Dying Light

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Fantasy_Critic
    Feb 9, 2015
    10
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  13. Swatson
    Feb 24, 2015
    10
    i was absolutely amazed by this game which has found the right mix of differen genres and games: you can find a parcour-game like mirror's edge (which is also working really fine in the combat mechanics!), a shooter / action game like you have dozens out there and as well the role playing aspect which kinda felt like fallout 4.
    what was special to me was the night and day phases. in the    i was absolutely amazed by this game which has found the right mix of differen genres and games: you can find a parcour-game like mirror's edge (which is also working really fine in the combat mechanics!), a shooter / action game like you have dozens out there and as well the role playing aspect which kinda felt like fallout 4.
    what was special to me was the night and day phases. in the beginning you nearly sh*t yourself being on tour at night and trying to avoid it at all costs. later in the game you get more and more used to it and also dare more and more from time to time. you are not forced to play at night and go through these heart-killing passages, you can do almost everything at bright daylight!

    it didn't take me very long to find my self right in the middle of the action knowing what to do, when to do.
    many people already mentioned the hardware specifications and yes - there is some optimizing to do. however, on my i5/r290 it worked just fine with the current patch and some reduced farsight.

    the story itself is being held on a surprisingly high level throughout the whole game, it kept me motivated and was interesting to follow. I got really fond of the main character, whose way of taking things was funny without losing the touch to the story or behaving incorrect/inconsistent.

    one or two points would need a little bit of refining, like the grabbling-hook which in a lot of cases didn't let me hold on to a wall/cliff but just fall into my death or as already mentioned the optimizing of the compatibility which is in work right now.

    the graphic however is a mix. there are passages like character textures which are beatifully rendered, where the wall right next to that person looks extremely blurry. however, it's something that you recognize in the beginning of the game but further on you are happy with the atmospheric just right romantic sunsets, the leafs blowing softly in the wind and the sound of ocean waves and maybe a couple of moans to complete the picture.

    Techland has done A LOT RIGHT with this game, it did surprise me completely and then blew me off my feet. to everyone out there - this game rawks. the mix feels just right and not a copycat of other games, the protagonist is fresh and the story exciting. guys, what do you want more?
    - a definate buy. hoping for a part 2 :)    … Expand
  14. EmanEliforp
    Mar 13, 2015
    10
    Fantastic game. Graphics are amazing, gameplay is smooth, and the grappling hook is a blast. I just changed a game I had at 15% to hard mode after finishing the game. Night time is longer, and man is it tough. This is the game I've been waiting for since Half-Life. Waiting for the DLC. After the bar that this game raised, other developers really need to step up.
  15. iamthewizard2
    Mar 9, 2015
    9
    totally underrated game! you have a whole bunch of juveniles who decided to dip their toes in the game for one or two hrs and then decide to make a review of the game...silly! The game starts off pretty slow but picks up in intensity and fun as you progress. absolutely love the decapitation animations and melee weapon crafting. the free running and parkour is also excellent. graphicstotally underrated game! you have a whole bunch of juveniles who decided to dip their toes in the game for one or two hrs and then decide to make a review of the game...silly! The game starts off pretty slow but picks up in intensity and fun as you progress. absolutely love the decapitation animations and melee weapon crafting. the free running and parkour is also excellent. graphics are pretty nice too! my only gripe is limited AA options, environments all looking very similar making the world look smaller than it actually is, voice acting is also hit and miss. overall a very enjoyable experience with lots of content to keep you entertained for hrs on end.… Expand
  16. Jodeth
    Aug 28, 2015
    9
    I'm only reviewing the demo. Yes, it came far later than the full game, but it's never too late to pull in potential buyers. I used to not care to have it on PC since I already have it on PS4, but the demo has changed my mind. 60 fps, plenty of options, 1:1 mouse aim, pretty good visuals (tho I wish there's a way to disable pointless camera effects like chromatic aberration and lensI'm only reviewing the demo. Yes, it came far later than the full game, but it's never too late to pull in potential buyers. I used to not care to have it on PC since I already have it on PS4, but the demo has changed my mind. 60 fps, plenty of options, 1:1 mouse aim, pretty good visuals (tho I wish there's a way to disable pointless camera effects like chromatic aberration and lens flares. My head isn't a ****ing camera, you know? lol. Maybe there are ways I don't know about.) Anyway, I'm sold. No telling when I'll have money to freely spend but I'll get there. This is a demo done right. Good job, Techland.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. perlbuilder
    Dec 6, 2015
    7
    I paid $20 for this game along with some DLC during a Steam sale. I can't really say anything great about this game since I've yet to find it immersive. I haven't even gotten past the first tower climb and wanting to hang it up and go back to playing Just Cause 2. I have formed some thoughts so far and I apologize if I echo others.

    - Graphics. I turned up the graphics with my GTX    I paid $20 for this game along with some DLC during a Steam sale. I can't really say anything great about this game since I've yet to find it immersive. I haven't even gotten past the first tower climb and wanting to hang it up and go back to playing Just Cause 2. I have formed some thoughts so far and I apologize if I echo others.

    - Graphics. I turned up the graphics with my GTX 970 and remain unimpressed. It's too easy to visually miss the spitters. Gee, I wonder where the spitter idea came from? At least in L4D2, you can see and hear them.

    - Story. Didn't I play this already in a game called Dead Island? No because you play as an SF operator. Wait, that was Just Cause.

    - Controls. Meh. Lots of players seem to like the Parkour, but I get hung up in it. I fall, lose health and then must loot for supplies to create a MedKit. I am I having fun yet?

    -Looting and Crafing. It would have been an OK concept like Far Cry 3 or even Dead Island but this game takes it overboard. Really, it adds nothing to the game play since you must refocus from your mission to looking for supplies that suddenly dry up. All just to remain in the game and not die.

    Right now I'm between games so I'll keep playing and maybe my opinion will change. Maybe I'll get used to the controls and getting hit by spitters that I can't see or hear coming.

    Happy gaming!    … Expand
  20. LordGab
    Mar 25, 2015
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "It's like far cry 3 with zombies"

    Real Score: 8.5/10

    I'll give it a 9 because they announced some really cool content coming in the future.

    Gameplay: Killing zombies with different melee weapons never gets old, really, it's so much fun to just run around the map killing zombies, opening chests for better weapons, doing these little random events like save some guy from zombies or from Rais's (bad guy) men. The way the game scales is simply brilliant, you start weak, you have to avoid zones full of zombies most of the time because your weapons are weak, after some missions you get EXP, you start leveling and getting new skills, finding better weapons until you get stronger, and you'll just 1 shot zombies or multiple zombies at the same time, your parkour skills will get better aswell so jumping from house to house will get easier and more fun. On top of all that, during the day the game is a survival game, find loot, get weapons, do some quests, lvl skills, during the night is more of a horror/stealth game, because at night, really strong, fast and vicious zombies roam around the map and they will chase you and pretty much shred you to pieces if they catch you. The multiplayer (COOP) (Recommended) is really fun, people can just join your game and help you around with some quests of main story, you can get invaded by a special zombie, controlled by another human. The coop is up to 4 players. 9/10

    Story: Now serious, it feels a lot like far cry 3/4, and it's full of cliches: the bag guy is crazy, you appear out of nowhere and you volunteer for everything, you can do everything people there couldn't do for ages, long story short you are the typicall hero. So for the story I would give 6.5/10

    Graphics/Environment: The graphics are amazing, the environment is perfect, it does feel like you are in a post apocalyptic city, it's really immersive. The 2nd and last place you go to is actually really beautiful. 8/10

    Content: Main story, around 40 side quests, lots of challenges, little events, some chests/cars to lock pick to find better weapons and outfits. I finished the main story, all side quests did some challenges, events and wandered around just killing zombies and lock picking chests/cars to find better weapons, and I have 35 hours of gameplay, but I'll probably play more later since they already added (free) new content like 50 new weapons, new weapon rarity, some outfits and difficulty, and they teased us with CARS! to be added in the future. 8/10

    Played on:
    GTX 970 4gb
    I5 3570K 4.2 GHZ
    FPS: Min: ~55, MAX: 120. AVG: 65    … Expand
  21. xXDrowXx
    Feb 14, 2015
    9
    9/10
    FPS drop
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  22. SarudeDankstorm
    Aug 19, 2015
    7
    Dying light takes all the good elements from the Dead Island series, adds parkour and then gives you an open-world playground to explore. While the free-running is no-where near at the same level as Mirror's Edge, it still allows you to fluidly travel across the map.

    Game play wise, the game is very fun; melee combat is brutal and satisfying (as it should be) and firearms are used at an    Dying light takes all the good elements from the Dead Island series, adds parkour and then gives you an open-world playground to explore. While the free-running is no-where near at the same level as Mirror's Edge, it still allows you to fluidly travel across the map.

    Game play wise, the game is very fun; melee combat is brutal and satisfying (as it should be) and firearms are used at an appropriate rate through the campaign. The main thing that I dislike about Dying Light is the lack of character development. For a game that primarily focuses on a single player experience, only a few of the characters that are introduced in the story are really developed, and this means that you don't really feel connected to them as you would to characters in say, Last of Us.

    Overall, a very good game to pick up and play, although I would recommend purchasing it at a discounted price, as it's highly likely that you will finish the main story and a few side quests and then never touch the game again.    … Expand
  23. DB11
    Jan 2, 2016
    7
    One of the more frustrating games I will ever play. In nearly every facet of the game the devs came very close to making something amazing but fell just short. The combination of these shortcomings is a poorly executed mess that leaves the player saying "it was so close, yet so far away.. from a good game".
  24. lesiuML
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    I watched countless reviews before purchasing dying light... Every recent review was optimistic and almost everyone was shure that game aged pretty well. But in my opinion this game is very bad... Plot of the main story is kinda interesting but the gameplay, dialogs and cut scenes are so poor and badly designed... I couldn't even stand any side mission... I loved first mirrors edge gameI watched countless reviews before purchasing dying light... Every recent review was optimistic and almost everyone was shure that game aged pretty well. But in my opinion this game is very bad... Plot of the main story is kinda interesting but the gameplay, dialogs and cut scenes are so poor and badly designed... I couldn't even stand any side mission... I loved first mirrors edge game and I thought dying light would be similar... But it is not. And why the hell in game about free running there is so much tunnels and underground missions that are so freaking boring!... Gameplay itself boring and very repetitive same as missions and locations! Be prepared to do exact same missions as blowing up the building or finding missing access cards but in different areas. First 3 hours were fun, but after first sight I started to see bigger picture. If you thing you like parkour and zombies then head without any doubts straight to dying light 2 it's more modern and better designed overall. This game does not aged well at all. Complete waste of time...… Expand
  25. Milkpowder
    Jan 27, 2015
    9
    So much better than Dead Island...The game shines on every single aspect, game play is fluid, graphics are amazing and the story is pretty damn good thus far. I can def recommend the game!!
    The only slightly negative thing is the dynamic day night cycle...Its actually linked to quests and doesn't cycle like an actual day night cycle would. Other than that its a fun and solid gaming experience.
  26. milanbassi
    Jan 27, 2015
    10
    Best game of the year so far. I've played some of this game so far and i must say it is amazing and worth the money. Great way to start the year. You must try this game and you will enjoy it I assure you.
  27. 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.
  28. Rushrush2meyayo
    Apr 4, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What I liked:
    - You are Spiderman's protege, complete with a web shooter, spider sense, over the top parkour and climbing abilities
    - Noise attracts the dead!

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

    Parkour, First person melee combat, a bit of FPS, a bit of stealth, Crafting and random loot system, and all star zombie casts are here (slow, fast, exploding, spitting, etc.). This is a fun game during the early hours but gets repetitive and cumbersome in the long run. I'll just play pepsi man if I want to run for my life, the Mosou series if i want to hack and slash repetitively, and Dead Rising for a satisfying zombie apocalypse experience.    … Expand
  29. BurglorHamsack
    Jan 28, 2015
    10
    Played the game for 2000 hours and it didn't have one flaw. Like Nicolai Iversen said i can't be tamed. its a great adventure, better than the mediocre Harry potter games hahahhahahahhahahhahahahha
  30. Jetpil0t
    Jan 28, 2015
    7
    A really excellent game marred by fairly significant performance issues on PC. There is a lot to like here, the gameplay is smooth and well executed, difficulty level pis well tuned, story is substantial and interesting and side quests and missions are sizable, diverse and rarely repetitive.

    The enemy design and difficulty level is really well crafted, which is rare, especially in these    A really excellent game marred by fairly significant performance issues on PC. There is a lot to like here, the gameplay is smooth and well executed, difficulty level pis well tuned, story is substantial and interesting and side quests and missions are sizable, diverse and rarely repetitive.

    The enemy design and difficulty level is really well crafted, which is rare, especially in these types of open world games. Enemies are diverse and challenging and while there is no difficulty setting, players can moderate their own difficulty level through their play style which measures anywhere from moderate to quite difficult.

    The quest design is a real stand out too, as you rarely undertake any pointless or tedious quests and unexpected things consistently take place throughout, keeping things interesting and always worth doing.

    However the games performance on PC leaves quite a lot to be desired. I have played this on an R9 290 and a GTX 970, AMD GPU performance borders on unplayable while nVidia GPU performance is merely average despite the prevalence of nVidia Gameworks and proprietary features. AMD CPU performance takes a real hit too as the game seems to be not so well optimized leaving the single core performance of Intel CPUs at a significant advantage. That being said, the game presents with very few if any technical bugs, so hopefully any developer efforts will be focused solely on optimization.

    Quite a shame really as there are so many well crafted systems in the game, it's hard to fault it elsewhere and a real stand out title to get things kicked off in 2015.    … Expand
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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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