Dying Light

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  1. derek10
    Feb 20, 2015
    6
    Bad framerate here, even at minimum settings, they could optimize or think on lower end or older computers, i5 CPU and GT 560 as MINIMUM requirement is so outrageous.
  2. peterf28
    Feb 20, 2015
    10
    This game is unbelievable fun. I am playing it now for one week every day, it is just pure fun. There are no stupid boring long cut scenes (like in Far Cry series), just conversations, or action cut scenes (which you can skip if you don't want to watch, not like in stupid Far Cry series) . You have always something to do in the game, you can choose what you like to do now, there are randomThis game is unbelievable fun. I am playing it now for one week every day, it is just pure fun. There are no stupid boring long cut scenes (like in Far Cry series), just conversations, or action cut scenes (which you can skip if you don't want to watch, not like in stupid Far Cry series) . You have always something to do in the game, you can choose what you like to do now, there are random encounters which are so refreshing. Also you have fear because of the zombies, but when you know the environment it is normal fear, you don't have to worry about some super monster appearing out of nowhere because you picked up some storyline object. I hate game which just want to create fear in you just for the sake of it. Were nicely and balanced game. I did not have so much fun since years. Also difficulty is very balanced, you can choose weapon and strategy for fighting. I love this game !!! And you are always jumping and running over the rooftops or cars, it is so much fun, and the controls are perfectly made. Unbelievable cool game, definitely my favorite for very long time.… Expand
  3. NewEsc
    Feb 20, 2015
    8
    Dying light é um jogo de zombies que promete fazer as delicias dos fãs do género. Não inova em praticamente nada mas o que usa de outros jogos usa-os da forma mais correcta possível. Se a história não fosse tão fraca e se a Techland tivesse arriscado um pouco mais poderíamos estar perante uma autêntica pérola e uma revolução no género. A nossa review completa esta aquiDying light é um jogo de zombies que promete fazer as delicias dos fãs do género. Não inova em praticamente nada mas o que usa de outros jogos usa-os da forma mais correcta possível. Se a história não fosse tão fraca e se a Techland tivesse arriscado um pouco mais poderíamos estar perante uma autêntica pérola e uma revolução no género. A nossa review completa esta aqui http://bit.ly/1F1UtLQ… Expand
  4. Dway
    Feb 19, 2015
    9
    The game is really awesome. Too bad in the city atmosphere is slightly worse, than in the slums. And player becomes kinda legend in the end. But it's still very good anyway. (And in the night legend is not that legendary anyway :-D )

    Gameplay is nice mix between mirrors edge and dead island. Parkour feels right, and controls works nice. Especially later when player learns where and how    The game is really awesome. Too bad in the city atmosphere is slightly worse, than in the slums. And player becomes kinda legend in the end. But it's still very good anyway. (And in the night legend is not that legendary anyway :-D )

    Gameplay is nice mix between mirrors edge and dead island. Parkour feels right, and controls works nice. Especially later when player learns where and how to jump. Combat system is also nice. Overall I'm very sattisfied. It was definetely worth the money.    … Expand
  5. oohlala
    Feb 18, 2015
    0
    I absolutely love open world games and this game was fun at first, then you realize it's full of **** The four main things that made me quit and uninstall this game are:
    1. Zombies just popping up behind me on a roof with no notice, no sounds at all, until they start hitting me
    2. Human opponents dodging and blocking EVERY **** ATTACK. 3. Not being able to find the **** zombie that's    I absolutely love open world games and this game was fun at first, then you realize it's full of **** The four main things that made me quit and uninstall this game are:
    1. Zombies just popping up behind me on a roof with no notice, no sounds at all, until they start hitting me
    2. Human opponents dodging and blocking EVERY **** ATTACK.
    3. Not being able to find the **** zombie that's spitting and poisoning me.
    4. The poor performance of the game even with a very high end computer.

    I will never buy another game from this company. Save your money. Don't make the same mistake I did.    … Expand
  6. grendus
    Feb 18, 2015
    9
    Extremely satisfying.

    The weakest part of the game is definitely the main storyline. The voice acting is decent enough, but for an open world game the railroading is frustrating. The Antizen is supposed to be coming in airdrops, right? So why is it when you're good enough to collect night drops, beat Reisz's men to the drops, or beat up Reisz's men for the drops, why is there no    Extremely satisfying.

    The weakest part of the game is definitely the main storyline. The voice acting is decent enough, but for an open world game the railroading is frustrating. The Antizen is supposed to be coming in airdrops, right? So why is it when you're good enough to collect night drops, beat Reisz's men to the drops, or beat up Reisz's men for the drops, why is there no Antizen? Extremely frustrating. The side quests range from dark and serious to so-bad-it's-good ridiculous bloodfests, and they manage to keep things fresh enough that you can get over the fact that it's either "kill 30 zombies" or "fetch the person/glasses/book".

    The strongest aspect is definitely the parkour. First person parkour systems don't usually work well, Mirrors Edge is the closest they've managed and honestly it was always a little unreliable for my taste, but it was so linear that it varied wildly between "incredibly fun" and "tedious platforming". Dying Light takes that system, simplifies it a bit, and puts it in a well designed open world where you can get from A to B in a myriad of entertaining ways. Want to run through the city and dodge zombies? Go ahead. Path across the highway by jumping on wrecked cars? Safe and sound. Race through the slums on rooftops? Watch out for those cheep plywood covers, and don't fall. Extremely well done.

    The combat is a big step up from Techland's previous entries as well. Gone are the zombie levels and click spamming to clear a path through the horde. Some zombies are tougher than others - Goons, for example, can take a lot of punishment - but even early on you can kill almost anything. Number's are the zombie's biggest advantage due to the weapon durability and combat endurance. Both are easy to adapt to - don't flail at a bunch of zombie torsos, strike the head and back off - but if you decide to start smashing skulls you can expect to get bit. A lot. Especially in the early and mid game, it does a good job making combat an option, but typically not the best option, for getting past obstacles.

    The crafting system is pretty basic, and kind of ridiculous. Grab everything, because only weapons take up inventory space, and use it to create ridiculous weapons. Baseball bat with a cattle prod, butcher knife with a butane torch, hammer with a syringe, why not. Consumables are a bit more reasonable at first, with throwing knives and Molotov cocktails, but they you start crafting elemental shuriken and grenades and it gets just as ridiculous as the weapons. It's more useful than, say, Far Cry 3's crafting system, but a bit out of place.

    I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the night time. At night, some pretty nasty zombies called Volotiles come out. These are a bit like the zombies from I Am Legend - they're sensitive to UV light, which can be used to weaken them (or supposedly kill them if you catch them in a trap, though I've never managed that), but they're incredibly fast, incredibly strong, and very durable if you don't first burn them with the UV light. For the most part you don't have to go out at night except for a few main story quests and you can just sleep in safe zones where nothing will bother you, but if you do go out you get double experience, plus a bunch of extra exp for escaping Volotiles and even more for killing them. That's not counting the chance to kill Bolters for valuable crafting supplies and a few quests that require collecting and/or activating things at night.

    Overall, it's a great game that shows a lot of polish. Hopefully Techland will get a chance to refine the formula down the line, maybe shore up the tone and story which seems to be the weak point of Dying Light. Big props to the developers though for putting time in after release to add modding (with multiplayer matching no less) and Linux support.    … Expand
  7. stevanthecruel
    Feb 18, 2015
    8
    good zombi game,not perfect but not bad either,story is ok,gameplay is good and addictive,game is poorly optimised for ADM users,overall a solid game,,,
  8. lillbrorsan
    Feb 17, 2015
    10
    As a fan of Dead Island and Riptide I expected loads from this game and it delivers to a certain extent.

    The story is really bad and the last fight of the game is a joke, characters are really meh at most and the missions you do are mostly the same stuff over and over. In the typical spirit of Techland the game was really poorly optimized but it does run better now with the latest    As a fan of Dead Island and Riptide I expected loads from this game and it delivers to a certain extent.

    The story is really bad and the last fight of the game is a joke, characters are really meh at most and the missions you do are mostly the same stuff over and over.

    In the typical spirit of Techland the game was really poorly optimized but it does run better now with the latest patch (1.4) and you can even change more stuff with 3rd party programs and whatnot.

    So why does it still get a 10?

    Well, there is nothing else like it out there, the parkour is what makes the game so damn fantastic to play, so fluent and you can really feel your character become better at it as you go.
    Pair the parkour elements with things like a grappling hook and you can really blast your way through the great looking areas of the game who I am sure will get some upgraded looks now that modding really works.

    The game is best played with friends in co-op though single-player does work, the day and night elements really make it fun and challenging depending on how you've built your character and what weapons you have to use.    … Expand
  9. SportsareCrap
    Feb 16, 2015
    9
    Dying Light is True Open World Co Op Game unlike Outdated Far Cry 4

    Dying Light Pros: Co Op once First Mission Finshed afterward Co Op for Good. Pros: 4 Player Online Co Op once First Mission Finshed afterward Co Op for Good. Pros: Co Op for both Side Mission and Story Mission. Con: No Fast Trave to Saferoom. Outdated Far Cry 4 Cons: No Co Op until Beaten 3/4 Game. Cons: No Co    Dying Light is True Open World Co Op Game unlike Outdated Far Cry 4

    Dying Light
    Pros: Co Op once First Mission Finshed afterward Co Op for Good.
    Pros: 4 Player Online Co Op once First Mission Finshed afterward Co Op for Good.
    Pros: Co Op for both Side Mission and Story Mission.
    Con: No Fast Trave to Saferoom.

    Outdated Far Cry 4
    Cons: No Co Op until Beaten 3/4 Game.
    Cons: No Co Op for both Side Mission and Story Mission.
    Cons: Only 2 Player Co Op.    … Expand
  10. hopefulgamer
    Feb 16, 2015
    9
    I don't usually write reviews, but this game deserves one. This has awesome graphics, great gameplay and it can be genuinely scary. The story is nice (don't be critical and you'll enjoy it), the voice acting is above average and it's just plain fun to play through. The parkour that unlocks after you get enough experience is mind-blowing. Far cry 4 was crap compared to this game. Don't beI don't usually write reviews, but this game deserves one. This has awesome graphics, great gameplay and it can be genuinely scary. The story is nice (don't be critical and you'll enjoy it), the voice acting is above average and it's just plain fun to play through. The parkour that unlocks after you get enough experience is mind-blowing. Far cry 4 was crap compared to this game. Don't be put off by performance complaints either, I didn't have any problems. I'm on a computer with i5 2400 3.1GHz, 8GB ram and r9 270x 2GB AMD card, which isn't exactly a high-end rig. It runs perfectly on high-medium settings for me.… Expand
  11. loguerto
    Feb 14, 2015
    1
    I have spent my money and found out that the game is unplayable, i have a fx 8350, r9 290 and i play it between 15/30fps. Horrible experience, optimize it please so that i can play it and make a proper review.
  12. Muzze
    Feb 14, 2015
    5
    - Bad performance, poor optimization.
    - Mash the F-button to open doors and turn valves.
    - Waste your time endlessly lockpicking chests and cars for pointless loot. - Escape stupid zombies with no effort, even at night. - Remember climbing those towers in Farcry 3 and 4? They are here as well. You will fall, die and have to reclimb these. Makes for really interesting gameplay. -    - Bad performance, poor optimization.
    - Mash the F-button to open doors and turn valves.
    - Waste your time endlessly lockpicking chests and cars for pointless loot.
    - Escape stupid zombies with no effort, even at night.
    - Remember climbing those towers in Farcry 3 and 4? They are here as well. You will fall, die and have to reclimb these. Makes for really interesting gameplay.
    - Bored? Try the pointless PvP-system, with no rewards and no interesting gameplay.
    - Want more content? Collect flags, statues, notes and recorded messages. No purpose in doing this whatsoever, and they are placed in the most unimaginative way. They are everywhere, no sense of accomplishment in finding them.
    - Bad voice acting, bad story, stuffed with cutscenes.
    - INTERACTIVE CUTSCENE AGAINST THE FINAL BOSS.

    This is definitely a no-buy. This is a soulless, unpolished product, which could have been so much more than just the parkour simulation that is became. Good thing that paying is optional.    … Expand
  13. xXDrowXx
    Feb 14, 2015
    9
    9/10
    FPS drop
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  14. Joeloup
    Feb 13, 2015
    10
    40 hours playing and just half of the game.... Thank you Techland for bringing me so many feelings in this game. Great graphics, great sound, great mood.... I just wish many games will scare me as much as you do.
  15. Noshar
    Feb 13, 2015
    8
    This is one of the most fun Zombie games I have ever, EVER had the pleasure of playing. There is tons of exploration, the skills are awesome, and this game really managed to unsettle me with some of the things that it did (but in a good way!).

    The story is the only place the game really doesn't do well with. It's very cliche, and sometimes makes no sense at all. In my book though,    This is one of the most fun Zombie games I have ever, EVER had the pleasure of playing. There is tons of exploration, the skills are awesome, and this game really managed to unsettle me with some of the things that it did (but in a good way!).

    The story is the only place the game really doesn't do well with. It's very cliche, and sometimes makes no sense at all. In my book though, everything else is so incredibly well done that i forget that the story is not that great and have a really good time just messing around.

    If you like zombie survival games, then you will fall in love with this game immediately.

    8/10    … Expand
  16. AnnaDapter
    Feb 13, 2015
    10
    Graphics are gorgeous and the whole thing is wonderfully atmospheric
    The storyline is really strong, characters are great.
    The whole thing just hangs together almost perfectly.
  17. Ansatsu83
    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.    … Expand
  18. MadclownJack
    Feb 11, 2015
    5
    Since i had my last review removed for whatever reason, i'm writing a new one. I didn't get to play Dying Light on my own machine, since i use a notebook, whose specs have been able to handle almost all of the newer titles, excluding only those that inexplicably refuse to recognize and support a dedicated gpu (titanfall and wolfenstein). It's an I3 2328m, 12gb ram and a GeForce635m. I'veSince i had my last review removed for whatever reason, i'm writing a new one. I didn't get to play Dying Light on my own machine, since i use a notebook, whose specs have been able to handle almost all of the newer titles, excluding only those that inexplicably refuse to recognize and support a dedicated gpu (titanfall and wolfenstein). It's an I3 2328m, 12gb ram and a GeForce635m. I've seen the game played on a configuration, worse than mine, and it performed quite well. I've also seen it play on a configuration similar to mine, same gpu, lesser ram. It worked. This game wouldn't even start for me.

    I did play it however and it's the same as Dead Island. The same clunky movements of the zombies, the same detached attack animations, mostly stupid game AI (they keep stabbing themselves on spikes) added parkour, night/day shift, some new weapons and a bigger map than DI had. Now, graphically it's satisfactory but pales in comparison to newer titles and i can't see for the life of me why it would require such a high configuration to run such mediocre graphics. With that said, i can't help but give this game a low score. A badly optimized Dead Island clone, whatever the additions is still a badly optimized clone. I love Dead Island, even Riptide, but I'm having trouble digesting this. If they patch it, i'd probably rate it higher. As is, it's a shameful release for a supposed AAA title.    … Expand
  19. blackbird1
    Feb 11, 2015
    9
    great title for em as single player who likes a creative world and to be creative.
    performance wise....
    only ppl who have not much idea of their PCs or are not willing to try different settings have problem i can run the game flawless beautiful with a MSI R9 270X 2GB and an I5-4690K

    GREAT GAME even for me as console hater
  20. darman77
    Feb 11, 2015
    8
    Lots of good ideas from other games composed into one one solid game. Story line is so so, but overall is not bad. Technically, game is very good. No problems, no issues. Graphics is very good, sound and music also (voice overs could be better). Nice touch witch coop. Highly recommended even to those that don't like zombi apocalypse mood much.
  21. SWERY_51
    Feb 11, 2015
    9
    I've just finished it in about 65 hours. It was a fun and fantastic trip. An awesome mixing between a way better Dead Island, Mirror's Edge and Far Cry. There are plenty of things to do, the gameplay is pretty smooth, the level design is brilliant, sound and musics are really nice, the graphics are pretty good, the crafting is a blast, the abilities you unlock rocks, the 1st map is great,I've just finished it in about 65 hours. It was a fun and fantastic trip. An awesome mixing between a way better Dead Island, Mirror's Edge and Far Cry. There are plenty of things to do, the gameplay is pretty smooth, the level design is brilliant, sound and musics are really nice, the graphics are pretty good, the crafting is a blast, the abilities you unlock rocks, the 1st map is great, the 2nd one is amazing ... If you like games with zombies, this is the one you should play. I wasn't expecting much of it, but it was a sweet surprise.… Expand
  22. ninjack
    Feb 11, 2015
    8
    An intense game, with melee combat, some crafting and lots of parkour. it can get repetitive and tedious at times, like searching for usable items & unlocking doors and containers, while fighting off the infected. Still, if you want a solid zombie combat fps, this is as good as it gets. After completing it and still looking for story-telling & serious adventure, try visiting (orAn intense game, with melee combat, some crafting and lots of parkour. it can get repetitive and tedious at times, like searching for usable items & unlocking doors and containers, while fighting off the infected. Still, if you want a solid zombie combat fps, this is as good as it gets. After completing it and still looking for story-telling & serious adventure, try visiting (or re-visiting) the Last of us!… Expand
  23. Ghoster
    Feb 11, 2015
    9
    Great game! Everything is improved here comparing to Dead Islands. Graphics is awesome, but that's not the best part of the game. Yes, story is not unique and awesome, missions are sometimes repetitive, but all together VERY FUN to play which is most important. Bad thing is that game is probably targeted for consoles and controllers, so way too easy to play with mouse and keyboard. LookingGreat game! Everything is improved here comparing to Dead Islands. Graphics is awesome, but that's not the best part of the game. Yes, story is not unique and awesome, missions are sometimes repetitive, but all together VERY FUN to play which is most important. Bad thing is that game is probably targeted for consoles and controllers, so way too easy to play with mouse and keyboard. Looking forward for DLC's!… Expand
  24. Dawei87
    Feb 10, 2015
    9
    This game has revitalized my love for zombie killing! This game has really good parkour mechanics and the melee fighting is top notch. There is a good deal of content to the game and although the story is not anything incredible, it does not disappoint. The game is a blast to play through with friends! The only problem I see with the game so far is that when you play with four people it isThis game has revitalized my love for zombie killing! This game has really good parkour mechanics and the melee fighting is top notch. There is a good deal of content to the game and although the story is not anything incredible, it does not disappoint. The game is a blast to play through with friends! The only problem I see with the game so far is that when you play with four people it is a little too easy to kill zombies, and therefore you get a crazy amount of loot and can make endless flares and molotov cocktails. This makes the game even easier. All in all this game was an excellent purchase and I am glad to say it was well worth the $60 price point.… Expand
  25. xtridence
    Feb 10, 2015
    8
    Dying Light offers a bigger amount of variety compared to Dead Island and similar games. Specially the fact that there are dynamical / radiant quests, which can be played alongside storyline quests and side-quests, gives the game somehow a fresh wind and helps to blur out monotonic routines.

    While I love games which offer a very deep level of immersion, I'm grateful for this game to not    Dying Light offers a bigger amount of variety compared to Dead Island and similar games. Specially the fact that there are dynamical / radiant quests, which can be played alongside storyline quests and side-quests, gives the game somehow a fresh wind and helps to blur out monotonic routines.

    While I love games which offer a very deep level of immersion, I'm grateful for this game to not offer it. I'm fine with a quite superficial / semi-deep story experience. Because - and I'm not afraid of saying it this way - I've just purchased this game because of A.) the amazing graphics, B.) the climbing mechanics (even though it's not able to reach Mirrors Edge's - but it doesn't has to, anyways), C.) the hook! and D.) the fact that I was already looking for quite a long time for a game which gives me the ability to jump into fights against hordes of zombies!

    Yes, many people might have been expecting tons of other stuff - additionally. Some are even complaining about endgame. But to be honest? When I start Leaft 4 Dead 2, what am I doing? Following an entirely linear route in order to give zombies head-shots. So, yes, Dying Light doesn't only fulfills what L4D2 already brought, no, it also gives me the ability to free-roam with my friends, crafting stuff, discovering a huge amount of places and even the challenges are somehow... refreshing.

    To be honest, even if I don't play around the entire time beating zombies on my own, I love to jump into peoples parties to help them! It gives me somehow a feeling of Diablo 2, when you've been able to check out who's at which stage of the game, offering you the ability of just jumping in and giving him some nice stuff. It's really cool that Techland did it this way.

    But yes, what have people been expecting? Something like Skyrim - just pressed into an modern environment? Complicated, puzzle solving quests, impressive dialogues? C'mon Ladies and Gentlemen, let's be honest: No Dragons, no wizards, no puzzles. But it gives me definitely what I've been looking for.

    Now, here comes the negative part:

    The optimization. I've to say clearly, from what I experience, that these frame drops only use to happen when a cinematic gets triggered - and when spitters are around. Also the lightning / electric effects trigger sometimes a severe stuttering.

    Anything else? Well, I'd have suggested to implement some different "Morning / Night"-Start-Sounds.

    Nonetheless, I strongly recommend Techland to keep bringing out MORE DLC's than only those 3 which are on the To-Do-List. Please, go ahead and keep working on this project instead of dropping it after those 3 DLC's. Promise, you'll not regret it.

    My System Specs:

    i5 3570k @ 4.0 GHz
    8GB DDR-3 OC RAM
    GTX 670 OC
    Running at 1280 x 1024 / 75 Hz    … Expand
  26. Kyle4600
    Feb 10, 2015
    9
    Absolutely fantastic game! A lot of people (especially the "professional critic" reviewers) seem to have "zombie game fatigue" and are wrongly letting it effect their viewpoints on this game as a standalone great addition to the genre. I don't really care if you're "sick of seeing zombie games" or if you think the "genre has been worn out". You morons ("professional reviewers") who keepAbsolutely fantastic game! A lot of people (especially the "professional critic" reviewers) seem to have "zombie game fatigue" and are wrongly letting it effect their viewpoints on this game as a standalone great addition to the genre. I don't really care if you're "sick of seeing zombie games" or if you think the "genre has been worn out". You morons ("professional reviewers") who keep slapping 9's on rehashed FPS franchises are going to dog this great game because you're sick of zombies? Just shut up, sit down in your corner, and let the actual community take the reigns on judging what a good game is, because obviously you have lost your ability to recognize one.

    Is this game new and innovative or industry changing? Nope!
    Is the story revolutionary to the point where it gives you chills and makes you choke up? Nope!

    But is the game just plain fun game-play wise? Yep!
    Does it drop you into an awesomely crafted zombie apocalypse and let you run around doing whatever you want? Yep!

    There really isn't much to this review, because the game is just plain fun.

    *gasp* "Omg! Did he just say fun?!?!, is he seriously just reviewing a VIDEO GAME based off of it's ability to be FUN, instead of trying to compare it to 5 other different games and/or trying to make some weird out of place social political message/argument here?!?! Omg! Fun in a video game?? Who knew?!"

    Seriously. It's a fun game. Just shut up and play it.    … Expand
  27. Mrjjj
    Feb 10, 2015
    8
    Updated Review after completing the game (took me 30 hours, I did all side quests).

    I'm still at a loss for how people can justify giving this game an overly negative review, the only reasons I can think of is that they were having the PC performance issues (which seems to be primarily with AMD CPU systems), or they are just terrible at FPS games. Now keep in mind this is my opinion    Updated Review after completing the game (took me 30 hours, I did all side quests).

    I'm still at a loss for how people can justify giving this game an overly negative review, the only reasons I can think of is that they were having the PC performance issues (which seems to be primarily with AMD CPU systems), or they are just terrible at FPS games.

    Now keep in mind this is my opinion based on playing the PC version using Mouse and Keyboard with a good system. It may be that using a controller makes this game less fluent. Also note I am playing with a buddy from start to finish, co-op always improves any gaming experience for me.

    Parkour - Fantastic, throughput the game as you level up it gets more and more fluent, and you get the hook which basically makes you a lesser spider-man. I really need to stress this point as I've seen some reviews saying this game brings nothing original to the genre, are you #$%^ing serious? This parkour is not only the best parkour I've played in a game (including Assassin's Creed), it brings the most to this genre since Left 4 Dead.

    Day Time Combat - Solid, it definitely starts out somewhat challenging if you try to take on more than a few zombies at a time (which I love), although as you progress it gets easier to slash/jump your way through crowds, to the point where you don't even get scared running in to hordes(and I mean hordes) of zombies. Human combat is slightly more challenging as they can dodge and take more damage, although once you get guns they aren’t a problem. Special Zombies are fine too, nothing really new (l4d ripoffs).

    Night Time Combat - I separated this for a reason, this is another key part of the game that bring a lot to the genre, now I can't say this is the first time that this mechanic has been used (zombies harder at night etc, 7 days to die comes to mind in that respect), although when you add parkour in to the mix it really changes the mood of the game and adds a nice thrill factor. Although as you progress further in to the game that thrill factor goes away and you really have no issues at any time (especially when you have an abundance of flares).

    Storyline- This is the part that caused me to lower my original score (had it at 9/10 originally). The story was bad, the character interactions were comical and the drama was forced. I didn’t give a **** about any of the characters that died, although I did find some quality entertainment by making fun of the characters with my friend whom I played through the entire game with. There are very few positive things to say about the story (none come to mind right now), although this didn’t seriously impact my overall impression of the game.

    Conclusion:

    I still say that this is a solid game, most fun I've had with a co-op shooter game since the first Left 4 Dead and Borderlands. That said, once you leave the first map the overall experience did diminish for me, the second map felt like it was put together in a hurry and just didn’t flow like the first one, also finding entrances to places was unnecessarily annoying in the second area.

    If you aren't very good at shooter type games, you likely won’t enjoy this (especially if you are playing alone). I can see people getting easily frustrated with aspects of this game, such as the mandatory tower climbs where many players likely have fallen to their deaths numerous times.

    As I said it took me 30 hours to beat the game (including all side quests), and I’d say roughly 20 of those hours I found extremely enjoyable, the last 10 was more going through the motions. I will note however that this is the first Co-op shooter game where I plan to get any additional DLC maps, usually when I beat a co-op shooter I can’t bring myself to go back to it, but for this game… the parkour is just too good.    … Expand
  28. Alzheimer
    Feb 10, 2015
    9
    This game is pretty much the best open-world based zombie survival game to date.

    Graphics: they are good enough. Requirements are a bit steep and it suffer of some fps drops but nothing huge. I play it at almost highest settings possible with a 280x. Storyline: this is the weakest point of the game, you are the usual good guy out to save the world, end. The antagonist is pretty much    This game is pretty much the best open-world based zombie survival game to date.

    Graphics: they are good enough. Requirements are a bit steep and it suffer of some fps drops but nothing huge. I play it at almost highest settings possible with a 280x.

    Storyline: this is the weakest point of the game, you are the usual good guy out to save the world, end. The antagonist is pretty much ripped off the Far Cry style, you know the crazy-badass-phylosophical-psycho style. Sidequests are more entertaining though and kind of saves the game's plot telling.

    Environment: pretty huge but you'll go around pretty much the same areas all the times, still it is really well made and plenty of details and stuff for you to go around parkouring or fighting. There are random encounters so you'll always have something to do hanging around.

    Combat: this is one of the best thing about this game, in fact you are strongly discouraged to combat at all. Most of the times you are better off running, at lower levels you need 6-7 hits IN THE HEAD to kill a simple zombie. The game really challenges you to use your brains instead of just clicking into some zombie head. When special zombies appear you're gonna have to run scared sh*tless like a little girl.

    Nightime: when nighttime approaches the game morphs into a survival horror, special infected appears (called volatiles) which actively hunts and RIPS YOU TO TEARS. You have to be fast and cautious but you gonna have lots of fun and exp playing at night.

    Multiplayer: it's fine, coop is good but I found that I'd rather be playing alone. There's also a special kind of PVP similar to Left 4 Dead 2 pvp mode or Evolve where a player invades your game in form of a super badass zombie and you - with your friends - have to kill its nest. nice.

    Overall it is a 910 game, it's good, lenghty, has coop and pvp, good gameplay and mechanics. Some sort of a dead island but made well. In fact, I don't see why anybody would play Dead Island 1 or 2 anymore, this is by far the best first-person zombie survival.    … Expand
  29. Fantasy_Critic
    Feb 9, 2015
    10
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  30. normantas
    Feb 9, 2015
    10
    A game that has not that good begining,this game becomes so good about at 25% of main story it begins to beacume pure awesome when u get your first gun and shoot the enemys. don't be folled, with 13hours main story (beacuse dead island took crazy long for all quests (27.5h)) and 47hours in total with speedruns and side quests. when a lot overhiped games we anouced that waren't that good,A game that has not that good begining,this game becomes so good about at 25% of main story it begins to beacume pure awesome when u get your first gun and shoot the enemys. don't be folled, with 13hours main story (beacuse dead island took crazy long for all quests (27.5h)) and 47hours in total with speedruns and side quests. when a lot overhiped games we anouced that waren't that good, this game got silent for some time and came with a bam, techland i dint think u can make this game, good way to start 2015 with other awesome games like withcer 3 and ext.… Expand
  31. Plutarco
    Feb 9, 2015
    1
    After three hours with sticks and pipes as the only available weapons and jumping from roof to roof, I got bored, simply bored. The graphic requirements are abusive, however I managed to play it because my PC is somehow updated, but only to find out that this game has a very poor story and it´s just an insulting cheap copy of the TV show The Walking Dead. . NO WAY...IT'S MONOTONOUS ANDAfter three hours with sticks and pipes as the only available weapons and jumping from roof to roof, I got bored, simply bored. The graphic requirements are abusive, however I managed to play it because my PC is somehow updated, but only to find out that this game has a very poor story and it´s just an insulting cheap copy of the TV show The Walking Dead. . NO WAY...IT'S MONOTONOUS AND BOOOOOOORING.… Expand
  32. synthesis88
    Feb 8, 2015
    10
    I am surprised by how poorly received this game has been. It isn't perfect, but damn is it fun! With a full-fledged parkour system, fun and engaging melee combat, and plenty of weapons/looting/crafting, this one is a must have for those who enjoyed games like Borderlands, Dishonored, and Dead Island. Here's my summary.

    Gameplay: Excellent. Aside from some slightly awkward parkour    I am surprised by how poorly received this game has been. It isn't perfect, but damn is it fun! With a full-fledged parkour system, fun and engaging melee combat, and plenty of weapons/looting/crafting, this one is a must have for those who enjoyed games like Borderlands, Dishonored, and Dead Island. Here's my summary.

    Gameplay: Excellent. Aside from some slightly awkward parkour animations, everything is highly responsive and generally feels good, with a fine sense of "weight." Parkour is precise and exhilarating - you really can go anywhere, and eventually you get the best grappling hook I've ever seen in an FPS. Combat is also smooth and responsive, with plenty of options - dodging, jumping over people, tackling, slide kicks, jump kicks, heavy/light attacks, throwing weapons, guns, air attacks, stealth takedowns, shields - it's all here. Zombies react realistically to getting hit, with a pretty extensive damage system. You can see the physics react to every hit, and it honestly feels better than most melee FPS games. Also, did I mention how many weapons there are? Well, there are tons, and you can augment them. Seriously, I haven't had this much fun looting since the original Borderlands. As for stealth, there are some options, but no silenced guns. You are limited to melee takedowns. AI is pretty damn finicky. All in all, it is passable - stealth can be employed with some enjoyment, but it's often more fun to cause mayhem in this one.

    Story: Meh. Did you actually buy this for the story? Go watch The Walking Dead

    Graphics/sound: Fantastic, aside from the occasional low-res texture. It can look almost photorealistic at times. Sounds are right on. Music ranges from excellent to cliche. Voice acting is good - not great, just good.

    Ultimately, 8/10. I rated higher to boost this games reputation. Take note, there are minor performance issues on the PC, which are slowly getting worked out. Oh, and mod tools are coming.

    Buy this for the gameplay if you like parkour, melee combat, and looting. You will not be disappointed.    … Expand
  33. GreenCafe
    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.
  34. hades84
    Feb 8, 2015
    9
    Game is Dead Island clone just with better graphics & with it's boring missions. Not impressive at all. Very repetitive & boring game & so overrated...
  35. Adamus
    Feb 8, 2015
    10
    This is the best game of Techland. This is the best game on PS4 and PC. Great game! Great ambiance! Great gameplay! The night really scary! For me 100/100.
  36. watsyurdeal
    Feb 8, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I've been playing this game for about a week or so now, and so far, it's easily the best Zombie I've ever played, hands down. At first glance it may just seem like another Dead Island, but trust me, Techland learned a hell of a lot from their previous title, and made something that truly stands out to rival Far Cry 3 or even Skyrim.

    The game has a brilliant Fight or Flight setup, where you can either tear through the mobs of zombies with swords, blunt weapons, or guns. Or run use the parkour to avoid fights altogether, it's a interesting contrast to the Stealth vs Mayhem you normally see in most games.

    The Parkour itself really does deserve a mention here, no wall running, but you can climb buildings by jumping from window ledges or other parts of the architecture that jut out and give you something to grab onto. It really does feel like real parkour, using the environment to your advantage and improvising your path as you go, you don't ever really stop moving unless you want to fight or reach your destination.

    The day and night mechanic is also pretty solid, during the day the game feels like a free for all, but at night it's closer to a true horror game with the Volatiles. These things don't **** around, they are TOUGH to kill, to a point where you better just run and get to the nearest safehouse. Plus the game has a sound mechanic, where loud noises like explosions, gunshots, car alarms, etc all draw in zombies, which adds to the tension and adds a risk factor to balance out Pistols, Rifles, and Shotguns. The end result is a really adrenaline pumping experience, night time feels like a horror game while daytime feels more like an adventure.

    The story, yea the voice acting isn't perfect but it is interesting enough to keep me playing, if just to find out what happens next. And there are some likeable characters, like Brecken, Rupert, Jade, Troy, Spike, etc. Each of them has some trait or two that I like about them, but they are minor traits that are underplayed and easily missed if you're not paying attention at all.

    Graphics wise is a bit iffy......while I am sure it looks great when it's running on the right system, you really do need to have at least i5 4690K and GTX 970 or better to really make this game run beautifully. But then again graphics aren't everything as long as the game is playable, and with the Dying Light Manager it runs pretty decently, even on an older system like mine.

    As for other criticisms I do have a few, one, in a game with melee combat, what do you expect to do besides striking someone.....block right? Guess what you can't do....BLOCK. You do get a shield later but it's really useless, it would have been nice to have some sort of parry button in the game at the very least, like it degrades twice as much as swinging it, but at least you have the option.

    Another criticism I have so far is with the more unique zombies, like the toads, bombers, and goons. They certainly add variety but are kind of annoying to deal with at times, mainly the Goons, Toads, and Bombers. I love a challenge as much as anyone else, but these enemies aren't so much a challenge as they are an annoying obstacle. Which makes sense I suppose but compared to the Volatiles, they just aren't really fun to deal with, they just seem to be thrown in at just the right spots in the game to slow you down or cause a frustrating death. While it's different, it's just not fun to deal with them, and the way you deal with them as a player could have done a bit better, so it feels less like sudden stop in the game and more of a small hurdle you can get over with quick thinking.

    Guns in the game are also something that I think could be improved on, while the fact that they do have a risk of drawing in more zombies to you when fired, they could have a few other interesting mechanics added in. Basically what happens is when you get the guns, they do not change at all even with a higher quality, not even damage. It would be nice if they had a few other stats or things added in, like attachments replacing upgrades, a wear mechanic where the gun overtime would get dirty and need to be cleaned or you risk it jamming on you in the middle of battle (ala Far Cry 2). Heck let us build a Silencer that wore down over time, so you only get like 10-15 shots out of it before it breaks and your gun makes noise again. Just a little more attention to the guns would have been nice, to make them really stand out from melee weapons.

    Overall the game does have some issues and room to expand on, but it's a solid ground work for an outstanding zombie sandbox game. If you thought Dead Island was meh and was hoping for something more, or just love sandbox games and parkour, this is absolutely worth buying.

    Played on

    Core 2 Quad 9300 @ 2.5 ghz
    6 gb of ram
    GTX 750 Ti
    Asus 1080p 144 hz monitor    … Expand
  37. Dop
    Feb 7, 2015
    8
    Im not into zombies games anymore but i had the cash and a friend recommend the game so i give it a try. Shocking surprise game is good, solid graphics, gameplay is fun and engaging, story is well made with a nice spin off, the city fells really infested specially the second part.

    I had some problems with my ati card at the beginning but after the patch im fine. Play it on i5 4670k, 16    Im not into zombies games anymore but i had the cash and a friend recommend the game so i give it a try. Shocking surprise game is good, solid graphics, gameplay is fun and engaging, story is well made with a nice spin off, the city fells really infested specially the second part.

    I had some problems with my ati card at the beginning but after the patch im fine. Play it on i5 4670k, 16 gb ram, R9 295x2    … Expand
  38. Kilasa
    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.    … Expand
  39. nono5551212
    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.
  40. MrNine
    Feb 5, 2015
    6
    Graphics wise, very impressive. Even playing on medium settings game still looks amazing. But one thing that really bugs me is that it's almost completly same as Dead Island apart from the settings and parkour. Missions are mostly the same thing over and over, and things you can pick up are just straight from DI.
    End conclusion, wait till you can buy it on a discount sale because it's not    Graphics wise, very impressive. Even playing on medium settings game still looks amazing. But one thing that really bugs me is that it's almost completly same as Dead Island apart from the settings and parkour. Missions are mostly the same thing over and over, and things you can pick up are just straight from DI.
    End conclusion, wait till you can buy it on a discount sale because it's not worth the full price    … Expand
  41. dystopeon
    Feb 5, 2015
    7
    The game's not quite a solid 7, but gets a conceded pass in that respect. It runs solid in 1080p but you'll need 4x sli 980's or wait until next gen gfx to run 4k, its still that ól chrome engine. The main story is very, very bad (not CoD bad tho) - however the sides quest missions are imbued with some writing talent and are for the main part, enjoyable.

    The combat mechanics are    The game's not quite a solid 7, but gets a conceded pass in that respect. It runs solid in 1080p but you'll need 4x sli 980's or wait until next gen gfx to run 4k, its still that ól chrome engine. The main story is very, very bad (not CoD bad tho) - however the sides quest missions are imbued with some writing talent and are for the main part, enjoyable.

    The combat mechanics are extended (such as dashing) however the hit detection and pointless weapons/animations (knife) are still left in. Bizarrely, zombie grab animations can break your combat 'flow' - unless you invest in several perks to make the game NOT do that?! Why just not leave it the **** out? These former eastbloc devs need to learn from musicians - what you leave out is more important than what you leave in.

    Also, I have to play this mother****er until level 14 (many gd hrs) to get a gd katana?!, just like the last game. The RPG/Perk/item/crafting aspect is really broken, it borrows from like action/rpg games perk systems - but really it just shouldn't have used one, the items perks should have been passive, using meters. The crafting/weapons degradation system is similarly bizarre (left over from the first game), the devs seek to restrict, level and balance everything at once instead of making the game fun to grind. If they just leveled certain zone enemies and not the weapons, plus created a large variety of melee weapons it would have been fun. The Katana or any weapon should be available right at the beginning, its the weapon type that should receive perks - this would make the game much more fun. Then once you reach much higher levels, add in cool side weapons with one or two perk slots (eg. Tonfa, Nunchaku) please, I just wanna beat on stuff with nunchucks yo. Maybe next sequel?    … Expand
  42. Skycalamity
    Feb 5, 2015
    5
    Its dog wank. just fu#cking dog wank. the fu#cking FPS is just fu#cking terrible with more than recommended specs . and the fu#cking story is fu#cking stupid . this game should be called drop kick simulator 2015

    i would only pay no more than 10 bucks for this game
  43. dannybot
    Feb 5, 2015
    10
    Finally a game that combines all the good elements from Dead Island, Skyrim and FarCry to create a vast and immersive open-ended world that is full with interesting locations and missions to explore and it will never make you feel bored while doing it.

    Despite minor flaws like cheesy acting and NPC:s who look like cloned mannequin dolls with bad lipsynching the game captures the most    Finally a game that combines all the good elements from Dead Island, Skyrim and FarCry to create a vast and immersive open-ended world that is full with interesting locations and missions to explore and it will never make you feel bored while doing it.

    Despite minor flaws like cheesy acting and NPC:s who look like cloned mannequin dolls with bad lipsynching the game captures the most important thing - it feels FUN to play and is extremely rewarding when you bash in scores of zombies or when you level up and finally can unlock a perk that will help you feel less vulnerable when running through the endless hordes of undead that you encounter on a regular basis of the streets of Harran. The wonderful graphics and lightning effects in combination with the amazing sound effects and scary music makes you gasp for air when you get surrounded in battle or hang from a rooftop just a slip away from death.

    Hands down the best PS4 game out there right now and hopefully there will be a sequel soon with improved NPC:s and added vehicles and also a larger scale map in a different setting would be cool addition too.    … Expand
  44. Inthexis
    Feb 5, 2015
    9
    Some unique Pros I might add: The parkour / climbing system uses true physics rather than only certain ledges being scripted to be grabbable. The NPC interactions, factions, and story are mature (think of the movie "Ronin") and are on the level of Metro 2033. The components / materials gathering and crafting is on the level of Fallout 3. The buildings are very vertical and really fireSome unique Pros I might add: The parkour / climbing system uses true physics rather than only certain ledges being scripted to be grabbable. The NPC interactions, factions, and story are mature (think of the movie "Ronin") and are on the level of Metro 2033. The components / materials gathering and crafting is on the level of Fallout 3. The buildings are very vertical and really fire off that fun playground-fort feeling. The action against the zombies is brutal, graphic, and thus a little disturbing but also satisfying and very physical; I'd rate it as 80% as good as the action in the Dead-Space series.… Expand
  45. joshan2
    Feb 4, 2015
    10
    Codename: Dead City 2 (Dead Island), it's just perfect game and I played with Oculus Rift, the experience was amazing! The story is very good, maybe sometimes is repetitive but still very funny with friends :)
  46. thelonewalker
    Feb 4, 2015
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. dying light is an amazing game it should have no negatives the only real bad thing about it is that it has no wall running but apart from that its a great game… Expand
  47. epeternally
    Feb 4, 2015
    7
    Fun, flawed, and suffering from a story that is so bizarre and stilted that it is substantially worse than if the game didn't have one at all. It's a good game that could be a great one with a couple more patches, and even without is worth playing, even if it isn't worth the $60 asking price. At the end of the day, the sheer amount of fun that there is to be had here carries past the awfulFun, flawed, and suffering from a story that is so bizarre and stilted that it is substantially worse than if the game didn't have one at all. It's a good game that could be a great one with a couple more patches, and even without is worth playing, even if it isn't worth the $60 asking price. At the end of the day, the sheer amount of fun that there is to be had here carries past the awful writing and neverending stream of fetch quests to make this still a good experience overall. It's just a shame that the time and effort wasn't put in to make it a great one, because with more QA and much better writing this could have been an early GOTY contender.… Expand
  48. zainyboy18
    Feb 4, 2015
    7
    I pre-ordered this game and finished it recently. I felt I needed to tell people about the serious over-hyping of this game.

    Story: The story is poor and by far the worst thing in the game, filled with cliches and plot points you can see from a mile away. But the characters are by far the worst, seriously. They're so bland and under-developed that you couldn't give 2 sh*ts whether or    I pre-ordered this game and finished it recently. I felt I needed to tell people about the serious over-hyping of this game.

    Story:
    The story is poor and by far the worst thing in the game, filled with cliches and plot points you can see from a mile away. But the characters are by far the worst, seriously. They're so bland and under-developed that you couldn't give 2 sh*ts whether or not they die. Hell, when someone died I spent more time trying to figure out who they were rather than actually paying attention to them dying. I mean, Brecken disappears halfway through the game without any mention of his name again. They really build up the main villain as well, trying to make a discount Vaas from Farcry 3, but it just wasn't working for me. He had no real substance or meaning behind what he was doing, other than just doing it for the sh*ts and giggles. He stands monologuing, telling you all of his evil schemes and actually letting you in on his whereabouts in the end of the game, just before he is about to make his escape and win! Why?! So stupid it's unreal. It takes a darker and more serious tone to Dead Island but it doesn't seem to pay off in my opinion.

    Graphics, Sound and Performance:
    I'm not really an expert on sound design or anything but from my eyes, the sound was done fairly well, it definitely deterred me from going out at night, hearing the agonising screams of the virals. The intense music during pursuits was nice, it did a good job of immersing me in the game. Graphics are nice, not The Last Of Us standard, but nevertheless they are good. However there are performance issues on the PC version, mainly stemming from the view distance. Turning it up or down doesn't really change much apart from the view distance in the interior maps or the pop-in for zombies. FPS takes a nose-dive when you finish the tutorial and go outside.

    Gameplay:
    First things first, the parkour is mostly well-done. However, you can encounter some parkour related bugs, most comical and some just annoying. It can vary from flying through a wall to getting stuck in-between 2 objects, forcing you to commit suicide. Survivor point don't do much for the game as far as I can tell, although I didn't look too intensely into what they did. The combat feels smoother than Dead Island for certain, no complaints there. The new crafting system and player stash are really nice features as well, allowing easy storage for weapons, but from what I can tell, it's used mostly for duplicating items to become a billionaire. Side quests are pretty much the same as Dead Island; "Fetch this for me", "Turn this on for me". Very repetitive point A to point B missions. I do enjoy the free running challenges though, most of them provide a nice challenge and are quite fun to do. However, the main problem from a gameplay perspective is that the game gives you a false sense of freedom. It gives you an amazing open world to explore and run the parkour, but when a story mission rolls around, especially after the halfway point in the game, you're thrown into a cramped and linear interior map. Once you get the grappling hook, the open world actually becomes a bore to traverse, just spamming middle mouse button and flying across the map in no time. The day-night cycle change is one of the games more interesting and better points. The virals become a real challenge until a very late point in the game, making it pretty much your only option to run away. Despite this it just becomes an absolute drag to finish the story, with a lazy QTE final boss battle at the end. It's such a cop-out move to have the villain you tried to big up and make him seem impossible to kill, defeated by pressing 5 or 6 buttons.

    Overall this game isn't terrible, it's definitely an improvement on Dead Island, however personally I just don't think it lives up to the hype. I'd say wait until the price drops or you see it on sale to pick it up.    … Expand
  49. Metacriticalmax
    Feb 4, 2015
    9
    Love this game, and im pretty hard to impress as ive played alot of games and nothing keeps my attention for long but this game is exactly what i always wanted for a zombie game, combat feels great, the skill trees make sense and feel like they make a difference, lots of different weapons that have different feels to them.
    Also its been a long time since a game has actually scared the    Love this game, and im pretty hard to impress as ive played alot of games and nothing keeps my attention for long but this game is exactly what i always wanted for a zombie game, combat feels great, the skill trees make sense and feel like they make a difference, lots of different weapons that have different feels to them.
    Also its been a long time since a game has actually scared the **** out of me (other than alien, which wore off quick do to how annoying and "unrealistic/unreasonable" the alien seemed with it being highly scripted) The volitiles really scare the crap out of me because they dont really hand you the ability to easily avoid them, it makes me think "Oh **** when i hear i dont have much time left before dark.

    CONS: The physics at times can be really extreme and arcade like but for some reason it doesnt bother me TOO much, and i find the sound feels a bit "off" like im not really IN the game. But overall a great game still not done with it and im having tons of fun.    … Expand
  50. Gismo
    Feb 4, 2015
    8
    Dying Light is a massive improvement over Dead Island 1 and 2. The graphics are stunning, the gameplay is smooth and the story is acceptable and best bit of all - it feels like it was made purely for the PC! I haven't run into a single bug in over 30 hours of gameplay. During the first 10 hours of playing there is a big element of horror when the sun goes down and found myself running forDying Light is a massive improvement over Dead Island 1 and 2. The graphics are stunning, the gameplay is smooth and the story is acceptable and best bit of all - it feels like it was made purely for the PC! I haven't run into a single bug in over 30 hours of gameplay. During the first 10 hours of playing there is a big element of horror when the sun goes down and found myself running for the nearest safe house as I felt genuinely scared. However after a while when you figure out the limitations of the AI the night time is just a different way to play the game and becomes less horrifying as your skill tree's progress. Having said that there are still a few scary moments.

    The combat is fast paced and extremely satisfying, if a weapon breaks and you can no longer fix it, it becomes broken forever. At first I found this annoying but the rate at which you find better weapons seems perfectly balance to incorporate this game play mechanic. Crafting is simple and rewarding and utility weapons and items are definitely worth using in the game and will keep you alive.

    My only gripe is the Bomber zombies are far too powerful and these are the only things I get killed by. You get so used to rampaging through swarms of zombies and drop kicking them in the face when you come across a bomber they don't look massively different from a regular zombie in the split second you are running up to it and by then it's too late as they will one shot you no matter how much health you have. The worst examples are when you run around a corner or are stuck in an animation when they explode.

    The parkour element is very well done and as you progress you become quicker and eventually will unlock the grappling hook which really is a game changer.

    The story is alright, nothing special though. The City is pretty impressive but after a while you notice that there's a lot of cut and paste action going on and a large amount of areas and buildings are exact copies.

    I've had some absolute laughs playing this game, zombie hilarity! My partner is afraid to even watch me play, when it becomes night time she leaves the room altogether! She does not like horror films and she says this is just like watching a horror film.

    After 30 hours gameplay the game is now becoming less exciting but I can imagine it's going to be just like dead island and keep me coming back once in a while. for some zombie murdering fun.    … Expand
  51. BigBossReviews
    Feb 3, 2015
    8
    This game is like cocaine, once its in your system, you'll keep coming back for it. The gameplay is marvelous. If I were to rate this on the gameplay alone, and how **** good it feels, I'd give it a 9. BUT, this game screws up, the story is nothing great, although the beginning is VERY GOOD, if they kept the pacing from the beginning of the game, throughout the whole game, this game'sThis game is like cocaine, once its in your system, you'll keep coming back for it. The gameplay is marvelous. If I were to rate this on the gameplay alone, and how **** good it feels, I'd give it a 9. BUT, this game screws up, the story is nothing great, although the beginning is VERY GOOD, if they kept the pacing from the beginning of the game, throughout the whole game, this game's story would've been one of its focal points, but it's not, the story is filled with fetch quests that leave you worn out, and the story gets you by. Now, this being on the PC, the optimization also comes in part of the review, and this is one of the worst optimized games I've got my hands on. I'm scoring a 780, and I can play on high, but it almost always stays under 60 fps, which is a shame since this game looks downright gorgeous at times. Nonetheless, considering every part of the game, I give this a 8/10. Get it if you really want it and think your rig can hold its own, if you don't think it can, wait for the devs. to patch and optimize this game, and come back, if they don't, SPEAK UP! Message them, create forum posts, petitions, whatever you need to get what you want. This is the internet age, everything is possible if you want it to be possible.… Expand
  52. KnightMare077
    Feb 3, 2015
    8
    Where to start? This game takes elements of Far Cry 4, Dead Island and Mirrors Edge and smashes them together with a day and night cycle in a open world thats a blast to explore and traverse. During the day the game has a walking dead overtone and fits that shoe nicely. You will be taking over "bases" infested by zombies and other badies (think farcry 4) in effort to secure safe zones ,Where to start? This game takes elements of Far Cry 4, Dead Island and Mirrors Edge and smashes them together with a day and night cycle in a open world thats a blast to explore and traverse. During the day the game has a walking dead overtone and fits that shoe nicely. You will be taking over "bases" infested by zombies and other badies (think farcry 4) in effort to secure safe zones , which may have more side missions BUT mostly serves as a safe place should you be out during a mission and caught with your pants down as the sun starts to sets and need a place of safety. The map is HUGE and getting around would be a tedious process if not for the climbing and running mechanics. The guy can climb just about anything he can reach either by hand or grappling hook and traverse anything he climb on too.

    When the sun does set and nightfall comes into play everything changes. Zombies are faster more alert, the special hunters are out looming in the darkness and they will relentlessly chase you until you make it to a safe zone , you evade them, you kill them or they kill you. The crafting mechanic lets you piece together any crude weapon with other crude items and forge something that may belong in splatterhouse but never the less it gets the job done with as much gore to soak even the hardcorest of gamers. In my opinion the game needs more guns, it does have them but to say they sparse is both a understatement and a lie at the same time. Every safe zone controlled by a faction has guards , each guard is carrying as assault rifle, yet you as the player have hard time acquiring just one and if you do it likely has around 5-10 rounds in it with little hope of finding ammo. In that sense it doesn't make sense, if that makes any sense. lol

    Its like your surrounded by butter knives yet you cant have one unless your lucky.

    Melee Combat works though and is clearly the main focus, with the different abilities to unlock through 3 separate skill trees as your progress through the story , you will unlock things like drop kicks and different takedown abilities etc that opens up new possibilities to take down hordes of zombies. Speaking of combat..The Collisions...Collisions work so well in this game it will just about spoil you into thinking why isnt every game made with stuff like this?!

    All in all this game is unique with superb graphics (not genre defining or worthy to the PC's immense power now a days but its good enough) and solid mechanics, a decent plot that every now and then seems just a tad stale by repetitive missions types but more than anything else its FUN! Highly Recommended To Any FPS, Open World and especially Zombie Fan

    Id give it a 8.5 / 10    … Expand
  53. Swanny
    Feb 3, 2015
    9
    I know IGN have since gone against the grain of mainstream gaming media (..who didn't get a free review copy - oh boo-hoo guys) and given a favorable review, but prior to this I thought we had we had one of the most underrated games of modern times on our hands. Techland have done some amazing work with Dying Light. Perhaps they knew this and left the gaming sites out of early access, II know IGN have since gone against the grain of mainstream gaming media (..who didn't get a free review copy - oh boo-hoo guys) and given a favorable review, but prior to this I thought we had we had one of the most underrated games of modern times on our hands. Techland have done some amazing work with Dying Light. Perhaps they knew this and left the gaming sites out of early access, I don't know. All I know is that apart from the fairly demanding specs for the true visual glory the game is an incredible experience for zombie gash and smash fans. The multiplayer is enjoyable and for me the story actually quite enjoyable. Time had obviously been taken to pad out the huge game world with events and side missions and the visuals are just fantastic on the PC. Add to this the crafting system and the choice to gun wield at high risk of alerting the zombies if you so choose makes for an exceptional game for the next gen era. Only cons for me were the forced-checkpoint save game and loss of dropped items in secure environments. These however, pale into insignificance once you absorb yourself in to Harran's plight and bring your feet down on zombie cranium from a great height.… Expand
  54. scotto808
    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    … Expand
  55. NixSar
    Feb 3, 2015
    6
    Nice graphics with the exception of the inexplicable grainy effect supposedly meant to achieve realism; what kind of realism? Standard story and gameplay for zombie survival porn - boring, tedious and unrealistic (not in a good way). Instead of basing survival on any kind of creative and interesting mechanics it is mostly just an item crafting vomitarium where your huge steel wrenches,Nice graphics with the exception of the inexplicable grainy effect supposedly meant to achieve realism; what kind of realism? Standard story and gameplay for zombie survival porn - boring, tedious and unrealistic (not in a good way). Instead of basing survival on any kind of creative and interesting mechanics it is mostly just an item crafting vomitarium where your huge steel wrenches, which in reality would last a thousand years, break after ten strikes into rotten flash. Normally unrealistic behaviour in games is not a bad thing, but survival games should really get more imaginative than that. Parkour is fraught with problems - collision detection, volume measuring (player squeezing through impossibly small spaces), positioning of body parts as they participate in movement, etc. This is unfortunately nothing special these days and is the continuation of trying to push computers to do stuff beyond their current capabilities. The "best" example being Ubisoft's ACU mechanics when home computing today is just not ready to do real-time collision detection, positioning and similar on a level required by such complicated movements and fast gameplay. All in all a mediocre result.… Expand
  56. greaseDonkey
    Feb 3, 2015
    9
    My friends an I have been waiting for a game like this for a while! Seriously this game is more than amazing. It's a mix of Borderland and Mirror Edge. The atmosphere is incredible, they did a great job to immerse yourself. We are 3 grown man in their 30s and we have never ran for our life in a game like this one. The first night was just amazing and will probably be talked aboutMy friends an I have been waiting for a game like this for a while! Seriously this game is more than amazing. It's a mix of Borderland and Mirror Edge. The atmosphere is incredible, they did a great job to immerse yourself. We are 3 grown man in their 30s and we have never ran for our life in a game like this one. The first night was just amazing and will probably be talked about among us again again long after this game is completed.

    Play this game with friends and don't play without them!!    … Expand
  57. NewNickPL
    Feb 3, 2015
    8
    First of all to guy @Konsti19 complaining about performance issue with AMD rig, you have waived right to complain in the minute you bought crap from AMD. Second to the guy @Avadon said that game crashed in some cutscene, mine too on pirate version (buy full version and then start complaining about crashes and game it self...).

    After 5 hours of pirate version (no demo so what else I    First of all to guy @Konsti19 complaining about performance issue with AMD rig, you have waived right to complain in the minute you bought crap from AMD. Second to the guy @Avadon said that game crashed in some cutscene, mine too on pirate version (buy full version and then start complaining about crashes and game it self...).

    After 5 hours of pirate version (no demo so what else I could do) I bought full game and in three days I have played 15 hours, and I am sure that it will be twice as many hours if not more.

    It is Zombies in Mirror's Edge world. Running is smooth (if you have read tutorials and think a little), killing (chopping later in game) zombies is super fun. Plot is about cure, and that is it, what else you could do in zombie world?

    Only cons is this filter. It is annoying on the beginning, but now I did not even notice it any more. And performance issue. This game like to drop frames to 55 from 80 in a second, I do not know why (everything on ultra and on).

    So after all it was well spent money, I do not regret it! 8/10    … Expand
  58. Type4101
    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    … Expand
  59. pepikJS
    Feb 2, 2015
    5
    This is clear example of an unoriginal budget game. The story is a non-sense mess about some special agent paradropping into some arabian zombie infected city, nobody knows why there are zombies, from where they came from. Basically - you have main quest, you start few side quests, after while you have no idea who is who, what quest is this and that, for who are you making that quest...This is clear example of an unoriginal budget game. The story is a non-sense mess about some special agent paradropping into some arabian zombie infected city, nobody knows why there are zombies, from where they came from. Basically - you have main quest, you start few side quests, after while you have no idea who is who, what quest is this and that, for who are you making that quest... Its a mess. Game is copying parkour from Mirrors Edge, climbing towers from Far Cry 3, customizable melee weapons from Dead Rising, there's nothing original in this game. Pure budget. Techland was always making first person shooters and that sort of games with shiny graphics visuals, but in the inside all of their games were dumb and dull. This game is no exception. Story - ridiculous and banal. Gameplay - run like a darude sandstorm, punch zombies, figure out how to get inside some building... you will get enough of that quickly, its repetitive as shlt.… Expand
  60. Veska
    Feb 2, 2015
    7
    It is Dead Island with parkour. However, do not expect more. The best thing in this game in night and fight in night. But take 321895656 weapons, because every thing, that i use for killing sweet zombies was destoyed until 10 maybe 15 zombies. What is this? Some people say, that this game has nice graphis and i say it is true, but in some parts. Face and texture are very nice. But others?It is Dead Island with parkour. However, do not expect more. The best thing in this game in night and fight in night. But take 321895656 weapons, because every thing, that i use for killing sweet zombies was destoyed until 10 maybe 15 zombies. What is this? Some people say, that this game has nice graphis and i say it is true, but in some parts. Face and texture are very nice. But others? Boring environment, repeating textures and building were created by CTRL+C and CTRL+V.

    And story? Ou **** it is as porn. You see (play) it for other things then story. If you like series Dead Island it is game for you. But for others? Maybe but try it then you will buy it.    … Expand
  61. Ubir
    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    … Expand
  62. ph4nn0m
    Feb 2, 2015
    10
    I read most part of negatives reviews and = low performance . If you want to play with low graphics play at console.
    Game is awesome.Its fresh. Game history is great .Ambientation is cool.
  63. Defner
    Feb 2, 2015
    9
    Today I was able to go through the game in co-op. Two words ... EXCELLENT GAME.. During the game when I thought that nothing can surprise me any - I unlocked the next ability or the next new thing :)

    Advantages: + Large selection of weapons + Parkour - Assassin's Creed in first person :) + Extensive city and its adaptation for aerobatics + Character Development - a lot of    Today I was able to go through the game in co-op. Two words ... EXCELLENT GAME.. During the game when I thought that nothing can surprise me any - I unlocked the next ability or the next new thing :)

    Advantages:
    + Large selection of weapons
    + Parkour - Assassin's Creed in first person :)
    + Extensive city and its adaptation for aerobatics
    + Character Development - a lot of interesting skills to choose from
    + The cycle of day and night, where the night is a big challenge
    + Crafting - improve on, create, modify!
    + Various side missions extending playing time
    + Mode of cooperation
    + Good time of game

    Cons:
    -A pair of technical errors
    -Optimalization could be better

    I recommend to all fans of action games - really decent title :)    … Expand
  64. doser
    Feb 2, 2015
    8
    Fun, but a little short - a few more quests in Old Town would've been nice.

    The free running is smooth and becomes extremely easy once you get the Grappling Hook.

    Combat is pretty satisfying, mainly you should avoid large groups of Zombies until Level 20.

    Overall it feels like GTA with zombies. It's just a shame there's not a lot more content.
  65. YCAdrianGames
    Feb 2, 2015
    10
    Dying Light is an improved version of Dead Island. It handles everything better. It has better graphics. For example, it has more detailed character model, spectacular views and long draw distance. I also like the setting, which I considered relatively unique and very atmospheric. For gameplay, it is excellent. The free-running mechanics or the parkour system works quite well. It offersDying Light is an improved version of Dead Island. It handles everything better. It has better graphics. For example, it has more detailed character model, spectacular views and long draw distance. I also like the setting, which I considered relatively unique and very atmospheric. For gameplay, it is excellent. The free-running mechanics or the parkour system works quite well. It offers players much freedom as you can basically climb most things you see. You won't feel bored traveling the enormous city because there is so much fun found in this traversal system. You can still craft and enchant weapons with electricity. The is also a lot of upgrade available in the game, you can gain them through parkour or killing enemies. These upgrades and get you a larger backpack, or unlock new abilities like dashing, sliding and things like that. The skills tree is quite complex, but it takes time to unlock all of them but it is often satisfying when unlocking one, especially when you know that many of these abilities are game-changing. Killing zombies is as fun as always. However, the combat in the beginning is a bit frustrating, because the zombie takes A LOT of hit before they died, and the stamina system often work against them. However, players can choose to evade a large horde of zombies instead of battling all of them. You can also plan before taking action, for example, to throw a firecracker to distract the zombies before entering a building that is originally surrounding by them. However, when you gets some better weapon, that is a different story. In addition, parkour is also very useful in killing zombies. For example, jump kick a zombie to spikes is always very fun. The combat itself is still similar to Dead Island overall, brutal and violent. The story itself, well, not a masterpiece, but it has done its job. The story can be even better when it gives player the choice to do things or not. Voice acting is generally very good, especially the playable characters. The day-night cycle really changes the game a lot. Day time zombie is clumsy and stupid and become aggressive and fast when night time come. You can either use stealth, or run to evade the zombie, but both of them is a very tense experience. It is a pity that the night time is a little bit too short. I really like the concept, and the execution is very good too. There is quite a variety of zombies, but unfortunately I don't think any of them is unique and particularly interesting. The AI is surprising good though, especially those for human AI. Some of them can react very quickly and even knew how to dodge your attack using the parkour movement. That is very impressing. For the multiplayer, it has 4 player co-op, which is also fun to mess around with friends. It also gets a 4v1 Be the zombie mode, in my opinion, it is rather stupid, but if you played it with friends, you can still find a lot of joy from it. There is one things I would like to complain is that I don't really want to explore the world of the game despite traveling around is fun because the color tone of the game is a bit too repetitive. However, the world is still full of staffs to do. Another things I don't like is the lockpicking, which don't really give you anything valuable. There is some others things to improve, such as the actually telling the player where you can climb and where you cannot as it can be confusing some time. The game also have quite a lot of technical issues, but it is not that game-breaking everyone said it is, at least not for me. But generally, it is a very fun and enjoyable game. It is basically Dead Island with a more series tone and most importantly, with depth. It is a very worthwhile experience. If you enjoy slaying zombies, like Dead Island, like parkour, like games with rich content, then it is the game for you.… Expand
  66. masterkiser
    Feb 2, 2015
    7
    Well I Don't really Like to Write Review's but I felt the need to Write One about this game. So Lets get to Optimization Not the best to be honest, I have a 980 and an i5 4670k along With 16 gb of ram and I was barley Pulling 40 fps. That is unacceptable So If you are planning to get this game Keep in mind that you may Encounter issues. Now with that out of the way let me tell you howWell I Don't really Like to Write Review's but I felt the need to Write One about this game. So Lets get to Optimization Not the best to be honest, I have a 980 and an i5 4670k along With 16 gb of ram and I was barley Pulling 40 fps. That is unacceptable So If you are planning to get this game Keep in mind that you may Encounter issues. Now with that out of the way let me tell you how much Fun I had with this game. The Main campaign Is Only about 5 hours long If you rush Through But With side quest's it can easily take you 12+ Hours!

    Now Gameplay Wise It's essentially Dead Island Mixed With mirrors Edge. That can be Either Good or bad But luckily in the game's case They Did it right. The Combat is a little wonky at first but you get used to it and it gets much better when you upgrade your Combat to at least adept. The parkour Honestly Sucks at first as well but Much alike the Combat all you need to do is upgrade it and it will get so much better.

    The Story is alright I mean It's not the greatest But at least it has one (Looking at you dead island) The characters are Forgettable and by the Time you Feel nothing for them. What is nice However is when you are just taking a stroll you can sometimes Grab an airdrop or Stumble upon Someone who need's help. and you can Find people who tell you about what they were doing before the Virus, It's pretty interesting.

    Now one of the major mechanics they Advertised was this Night Time mode. It is Terrifying at first Yes But eventually It Loses it's touch. But your adrenaline always Get's pumping when you're Running From Virals. Then you have this mode called be the zombie which is pretty cool actually but sometimes if you have Multiplayer on They can invade you and it gets Kinda one sided Especially If you are going solo.

    Overall I would recommend the game but it would be a cautious Purchase with the optimization issues so If I were you i would Either wait for patches, Or buy it on a console.    … Expand
  67. MrSparrows
    Feb 2, 2015
    10
    I love this game! The story is phenomenally good and strong. the graphics are insanely good. the gameplay is good too. The crafting system and UI is vastly improved over the Dead Island series.
  68. FreeS0uL
    Feb 1, 2015
    8
    I play on High/Ultra... last time I updated my PC is in 2013 (video card 780ti)
    I have from 50 to 60 fps.
    Don't listen to these haters with sh** computers, this game is amazing and very well optimised.
  69. mindw0rk
    Feb 1, 2015
    10
    Ive played quite a few zombie survival games and this is probably the first one, that I liked very much. Graphics is top notch, especially character faces. Gameplay is interesting and intense. Missions are fun. Clearly the first contender for Game of the Year award.
  70. CardinalStorm
    Feb 1, 2015
    9
    I'm playing at 2560x1440 on a 4770K @ 4.4Ghz, 780Ti and 8GB RAM rig. All settings maxed apart from shadows on high (ultra isn't worth the performance hit) and a view distance of 50%, which is more than enough. Until Techland patch the game, running CPU at HIGH priority smooths performance acceptably. Apart from heavy foliage areas, the game runs at a 50-60fps constant.

    Gameplay is very    I'm playing at 2560x1440 on a 4770K @ 4.4Ghz, 780Ti and 8GB RAM rig. All settings maxed apart from shadows on high (ultra isn't worth the performance hit) and a view distance of 50%, which is more than enough. Until Techland patch the game, running CPU at HIGH priority smooths performance acceptably. Apart from heavy foliage areas, the game runs at a 50-60fps constant.

    Gameplay is very nice, the free running is very well implemented and once you've opened up some of the extra abilities and feel comfortable with the controls it's excellent. Weapons feel good and each has it's own realistic weight and swing speed. Tackling the different kinds of zombie is fun and it's not long before you are dancing around the slower ones, picking them off with various kicks and melee attacks.

    I started the game with the XBox 360 controller, but it's a first person game, therefore, mouse and keyboard (with a well thought out binding setup) is the best choice for a more responsive experience. Also, the M&K offers more choice in how you deal with a situation; get stuck in a tight area - surrounded by moaning zombies - with a controller, and more often than not you'll need to make a run for it to survive. Playing with M&K offers agility, something that really plays it part in Dying Light.

    The main story is fine and side missions bolster it further still. Characters are decent enough and most add a certain amount of emotion to the game, allowing the player to feel part of something rather than just a lone wolf hack and slasher. The crafting is well done and all sorts of crazy weapons can be made; the intrigue and excitement of what weapons the game has in store for you is almost enough on it's own to make you want to keep playing.

    Graphics are very nice and people moaning about performance issues need to reduce settings or simply upgrade their hardware. Games like this are made for gaming rigs, not everyday PCs. I get similar performance to the likes of FarCry 3 but the visuals, in my opinion, are overall better, especially the detail and draw distance. Shading and light effects are excellent. as are particles and smoke. Both night and day look good, very good.

    The audio is very good; moaning zombies, weapon slashes and bludgeons, environmental ambience, etc, all work well to provide the gamer with immersion. I play most games with music off - I don't want to feel like I'm in a movie - but the tunes in Dying Light are kept to a minimum and are adequate.

    It may take parts from FarCry, Mirrors Edge, Assassin's Creed and it's own predecessor, Dead Island, but it does it with great aplomb. Techland deserve praise for this open world game. It's ticks all the boxes for me and if it wasn't for the iffy performance (the odd slow down during certain combat and cut-scenes) it would be a 10/10 from me.    … Expand
  71. hyper333
    Feb 1, 2015
    8
    I had no expectations but this game blew me away. So much freedom, great parkour, progress trees, good main story, TONS of side missions - most of them well-executed and non-repetitive, gorgeous visuals, multiple zombie types.
    Gives you barely any guns and makes you value the weapons you find even more this way as it's not hard to get carried away and break them (but there's a perk for    I had no expectations but this game blew me away. So much freedom, great parkour, progress trees, good main story, TONS of side missions - most of them well-executed and non-repetitive, gorgeous visuals, multiple zombie types.
    Gives you barely any guns and makes you value the weapons you find even more this way as it's not hard to get carried away and break them (but there's a perk for that as well). Music - nothing sensational, but fits the mood perfectly, the main theme is absolutely great. And the mood is much more serious than Dead Island, with no blinking objects around the world you feel like you are there instead of the game holding your hand and showing you the goodies around you. You have to work carefully for your progress while being careful of the masses of zombies around at all times - great survival element.
    Love the colours - more realistic than most games (including Dead Island and even GTA V), the setting and the colour palette might remind you of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - and this is huge compliment.
    The horror comes at night, when you become the prey and vicious zombies will chase you in the dark - and this is how nights in videos games should be (unlike the well lit ones on Rockstar's and Bethesda's games).
    Bottom line - fun to play, intriguing main story, tons of good side quests, great visuals and fitting music. Pretty much better than anything that came out in 2014.    … Expand
  72. ARIONCHOKO
    Feb 1, 2015
    10
    I think, this is the best game for playing with friends! After Dead Island of couse. Dying Light got zobies, parkour, awsome story... So go and Bye this game if you have funny friend! And finily I want to say, that me and my Bro played a lot in Dead Island, and this game takes you in a new world with a new opportunity! I hope you'll follow my advices! Dying Light-the best game (for now)I think, this is the best game for playing with friends! After Dead Island of couse. Dying Light got zobies, parkour, awsome story... So go and Bye this game if you have funny friend! And finily I want to say, that me and my Bro played a lot in Dead Island, and this game takes you in a new world with a new opportunity! I hope you'll follow my advices! Dying Light-the best game (for now) for guys with sence of humor!… Expand
  73. Koreenium
    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...    … Expand
  74. ThinkSamich
    Feb 1, 2015
    7
    As many have already stated, Dying Light seems to bring together a bunch of good features from other titles without actually trying anything new. It's like a vegetable stew of tried and tested features with Dead Island as a base. The game feels like what Dead Island should have been in the first place, in fact I spent a lot of time saying "oh, I've done this before in Dead Island."

    "Oh    As many have already stated, Dying Light seems to bring together a bunch of good features from other titles without actually trying anything new. It's like a vegetable stew of tried and tested features with Dead Island as a base. The game feels like what Dead Island should have been in the first place, in fact I spent a lot of time saying "oh, I've done this before in Dead Island."

    "Oh hey, it's the office building with an excessive amount of breakable glass, just like Dead Island. Oh, it's that annoying part of the game where I have to traverse the sewers again, just like Dead Island." Techland, no more long corridor sewers please.

    I'm on the fence with Techland, there's so much they do undeniably right. They seem to be experts at setting atmosphere, the city overlooks in Dying Light are beautiful. The map was done by a group of studied individuals who must have planned it meticulously. Walking into a room and reading the story of the last moments from the corpse on the floor, just from the visual cues in the room is something only a handful of games do right. Dying Light is one of those games. One final standout feature, zombie AI evolves throughout the game. The zombies get consistently more aggressive and it's a fantastic touch, most RPGs would have scaled the health and been done with it. Techland goes above and beyond.

    At the same time, there are a lot of issues with the game, and several reoccurring mistakes Techland seems to make. Optimization is one of them, if you think back to the launch of Dead Island, the game was notoriously poorly optimized for the PC to the point where hundreds of Steam users demanded and received refunds. Dying Light isn't quite this bad, but it does have a barrage of optimization issues that will keep the average PC user from enjoying the game.

    From here there are just several design issues that I personally do not agree with. The permanent film-grain effect is horrible. The way the dead island/dying light engine makes the textures of everything in the environment look like they have a thick layer of wax over them bothers me. There seems to be far too many dark places unoccupied by virals during the day. The Parkour system works most of the time, but when it doesn't it will be during the worst times possible. The way the game handles death seems rushed at best, you're slapped with an XP penalty and respawned at the nearest safehouse. You can watch virals spawn from the air endlessly if you make enough noise, shouldn't they stop coming at some point? The way they handle zombie hordes is tricky, there are much more zombies on screen than can be active at one time. It seems like roughly 8-10 zombies can be actively pursuing you at any give time, the other zombies on the screen are idle. There are lots of assets reused from Dead Island. It's important to note that the things listed in this paragraph do not necessarily change the score of the review. I understand they're quite specific, just issues I find bothersome.

    With all of that said, Techland is a company I am excited to see grow. I would be excited to see them on a fresh game engine. They just need to step out of their comfort zone.    … Expand
  75. Jaggedgod
    Jan 31, 2015
    10
    With the new patch available most of the lag & frame rates are dealt with. Love the fact zombies are hard to kill so avoiding them is part of survival.
  76. Chaeote
    Jan 31, 2015
    7
    This game is simple to describe:

    The Last of Us ... kinda

    meets

    Mirror's Edge ... kinda

    meets

    Fallout ... kinda

    It's not bad, it's just sorta.... meh.
  77. retrogeek45
    Jan 31, 2015
    10
    By the time i had read and watched a good many reviews for this game i considered my purchase quite a risk, but i shouldn't have worried as i am enjoying my first play-through immensely. read the majority of user reviews on this site and believe this game is definitely worth a purchase. Graphics are great albeit with a few glitches but they are smooth and impressive and apart from a fewBy the time i had read and watched a good many reviews for this game i considered my purchase quite a risk, but i shouldn't have worried as i am enjoying my first play-through immensely. read the majority of user reviews on this site and believe this game is definitely worth a purchase. Graphics are great albeit with a few glitches but they are smooth and impressive and apart from a few iffy controller controller settings controls seem to work fine. Its fun plain and simple.… Expand
  78. HugoC
    Jan 31, 2015
    10
    Melhor jogo de zumbi ever por que sim e pq tem parkour e bixo vino também tem armas doidonas, fofas e fodasticas quem não gosta do jogo é por que nunca sobreviveu a um apocalipse zumbi :v
  79. Dampwater
    Jan 31, 2015
    8
    This game in my opinion is great value for money. The elements of this game tie together well and I have not any performance issues yet (Running of GTX 660, AMD FX 3.6 GHz).
    Dying Light is definitely NOT all about killing zombies, Techland have made great use of the parkour element making you climb ridiculous heights that grip you on the edge of your seat. Aswell as the night, which at    This game in my opinion is great value for money. The elements of this game tie together well and I have not any performance issues yet (Running of GTX 660, AMD FX 3.6 GHz).
    Dying Light is definitely NOT all about killing zombies, Techland have made great use of the parkour element making you climb ridiculous heights that grip you on the edge of your seat. Aswell as the night, which at the beginning of the games leaves you panic running from the infected.
    The story is quite good, but I feel it could of been alot more intense if the story wasn't all about the GRE and survival. Therefore you never break to get to know the characters, leaving you feeling detached.
    Story (6/10) Parkour (9/10) Open-World (7/10) Zombie Killin' (9/10) Effort (9/10)
    It is a fun parkour zombie killin open-world game! (8/10)    … Expand
  80. Ted_Tris
    Jan 31, 2015
    1
    Simply crap.
    Pros: nice music while loading screen
    Cons:
    Sometimes boring, sometimes frustrating hard.
    Hopping on the roofs is boring after a hour of game.
    Terrible hardware requirements but not fine gfx.
    Bad face setup on all characters.
    Only crap weapons

    Not good game.
  81. Loshkosh
    Jan 31, 2015
    9
    This game is a perfect mix of impressive gamedesign, flawless visual style & great gameplay! One of the best games I've played! Good night, good luck!
  82. matthewdaniels
    Jan 31, 2015
    10
    this is the game dead island should have been in my opinion its a solid zombie game voice actings weak the side quests make this game good and playable
  83. UNSKIALzPSN
    Jan 31, 2015
    8
    The characters could have done with a bit more...Character, and perhaps the game feels a bit muddy in areas (Early melee combat and the stamina bar don't go too well together), but it strikes me as Wolfenstein did - It's just plain fun to play. The game is geogeous and the world is huge. There's lots to do, and hey, it doesn't do a lot of original stuff - But who doesn't like Farcry with zombies?
  84. theblackwhisper
    Jan 31, 2015
    9
    I felt compelled to write this after reading some user reviews. It seems if you play in on a PC then you have a bad experience. However, I'm playing it on Xbox One and wow! Not had a single glitch yet. Am quite a way in already (very moorish gameplay) and considering the size and scope of it, to have not yet found a single issue or framerate drop is incredible. I'm playing the digitalI felt compelled to write this after reading some user reviews. It seems if you play in on a PC then you have a bad experience. However, I'm playing it on Xbox One and wow! Not had a single glitch yet. Am quite a way in already (very moorish gameplay) and considering the size and scope of it, to have not yet found a single issue or framerate drop is incredible. I'm playing the digital download version so no disc. The best way I can describe DL is a mix between the last two Far Cry games, Dead Island (obviously) and a mix between Skyrim and Mirror's Edge. The only reason this game does not rate a 10/10 is because of a few niggles I have such as some of the mechanics are ripped straight from other games. Now this isn't necessarily a bad thing (lock picking right from Skyrim) but I've seen so many of these in other games now everything is a little too familiar. Early missions too are nothing more than run to B and bring back to A. And what sealed the deal is when I found a time trail challenge. I hate this things. Other than that great. Can't wait to get a co-op started with my friends.… Expand
  85. s1uggo
    Jan 31, 2015
    9
    This is hands down the best game I've played in the last year. To begin I think it's fair to say I had the same FPS issues that people are complaining about. But with a little teaks I was off and running. I was afraid this was going to be Dead Island all over again. But if Dead Island is Batman Forever then Dying Light is The Dark Knight. This game is gritty and real. It is 100% andThis is hands down the best game I've played in the last year. To begin I think it's fair to say I had the same FPS issues that people are complaining about. But with a little teaks I was off and running. I was afraid this was going to be Dead Island all over again. But if Dead Island is Batman Forever then Dying Light is The Dark Knight. This game is gritty and real. It is 100% and apocalypse simulator. But the real fun happens when the sun goes down. Then it becomes a nightmare simulator. The Volatiles are ruthless and brutal. The first time you kill one you have such a feeling of satisfaction. Which is shortly thereafter ruined by his friends coming to rip you to shreds.

    Also, you can tell which reviewers didn't actually play the game for any length of time by the ones complaining about the size of the world. There is a whole other city you go to later in the game besides the area you start in. It's not as big but the buildings are taller so it's comparable in size and things to do.

    This is the zombie game you've been waiting for.    … Expand
  86. Novus
    Jan 31, 2015
    10
    I'm only at 8 hours playtime but I can say the game is worth the money. I'm writing this after the first patch 1.2.1 and nvidia drivers 347.25 and the performance is a lot better now than it was at first (at least for me).

    The story is interesting and makes you want to keep going, the characters are very lifelike due to the smooth animations and modern graphics and the voice acting is    I'm only at 8 hours playtime but I can say the game is worth the money. I'm writing this after the first patch 1.2.1 and nvidia drivers 347.25 and the performance is a lot better now than it was at first (at least for me).

    The story is interesting and makes you want to keep going, the characters are very lifelike due to the smooth animations and modern graphics and the voice acting is good.

    Inventory system works great and the fact that you can upgrade and modify weapons on the go is a big plus compared to Dead Island's system where you needed a workstation.

    Some people are complained that the weapons break too fast and, well, yes they do, but that should just give you more motivation to find better weapons, modify and upgrade them. You can also use talent points to make weapons last longer or make repaired easier.

    The talent system works really well. Everything you do helps you to improve some of your skills. With a system like that it's okay to go off course and help some fellow survivors or kill some bad guys. Because it's all rewarding in some way or another, either through loot, money or new talents.

    I'm also really happy that they didn't implement a fast-travel system like we've seen in Fallout, Skyrim and Dead Island. Sometimes you have to run a lot back and worth but again, it's fine as it can be rewarding in new talents or new discoveries.

    They are plenty of side quests that also introduces you to interesting characters. Even though you run about a lot the game does not seem repetitive as all the missions vary a lot in my opinion.

    The ragdoll effects on the zombies are simply amazing and only adds a certain realism to the game. Hands down the best first-person zombie game to date.

    Techland has really payed attention to detail. I was in a random room in a random building and randomly looked up at a wall clock. You know, the ones who are almost always static in games, but this one actually moved. I liked that.

    I was going to give this game a 9, but it gets a 10 because of the character Jade Aldemir. She's a cool character and not bad on the eyes either. She reminds me of of Alyx Vance from Half Life 2. Anyway I'll get back to the game now. Good Night, Good Luck.    … Expand
  87. dlopatnikov
    Jan 31, 2015
    10
    Excellent game. Big step forward from Dead island franchise. Best first person parkour since Mirror’s Edge times. Great graphics. Although sometimes game stutters with no apparent reason. Big open world to explore. Good story. Interesting side-quests. Great crafting, three skill trees, tons of collectibles. Addictive as hell. And you now, if Momma ain’t happy, nobody’s happy.
  88. ReDDx
    Jan 30, 2015
    9
    Awesome game, great gameplay they have to fix a bit the optimization but that will be done i think.
    Good story, non boring side missions and challanges,and I love the locations.
    Tons of zombies & beasts to slap around in this huge map! +Tons of weapons and customizations! +Non linear gameplay, can quest, explore, be the beast, and even Co-op! +Talent tree is awesome! +Night time is    Awesome game, great gameplay they have to fix a bit the optimization but that will be done i think.
    Good story, non boring side missions and challanges,and I love the locations.
    Tons of zombies & beasts to slap around in this huge map!
    +Tons of weapons and customizations!
    +Non linear gameplay, can quest, explore, be the beast, and even Co-op!
    +Talent tree is awesome!
    +Night time is terrifying F#%$ing run for your Life or Fight!
    CONS:
    -Why are you still reading this... GET this game now!!!
    just a great game to start 2015    … Expand
  89. H1TMAN930927
    Jan 30, 2015
    9
    Played it for 4 hours so far, only thing thats a bit anoying is if you die, you respawn generally far away from where you were. but otherwise i cant complain,,, its better than Dead Island, ive played both and this is so far a better experience, and i like how you level the skill tree... depending on your game style.
  90. ohtwo
    Jan 30, 2015
    10
    Dying Light is a thrilling next-gen post-apocalyptic zombie hybrid shooter/survival game with a heavy focus on parkour game play. This is a landmark game that sets the bar higher for all games that will follow in its footsteps.

    The overall story line follows a formula that is similar to Fallout or Skyrim where you have a main story line, but there are multiple side quests and surprises    Dying Light is a thrilling next-gen post-apocalyptic zombie hybrid shooter/survival game with a heavy focus on parkour game play. This is a landmark game that sets the bar higher for all games that will follow in its footsteps.

    The overall story line follows a formula that is similar to Fallout or Skyrim where you have a main story line, but there are multiple side quests and surprises for you to find in the open world where you are free to wander around.

    I'll talk more about the performance of this game rather than the graphics, game play as you can easily load up a youtube gameplay video to see the game in action.

    This game requires a great GPU, but also requires heavy CPU processing power as well. I have an I5 4670k running @ 3.4GHz. During game play with the view distance at 50%, all virtual/physical CPU cores were operating at 100% and was causing the game to operate at 30-35 fps. My 2x R9 290s were not being utilized fully. I had to overclock the CPU cores to 4.0GHz each then I was able to maintain 60 fps throughout most of the game.

    If you have a great video card, but do not have a great CPU, then try taking the draw distance down until the game is smooth enough for you. You can also try overclocking your CPU to get better results if you find your CPU is the bottleneck.

    Overall, and excellent game and will be talked about for years to come and newer games will be judged on the new standards and the bar that has been set by Dying Light.    … Expand
  91. S3OOD
    Jan 30, 2015
    10
    Pre-loaded this game on steam and played it the second of release, and it is one of the first games i've played in a long time that had no major issues at launch.

    I'm not completely finished the main campaign but so far but it is good, nothing mind blowing but it isn't bad. The world is really neat and fresh, finally not being set in North America like every game today is. The world    Pre-loaded this game on steam and played it the second of release, and it is one of the first games i've played in a long time that had no major issues at launch.

    I'm not completely finished the main campaign but so far but it is good, nothing mind blowing but it isn't bad.

    The world is really neat and fresh, finally not being set in North America like every game today is. The world is also packed with stuff to do, collectibles to collect, side quests to do, random world events like helping survivors and airdrops that help to make the world feel very real.

    Coop is amazing and really fun, if you are thinking of buying this game, i recommend not purchasing it alone, as if you get some friends together for this game your experience will be far better.

    Parkour is slow at first since you are new to the game and also the character in general at first because he isn't a parkour master right at the beginning like in some games, but as you parkour around you become much faster and go get around the city with ease, giving off a real nice feeling of accomplishment when your character is a really high level and is so much faster than when he was a low level in parkour.

    Be The Zombie mode is fun, although at the time of this post it is broken and no games can be found, my only gripe with it is that when it was working, i had to turn off zombie invasions because if i i had it on for night, as soon as it turned night, a hunter invaded me, as soon as that match ended, another invaded me, they need to add some sort of cool down after you are invaded to give the player a break without having to turn invasions on and off. It is also really nice that they made "Be The Zombie" mode available to all players rather than just pre-orders.

    Combat is intense and fun, and unlike dead island which got extremely repetitive after 10 minutes there is a lot more creativity in Dying Light. In the start it is sort of boring as your character is a low level and doesn't have many abilities or weapon blueprints, and it is just you whacking zombies with floorboards for a while, but once you unlock awesome abilities like grapple, allowing you to toss zombies into spikes or off of buildings it gets a whole lot better. And once you unlock elemental ninja stars like exploding stars that you can toss at a red barrel sitting next to a group of 10 zombies and watch them all go flying the combat really starts to stand out.

    Some reviews of people that have 10 minutes on the game state there is no day/night cycle, and that is completely false, the game disables nighttime and freezes the time for the first few missions to allow the player to get a hold of things and learn what the heck he is doing, and then enables the day/night cycle. And when it becomes night the game goes from zombie slasher to full on horror stealth game. The Volatiles may take a bit to spot and can be avoided if your smart but if you get caught, damn is it hard to get them off your tail, and you will likely die. My only gripe with this is later on in the game once you unlock equipment such as the grappling hook it becomes much to easy to lose the Volatiles and the game overall becomes far too easy for my liking.

    For the most part the game is not glitchy, once or twice while playing me or a friend fell through the map and died but that was the only glitch we encountered and it was nothing game breaking, so if you are worried about this game having bugs galore no need to worry.

    Port wise this game is good, nothing stellar but it is good. All keys are easily rebind-able which is nice, game runs well (Note that this is on a Nvidia card, and some users with AMD have been complaining about performance issues), though the main trigger for FPS drops is view distance, which heavily bogs down your computer and if you are having performance issues i recommend immediately checking that your view distance isn't set to really high.

    Overall great game with lots of content, as of this post i have 36 hours of game play and am 80% done the story and 50% done with total completion. Definitely worth your $60.    … Expand
  92. LostSandwich
    Jan 30, 2015
    9
    Pre-loaded this game on steam and played it the second of release, and it is one of the first games i've played in a long time that had no major issues at launch.

    I'm not completely finished the main campaign but so far but it is good, nothing mind blowing but it isn't bad. The world is really neat and fresh, finally not being set in North America like every game today is. The world    Pre-loaded this game on steam and played it the second of release, and it is one of the first games i've played in a long time that had no major issues at launch.

    I'm not completely finished the main campaign but so far but it is good, nothing mind blowing but it isn't bad.

    The world is really neat and fresh, finally not being set in North America like every game today is. The world is also packed with stuff to do, collectibles to collect, side quests to do, random world events like helping survivors and airdrops that help to make the world feel very real.

    Coop is amazing and really fun, if you are thinking of buying this game, i recommend not purchasing it alone, as if you get some friends together for this game your experience will be far better.

    Parkour is slow at first since you are new to the game and also the character in general at first because he isn't a parkour master right at the beginning like in some games, but as you parkour around you become much faster and go get around the city with ease, giving off a real nice feeling of accomplishment when your character is a really high level and is so much faster than when he was a low level in parkour.

    Be The Zombie mode is fun, although at the time of this post it is broken and no games can be found, my only gripe with it is that when it was working, i had to turn off zombie invasions because if i i had it on for night, as soon as it turned night, a hunter invaded me, as soon as that match ended, another invaded me, they need to add some sort of cool down after you are invaded to give the player a break without having to turn invasions on and off. It is also really nice that they made "Be The Zombie" mode available to all players rather than just pre-orders.

    Combat is intense and fun, and unlike dead island which got extremely repetitive after 10 minutes there is a lot more creativity in Dying Light. In the start it is sort of boring as your character is a low level and doesn't have many abilities or weapon blueprints, and it is just you whacking zombies with floorboards for a while, but once you unlock awesome abilities like grapple, allowing you to toss zombies into spikes or off of buildings it gets a whole lot better. And once you unlock elemental ninja stars like exploding stars that you can toss at a red barrel sitting next to a group of 10 zombies and watch them all go flying the combat really starts to stand out.

    Some reviews of people that have 10 minutes on the game state there is no day/night cycle, and that is completely false, the game disables nighttime and freezes the time for the first few missions to allow the player to get a hold of things and learn what the heck he is doing, and then enables the day/night cycle. And when it becomes night the game goes from zombie slasher to full on horror stealth game. The Volatiles may take a bit to spot and can be avoided if your smart but if you get caught, damn is it hard to get them off your tail, and you will likely die. My only gripe with this is later on in the game once you unlock equipment such as the grappling hook it becomes much to easy to lose the Volatiles and the game overall becomes far too easy for my liking.

    For the most part the game is not glitchy, once or twice while playing me or a friend fell through the map and died but that was the only glitch we encountered and it was nothing game breaking, so if you are worried about this game having bugs galore no need to worry.

    Port wise this game is good, nothing stellar but it is good. All keys are easily rebind-able which is nice, game runs well (Note that this is on a Nvidia card, and some users with AMD have been complaining about performance issues), though the main trigger for FPS drops is view distance, which heavily bogs down your computer and if you are having performance issues i recommend immediately checking that your view distance isn't set to really high.

    Overall great game with lots of content, as of this post i have 36 hours of game play and am 80% done the story and 50% done with total completion. Definitely worth your $60.    … Expand
  93. Tarew
    Jan 30, 2015
    10
    This game is wonderful. I haven't played a game since Fallout that has entertained me this much. 40 hours in and I really don't see myself getting bored any time soon.
  94. rulleh
    Jan 30, 2015
    8
    Similar in a lot of respects to Dead Island, which I enjoyed but never finished, this game adds a whole new dimension with the freedom of movement and pace afforded by the freerunning mechanic.

    It only took me 3 days to finish Dying Light and I enjoyed pretty much every minute. The graphics are generally good and impressive at parts. I played at 1080p, max everything except draw    Similar in a lot of respects to Dead Island, which I enjoyed but never finished, this game adds a whole new dimension with the freedom of movement and pace afforded by the freerunning mechanic.

    It only took me 3 days to finish Dying Light and I enjoyed pretty much every minute.

    The graphics are generally good and impressive at parts. I played at 1080p, max everything except draw distance at 20% (Hugely increased FPS with no major downside) and I switched to medium textures when I was about 3/4 way through due to some serious stuttering problems. This solved the issue and the framerate was always great. (i5 4460/8GB/ GTX 970)

    The storyline isn't amazing but decent voice actors and the reliance on pure fun gameplay meant I didn't care so much.

    Dying Light is a lot of fun. I didn't get 100% or anywhere close to it but then I never do. The fact I played it to the end is a thumbs up from me these days.    … Expand
  95. Permethious
    Jan 30, 2015
    10
    For those saying that you get 40fps even on high end rigs its not true, at least anymore. GTX970 with it graphics maxed out and vsynced @ 60fps no problems at all.
  96. mikenigel23
    Jan 30, 2015
    10
    Awesome game! I have not experienced any of these performance issues these techy nerds are speaking of. I never have with a women either. It must just be a personal issue with these bozos.
    Anyway, the game is fun, has a decent story (better than Dead Island or Far Cry), the ParKour is amazing and fun, and the night cycle is scary and true to life what I imagine it would be in a real    Awesome game! I have not experienced any of these performance issues these techy nerds are speaking of. I never have with a women either. It must just be a personal issue with these bozos.
    Anyway, the game is fun, has a decent story (better than Dead Island or Far Cry), the ParKour is amazing and fun, and the night cycle is scary and true to life what I imagine it would be in a real apocalypse. Buy this game! No game is perfect, and techy visualization nerds with no life will nitpick every lag and framerate issue. The game looks beautiful to me, has a dark, dirty, kind of feeling with the beauty of the surrounding area still visible. Perfectly done to maintain mood. Dead Island 2 gameplay already has it all wrong with how bright the game is. Well done Techland. Buy the game.    … Expand
  97. Visko
    Jan 29, 2015
    6
    I wouldn't recommend this game for what it's being advertised as. It's not much of a Survival game at all. Not much of an open world experience. Not much of a story. It is however a good combination of tried and true game mechanics in a zombie-afflicted fictional middle eastern city.

    I haven't tried Co-op, but considering it's nothing at all what's being advertised (as expected), there    I wouldn't recommend this game for what it's being advertised as. It's not much of a Survival game at all. Not much of an open world experience. Not much of a story. It is however a good combination of tried and true game mechanics in a zombie-afflicted fictional middle eastern city.

    I haven't tried Co-op, but considering it's nothing at all what's being advertised (as expected), there was nothing within my soul telling me to bother trying it.

    It is however a good combination of tried and true.. oh yeah, I already said that. So anyways, if you liked playing every single Assassin's Creed, you'll probably like this game too. Especially if Zombies are also awesome in your book.

    If not, don't expect this game to give you any thrills outside of what I already mentioned. Not to say that I can't have fun with it, I just can't recommend it.    … Expand
  98. DissTurbo
    Jan 29, 2015
    10
    27 hours in and must say it is bloody brilliant. Despite optimization issues, which I believe will be fixed soon, the game is just PURE FUN. I was worried that I'll get bored after 10 or so hours of bashing skulls and breaking legs but....IT IS JUST NOT GETTING BORING. The parkour component feels smooth yet more challenging than say Assassins Creed, combat is very fluent with limitless27 hours in and must say it is bloody brilliant. Despite optimization issues, which I believe will be fixed soon, the game is just PURE FUN. I was worried that I'll get bored after 10 or so hours of bashing skulls and breaking legs but....IT IS JUST NOT GETTING BORING. The parkour component feels smooth yet more challenging than say Assassins Creed, combat is very fluent with limitless combinations (even better in co-op), story is at least good at this point with some cool twists, sounds + score excellent. The gameplay in general is phenomenal.

    Too easy with normal zombies? Get that caredrop at night time buddy...Still walk in a park? Let the NIGHT HUNTER join in. Did that? Let him join at the daytime. Bored? How about co-op with 3 of your buddies and set your own missions and goals? Done that? Multiplayer vs the Night Hunter or as the Night Hunter.

    Amazing game. outstanding job Techland,    … Expand
  99. neigenoire
    Jan 29, 2015
    8
    I've played this game for two days now and feel like I can give an honest impression if not a proper review. I have never played Dead Island so I am a clean slate in that regard. I find this game extremely fun. Yes. the gameplay is not very complex but it's polished and fluid and feels very satisfying. Running around, jumping from one rooftop to another never gets old to me and zombieI've played this game for two days now and feel like I can give an honest impression if not a proper review. I have never played Dead Island so I am a clean slate in that regard. I find this game extremely fun. Yes. the gameplay is not very complex but it's polished and fluid and feels very satisfying. Running around, jumping from one rooftop to another never gets old to me and zombie encounters are always exciting and dangerous, especially during nighttime when the game switches its genre to horror. No joke, the stuff that crawls out there during nighttime will make you s***t your pants. Like others have mentioned, the story isn't particularly exciting, but in my opinion is passable enough and even good at certain points. And yes, I am also having significant frame drops. Playing on medium settings I get 15-20 FPS in the worst parts of the city, which is bad but I can accept it for now. I am starting to notice certain patterns though, like the the same buildings that you scavenge for goods and certain elements of interior are encountered a bit too frequently and I start think 'wait, haven't I been here already?', but in fact it's a different place with the same looks. The city does feel very big though and I can't really blame the developers for having filler content here and there. Although I can already sense how it will eventually become boring to me and I will move on to something else, the game is still very fun and enjoyable to me and I expect I will finish the storyline before that happens.… Expand
  100. Vihazur
    Jan 29, 2015
    9
    The performance issues are unfortunate. It seems to run ok on my system, once everything is loaded, but every time new graphics need to load, it slows to a crawl. I'm guessing that's what's dragging down the average score, because other than that, it's a great game. A lot of nice improvements over Dead Island..

    Personally, I'm going to overlook the technical issues for now, but the    The performance issues are unfortunate. It seems to run ok on my system, once everything is loaded, but every time new graphics need to load, it slows to a crawl. I'm guessing that's what's dragging down the average score, because other than that, it's a great game. A lot of nice improvements over Dead Island..

    Personally, I'm going to overlook the technical issues for now, but the devs need to get on this.    … Expand
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#11 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#48 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 40
  3. Negative: 2 out of 40
  1. Ten Ton Hammer
    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.
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  2. Washington Post
    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.
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  3. Dealspwn
    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.
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