Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2867 Ratings

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  1. Radrin
    Apr 17, 2023
    6
    It's not necessarily worse than it's predecessor, although the night chases are much more relaxed and less tense since you can more or less be safe at all times either hiding or simply outrunning everything... Only the streets are dangerous at night since that's where howlers are and the chase levels go up too slowly, you can mess around for a long time before it even becomes a problem.It's not necessarily worse than it's predecessor, although the night chases are much more relaxed and less tense since you can more or less be safe at all times either hiding or simply outrunning everything... Only the streets are dangerous at night since that's where howlers are and the chase levels go up too slowly, you can mess around for a long time before it even becomes a problem.

    The reason why I was so underwhelmed was because I expected the sequel to improve upon the original in significant ways and be more polished than it currently is.

    Technically, the game suffered a lot during my playthrough, my character kept getting stuck in walls after jumping, animations broke really frequently, my camera was spazzing out during "use" animations, my character would often times not grab obvious handholds and repeating the jump the same way would be fine the second time and so on...

    The monsters (rare/unique infected especially) are very repetitive, GRE anomalies are basically the same. This is the case with environments too, the same assets are used over and over to the point where big rooms and hubs look the exact same which gave me a bitter taste.

    The lore is quite decent, watching how people adapted to live in a world such as this, growing crops on the roofs, relying on solar energy, sleeping on shacks up high and constructing an environment that's easy to traverse by free running or using hooks/paragliders to be safe from the zombies below.

    One thing I didn't get is how people did not manage to make a relatively small city safe after 15 years of living in it, you would think with their high walls the only zombies left would be picked apart slowly until nothing was left...

    The parkour and combat system combined make for a decently fun experience once again, although I would have liked a "heavier" feeling parkour movement, it feels quite floaty. The combat can also feel somewhat unresponsive, a lot of animations have noticeable delay to them even if you're not using a 2h weapon.

    The control scheme was quite frustrating as well, there are a LOT of key combinations that do different things, one combo for example includes using caps lock... Also, the idea to have the jump key be THE SAME as the dodge key with directions made it feel really clunky as well.

    The very frequent cinematics that would take control off the player felt quite repetitive and annoying as well, my character would walk into a room and start looking around for 10 seconds before starting to speak with someone. I could look around myself you know. Conversations are extremely verbose and also include character actions and movement so if you decide to skip dialogue lines you can miss those. There must be 8 hrs worth of cutscenes like these in the game and I wasn't fond of them.

    The game also has a very old gen feel to it where friendly characters would run away from an infected with you but they would be unnaturally fast and would SLAM like 9 doors behind them, leaving you to open them again, once more, with a cinematic approach. Often times when in conversations with certain characters they would completely disappear afterwards, teleporting to another location as well. All of these felt quite jarring.

    The story and dialogue weren't anything to write home about but they were serviceable enough, the decisions you make do have an impact on who lives and who dies for example.

    There is something to say about obliterating a big group of zombies with a massive 2 handed weapon, body parts flying everywhere while maneuvering around like a mini spider man. The game certainly has its moments.

    Overall if you feel like hacking some zombies' limbs off while freerunning on rooftops, this will be an enjoyable experience for a while, until the repetitive monsters/zones/glitches start to annoy you.    … Expand
  2. Darkell64
    Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Thank you Techland for listening to us. I'm updating my rating... Thank you again...
  3. KolesAdlerov
    Apr 21, 2023
    4
    DyingLight2: Stay Electricianman is a fan service DLC for the top tier game of 2015, but not for fans.
    Worse close-combat without physics, absurd parkour with clownish trampolines, brighter nights, a trees on the roof. No guns, no logic, but with an even worse sjw-bullsh!t story and STUPID UV-timer rules.
    Even the search animation of the hands gone wrong... Gameplay: combat mechanics    DyingLight2: Stay Electricianman is a fan service DLC for the top tier game of 2015, but not for fans.
    Worse close-combat without physics, absurd parkour with clownish trampolines, brighter nights, a trees on the roof. No guns, no logic, but with an even worse sjw-bullsh!t story and STUPID UV-timer rules.
    Even the search animation of the hands gone wrong...

    Gameplay:
    combat mechanics [broken physics and animations] 6/10
    parkour mechanics [trampolines, really? spiderman's city walkthrough?] 7/10
    stealth [broken difficulty] 4/10
    atmosphere [broken logic, stupid UV-timers] 2/10
    Gameplay as immersive horror (some quarantine zones only) 4/10
    Gameplay as RPG & im.sim [there is no immersion in the circus]: 3/10

    Story [sjw bullsh!t, stupid UV-system] 1/10

    Graphics [ugly city, bad textures, bright nights] 6/10

    Sounds & music [annoying warnings and cacophony] 6/10

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    The missions in dark labs and all sorts of underground parking lots in DL2 are the best, but they are many times worse than the usual night in DL1 - and this is 6 years later.
    The situation is the same as with doomEternal, one to one. All the good degraded, everything bad multiplied by an order of magnitude.    … Expand
  4. DestaN
    Mar 19, 2023
    10
    Nasıl bu kadar az puan verebiliyorsunuz ben neyi kaçırıyorum oyun çok keyifliydi.
  5. kinsang
    Sep 10, 2022
    7
    เนื้อเรื่อง : ช่วงต้นเกมไปถึงกลางเรื่องน่าสนใจและน่าติดตาม แต่ตอนจบค่อนข้างขัดใจ

    เกมเพลย์ : วิ่งได้ไหลลื่นกว่าภาคแรก แต่ต่อสู้ไม่สนุกเท่าไหร่ ประสิทธิภาพ : ภาพไม่ได้ถือว่าสวยมาก และคอมพิวเตอร์สเปคกลางๆก็มีเฟรมดรอปบ้าง    เนื้อเรื่อง : ช่วงต้นเกมไปถึงกลางเรื่องน่าสนใจและน่าติดตาม แต่ตอนจบค่อนข้างขัดใจ

    เกมเพลย์ : วิ่งได้ไหลลื่นกว่าภาคแรก แต่ต่อสู้ไม่สนุกเท่าไหร่

    ประสิทธิภาพ : ภาพไม่ได้ถือว่าสวยมาก และคอมพิวเตอร์สเปคกลางๆก็มีเฟรมดรอปบ้าง
  6. PetyaBiszeps
    Jan 26, 2023
    7
    It really surprises me that DL2 has this huge amount of negative reviews. For me it went BETTER than first DL simply because gameplay took some massive improvements since first game arrived. It was really fun to PLAY. The story is mediocre or even worse, that's true, but funny thing is narrative in DL2 is still better than first DL game. You simply more interested what characters say,It really surprises me that DL2 has this huge amount of negative reviews. For me it went BETTER than first DL simply because gameplay took some massive improvements since first game arrived. It was really fun to PLAY. The story is mediocre or even worse, that's true, but funny thing is narrative in DL2 is still better than first DL game. You simply more interested what characters say, you're more involved in story and the most important part is you ACTUALLY CARE about characters, unlike it goes in first Dying Light! Yes, huge amount of troubles like weird upgrade system, a lot of some Ubisoft stuff like towers and other **** content no1 is interested in. Also a lot of looting which is also annoying. But overall i like it and i prefer DL2 over DL1 simply because of amazing gameplay compared to first game.… Expand
  7. maxpodolski
    Apr 21, 2023
    8
    Funny and amusing game! Little bit bored when you play alone, if you play coop, you get best online expirience!
  8. Momenhaitham40
    Sep 1, 2022
    5
    the gameplay is good but the story is very bad and poring
    the fighting mechanics in the first one was better than this one
  9. AltmeR47
    Aug 28, 2022
    5
    The game as a sequel to the first part is full of **** the eyes at the end bled out from the tension
    of the plot, bugs, game mechanics, pumping system, stuff all flawed
    of the pluses for which I put 5 I can single out, the average Parkour can run the plot, the interface is gorgeous, the sound is gorgeous
    the game for 1 time is average wild, disappointed I love the first part
  10. dante068
    Feb 8, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ending ruined my experience. Everything else was ok. 25 hours of gameplay wasted because the city was destroyed. If you prefer nice endings, skip this game.… Expand
  11. Leyequois
    Apr 9, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an ok game, but , and I don't know how to properly describe this, but... it does not really feel like a Dying Light game
    First of, the game is full of bugs, the parkour combat, which is supposed to be its staple, does not work 90% of the time, and the game has a lot of stability issues still(I play in a Rog Strix X570-e. 32gb ram, RTX 2080 OC version, and it is stored in an SSD) like I have to restart the game anywhere from 3-4 times for it to work, as I get gamebreaking fps loss the first few times, after? Not a single drop, playing for hours at a time, and not one

    Now, the game feels bland, in DL there was a sense of urgency and there was fear of being out at night, here it's a piece of cake, neither urgency, nor fear, the gameplay is ok, but without the whole combat working, it is just hacking with the swords or shooting arrows, and that is another thing, there is no sense of accomplishment, you can easily find "Artifact" weapons(Equivalent to the legendary weapons/fluorescent yellow in DL) and I spent the whole game with 3 swords and the bow, nothing else, so there is no challenge at all, and the challenge that there is, is just disproportionate, like the parkour challenges, there are some that are plain dumb

    Characters are forgettable at best, not one character makes the same impression that, say, Rahim, Jade, Ezgi, or even Brecken, Spike or Gazi make, some parts of the story are kind of dumb or nonsensical, and the game tries to be "smart" but it feels like it is the total opposite, those "plot twists" are not "Wowing" at all, the only characters that cause an impression are Lawan and Maybe Hakon, but the rest of filler characters just don't make the cut, heck, in DL even small characters like Neil or Ayo leave a little mark, here it all feels generic and bland

    In general the game is an ok game but it tires you a bit after a while and brings nothing new, and this is coming from someone that has 10k+ hours in Skyrim, and that always goes back to play his favorites like DL, Skyrim, Fallout, Metro, TLOU, etc. when I finished this game I felt relieved, and do not feel like playing NG+(When in DL I went right to NG+ after I finished it and have played that game some 8 times), the only other game where this happened to me was Ghostwire, which I have not finished, so in reality, this game was a big disappointment

    If you are going to buy it, I'd say wait until after april 2023 to see if the patch fixes the things I mentioned(Nothing can fix the bland story though) or better yet, wait until a few DLCs drop to see if it gets better

    One small redeeming quality is that it gives you some easter eggs regarding the Harran survivors, some are still alive, so there's that(not spoiling it for you though)    … Expand
  12. AbrahFP
    May 7, 2023
    5
    -Lo bueno: El parkour está perfectamente implementado, es una delicia moverse por el mapa. La historia es decente y tiene muchas decisiones que afectan enormemente a la misma y eso me encanta como amante del rol.
    -Lo malo: Lo peor sin duda es la repetición de escenarios...tantos edificios iguales con la misma estructura, los eventos que hay por el mapa siempre siguen las mismas pautas:    -Lo bueno: El parkour está perfectamente implementado, es una delicia moverse por el mapa. La historia es decente y tiene muchas decisiones que afectan enormemente a la misma y eso me encanta como amante del rol.
    -Lo malo: Lo peor sin duda es la repetición de escenarios...tantos edificios iguales con la misma estructura, los eventos que hay por el mapa siempre siguen las mismas pautas: mismos enemigos protegiendo las mismas cosas, etc. Todo es super robotizado y cuadriculado. El doblaje lleno de errores, las físicas dudosas, secundarias poco originales y la exploración no tiene ningún interés.
    Pasadas las primeras 40 horas encontré todo aburridísimo excepto la trama principal, así que dejé de hacer eventos de mapa y misiones secundarias y pude disfrutar de la trama principal que es lo único salvable y me llega para aprobarlo al límite con un 5.    … Expand
  13. SickPoisOoon
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    bs as predatoy shop i hate techland and tencent............................
  14. antthelimey
    Mar 1, 2023
    7
    I found this to be a rather fun game. I didnt expect to like the parkour elements as much as I did - reminded me a bit more of AC than I expected. Not completely convinced by the skill tree tho. The combat is fairly fun. The story has a LOT of dialogue so far .. tapping through with space bar and sub-titles speeds that up! More and more of the game keeps opening up for me. I did haveI found this to be a rather fun game. I didnt expect to like the parkour elements as much as I did - reminded me a bit more of AC than I expected. Not completely convinced by the skill tree tho. The combat is fairly fun. The story has a LOT of dialogue so far .. tapping through with space bar and sub-titles speeds that up! More and more of the game keeps opening up for me. I did have to get over dying a lot, and learn to not be freaked out by that.

    However, Multiplayer is where it truly started to shine for me - once both my friend and I were playing in the same game, it became massively more fun than playing alone, which I actually found kinda stressful with the constant fear of death.

    I really dont understand all the "0" reviews for this game - theres no reason for that. I assume its a bunch of haters or protesters?    … Expand
  15. Jotnar
    Apr 8, 2023
    0
    A wallet rape
    It’s Dying Light 1 without the firearms
    It’s Dying Light 1 with a disease like in Farcry 2
    This is Dying Light 1 with an ultra slow progression system for longer life.

    Dying Light 1 is 10 times better, keep your money
  16. GameBoss
    Feb 21, 2023
    9
    The game jumps higher than it can achieve: too many twists, too many storylines, zero of them fully developed. But it has a wingsuit, the combat system is great, the parkour is outstanding, and the characters are memorable.

    100 hours, completed the game, and quite some side activities. Can recommend!
  17. NoMuchToSay
    Jun 1, 2023
    8
    I had fun. DL1 is better yes but still, if you get this on sale it could be a decent game.
  18. Kreanch
    Mar 3, 2023
    0
    Игра полный отстой, графика хуже чем в первой части и геймплэй тоже.
  19. Geraltz
    Mar 25, 2023
    6
    From the unnecessarily long story to the adjusted less-realistic floaty parkour, and the very large open world filled with grinding. This game doesn't impress me in any way over the original other than its technical looks. The best way I can describe this game is that this is a product plagued by the Ubisoft formula, quantity over quality. I finished it in co-op and around every cornerFrom the unnecessarily long story to the adjusted less-realistic floaty parkour, and the very large open world filled with grinding. This game doesn't impress me in any way over the original other than its technical looks. The best way I can describe this game is that this is a product plagued by the Ubisoft formula, quantity over quality. I finished it in co-op and around every corner there were glitches that would disrupt the flow and feel of the game. The atmosphere is also subpar compared to the first Dying Light. Sure, the brighter and more vibrant colors are pretty. But at the same time, the dark and heavy post-apocalyptic feeling is mostly gone now. I think I am playing Far Cry New Dawn, not exactly sure anymore.

    I could explain everything I've said in more detail, but that would be another wall of text done by a million other people already. In conclusion, Dying Light 2 has lost vision of its core identity. The things that once made this franchise so good, are replaced by popular bland game design or changed to the point they don't feel as great as they did before.    … Expand
  20. KenjiSVK
    Apr 18, 2023
    10
    DYING LIGHT 2 is very good game with perfect optimalisation and beautiful graphic.
  21. Lezzly
    Jun 1, 2023
    7
    Kolejna produkcja Techlandu w której bawiłem się nieco gorzej niż poprzednio. Na plus na pewno jest tu mapa, która jest nawet duża, w porównaniu do pierwszej części gra zrobiła progres z parkourem, w którym urozmaicenia związane z przemieszczaniem się po mieście robią wrażenie. Walka stoi dalej na wysokim poziomie, to samo można powiedzieć o rozwoju postaci. Jedyne co mnie średnio porwałoKolejna produkcja Techlandu w której bawiłem się nieco gorzej niż poprzednio. Na plus na pewno jest tu mapa, która jest nawet duża, w porównaniu do pierwszej części gra zrobiła progres z parkourem, w którym urozmaicenia związane z przemieszczaniem się po mieście robią wrażenie. Walka stoi dalej na wysokim poziomie, to samo można powiedzieć o rozwoju postaci. Jedyne co mnie średnio porwało to historia, która nie była zła, lecz tak samo jak w przypadku recenzji do pierwszej części - nie przepadam zbytnio nad motywem apokalipsy zombie. Trochę zawiodłem się na klimacie, który jedynka miała lepiej dopracowanego. Mniej się bałem, lecz może to z przyzwyczajenia do poprzedniej przygody. Natomiast gra tak czy siak została zrobiona bardzo dobrze i polecam ją każdemu, kto lubi gry o zombie.… Expand
  22. Midyen
    Jun 1, 2023
    5
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 5.
  23. MehmedVII
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    Most underrated game ever.
    Most underrated game ever.
    Most underrated game ever.
    Most underrated game ever.
  24. pukkiyusuff
    Jul 20, 2023
    9
    In my opinion, Dying Light 2 has advanced quite a bit in the second game in terms of the boring gameplay, action and story of the first game. Personally, I played the game for 300 hours and finished it 4 times, 2 good endings and 2 bad endings. The game is very good in my opinion, there is a lot of techland enemies who do not like the game, but will you gather like an ant when Dying LightIn my opinion, Dying Light 2 has advanced quite a bit in the second game in terms of the boring gameplay, action and story of the first game. Personally, I played the game for 300 hours and finished it 4 times, 2 good endings and 2 bad endings. The game is very good in my opinion, there is a lot of techland enemies who do not like the game, but will you gather like an ant when Dying Light 3 comes out? I am very curious… Expand
  25. Kifsator
    Sep 6, 2023
    7
    In the age of Cyberpunk, Anthem, Fallout 76 and No Man's Sky - this game was actually complete upon release.

    M80s, we can neither ignore Denuvo nor define the game by its presence alone. Yes, it is a disappointing inclusion. And yes, Denuvo aside, the game has fun elements.
  26. redbloodyguts
    Sep 5, 2023
    0
    Le jeu est sympa même si dl1 reste supérieur à mon sens, le point important à aborder est l'achat récent de Techland par Tencent, achat qui ruinera le jeu comme tout les autres jeux rachetés ou volés par Tencent. D'ailleurs on commence déjà à en voir la couleur avec une la quantité de micro-transactions à venir et l'ajout d'une monnaie de jeu qu'il faut évidemment acheter avec de la VRAIELe jeu est sympa même si dl1 reste supérieur à mon sens, le point important à aborder est l'achat récent de Techland par Tencent, achat qui ruinera le jeu comme tout les autres jeux rachetés ou volés par Tencent. D'ailleurs on commence déjà à en voir la couleur avec une la quantité de micro-transactions à venir et l'ajout d'une monnaie de jeu qu'il faut évidemment acheter avec de la VRAIE ARGENT... (à l'image d'overwatch, call of, fortnite). Bref je ne vous conseil pas de jouer à ce jeu qui deviens une catastrophe, ça n'en vaut pas la peine.… Expand
  27. Amentia
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    The difference between what was shown in the E3 and what we got it is day and night

    And due the recent updates and management, it doesn't seems that the game will get any better and that E3 content will be added

    This game worths 10 dollars, but im not buying anything more from techland. I felt betrayed.
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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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