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  1. Feb 12, 2015
    4
    This game has some good elements to it, unfortunately it is beyond poorly optimized and definitely feels like a console port. If you are running an ATI GPU then stay away from this as even the best ati cards are getting piss poor frame rates.

    The developers are not known to optimize their games, properly, and this is worse than dead islands optimization. On top of this, the game really
    This game has some good elements to it, unfortunately it is beyond poorly optimized and definitely feels like a console port. If you are running an ATI GPU then stay away from this as even the best ati cards are getting piss poor frame rates.

    The developers are not known to optimize their games, properly, and this is worse than dead islands optimization. On top of this, the game really does feel like a more-urban version of dead island, so it doesn't bring too much new, to the table, unfortunately. I cannot give this game anything above a 4, as a result of the poor optimization and recycled gameplay from the companies previous games... Sorry its just not that good, its average at best.
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  2. Feb 22, 2015
    4
    This game got an overwhelming number of positive reviews, be it here or on the Steam review system. And it's understandable, the game looks incredibly awesome.

    But I would rather look past that. The main two reasons why I rate this game at four is that firstly, it's a console game for PCs, and secondly, I didn't have that much fun playing it. Sure, it looks gorgeous, but that's about
    This game got an overwhelming number of positive reviews, be it here or on the Steam review system. And it's understandable, the game looks incredibly awesome.

    But I would rather look past that. The main two reasons why I rate this game at four is that firstly, it's a console game for PCs, and secondly, I didn't have that much fun playing it. Sure, it looks gorgeous, but that's about it.

    And the more I think of it, the more I consider that my two main concerns about the game are just one: I tend to hate all console games for PC on sight, sure; but there's nothing such as a "console game for PC label" that would draw me into hating them before recognizing what they are.

    So why on earth is it a console game for PC? Well, here are my reasons:

    - The interface is optimized for consoles. Like in the vast majority of recent titles, you don't select your weapons/items with multiple keys as in PC games, but with multiple hits (or by pressing that button and selecting the items in a "selection wheel") to one key, as in console games.
    - The gameplay is for consoles too: with the exception of the mouse look, everything plays better with a controller.
    - The linearity of the game is depressing; I have not been offered a single choice so far. This game is an interactive movie for your living room, not a dynamic and fun game for your PC.

    Bottom line: get this game for your playstation/xbox/whatever, but if you're searching for a good PC game to (re)play, head for things like good ol' L4D or S.T.A.L.K.E.R, or Metro 2033; and sequels.
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  3. Feb 1, 2015
    4
    Game itself is overall good and I really love some of the music.

    But I absolutely HATE how another terribly optimized game got released to the PC. Having an AMD card means that you will have to play this game not only on low graphics but also with terribly low fps. And no, most badass and powerful AMD card will not save you. Only Nvidia card owners can get ok to playable fps. For
    Game itself is overall good and I really love some of the music.

    But I absolutely HATE how another terribly optimized game got released to the PC. Having an AMD card means that you will have to play this game not only on low graphics but also with terribly low fps. And no, most badass and powerful AMD card will not save you. Only Nvidia card owners can get ok to playable fps.

    For example I get 20-30 fps outside with the lowest settings possible. This is unplayable for me considered that most part the game is rather fast-paced and the terribly low fps starts to irritate my eyes. Luckily they added FoV option because the normal FoV was absolute ****
    Sad part is that my PC is by no means bad. I can run most of the modern high end games with 40-60 fps on max settings.

    My PC:
    i5 3570k
    AMD 6950 OC
    8gb DDR3

    If only the game ran well I would give it 8/10...
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  4. Jan 28, 2015
    4
    Boring, unpleasant to eyes (because of the filter), game not gory at all, parkour is buggy, optimization sometimes is awful... and loading screen is just ridiculous. I don't know about story, but something tells me it's nothing special, we have stupidest hero, who can only kill, jump, listen to orders. Haven't seen any good characters, all of them are stereotypical and not interesting.Boring, unpleasant to eyes (because of the filter), game not gory at all, parkour is buggy, optimization sometimes is awful... and loading screen is just ridiculous. I don't know about story, but something tells me it's nothing special, we have stupidest hero, who can only kill, jump, listen to orders. Haven't seen any good characters, all of them are stereotypical and not interesting.

    It's hybrid of Dead Island and Mirror's Edge on another island, but without FUN.
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  5. Feb 3, 2015
    4
    Half-hearted single player detracts from this otherwise solid survival horror game. This is pretty much a forced co-op game, and really isn't designed to be enjoyed alone, making the solo experience feel ignored. This is a shame, since survival horror is best enjoyed alone. When you play co-op, the experience is much more like a shooter (with fewer guns), and the seriousness and tensionHalf-hearted single player detracts from this otherwise solid survival horror game. This is pretty much a forced co-op game, and really isn't designed to be enjoyed alone, making the solo experience feel ignored. This is a shame, since survival horror is best enjoyed alone. When you play co-op, the experience is much more like a shooter (with fewer guns), and the seriousness and tension are gone. Much like Left4Dead, the game is mechanically solid, but should never call itself both multiplayer and single player....it feels like the developers just say single-player to get people like me to buy (I regret the purchase, not because the game is bad, but because it is not designed with solo players in mind at all).
    Multiplayer score: 7.5/10
    Single player experience: 4/10
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  6. Aug 17, 2017
    4
    A EXTREMELY Linear game that is all about doing a bunch of Assassin's Creed jumps with the most unrealistic jumping physics I have ever seen. Super easy and just not worth $10, much less the $60.00 they want for jump-fest, same choices movie/game!
  7. Feb 6, 2015
    4
    Game had fps issue, I play on minimal setting with a decent computer but still felt like I had fps dropping to 15 every few minute. Game is fun but after awhile it gets boring. Zombies are endless and endlessly killing them eventually lose the fun. Crafting is too dull, many of the upgrade you can craft is the same and there isn't much point to craft some of things like flammable liquidGame had fps issue, I play on minimal setting with a decent computer but still felt like I had fps dropping to 15 every few minute. Game is fun but after awhile it gets boring. Zombies are endless and endlessly killing them eventually lose the fun. Crafting is too dull, many of the upgrade you can craft is the same and there isn't much point to craft some of things like flammable liquid since it too weak. No fast travel made traveling annoying as hell after awhile I felt like I am running for errand more than playing.

    The good thing is that the antagonist had a interesting personality, such as Rais had a very bad ass personality.

    It not for the fact that the game had fps issue I will give it a 7.
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  8. Apr 4, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What I liked:
    - You are Spiderman's protege, complete with a web shooter, spider sense, over the top parkour and climbing abilities
    - Noise attracts the dead!

    What I disliked:
    - Water, guts, the sun, and other effects gets into your eyes. At least learn to wipe the first 2 off.
    - Glasses don't break, like car windows
    - The dust? particles flying in the air
    - The seizures, oh god not now...
    - Not enough variety with the zombie models, very noticeable since it's a first person game
    - Lots of swimming, switches to flip and generally uninteresting fetch quests
    - Clunky melee combat
    - Guns for the most part are useless, silenced versions would have been fun
    - Cheap deaths from exploding zombies
    - What a finale to make you climb the top of the world for a QTE boss fight.

    Parkour, First person melee combat, a bit of FPS, a bit of stealth, Crafting and random loot system, and all star zombie casts are here (slow, fast, exploding, spitting, etc.). This is a fun game during the early hours but gets repetitive and cumbersome in the long run. I'll just play pepsi man if I want to run for my life, the Mosou series if i want to hack and slash repetitively, and Dead Rising for a satisfying zombie apocalypse experience.
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  9. Jan 29, 2015
    4
    The game is looking great,and the story seems fine just right about until you finish training and go out for run.Then game becomes unplayable even with nice rig,not only that even that beautiful picture kinda fade away...Zombies are looking all the same with same face expression.I`m not fan or middle eastern chracters in game.Even with awsome game optimazation still wouldn`t play game.niceThe game is looking great,and the story seems fine just right about until you finish training and go out for run.Then game becomes unplayable even with nice rig,not only that even that beautiful picture kinda fade away...Zombies are looking all the same with same face expression.I`m not fan or middle eastern chracters in game.Even with awsome game optimazation still wouldn`t play game.nice try on beginning tho Expand
  10. Feb 2, 2015
    4
    Another generic and obviously flawed zombie game. First things first, I like how the story is set in a country where things have gone to **** rather than the standard "end of the world" scenario. Feels like you are on a humanitarian mission of sorts. But this is where the creativity stopped, a very very predictable zombie/survival fps with boring straight forward stereotypical characters,Another generic and obviously flawed zombie game. First things first, I like how the story is set in a country where things have gone to **** rather than the standard "end of the world" scenario. Feels like you are on a humanitarian mission of sorts. But this is where the creativity stopped, a very very predictable zombie/survival fps with boring straight forward stereotypical characters, put in an over the top envoirement that doesnt even beggin to make up for the many flaws of the game.

    Now to the performance my 4GB R9 290x 1150mhz runs BF4 in ultra with more than 100 fps. However, in Dying Light (Which isnt at all better looking from my point of view) I have around 30-40 fps most of the time on medium settings in 1080p it seems as though the deadlines were coming up too quick and they just had to put the game out without proper testing.

    All in all: A good looking game with bad characters, bad plot, bad performance in an overused and kind of tired genre. 4/10
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  11. Mar 3, 2022
    4
    I watched countless reviews before purchasing dying light... Every recent review was optimistic and almost everyone was shure that game aged pretty well. But in my opinion this game is very bad... Plot of the main story is kinda interesting but the gameplay, dialogs and cut scenes are so poor and badly designed... I couldn't even stand any side mission... I loved first mirrors edge gameI watched countless reviews before purchasing dying light... Every recent review was optimistic and almost everyone was shure that game aged pretty well. But in my opinion this game is very bad... Plot of the main story is kinda interesting but the gameplay, dialogs and cut scenes are so poor and badly designed... I couldn't even stand any side mission... I loved first mirrors edge game and I thought dying light would be similar... But it is not. And why the hell in game about free running there is so much tunnels and underground missions that are so freaking boring!... Gameplay itself boring and very repetitive same as missions and locations! Be prepared to do exact same missions as blowing up the building or finding missing access cards but in different areas. First 3 hours were fun, but after first sight I started to see bigger picture. If you thing you like parkour and zombies then head without any doubts straight to dying light 2 it's more modern and better designed overall. This game does not aged well at all. Complete waste of time... Expand
  12. Mar 25, 2022
    4
    Variation of zombies and weapons are adequate, parkour mechanics are working, skill tree mentality makes no sense , pointless story and charachters(include main charachter), inadequate combat mechanics, boring missions(run and run got the mission, fix antenna, kill the zombies, plant bomb, climb to something, find a way in, loot, kill the zombies but this time in arena, run to safeVariation of zombies and weapons are adequate, parkour mechanics are working, skill tree mentality makes no sense , pointless story and charachters(include main charachter), inadequate combat mechanics, boring missions(run and run got the mission, fix antenna, kill the zombies, plant bomb, climb to something, find a way in, loot, kill the zombies but this time in arena, run to safe place, craft, repair buy, sell and rest after then run for another pointless mission)... Expand
  13. Jun 27, 2023
    4
    No fast travel. Its just boring to travel 400 meters somewhere and then 400 back. I have better things to do than that.

    You will unlock grappling hook near end game if you dont do side quests. Anyways its pretty useless, the radius is very short and it has to recharge The Balance of this game is extremely bad. From the beggining you are nearly dying to everyone and you have to play
    No fast travel. Its just boring to travel 400 meters somewhere and then 400 back. I have better things to do than that.

    You will unlock grappling hook near end game if you dont do side quests. Anyways its pretty useless, the radius is very short and it has to recharge

    The Balance of this game is extremely bad. From the beggining you are nearly dying to everyone and you have to play like a little **** but then when you raid Rais you get a lottta guns and things change from there and the game become so easy. You can litterally 2 shot big zombie with police gun that has 200+ attack.

    The perks are boring i completed the game with like 4 side quests done and i wasnt even nearby to reaching maximum level from any of these 3. What does this game expect me to do? Play it for 30 more hours after i finished the game just to unlock a few perks????

    Also the Sewers are so fokin boring that its just disguisting to be there again and again. Thats onestly the worst part of the game after missing fast travel.

    Story is extremely bad - 5 years old child could make a better story if you would give him a few days to think about something.

    Boring sewers, Boring missions like that arena mission with boss, the university mission was extremely boring

    Music is very buggy, if you are in dangerous place while doing mission, and you kill all the zombies, you will still hear that dramatic music, and its kinda annoying
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  14. Feb 3, 2015
    3
    Where to begin, All these positive reviews are so excited about the graphics, the mechanics, etc.
    High detail does not make a game. This game had poor voice acting, mentally handicapped npc's (and not just gazi, all of them), a story so boring that when i reached the finale i thought, oh im at the end...
    While they got the free running and graphics sorted the lacked in almost every other
    Where to begin, All these positive reviews are so excited about the graphics, the mechanics, etc.
    High detail does not make a game. This game had poor voice acting, mentally handicapped npc's (and not just gazi, all of them), a story so boring that when i reached the finale i thought, oh im at the end...
    While they got the free running and graphics sorted the lacked in almost every other area, the combat is similar to that of dead island, however i felt it was less controlled with no choice of directional swings. the crafting was quite average, i found many blueprints yet i only had a few basic ones that could do any weapon and then like 5-10 very very specific blueprints, dead island weapon modding is boundless. Every character looked like they were about to do a photoshoot, Its a zombie apocolapse, why does everyone have styled hair, outfits with pointless accessories and just overall no purpose. There are more vendors than regular survivors in this games aswell.
    Overall is a poorly thought out game
    TL;DR

    +Graphics
    +Parkour
    **** npc's
    **** Story
    **** side quests
    - Average weapon arsenal
    -bad modding
    -stupid zombies
    -Antizin timers made no sense
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  15. Jan 28, 2015
    3
    1) Weird film grain effect for no reason, can't be turned off.

    2) Save system makes certain boss battles anti-clamactic, instead of starting over from a save with medkits still if you die, you don't keep your medkits and somehow you have come back to life but enemies involved in the fight haven't, so it's easier. I died three times in one fight before beating it because I suck, instead
    1) Weird film grain effect for no reason, can't be turned off.

    2) Save system makes certain boss battles anti-clamactic, instead of starting over from a save with medkits still if you die, you don't keep your medkits and somehow you have come back to life but enemies involved in the fight haven't, so it's easier. I died three times in one fight before beating it because I suck, instead of letting me get better and actually get satisfaction, the enemies kept the damage I had dealt so the last time I ran in I only had to hit the one guy left alive once to end it. Stupid stupid stupid.

    3) Parkour phsyics is not very fluid to me. You can make jumps that, visually you seem like you shouldn't be able to. You can't climb onto overhanging ledges above you. You can't actually sprint, there's only walking and "sprinting" which is just running. You can't slide under obstacles or wall run like Mirror's Edge, or else you have to level up a bunch first. The game would be better if all of that fluidity was just given to you in the prologue. If that means you can't have a bunch of trivial reward levels to engage players with and you actually have to write a good story, too bad.

    4) Story disappoints. No explanation for why they are sending you out to do these critical missions from the beginning and not the people they already have trained with better equipment. If you are doing a super critical mission why can't you have the baseball bat that some dude in HQ is just sitting around with. Stupid. Just standard "you're the video game hero so here do all the most important things from the beginning" with an absolute minimum of story to explain.

    Just a bad mashup of Assasin's Creed, Mirror's Edge, and Zombie games that doesn't do any particular thing well.
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  16. Mar 6, 2015
    3
    Tant qu'il n'y aura pas d'option pour désactiver ces PU.... d'aberrations chromatique je ne recommanderai pas ce jeu, en effet cette saloperie ruine totalement le jeu. Mais qu'est ce que c'est que ces devs qui ajoutent des effets pareilles, ils ne se rendent pas compte que ca pourri completement le jeu ?!?!
    De plus, ils ne tiennent absolument pas compte (comme c'est étonnant) des avis des
    Tant qu'il n'y aura pas d'option pour désactiver ces PU.... d'aberrations chromatique je ne recommanderai pas ce jeu, en effet cette saloperie ruine totalement le jeu. Mais qu'est ce que c'est que ces devs qui ajoutent des effets pareilles, ils ne se rendent pas compte que ca pourri completement le jeu ?!?!
    De plus, ils ne tiennent absolument pas compte (comme c'est étonnant) des avis des joueurs qui réclament depuis la sortie du jeu le retrait de cette merde.
    Bref, a moins que vous aimiez les jeux vomitifs, avec des graphismes net qu'au centre de l'écran et tout le reste flou avec des textures qui gerbent dans tous les sens, je vous déconseil pour le moment ce jeu !!!
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  17. May 9, 2015
    3
    Trailer is awesome, but that's pretty much it. Really shotty controls and constant crashes even after downloading a patch. Do yourself a favor and wait for the game to be out for a year before you decide to be a beta tester on an already launched game.
  18. Mar 1, 2021
    3
    Dying light has terrible optimization of CPU usage. Pretty much all CPUs in existence can't handle it so any high-end GPU gets bottle-necked. You can't squeeze more than 60 FPS out of it with any hardware, when high-end GPUs could potentially run it at 120 FPS without CPU bottleneck.
  19. Jun 26, 2023
    3
    God I cannot stand this game, I keep uninstalling it from my hard drive, I forget how much is sucks and re installed only to quickly remember that the game is awful and bland, its a modern game for modern gamers.

    If feels like AI designed this game, its so paint by numbers... Zombies - CHECK Crafting - CHECK Open world - CHECK Stamina Management - CHECK Fetch Quests - CHECK
    God I cannot stand this game, I keep uninstalling it from my hard drive, I forget how much is sucks and re installed only to quickly remember that the game is awful and bland, its a modern game for modern gamers.

    If feels like AI designed this game, its so paint by numbers...

    Zombies - CHECK
    Crafting - CHECK
    Open world - CHECK
    Stamina Management - CHECK
    Fetch Quests - CHECK
    "RPG" Elements - CHECK

    The issue is that game is so slowly drip feed to you its hard (for me atleast) to keep motivated to play more, weapons are awful and break after a quick scuffle with a zombie.

    I cannot stand RPG elements, I love RPGs (pokemon being the greatest one of all imo) but in most games now it means that you have any and all abilities stripped away until you've logged a week of gameplay to unlock the skills. In this game you have to unlock the ability to slide while running. Dead Island is far more fun and enjoyable.
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  20. Dec 10, 2022
    3
    plot of this game is a disaster, combat mechanic is awful, the only thing that is quite good is parkour and that's it
  21. Feb 6, 2015
    2
    Pros: A good trailer, Voice Acting, Graphics

    Cons: Terrible Controls, Horrible Game play, Slow Downs, Bad level Design, Impair your vision throughout the game. Pacing.

    When I saw the trailer to this game I was excited... But it did not live up to my expectations. This game seriously stinks... It was not fun at all.
  22. Jan 29, 2015
    2
    I was hoping for more graphics wise. Maybe since game is only 11gb they cut down on texture size. Everything seems washed out and needs more colour saturation. Character models look really dated too, especially when compared to games like cod aw.
  23. Feb 8, 2015
    2
    This game is the definition of mediocre. The beginning starts like any other action adventure game, and has dumb, thoughtless, tropes that setup a similar **** story. Very disappointing.
  24. Mar 25, 2015
    2
    Such a gorgeous game and fun game play and then it falters by the fact that its sooooo boring with the main character.
    I am so over the same boring white dude over and over and over.
    Please look at other games that solved this and fix it.
    I'm so disappointed after the first few hours so I'm giving it up.
    Been here done this.
    Waste of a good game.
  25. Mar 1, 2021
    2
    Do we really need another zombie first person shooter? No. Well, let's add parkour and wild acrobatics! No. Just no!
    DYING LIGHT is just another lazy console to PC port. It's got hordes of zombies to kill with melee or ranged weapons. Nothing we haven't seen or done a gazillion times before.
    They added a ridiculous parkour system so you can go to the quest marker and press "E" at the
    Do we really need another zombie first person shooter? No. Well, let's add parkour and wild acrobatics! No. Just no!
    DYING LIGHT is just another lazy console to PC port. It's got hordes of zombies to kill with melee or ranged weapons. Nothing we haven't seen or done a gazillion times before.
    They added a ridiculous parkour system so you can go to the quest marker and press "E" at the location it sends you to so you can go back to X and press "E" to talk to the person who sent you there to end that "quest" and get another "go-to-X-and-press-E-" quest. Don't forget to pick up some firecrackers to distract the zombies. Yeah, someone's literally blocking the exit until you pick them up so you won't forget them. Hand holding at its finest.
    Oh! And they're making a SEQUEL! Seriously?! Who plays this garbage?!
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  26. Aug 17, 2022
    2
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  27. Mar 12, 2021
    2
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  28. Feb 21, 2022
    2
    This game is boring to me. The setting is so hackneyed that it doesn't seem to offer you anything new. A protracted start, although not the longest when compared with the same RDR2.

    Finally got her money back.
  29. Dec 23, 2016
    1
    Bought the game 2 years after it's release. I do this with most of the game because I hope they fix the bugs by then. BUT AFTER 2 YEARS THIS GAME IS STILL FULL OF BUGS. Zombies spawns in front of you, zombies randomly explode, if a zombie hits the GROUND metres away of an exploding barrel, it explodes, supply drops suddenly disappear, zombies immune to items/perks they shouldn't... And theBought the game 2 years after it's release. I do this with most of the game because I hope they fix the bugs by then. BUT AFTER 2 YEARS THIS GAME IS STILL FULL OF BUGS. Zombies spawns in front of you, zombies randomly explode, if a zombie hits the GROUND metres away of an exploding barrel, it explodes, supply drops suddenly disappear, zombies immune to items/perks they shouldn't... And the end... This game doesn't really have an ending. I don't know how others rated this 6 or higher they must be completely blind or just some casuals new to gaming. Expand
  30. Jan 27, 2015
    1
    10/10 for the tutorial. When you leave to go outside, you cant do much with all the lag. Game is unplayable 0/10. I will give it a 1 just for a great tutorial experience.
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 40
  2. Negative: 2 out of 40
  1. Nov 1, 2015
    80
    Don't let the Dead Island affiliation sway you one way or the other, Dying Light is its own game and it's rightfully fun, but it's not something that is Game of the Year material to me. If you like zombie games and open world games then this is worth the pickup, but otherwise I'd skip it until it goes on sale, because it's still a really fun game no matter how you dice it.
  2. Apr 6, 2015
    40
    It’s a game of a thousand house calls, in which everyone needs something they can’t get or do for themselves. Catastrophe has made every doorstep a welcome place, with disease and death the justification for an openness that might seem unthinkable under other circumstances.
  3. Mar 22, 2015
    70
    If you can get past the clunky storytelling and the repetitive missions, you might a diamond in the rough that really empowers you to revel in the design aspects of its zombie-infested sandbox.