты кайфовал от того, как убиваешь зомби, здесь же ты не получаешь никакого удовлетворения, не знаю какая была проблема добавить старую механику. Паркур здесь средний. Сюжет такой же, такое чувство что диалоги то ни на что не влияют. Про Денуво я вообще молчу, на кой хрен его добавили я даже не знаю. В общем, если вы играли в дл 1 и купили дл2, не ждите от неё чуда, скорее всего вы крайне разочаруетесь и растроитесь своими потраченными 2500 рублей.… Expand
  26. Wysooor
    Feb 8, 2022
    5
    Finnaly a proper game. Also there is no spaghetti language what makes it even better
  27. hardkot
    Feb 19, 2022
    6
    Dying Light 2: Mobile

    JFYI I haven't played first game yet. Well long story short this game is pretyy simple time killer like typical mobile game. Almost all of us play mobile games and we like them for killing our time in transport, on lunchbreaks, or booring meetings and that's why you can see so many positive reviews, because it's mobile impostor on PC. Visual (7/10) So visual -    Dying Light 2: Mobile

    JFYI I haven't played first game yet. Well long story short this game is pretyy simple time killer like typical mobile game. Almost all of us play mobile games and we like them for killing our time in transport, on lunchbreaks, or booring meetings and that's why you can see so many positive reviews, because it's mobile impostor on PC.

    Visual (7/10) So visual - graphics is great, everything looking fine for me, but you can still face with fps issues and lots of bugs with textures and it's really annoying. I like music, main theme is great and empower me for fights and long night runs. I don't like in game interface - it's too heavy and ambiguos, you will see that for real fun(punching zombie faces) you don't need 70% of different items, menus, collectables and other text info. So I believe it can be simplified.

    Gameplay (7/10) Ok. gameplay is really fun (for firsth 10 hours), but then you understand that to get fun you need to grind levels and zombies. Annnd still no fun, because game is easy, no coop, no interesting zombies or situations. But the game imitates that it has a lot of content, and you go do the same things and waiting for something new, but behind the scene and 300+ hours to complete all game is nothing. It's similar to Ubisoft open-grind world games, but even in Ubisoft games you can get something interesting from grinding, this game is just kills your time. Just a small example - in one side quest small girl goes to enemy nest to get most valuable thing of her life, when you help her, she just give this thing to you sayng: "I don't need it anymore, bye" So I feel myself playing average mobile zombie game, not the game trying to AAA title.

    Story (5/10) Weakest part of the game. In general story is boring and for me it reminds metro last light, so whole game I feel like, I already see this, nothing new here, lets go investigate world. Characters - I don't like characters, they all are - we are family, one for one, but in next scene they kill each other and you can go with other guys, so no one notice. So characters are not working, because you have choices that have only less influence on others and for me it feels very pathetic.

    So all in all it's a average SINGLEPLAYER PC game, don't spend your time, unless you like zombies, or like mobile grinding.    … Expand
  28. downight
    Feb 8, 2022
    5
    The game is incredible. Its very good that they didnt add spaghetti (italian) language in the game
  29. thingamajiggly
    Feb 25, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OK, so, I have mixed feelings about this game. Ultimately, yes, I'd recommend it to people, but with a few caveats:

    1. The story. It's dull, boring, and I just didn't feel drawn in by any of the character stories.

    2. I hate how the relationship with Lawan is forced on me. It was forced intimacy, did not feel natural, and was quite frequently annoying. I don't give an eff about Lawan. I think that having any kind of relationship with her, as friends or otherwise, should be optional. But the game forces your hand. And why? Because they got a big name actress to voice the character?

    3. They recently made it so that the survivor NPCs can revive you if you go down. But then they stare at your blankly, soullessly, as they pick you up. It would be cool if they said something like "you OK there buddy?" or "whoa, it's OK, I got you" or "try to be more careful next time". But no. Dead soulless eyes,

    4. It feels like nearly all the side quests are just parkour challenges. Which are fun, don't get me wrong, but it would have been cool if there were more quests that allowed me to get to know the survivors and PKs more as people.

    5. I got the ending where I saved Mia, and saved Lawan instead of letting her destroy the missiles. This entire game Aiden was going on and on about needing to find Mia, find his sister. And in the end? Nothing. It just goes to a black screen, and tells me that half the city was destroyed, and Aiden just leaves because he's turning and doesn't want to hurt people anymore. OK, but... What happened to Mia? What happened to Hakon? What happened to Lawan? What happened to Waltz? What happened to the city? Like, where is the story behind everything? How can you expect me to be so invested in a world when the writers can't even come up with something, anything, to tie everything together? It was so rushed and sloppy and had the overall feel of laziness.

    6. It's buggy. Like, really buggy. Have had to restart the game multiple times.

    7. The characters talk on for forever. And it isn't about anything that let's you get to know them or is pertinent to the quest or game. It's just inane rambling. Which, I guess is realistic, given that there's an apocalypse going on and they are starved for human interaction.

    I'm just a little frustrated. There was so much potential with this game, and after finishing it last night, I feel really let down. Again, I'd still recommend the game, but if you are expecting it to be anything like the first game, you are really going to be super disappointed.    … Expand
  30. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 8, 2022
    7
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    Just not that fun
    I loved the original Dying Light, obviously I had my issues with it and I hoped they would be addressed here…. And they just weren’t.. In a lot of ways things have gotten worse… This is an open world first person zombie game that took me about 20 hours to complete, and can be played wit up to 4 players co op… Youre a night runner, youre    Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    Just not that fun
    I loved the original Dying Light, obviously I had my issues with it and I hoped they would be addressed here…. And they just weren’t.. In a lot of ways things have gotten worse…
    This is an open world first person zombie game that took me about 20 hours to complete, and can be played wit up to 4 players co op… Youre a night runner, youre infected early on in the game which adds a layer of tenseness to the game which I loved, Theres a timer when youre in buildings or running around at night that have hav to keep filled with UV lights or the the sun so you don’t turn into a zombie.. this mechanic was never annoying.. in fact I never ran out of time, but I appreciate the level of immersion there… bevasue sadly this mechanic is where the immersion ends.. Like the original Dying light the world here just doesn’t feel lived in… it’s a mess zombie playground but even more lifeless than last time.. .a generic game world feel rather than again feeling like a world that used ti be brimming with life… I did love exploring the buildings during the main story missions, but nothing ever enticed me to seek things out on my own.. no addictive hook when it came to loot as every weapon breaks, theres nothing cool to find in this world, so why bother? Why not just stick to this super boring story? Which is what I did… One thing Dying Light 2 improved on is the flow of the parquor… It still needs works, its still frustrating at times, but it miles better than the original… and the combat is great too.. I loved getting into fights with my modded weapons, however the enemies this time around feel kind of brainless and just in the way rather than a threat like the past game.. and my biggest complaing.. I absolutely hated the second half of the game… running around in Dying Light 2 just isn’t fun… its not.. I feel like Im the only person who feels this way and I have no idea how.. I died more trying to get from point a to b, than I did the enemies once I finally got to the mission…
    I would love a more mirrors edge / modern assins creed style system in the future because I dreaded having to run through this city in the second half.. I didn’t mind the first half of the game where building were low and close like an old school assassins creed game, but the larger city.. awful…
    Overall Dying Light 2 is a fine game, its good, the combat is great, but the loot system is a disappointment and the story is just bad, it is.. I was non invested in the world at all…
    Youll have fun going through the campaign, its just a shame nothing in the world entices you to explore or to care…
    I give Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    a 7/10    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 47 Critic Reviews

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  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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