Dying Light

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2268 Ratings

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  1. thetruegamers
    Apr 26, 2015
    7
    Dying Light is another zombie game we really didn't need, but... There's no doubt that this game includes some fun things to do. Including:
    >Drop kicking zombie's
    >Dynamic Parkour If you're looking for a post apocalyptic zombie survival game that includes a memorable story or interesting characters then this is not the game for you. But if you're fine with a linear story line and the    Dying Light is another zombie game we really didn't need, but... There's no doubt that this game includes some fun things to do. Including:
    >Drop kicking zombie's
    >Dynamic Parkour

    If you're looking for a post apocalyptic zombie survival game that includes a memorable story or interesting characters then this is not the game for you. But if you're fine with a linear story line and the most cliché character's then this game will satisfy you for awhile. This fun but repetitive game will definitely be classified as the "Hate" or "Like" game.    … Expand
  2. Irier
    May 9, 2015
    3
    Trailer is awesome, but that's pretty much it. Really shotty controls and constant crashes even after downloading a patch. Do yourself a favor and wait for the game to be out for a year before you decide to be a beta tester on an already launched game.
  3. orzech
    Jun 24, 2015
    1
    Game for Linux? Not working. Multiplayer? Not working. Updates? Crashing game. Open world? Same buildings all the time. Zombies? Yes but they can outrun you. This game should be sold for 1/8 price to be rated good.

    Thats why this game suck.
  4. MrBlue
    Jul 28, 2015
    7
    Killing zombies so much fun but versus mode sucks !!! people can see you with their instinct while you are a zombie they are coming after you to hunt you you can't even understand who is the hunter zombies or people beside all of this poor story it is like always forcing you to collect something.Scary zombies and nights, nice looting and crafting system, nice map design.
  5. Akk3d1s
    Jun 14, 2020
    6
    My review is only based on the single player component. I am sure there are players that do not always want to play online, so this is for you. Music is great, world can be tense. Gameplay is fun in the very beginning, but gets dull very quickly. Story is average at best. If you like zombie hack and slash games, this is for you.
  6. Wiebe
    Feb 27, 2020
    5
    I couldn't get in this game, it was just to clucky and badly acted for me, I wanted to like it, but it didn't captivate me, perhaps DL2 will be more accessable
  7. CandarianGaming
    Apr 27, 2016
    6
    Solid gameplay but with no fast travel the game can get tedious with running back and forth everywhere, but it's still fun and there's lots of content to enjoy if you want an open world first person melee game with zombies
  8. dantes950
    Jan 5, 2016
    7
    history is not good just another cliche 0/2
    gameplay is good 1.8/2
    graphics are good 1.5/2 optimization is acceptable 1.4/2 the game is fun to play, the side quest are not bad, now i need parkour in all new zombie games and at night the game is intense so yeah the game is enjoyable 1.8/2 total 6.5 if you play with friends 7.5 pc nvidia gtx 750ti atlhon x4 620 ram 8gb ddr3 1600    history is not good just another cliche 0/2
    gameplay is good 1.8/2
    graphics are good 1.5/2
    optimization is acceptable 1.4/2
    the game is fun to play, the side quest are not bad, now i need parkour in all new zombie games and at night the game is intense so yeah the game is enjoyable 1.8/2
    total 6.5 if you play with friends 7.5
    pc
    nvidia gtx 750ti
    atlhon x4 620
    ram 8gb ddr3 1600
    mother board asrock n68c gs fx
    win 10 64b    … Expand
  9. MooseNine
    Jan 22, 2016
    7
    Dying Light - another zombie game. I was very skeptical (even omitting fact that i love zombie theme). But somehow i bought this game.
    Plot:
    In fictional Turkish city of Harran begins zombie outbreak. Special agent Kyle Crane is sent on a mission of recovering extremely important file about zombies from the hands of Kadir Suleiman. Story doesn't sounds like it is something special and    Dying Light - another zombie game. I was very skeptical (even omitting fact that i love zombie theme). But somehow i bought this game.
    Plot:
    In fictional Turkish city of Harran begins zombie outbreak. Special agent Kyle Crane is sent on a mission of recovering extremely important file about zombies from the hands of Kadir Suleiman.
    Story doesn't sounds like it is something special and to be honest it isn't. Story is the biggest problem of this game. Characters are shallow, empty and indescribable fake. There's a lot of clichés - stupid, making no sense scenes or speeches.
    What about the gameplay? This is what defends this game and give a reason to buy this title. Amazing parkour mechanics in open world games is awesome. Jumping on the buildings, climbing on the walls, or jumping over the zobmies with parkour tricks. It's just feel amazing. Fight is pretty good too - hitting enemies makes me belive that weapon i'm using has weight - pushing enemies back or stop on them. To bad shooting wasn't made good as melee fighting.    … Expand
  10. PutCashIn
    Mar 18, 2016
    5
    Another game with much potential ruined by a severe case of consolitis - Despite playing on a PC there is NO SAVE OPTION - instead, you are re spawned at a safe house with an experience hit.

    Quake 2 had a save option. 20 years later, an apparently AAA game can't think to implement such an option. Also, I got killed by getting hit THROUGH A WALL. TWICE. Yet another game where the    Another game with much potential ruined by a severe case of consolitis - Despite playing on a PC there is NO SAVE OPTION - instead, you are re spawned at a safe house with an experience hit.

    Quake 2 had a save option. 20 years later, an apparently AAA game can't think to implement such an option.

    Also, I got killed by getting hit THROUGH A WALL. TWICE.

    Yet another game where the Art Department vastly out resourced the Design Department. There are better Zombie games on the PC.    … Expand
  11. LesPaul
    Jun 1, 2019
    6
    The game has great graphics but the gameplay and the storyline didn't quite grab me. The zombie AI was not good and being able to vault around from building top to building top was a bit too much like being a superhero. Not challenging.
  12. ODHAWKINS64
    Sep 20, 2019
    5
    I found the game a bit 'meh' to be honest. I appreciate it's meant to be realistic, but it can be so frustrating how hard it is to kill zombies if you haven't got strong weapons! I wasn't bowled over by the storyline, or side missions, or the time trial runs. It's a shame because I really tried to like this game and get sucked into it... but it just didn't happen.
  13. Kotik_mur_mur
    Jun 5, 2019
    1
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  14. Tabbris
    Nov 8, 2019
    6
    Well game is playable, but game has still bugs*in parkour it'is very problematic, Story is boring and not captivating, Devs wanted us to feel sad when some one died however that character is short on the screen i dont feel it, Zombies are dumb AF sometimes went into Craine and didnt move or stuck in wall. Devs're artificial leveling up its very frustrating, Music is good graphic too. StoryWell game is playable, but game has still bugs*in parkour it'is very problematic, Story is boring and not captivating, Devs wanted us to feel sad when some one died however that character is short on the screen i dont feel it, Zombies are dumb AF sometimes went into Craine and didnt move or stuck in wall. Devs're artificial leveling up its very frustrating, Music is good graphic too. Story on 20-25 hours… Expand
  15. Relkad
    Mar 25, 2020
    8
    Most immersive zombie-killing,story-driven platfomer shooter i don't care what you call it,it is pretty successful.
  16. AlexeyAleshin
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    Несколько раз пытался но так и не смог погрузится в эту игру . Не затягивал сюжет. Хотя Dead island мне очень понравился .
  17. SatAnNorris
    Aug 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story

    The Story of Dying Light starts promising. You are an agent of the GRE (Global Relief Effort) send into the zombie infected city of Harran to find a culprit. Said culprit wants to make data public, that would harm the GRE. Some tasks later you start to distrust the GRE yourself due to some commands they give you and due to the fact, that they stop airdropping Antizin, a medic to slow down the zombie transformation, Sadly, the story has a plot hole regarding said Antizin as well as an unsatisfying ending, which destroyed the whole fun I had before.

    There are three showdowns in the game. The first is great with good story telling and a good sense of challenge, but the second and third are unsatisfying. The last one is even a quick time event "fight" and this is the only instance within the game, where a QTE is used.

    Gameplay & Combat

    The parkour styled movement is very good and brings a lot of fun into the game. But I do not understand, how they could build such a good experience with the parkour but climbing buildings or sometimes pipes feels uncontrollable and you die a lot.

    Most zombies are brainless enemies which will attack due to sight and or noise. They will try to bite, throw their primitive weapons and hit with their arms. But after those standard enemies there are also more intelligent zombies that can climb and will hunt you down even when you try to run away. They can also avoid your attacks. There are some special zombie types like a brute, an exploding one and a charger with special abilities to mix up the experience even more.

    Next to zombies, there are bandits. They will try to circle you and they can evade and parry your hits. One thing I don't like about their parry skill is, that they can flawlessly parry arrows and throwing objects which is just stupid unrealistic.

    Skill system

    The skill system levels three specs through usage. Survival, combat and movement. You will get survival points for quests in general and for combat without dying. But if you die, you will lose a significant amount of survival points. For combat points, the player has to hit and kill enemies and movement will level through climbing and parkour.

    Each tree has passive and active skills regarding the overall theme of the said spec. In the survival tree, you can upgrade your inventory slots, learn new crafting recipes and strengthen your barter skills. In combat you will learn active movements to kick enemies or smash the head of a grounded zombie. In movement there are skills for escaping zombies and to upgrade your stamina for longer running. Even though the trees look like you have choices to make, there are a maximum of two skills per tree with the same level requirement, so it's just a linear skill progression with pseudo choices.

    The stealth skill combination is too strong to me honest. You have to kill just one zombie, smear the blood on yourself and then you can fast kill every human height zombie without a problem.

    As soon as you hit the maximum in one of the three trees, all extra experience will be added to a legendary rank. For each level of this "meta level", you can add a passive damage bonus to one weapon type or upgrade your stamina or life points. The idea of the legendary system is ok, but you will start leveling the legendary after finishing all quests and honestly, why stick in a game without content but a meta level without additional benefits?

    Crafting & Upgrading

    The crafting system is just perfect. There are lots of plans to enhance a weapon with some effects and enhance their damage. Then there is the need of crafting material, which can be found through scavenging through houses and a base weapon. All melee weapons have durability and repair charges. As soon as the durability is down, you can repair the weapon but as soon as all your repair charges are used, the weapon is useless. Through this mechanic, you'll have to think, which weapon to upgrade with a rare crafting because it will be used up some time later.

    Each weapon has also slots for additional upgrades. Those upgrade can only be found while playing or may be rewarded through side quests. They enhance damage, handling and durability of the weapons.

    Day & Night Cycle

    There are zombies, which will avoid the sun. But as soon as it's getting dark, they will hunt every soul. Playing through the night is terrifying, even with good equipment and it will stress your parkour skills to a maximum. But getting out in the night will be rewarded with double experience on your skill progression. It's a gamble, but it is worth it.    … Expand
  18. vova22379
    Aug 17, 2022
    2
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  19. BarbarTheKid
    Jun 24, 2021
    0
    Oyunun single player kısmı için değil bu verdiğim oy zira single oynarsanız muhtemelen benim yaşadıklarımı yaşamayacaksınız keza host olarak oynayan arkadaşım hiç bir dert tasa ile karşılaşmadan devam ediyor lâkin host değilseniz ufak tefek her yerden o kadar çok saçma sapan hata fırlıyor ki, bilhassa market sisteminde. Evlere şenlik, %76'ya kadar sohbet muhabbet geldiğim oyunu en sonOyunun single player kısmı için değil bu verdiğim oy zira single oynarsanız muhtemelen benim yaşadıklarımı yaşamayacaksınız keza host olarak oynayan arkadaşım hiç bir dert tasa ile karşılaşmadan devam ediyor lâkin host değilseniz ufak tefek her yerden o kadar çok saçma sapan hata fırlıyor ki, bilhassa market sisteminde. Evlere şenlik, %76'ya kadar sohbet muhabbet geldiğim oyunu en son sinir krizi ile bıraktım, hayatımda yaşadığım en tatsız deneyimlerden biriydi. Coop oynamak istiyorsanız host hariç herkeste peygamber sabrı olsa iyi olur. Aksi takdirde hiç yaklaşmayın derim.… Expand
  20. MINHNGUYEN1019
    Mar 1, 2021
    3
    Dying light has terrible optimization of CPU usage. Pretty much all CPUs in existence can't handle it so any high-end GPU gets bottle-necked. You can't squeeze more than 60 FPS out of it with any hardware, when high-end GPUs could potentially run it at 120 FPS without CPU bottleneck.
  21. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    2
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  22. kndr
    May 10, 2021
    6
    It got fps parkour and more refined gameplay than dead island but other than that it is not that special.

    Story is meh. Nothing that interesting but enough to keep you in the game. Characters are generic. Atmosphere and location is also interesting but I prefer beaches and jungles. Now for the problems I can't ignore: When you exit the game instead of dropping where you left,    It got fps parkour and more refined gameplay than dead island but other than that it is not that special.

    Story is meh. Nothing that interesting but enough to keep you in the game. Characters are generic.

    Atmosphere and location is also interesting but I prefer beaches and jungles.

    Now for the problems I can't ignore:

    When you exit the game instead of dropping where you left, it left you where last tracked objectives is. You always need to select objective that is close to where you want to be. No manual save system.

    Virals are annoying as **** Game is telling you they only spawn if you make so much sound but they spawn no matter what you do. You run past bomber without even noticing, stupid virals spawn and quickly deplete your health.

    You can't actually clear a certain area. They keep coming but they don't stop coming.

    Guns are not powerful enough. Look I get it, this is melee focused game but I expect enemy to die if I shoot a basic zombie with shotgun in point blank range. Grenades are weak too. Both against zombies and humans.

    Limited weapon repairs.

    Interactive object colors are too gray. It is hard to notice what is interactable and what is not.

    You have to scroll all the way down to craft some things and game just tells you "you can craft a new item" without even telling what that item is.

    Even if you are high level the items that come from chests and police vans are insulting.

    Overall not a bad game but nothing too special. I had more fun with dead island.    … Expand
  23. defenz
    Sep 11, 2021
    1
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  24. JackPlack
    Feb 1, 2022
    8
    Best and unique in many ways. So much pleasure. Absolutely best zombie and best parkour game ever.
    Story is just good (better than FC6, and Days Gone). Lot of hours spent.
    Main issues: DLC with village has separated save slots and start game options - its little chaotic. Grappling hook - has little too wrong physics but its ok. Maybe there should be more endgame options, perks, game    Best and unique in many ways. So much pleasure. Absolutely best zombie and best parkour game ever.
    Story is just good (better than FC6, and Days Gone). Lot of hours spent.
    Main issues: DLC with village has separated save slots and start game options - its little chaotic.
    Grappling hook - has little too wrong physics but its ok.
    Maybe there should be more endgame options, perks, game restart with max monster level, less "closed prison levels". Prison levels are so long and boring.
    This multiplayer "hunter mode" is very wrong - a specially its enabled by default. 3 letters: WTF and there is only shame for game designers. Should be rather only for matchmaking menu option and should be more fair.
    Level up system is ok, but maybe there should be mount and blade like level up/dps progression.    … Expand
  25. ChampionofDeaTH
    Oct 25, 2021
    6
    крутой паркур круто мочить зомби сюжет непонятный и задумка говно с биоружием кал !
  26. Jakobyv20
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    Althought the PS5 port is just terrible to play with on a 4k TV. I gave it the chance on my pc and I´m really enjoying it. Its not the continaution I expacted, but I´m not disapointed either.
  27. meatmant
    Nov 7, 2021
    8
    Геймплей - 9/10
    Графон и визуальный стиль - 8/10
    Сюжет - 8/10
    Саундтрек - 7/10
    Общая оценка - 8/10
  28. Kilio
    Dec 14, 2021
    0
    I really can't get into this game as hard as I try... It feels soulless and they tried to go for to much at once. The game borderlines on collect-a-thon and entirely fetch quest based tasks, The controls are absolutely horrible unless using a controller, The fighting is stiff and hollow and all of it breaks down to holding down a button and not doing much beyond that unless you want to useI really can't get into this game as hard as I try... It feels soulless and they tried to go for to much at once. The game borderlines on collect-a-thon and entirely fetch quest based tasks, The controls are absolutely horrible unless using a controller, The fighting is stiff and hollow and all of it breaks down to holding down a button and not doing much beyond that unless you want to use the useless tactics feature that didn't work half the time,… Expand
  29. Gliphy
    Oct 7, 2022
    7
    Прикольная игруха с хорошим паркуром. Сюжет хорош, а на остальное несколько плевать.
  30. josephbright
    Feb 5, 2022
    10
    Far best game all time. This is a masterpiece. I played it it more than 300 hours.
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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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