Dying Light: The Following

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 211 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 31 out of 211
  3. Negative: 16 out of 211

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  1. Amigian
    Feb 10, 2016
    6
    Chances are if you enjoyed Dying Light, you will be perfectly satisfied with The Following. However, I still feel the finer points of realising a truly successful open-world game have not been addressed and if you want further detail just read my Dying Light review here on Metacritic, as I feel the same criticisms largely still apply. The Following presents a fair chunk of real estate forChances are if you enjoyed Dying Light, you will be perfectly satisfied with The Following. However, I still feel the finer points of realising a truly successful open-world game have not been addressed and if you want further detail just read my Dying Light review here on Metacritic, as I feel the same criticisms largely still apply. The Following presents a fair chunk of real estate for you to explore, and you may think those crazy Poles must have worked their a$$es off on it, but in actuality there is a sneaking suspicion of some cut and paste recycling from the Call of Juarez series. It is an interesting point I feel, that the new mode of transportation presented with the Buggie is actually another remnant of Techland's lineage of FPS as Buggies featured in their first shooter from 2003, funnily enough called 'Chrome', however the implementation here brings to mind more influence from Rage than anything else. With the video game industry in its current state of drought, The Following shines brightly enough in the vast fields of rough to warrant your investigation… Expand
  2. F13Bubba
    Feb 14, 2016
    5
    I loved Dying Light: the mixture of Zombies and Parkour was a blast. However, with the parkour element effectively diminished, you lose half of what made the game great. The buggy is alright, but spending hours driving around the admittedly large map gets dull. The combat has also been nerfed, so if you've worked hard to max out your levels, and enjoy cutting off some walker heads in oneI loved Dying Light: the mixture of Zombies and Parkour was a blast. However, with the parkour element effectively diminished, you lose half of what made the game great. The buggy is alright, but spending hours driving around the admittedly large map gets dull. The combat has also been nerfed, so if you've worked hard to max out your levels, and enjoy cutting off some walker heads in one swift blow, you'll be disappointed to find even max level weapons can take 3-4 hits to take foes down.

    All in all, it's a decent way to waste some time, but without the fun and thrills provided by the vanilla experience.    … Expand
  3. TemplarGR
    Sep 9, 2016
    5
    Overrated zombie game. Great graphics and atmosphere, but gets boring and repetitive fast. It succeeds in making you feel like a zombie apocalypse survivor initially, but once the wow factor fades, you are left with a boring average shooter. Worth a playthrough if you are into zombies a lot and like this type of game, otherwise, avoid.

    Deserves probably around a 7, i give it a 5 to    Overrated zombie game. Great graphics and atmosphere, but gets boring and repetitive fast. It succeeds in making you feel like a zombie apocalypse survivor initially, but once the wow factor fades, you are left with a boring average shooter. Worth a playthrough if you are into zombies a lot and like this type of game, otherwise, avoid.

    Deserves probably around a 7, i give it a 5 to counter the overinflated scores fanboys give it.    … Expand
  4. Mandulum
    Mar 13, 2018
    5
    Five Word Review: Too much driving, open spaces.
    Favorite Thing: More Dying Light is always a good thing.
    Least Favorite Thing: Driving gets repetitive fast. I got really tired of driving from Point A to Point B.

    Date Completed: 2018-03-10
    Playtime: 13h
    Enjoyment: 5/10
    Recommendation: No. While the base game is phenomenal, this expansion forgot what made it great.
  5. DarkArt
    Feb 18, 2016
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. + хорошее качество графики и детализации.
    + хорошая оптимизация.
    + удобное управление.
    + классная музыка и звуки!
    + неплохой геймплей.
    + крафтинг.
    + багги как в HL2!

    - графические проблемы с текстурами, мерцание.
    - отвратительный сюжет в котором убивают всех персонажей. Нулевая реиграбельность!
    - дебильный финал хуже чем в Mass Effect 3.
    - мало оружия.
    - плохая система навигации по карте.
    - система взлома замков раздражающая, в Fallout 3-4 намного проще и удобней.
    - крафтинг предметов в инвентаре неудобный, я хочу 20 аптечек сразу, а не нажимать 10 раз на кнопку!

    Dying Light 2 жду, но сценаристов которые убивают сюжетных персонажей, надо посадить на кол!    … Expand
  6. VG_Alex
    Jun 5, 2019
    6
    The map is too flat and open so I'm driving instead running mostly,vehicle driving has same feelings in 'Dead Island',Did the Techland just brought it into the 'Dying light'?

    6.0 Pass
  7. AxeWould
    Aug 7, 2021
    5
    оригинальная игра очень понравилась, и когда я запустил длс и сел на багги то почувствовал еще большую радость, но через 3 часа я плевался от него, однотипные поездки просто задолбали, и что самое главное, специально сделано, это то что задания расположены в разных частях карты, просто вымораживает. Плюс задания зачисть секцию, настолько достали что я перестал их выполнять, так как в однойоригинальная игра очень понравилась, и когда я запустил длс и сел на багги то почувствовал еще большую радость, но через 3 часа я плевался от него, однотипные поездки просто задолбали, и что самое главное, специально сделано, это то что задания расположены в разных частях карты, просто вымораживает. Плюс задания зачисть секцию, настолько достали что я перестал их выполнять, так как в одной пещере я завалил 10 зомби, и еще 20 утопил, а они все лезут и лезут достало. А финальный босс просто умора, такой халтурный, как будто реально вырезан из польского шутера 2005 года. В общем длс разочаровало, и это печально...… Expand

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#84 Best PC Game of 2016
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#47 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Games.cz
    May 19, 2016
    60
    Expansion what extends above-average game, can´t be much better than original by definition. Although The Following improves the original a bit, it mostly sticks to a similar standard. For your money you get a lot, but none of this is unfortunately unique. And one of the few innovations – 4-wheeler buggy car – has no effect at all. If it wouldn’t be for the multiplayer, it would be an average expansion.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2016
    80
    Dying Light came back to life with the spin-off and for a small penny it adds a lot of fun. Buggy races pleasantly enriched the gameplay and zombie-infested courses are hilarious. [Issue#262]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Apr 7, 2016
    80
    Everything you loved about Dying Light expanded and improved upon, with a new setting and new elements including buggies, bosses and general badassery. [Issue#249, p.50]
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