Dying Light

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8.1

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  1. SuperFiremen
    Nov 6, 2020
    9
    A very fun game to play and watch!
    The gameplay is very fluid and fun, the visuals are good and the combat, despite some flaws, is solid and easy to learn.
    And, of course, parkour [the main element of this game and the reason I bought it] is fantastic, maybe the best of the generation.
  2. deadcansing
    Nov 7, 2020
    10
    One of the best zombie post apo. games i ever played! Especially with covid all around ;)
    Single player game launched 5 years ago with cool CO-OP and asymetric pvp.
    PROS: -I love control system ( response speed and accuracy) - 5 year old game with support and community events every 1-2months - personaly i liked the story line - nightmare difficulty is pretty challenging - game    One of the best zombie post apo. games i ever played! Especially with covid all around ;)
    Single player game launched 5 years ago with cool CO-OP and asymetric pvp.

    PROS:

    -I love control system ( response speed and accuracy)
    - 5 year old game with support and community events every 1-2months
    - personaly i liked the story line
    - nightmare difficulty is pretty challenging
    - game still looks good even in 2020
    - great locations
    - parkour    … Expand
  3. WaterDoggo
    Aug 23, 2022
    10
    This game aged like wine. Parkour is entertaining, Combat is satisfying and there are event's that enhance the sandbox. You must give this game a shot!
  4. Yustan
    Aug 29, 2022
    9
    Невероятно зрелищная и залипательная игра. Паркур и шинковка зомби - две крутые вещи, которые вместе становятся ещё круче. Сюжет достойный, не чувствуется скучным, хоть и геймплейно всё сводитя к приди, собери, повзаимодействуй, спаси, убей и тд, но подаётся всё так хорошо, что ты даже не обращаешь на это внимание, ну и к тому же РУБКА ЗОМБИ ААХХАХАХАХАХХА РЕЗНЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯ P.S.: неНевероятно зрелищная и залипательная игра. Паркур и шинковка зомби - две крутые вещи, которые вместе становятся ещё круче. Сюжет достойный, не чувствуется скучным, хоть и геймплейно всё сводитя к приди, собери, повзаимодействуй, спаси, убей и тд, но подаётся всё так хорошо, что ты даже не обращаешь на это внимание, ну и к тому же РУБКА ЗОМБИ ААХХАХАХАХАХХА РЕЗНЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯ P.S.: не повторяйте моих ошибок, не бойтесь почаще применять оружее, а не силу ног, как я делал половину игры (в начале я их вообще тупо до смерти запинывал ногой ^_^)… Expand
  5. YuriRys
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Если играть с трейнером на бесконечную прочность оружия, то норм. Жду 2 часть)
  6. TemaArtyoMa
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Супер игра!! Просто не могу на наслодится
    Потому что комп чуть-чуть не тянет а так :Виды прекрасны, зомби режутся реалистично, сюжет вау!!!
  7. maandi
    Apr 6, 2021
    9
    jogo bom pra caralho, jogabilidade bastante divertida e achei o coop sensacional, infelizmente acabei zerando rápido demais e provavelmente deixei de notar alguns ótimos pontos da história, mas amo a continuidade do jogo e tem belos visuais, sejam cenários ou até mesmo os zumbis. jogaria de novo!!
  8. MEdEo
    Apr 13, 2021
    10
    лучшая игра про паркур, с отлично проработанной боёвкой, с отличными персонажами и отличным сюжетом, а так же с хорошей атмосферой
  9. Alpha10
    Nov 1, 2022
    10
    Great co-op game which keeps you engaged with story and side missions . Singleplayer experience is also interesting.
  10. Shnd3r
    Sep 14, 2022
    8
    Great game, one of a kind. Almost a masterpiece for its time. I regret not passing it in the year of release. The variety of zombies, weapons and side quests was a bit lacking, but otherwise the game is excellent. I recommend passing. Solid 8/10.
  11. NCCMichaelScott
    May 23, 2022
    10
    Played both the game and dlc and I LOVE IT, is better then the second game even, the things i dont like is that the weapons break too fast and that you dont get a parachute or glider
  12. Recepsamet
    Nov 22, 2021
    10
    bu oyun cidden efsane bir oyun çok güzel cidden ben bu oyunun başına oturup zombi keserek sadece bide biraz yan görev yaparak akşama kadar hatta gece 1 2 ye kadar oynaya bilirim oyun çok güzel ve arkadaşlarınız ile oynarken çok ama çok eğlenirsiniz cidden bu arada oyunun cidden çok güzel bir parkur sistemi ve mekanikleri ise efsane!!!! kesinlikle tavsiye ederim bu oyun 69 saatim var vebu oyun cidden efsane bir oyun çok güzel cidden ben bu oyunun başına oturup zombi keserek sadece bide biraz yan görev yaparak akşama kadar hatta gece 1 2 ye kadar oynaya bilirim oyun çok güzel ve arkadaşlarınız ile oynarken çok ama çok eğlenirsiniz cidden bu arada oyunun cidden çok güzel bir parkur sistemi ve mekanikleri ise efsane!!!! kesinlikle tavsiye ederim bu oyun 69 saatim var ve cidden oyunu en az 1 kere bitirebildim bu arada yine ve yine cidden oyunun çok güzel bir hikayesi var ve oyunun türkiyede harran antik şeyrinde geçmesi beni cidden bir oyuna soktu (oyunun başından kalkmak biraz zor)… Expand
  13. ClearIce
    Nov 26, 2021
    9
    Something new in the gameplay, a good story, despite the fact that it is cliched and formulaic (protagonist always survives after getting into the most life-threatening situations
    For example once he was shot by a crowd of trained people and he still survived)
    Nice music and atmosphere, the gun sounds and the shooting is at a good level. Optimization is good, I have a relatively old    Something new in the gameplay, a good story, despite the fact that it is cliched and formulaic (protagonist always survives after getting into the most life-threatening situations
    For example once he was shot by a crowd of trained people and he still survived)
    Nice music and atmosphere, the gun sounds and the shooting is at a good level.
    Optimization is good, I have a relatively old computer and the game worked well for me    … Expand
  14. StarkAgentos
    Feb 17, 2022
    10
    Я прошёл эту игру за несколько дней. Шедевр. Обожаю эту игру. Лучший паркур который я знаю + офигенный саундтрек
  15. Amwa
    Dec 19, 2021
    10
    There are few games today that you could enjoy in 2021. Dying Light is one of them. It has many advantages: First of all, the price. The game is cheap, and if you buy the game on sale, it will cost you a penny. The second game is really interesting to play. The graphics to this day are not the same as in Call of Duty (and in Call of Duty the graphics are pretty bad, just look at the grassThere are few games today that you could enjoy in 2021. Dying Light is one of them. It has many advantages: First of all, the price. The game is cheap, and if you buy the game on sale, it will cost you a penny. The second game is really interesting to play. The graphics to this day are not the same as in Call of Duty (and in Call of Duty the graphics are pretty bad, just look at the grass under you). Elements of survival, craftsmanship, parkour - are wonderful. The third the game does not require a powerful PC. I have a non powerful computer and the game is running at high settings. The game has no bugs, in general, the game is very well developed at the time of 2021. The plot, missions are also very interesting. The game has only two disadvantages: The first is the artificial intelligence of zombies. Sometimes their intelligence is buging, but during the game you will not see this if you do not look closely. The second is that I recommend playing a game with someone, because it's really boring to play it alone. So to sum up I really recommend this game to you!… Expand
  16. ToastyDoasty
    Feb 3, 2022
    9
    Over 200 hours set in this game on Steam and I gotta say the gameplay is VERY FUN the story could've been in the works for a little bit longer but the gameplay makes up for the story.
  17. UsernameIsNotAv
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    The best game of zombies it has a italian langauge but i dont speak it 10/10
  18. SteezyReviews
    Feb 13, 2022
    9
    The story isn't anything special but it blends parkour and melee combat geniusly
  19. musse99
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Lol critic review is **** Its an eazy 9,5/10. Very good game way ahead of its time. perfect
  20. TCM_Crash
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    ---{ Graphics }---
    ☐ You forget what reality is
    ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good    ---{ Graphics }---
    ☐ You forget what reality is
    ☑ Beautiful
    ☐ Good
    ☐ Decent
    ☐ Bad
    ☐ Don‘t look too long at it
    ☐ MS-DOS

    ---{ Gameplay }---
    ☑ Very good
    ☐ Good
    ☐ It's just gameplay
    ☐ Mehh
    ☐ Watch paint dry instead
    ☐ Just don't

    ---{ Audio }---
    ☐ Eargasm
    ☑ Very good
    ☐ Good
    ☐ Not too bad
    ☐ Bad
    ☐ I'm now deaf

    ---{ Story }---
    ☐ No Story
    ☐ Some lore
    ☐ Average
    ☑ Good
    ☐ Lovely
    ☐ It'll replace your life

    ---{ Game Time }---
    ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
    ☐ Short
    ☐ Average
    ☑ Long
    ☐ To infinity and beyond

    ---{ Price }---
    ☐ It's free!
    ☑ Worth the price
    ☐ If it's on sale
    ☐ If u have some spare money left
    ☐ Not recommended
    ☐ You could also just burn your money

    ---{ ? / 10 }---
    ☐ 1
    ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10    … Expand
  21. basic123
    Oct 16, 2022
    9
    The best zombie game of the past decade. The gameplay was new at the time and the story entertained me very well for over 20 hours. Well done.
  22. mysteryPash
    May 24, 2022
    9
    There‘s so much to do, it doesn’t get boring. The Graphics are phenomenal and aged really good for a game released in 2015. The Story is well written too and the side quests have a good depth with cutscenes, unexpected plottwists and good but short character building. Nice and many features!
  23. Jumpik
    Jun 4, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ru:
    Одна из лучших игр в которые я когда либо играл. Интересные фишки, геймплей, паркур, графика - это часть того, за что я люблю этот продукт от Techland. Да, сюжет сыроват, с этим сложно поспорить, но всё равно, в нём что-то есть.
    Сама задумка очень интересная - паркур в зомби апокалипсис, и выполнена она на хорошем уровне.

    Eng:
    One of the best games I've ever played. Interesting chips, gameplay, parkour, graphics are part of what I love about this product from Techland. Yes, the plot is a bit damp, it's hard to argue with this, but still, there is something in it.
    The idea itself is very interesting - parkour in the zombie apocalypse, and it is executed at a good level.    … Expand
  24. Animus_V0x
    Jun 23, 2022
    9
    Played it in 2021, so 6 years after it's release and i loved it ! There's just so much to do in this game you quickly get used to the interface and ready to run around like a ninja. Energetic game-play with some challenging passage, a cool story, nothing bad to say about it really. Some minor bug with the completion 100% but in the end the game lasted me more than 140 hours so definitelyPlayed it in 2021, so 6 years after it's release and i loved it ! There's just so much to do in this game you quickly get used to the interface and ready to run around like a ninja. Energetic game-play with some challenging passage, a cool story, nothing bad to say about it really. Some minor bug with the completion 100% but in the end the game lasted me more than 140 hours so definitely worth it !… Expand
  25. YusufAkin
    Jun 27, 2022
    10
    Çok güzel oyun kaliteli oynamanızı tavsiye ederim 10/10 the followingle daha güzel
  26. McCivciv
    Aug 20, 2022
    9
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  27. Chemiker
    Sep 4, 2022
    10
    Если бы мне кто-то сказал что я потрачу на эту игру почти 70ч, я бы не поверил!
    Понравилось все, хотя мне сначала не давался паркур, зато потом я понял что какое интерактивное окружение благодаря ему. Да и боюсь я высоты, а тут столько высоких мест) Мне понравилась побеждать свои страхи!
    Плюсы +Саунд +Открытый мир, повсюду зомби, могут попасться выжившие и т.д.. + Так еще и не не    Если бы мне кто-то сказал что я потрачу на эту игру почти 70ч, я бы не поверил!
    Понравилось все, хотя мне сначала не давался паркур, зато потом я понял что какое интерактивное окружение благодаря ему. Да и боюсь я высоты, а тут столько высоких мест) Мне понравилась побеждать свои страхи!
    Плюсы
    +Саунд
    +Открытый мир, повсюду зомби, могут попасться выжившие и т.д.. + Так еще и не не пустой (мир).
    +Обширный арсенал, начиная от различного холодного (которое еще можно метать) заканчивая различными типами огнестрелов и по мелочи: молотовы,с4,хлопушки,петарды.
    +Рецептов в игре очень много ( так как я купил платинум эдишен мб из-за этого у меня было открыто много рецептов с самого начала)
    +Сюжет кидает нас в различные ситуации.
    ++Большой плюс это кооператив на 4 человек. Проходится бодро и с весельем
    +Атмосфера локального зомби апокалипсиса передана по моему мнению отлично!
    +Так же ночи в этой игре настолько опасны, настолько же прекрасны, а еще тут присутствует смена погоды.
    +Последняя миссия заставила попарится) Злодей не хотел помирать с первой попытки)
    Минусы
    -Нет русской озвучки    … Expand
  28. Lostgopher_16
    Sep 13, 2022
    10
    Nice game with cool story mode, a lot of downloadable content, good graphics and fine price. It`s 2022, but still playing.
  29. kuchmuchama
    Sep 20, 2022
    8
    Поляки сделали игру про зомби, в которой приятно убивать этих зомбей крошить им головы прыгая ногами в лицо...
    игра года
  30. EVIL_UJIN
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    Паркур, открытый мир плюс зомби. Если вас радуют эти три характристики, то смело играйте - город очень большой , побегать-попрыгать есть где. Плюс бегущие за тобой совсем неглупые зомбаки и редкие безопасные зоны с чекопойнтами добавляют адреналина. Самое интересное наступает ночью, когда увеличивается множитель опыта и можно найти самый интересный лут и ... на охоту выходят НОЧНЫЕПаркур, открытый мир плюс зомби. Если вас радуют эти три характристики, то смело играйте - город очень большой , побегать-попрыгать есть где. Плюс бегущие за тобой совсем неглупые зомбаки и редкие безопасные зоны с чекопойнтами добавляют адреналина. Самое интересное наступает ночью, когда увеличивается множитель опыта и можно найти самый интересный лут и ... на охоту выходят НОЧНЫЕ СТАЛКЕРЫ... Они прекрасно бегают за героем по крышам, трубам, находят почти везде и убивают за пару ударов. Это вам не Assasin`s Creed, где от любой стражи элементарно уйти по крышам, попивая чай. В игре не самый интересный сюжет, но много побочных квестов интересных, мрачных локаций для исследования, испытаний в духе "пробейся через толпу зомби к выходу за 30 секунд" или "обгони другого паркурщика" и , конечно же, орды различных зомби. Я не фанат зомбаков, но игра вполне неплоха.… Expand
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. KarmaCrisis
    Jan 29, 2015
    10
    I've been massively disappointed by all the previous AAA zombie games. Dying Light is different. It really nails the zombie theme. The movement and combat are fluid, the weapon/crafting/skill systems make it surprisingly deep. I'm not often impressed by games anymore but this one has really surprised me.
  36. Popletovich
    Jan 29, 2015
    9
    As much as I was disappointed by so many games in the past year, I was at first surprised and then delighted by Dying Light. Sure, the story is mediocre (but it does take 30 hours to go through it all), characters are barely fleshed out and the vast majority of what is in Dying Light was somewhere else before (Far Cry 3 comes to mind most often). But as with Shadow of Mordor, all of theAs much as I was disappointed by so many games in the past year, I was at first surprised and then delighted by Dying Light. Sure, the story is mediocre (but it does take 30 hours to go through it all), characters are barely fleshed out and the vast majority of what is in Dying Light was somewhere else before (Far Cry 3 comes to mind most often). But as with Shadow of Mordor, all of the diverse influences come together to make something amazing. Parkour is a lot of fun and stays fun as new skills are learnt and give new movement options. A new environment appears 2/3 through the story and you can finally run along rooftops like a true parkour champion. Melee fighting is well-balanced and feels great and also changes significantly as new skills are unlocked and better weapons found - at first (and by that I mean many many hours), running is the only option, then some moderate fighting, only towards the end does fighting make sense, still without being too easy, as the zombie hordes can still easily overpower you and there are new types of much tougher zombies. Then there are the nights that change things around even more - adding stealth, making things more scary, making you run away in terror every time you are spotted by the much faster night hunting zombies.

    It's a good game. There is so much in it and despite being somewhat repetitive, it doesn't get boring. Some gameplay moments are pure gold - having to cut a path through a hall filled with a 100 zombies, trying to save a friend on the other side. Your first fight with an enemy sporting an assault rifle, shooting at you from a roof, making you plan your approach so that you can find a way to rush him with your baseball bat without being headshot. And so many others. Some other moments are not so good - the ending fight sequence comes to mind.

    Still, this is by far the most pleasant gaming surprise I've had in the past year. Thank God this is nothing like Dead Island.    … Expand
  37. 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!
  38. pimpus
    Jan 28, 2015
    9
    for those they have performance problem with vsync turn on triplebuffering(gogle it),after this i have const 60 fps.i had 20 to 60 fps and after this -magic .Game is very good but console oriented.Now i have no prob with perf.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. mathewdbarlow
    Jan 29, 2015
    7
    I have been eagerly awaiting this game for some time since seeing a teaser trailer released last year. Unfortunately I've been left slightly disappointed with the end result. Not being a great fan of multiplayer, I like to complete a game on my own first so this review is based solely on single player action. I'm around 18 hours into the game and at 45% story completion.

    First the    I have been eagerly awaiting this game for some time since seeing a teaser trailer released last year. Unfortunately I've been left slightly disappointed with the end result. Not being a great fan of multiplayer, I like to complete a game on my own first so this review is based solely on single player action. I'm around 18 hours into the game and at 45% story completion.

    First the bad:
    The most disappointing element for me was the very limited map size, which you can run across end to end in around 7 minutes. I explored the entire map area and restored all safe houses within 8 hours of playing, leaving little in the way of exploring for later in the game. As far as I can tell there are no areas inaccessible that will require later missions to unlock. Compared to a truly open world game such as Skyrim or GTA, Dying Light's world is minute. With other games soon to be released with maps 20-30 times bigger than this (eg.The Witcher 3), this doesn't seem enough to satisfy my adventurous side.

    Another disappointment is the repetitive nature of the environments, NPCs and zombies. There are around 5 or 6 types of zombie lurking around so far, and they all wear basically the same outfit or carry the same injuries etc. The same can be said for the rival gang members you encounter, with each roving band being the same as the last. Buildings and textures are continually repeated throughout the landscape as well, and many buildings are not accessible, again questioning whether it is truly an 'open world' experience.

    Now the good:
    Story is engaging and voice acting is good quality. The NPCs are well characterized, some likeable, some genuinely sinister. The day/night mechanic adds a new dimension to the zombie/survival genre I have not encountered before and being chased by the virals in the dark can be an edge of your seat experience as you strive to make the nearest safe house with your survival points in the bag!

    The graphics are also gorgeous, even without being on the highest settings, and the world is well designed to accommodate and test the parkour mechanics.

    Level up system is also well balanced and nicely opens up new skills such as crafting and extra combat techniques, as the story progresses.

    Performance:
    In terms of optimization and performance, personally I have had no issues and have been averaging around 45FPS outside on low/medium settings (which still look good). This is with an ATI HD 6870 gpu and a 3rd generation i5 processor at 3.3ghz. I am running the game off a dedicated SSD which I think helps, and have windows 7 running of another SSD. I have turned down field of view (FOV) settings below default which boosted frame rates instantly, given the limited RAM onboard my graphics card.

    In summary, it's not a bad game and a great concept, I just think they could have done so much more with the size and depth f the environment in order to make it truly immersive.    … Expand
  43. Zourin
    Jan 28, 2015
    9
    Everyplace Farcry 4 failed, Dying Light delivers.

    Free-movement laterally and vertically through an urban environment is done very well (and gets smoother with skill-ups) never gets old, and the environment reward exploration with valuable loot, blueprints, and trophies. Urban verticality means there is often a way over your problems, and sparser outlying areas make you very aware of    Everyplace Farcry 4 failed, Dying Light delivers.

    Free-movement laterally and vertically through an urban environment is done very well (and gets smoother with skill-ups) never gets old, and the environment reward exploration with valuable loot, blueprints, and trophies. Urban verticality means there is often a way over your problems, and sparser outlying areas make you very aware of how vulnerable you become without a plethora of obstacles to put between you and your pursuers.

    Enemies that don't seem tedious because they always present a 'fight or run' decision at every turn (and running is still fun). At night, this turns into 'run or run like hell' if you get spotted (night is skippable, as is day).

    Anyone who complained about wildlife in Farcry 4 will find DL's zombies a reprieve. NPC's don't exist as badger and eagle fodder (making their often quirky/appalling subquests a part of the story as well as often reward you with unpurchaseable/uncraftable weapon upgrades (or even blueprints for craftable ones).

    As you develop your skills, the hordes grow more numerous and diverse, always posing significant risk to your well being. Expect to get beaten and killed, often, depending on your approach and ability to weigh risks. Firearms are powerful and become more available as time goes on, but will attract measures of unwanted attention which, again, may or may not be worth their use in any given situation. The risk/reward balance feels well measured, and trading an obnoxious threat for a more predictable one can sometimes be worth it.

    Disposable melee weapons keep you on your toes and makes upgrade components all the more valuable as you progress; there's no reason to hoard. Keep the best, upgrade them, use them 'till its last breath, chuck it into the skull of a zombie as a parting celebration, and remorselessly move on to the next. Weapons are tools (literally), and there are plenty of them in Harran, so sell off the spares.

    Dying Light lands as a solid experience well worth the expense, both in story and gameplay. Sound and graphics play perfectly together as you jump, loot, and bludgeon your way through the streets trying to save as many people as you can. NPC's do their best to hold their own, protect their own, and know their city better than you do. Helping them feels rewarding, and I'd give them better than even odds against your average honey badger; having to combat the living is a completely different affair. I've seen pairs go toe to toe against rebar-wielding monstrosities with somewhat even odds, making my casual intervention feel worth it in the end.

    Pick it up.    … Expand
  44. MysterE
    Jan 27, 2015
    8
    Not that deep into it yet but I'm really enjoying it so far. Perhaps some may find the beginning a bit of a slow start. Tutorializing was a little long but not too bad. Nice sense of pressure as the sun goes down. Very pretty game, solid combat and fun parkour especially once you start unlocking abilities. Crafting is fun. If youre looking for true survival look elsewhere, supplies areNot that deep into it yet but I'm really enjoying it so far. Perhaps some may find the beginning a bit of a slow start. Tutorializing was a little long but not too bad. Nice sense of pressure as the sun goes down. Very pretty game, solid combat and fun parkour especially once you start unlocking abilities. Crafting is fun. If youre looking for true survival look elsewhere, supplies are fairly plentiful if you bother pressing 'q' (search) once in a while. Story is basic so far but still more or less engaging. It keeps me moving to the next thing at least. Zombies (and more importantly, humans) can be dumb at times. waiting for me to come down to them even though they watched me run up the stairs on the side. I've seen some weird clipping of zombies starting to fall through floor as they stand on the edge of a roof.

    BIGGEST COMPLAINT: as of today, release day, I'm having some horrible frame rate issues. It doesn't actually affect gameplay, it only happens during cutscenes. This does include tiny cutscenes like opening of doors. I'll hear the audio for the scene begin but I'll be stuck at the beginning. and eventually it'll get going, occasionally still at a slow speed. This is really bad because it basically ruins the cutscenes, but tbh I would be much more upset if it actually affected my gameplay which it does not.

    I fully expect them to repair this, but it bears mentioning. Overall a very enjoyable game.    … Expand
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. sinsro
    Jan 28, 2015
    10
    The first horror game I played that is actually genuinely nerve wrenching. Nothing beats the feeling of harrowingly escaping a crowd zombies at night. A beautiful, huge world draws you in, and the harsh environment is unforgiving, but never unfair, and keeps you on your toes at all times. The story is interesting, cutscenes feels rewarding rather than interrupting. The game has some of theThe first horror game I played that is actually genuinely nerve wrenching. Nothing beats the feeling of harrowingly escaping a crowd zombies at night. A beautiful, huge world draws you in, and the harsh environment is unforgiving, but never unfair, and keeps you on your toes at all times. The story is interesting, cutscenes feels rewarding rather than interrupting. The game has some of the best graphics I have seen so far, truly spectacular. Do not miss this game if you have the slightest interest in the genre of open world games with zombies and a tad of RPG thrown in..… Expand
  48. 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
  49. 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.
  50. grungebob
    Jan 28, 2015
    10
    By far, the best of many games. Amazing graphics, amazing game play, amazing story, crafting, weapon modding and a game that you have to solve without just run and gunning. I highly recommend this... but I think this game was specifically made for me. I love Diablo, Batman and GTA series and I have liked previous zombie games like Dead Island... and every one of those games is mixed inBy far, the best of many games. Amazing graphics, amazing game play, amazing story, crafting, weapon modding and a game that you have to solve without just run and gunning. I highly recommend this... but I think this game was specifically made for me. I love Diablo, Batman and GTA series and I have liked previous zombie games like Dead Island... and every one of those games is mixed in this one.

    Also the Co-Op is great. Ubisoft, take a queue... When I play with on my friend's game in Far Cry 4, it should also save that progress to my game like this game is. No redoing on my local game.

    Also, I have no lag and no frame drops like other people are stating... 8 hrs in... but then again, I'm not like other people that put together crap machines and expect to run modern, amazing graphics.

    I highly recommend it. This is how seriously I like it... It will only be the second game I have bought the season pass for the game. (Bioshock Infinite is the previous). 10/10    … Expand
  51. 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
  52. 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.
  53. Smackk
    Jan 28, 2015
    10
    Wow Im really impressed with this game. Solid game play mechanics, great questing system, fun coop, great optimization. I genuinely dont have a single bad thing to say about it. The people saying the optimization is bad are most likely not very savvy and have no idea how to adjust settings, lowering view distance and forcing triple buffering through the driver gives massive FPS boosts. ImWow Im really impressed with this game. Solid game play mechanics, great questing system, fun coop, great optimization. I genuinely dont have a single bad thing to say about it. The people saying the optimization is bad are most likely not very savvy and have no idea how to adjust settings, lowering view distance and forcing triple buffering through the driver gives massive FPS boosts. Im getting 55+ FPS at all times at 1440p just by turning down View distance with my SLI 780s. Game runs great, looks great, and plays great, definitely worth the price.… Expand
  54. 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.
  55. JackyBeans
    Jan 28, 2015
    9
    Highly recommended!
    Great game especially for those who liked dead island.
    Graphics are good, the soundtrack superb and overall "tone" is right. The parkour is top notch! Now, how could we ever play a FPS in the future without the "parkour" element? lol Once you get used to it, develop it and master it, its gonna be hard going back to the traditional FPS control scheme... On PC    Highly recommended!
    Great game especially for those who liked dead island.

    Graphics are good, the soundtrack superb and overall "tone" is right.
    The parkour is top notch!
    Now, how could we ever play a FPS in the future without the "parkour" element? lol
    Once you get used to it, develop it and master it, its gonna be hard going back to the traditional FPS control scheme...

    On PC it looks really really good as long as you have the hardware to run it.
    I'm on GTX 970 and mostly running full bling bling (at MAX settings with only View Distance set at 50%) at 1080p60.

    Recommended.    … Expand
  56. Gigatless
    Jan 29, 2015
    8
    The whole game is pretty much a combination of Mirrors Edge + L4D2 + Resident Evil + Assassins Creed + Dishonored. Which was damn awesome at first.

    First impression (Pluses): Stunningly beautiful, amazingly optimized, promising, unexpected, thoughtful dialogues, great character profiles, great delivery (story). The guy you are playing for is not obviously a good or a bad guy (finally    The whole game is pretty much a combination of Mirrors Edge + L4D2 + Resident Evil + Assassins Creed + Dishonored. Which was damn awesome at first.

    First impression (Pluses): Stunningly beautiful, amazingly optimized, promising, unexpected, thoughtful dialogues, great character profiles, great delivery (story). The guy you are playing for is not obviously a good or a bad guy (finally its not as simple as in fairy tales) The game felt pretty much alive during the first three hours. Crane has a great voice actor and its not Troy Baker Смайлик «tongue»

    Last impression (Minuses, SPOILERS): So it happens that there is a FREELANCE SOLDIER which government sends to retrieve the super important documen TO SAVE THE WORLD. ALONE. Its like blazing the olympic flame on national tv using just a single match. Okay, Im fine with that, whatever. Lets see how you guys can pull this out.
    During the story it becomes obvious that Crane is not a professional at all. They send this guy who has absolutelly no professional attitude to the job alone. And at the end of the game he drops F-bombs in every_second_dialogue, and even with his boss. Im.. out of words. This is a really weird character.
    But that's not it yet. At the second half of the game (which is not that long to reach) Crane rushes to another city for our main female character (Jade). To make sure: so far he had just a 5-10 dialogues with her but it already feels like they've been deep in love for 5 years. Or at least he was. This whole passionate hero-princess thing escalated too quickly . Not enough premises to make characters that close. The devs were obviously in hurry to release it because it should be twice longer, and with way more main characters interactions.
    And as soon as he reaches the second town everybody go like "OMG, R U CRANE? UR A HERO HERE I SEEN A POSTER WITH YA!". But in fact it's been only a week in the game since he arrived at the island and the guy already has **** posters everywhere saying how cool he is. Shiiiiiiit.
    The main villain is just terrible. Such a cliche. Im not even speaking of the ending battle, which was as much predictable as the main vaillain's lines "U CANNOT DEFEAT ME, NOBODY CAN DO DAT!11 UGHHHHH, U DID DAT, IMPOSSIBIRUU".
    So the whole second half of the game Crane doesn't suprise us at all and the storyline is pretty much straightforward: they find the cure, the bad guy takes it, you fight the bad guy (casualties involved). And thats what I hated the most. Such promising game at the first half, such predictable at the second half.
    And the last thing that I didn't like: 2 assault rifles, 1 shotgun, a couple of pistols and **** OF COLD WEAPONS. Srsly, I hate when devs are greedy for powerful weapons.

    But in the end pluses are way too big. The game was absolutely beautiful and it was just a great experience to jump into this world during this winter.
    I already explained why its not 10/10, so its solid 8/10 from me.    … Expand
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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.
  61. Alpacalypse
    Mar 22, 2015
    10
    (JUST A NOTE: Any reviews claiming that the game doesn't run well are rendered moot now, as the game has been polished and refined to run MUCH better. Film grain can be turned off, which was probably the biggest trouble the game has going for it.)

    Short TL;DR: Buy for the visceral melee combat, the amazing parkour and the beautiful graphics. Not for story. This game is probably the    (JUST A NOTE: Any reviews claiming that the game doesn't run well are rendered moot now, as the game has been polished and refined to run MUCH better. Film grain can be turned off, which was probably the biggest trouble the game has going for it.)

    Short TL;DR: Buy for the visceral melee combat, the amazing parkour and the beautiful graphics. Not for story.
    This game is probably the best game I've played since 2013. The combat is visceral, enjoyable and immersive. The parkour flows well and is useful compared to just running down the street. But, to be special, I'll make a bit of a list.

    Gameplay: Guns are nothing to write home about. Use them on bandits, use them on missions, keep them in your infinite pack otherwise. The melee combat is awesome, however. Melee weapons have impact. While the elemental weapons don't make the game very realistic, it makes it fun. Smashing a zombie with an Impact modded baseball bat only to send him through the window of the house next door is so satisfying. Zapping a zombie with a lightning pipe never gets old, either.
    The Parkour is the best part of this game to me. It flows better than Mirror's Edge, keeping the pacing and flow of Mirror's Edge and getting rid of the painful head bob while parkouring. Climbing ledges, jumping from roof to roof and smashing a zombie in the face work together like a chicken breast and the world's best barbecue sauce in existence.

    The story itself is rather generic and predictable with the unoriginal "chaos rules all" antagonist from Far Cry 3 without the charm and wit. Or the insanity.

    Overall, this game is a very solid purchase if you want to dump 70 hours into dashing from roof to roof smashing **** up. Better parkour than Assassin's Creed, better combat than Sleeping Dogs and a more immersive environment than GTA V. It does demand quite a bit out of your computer, but any console or $600+ computer (provided you didn't build it yourself) should be able to pull off a solid 30+ FPS. Even at the lowest graphics, the game is beautiful.
    Also, the easter eggs range from rather amusing to both hysterical and highly useful as well. There is a certain grenade easter egg that makes zombies float into the air, and then smash down into the ground like the guy from Star Trek warped away their bones. It never stops being funny.

    I didn't mention Be the Zombie mode, either. It's a decent little extra, but it needs bit of balancing. I got a good 7 hours on it. Fun with friends, not so much with pubbies.    … Expand
  62. 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
  63. Hack
    Jun 18, 2015
    9
    Dying Light is one of the best games I've played in years, one of those rare gems that reminds me why I game. I got 40 hours out of it and I wanted more, that's a sign of a truly great game.
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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.
  72. 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.
  73. sinnombre
    Feb 22, 2015
    10
    This game is a masterpiece!!!
    Best zombie game I have ever played!!!
    A massive game world to explore and very fluent parkour system
    Really good graphics
  74. lpoopl
    Feb 26, 2015
    10
    I have to say first I may be a bit biased as I absolutely love zombie games but for me this is everything Dead Island should have been. I still loved Dead Island but Dying Light is just so much better at the story telling. The side missions are generally for an actual purpose and not just there for the sake of being there. The combat is great and the free running I find flawless. DuringI have to say first I may be a bit biased as I absolutely love zombie games but for me this is everything Dead Island should have been. I still loved Dead Island but Dying Light is just so much better at the story telling. The side missions are generally for an actual purpose and not just there for the sake of being there. The combat is great and the free running I find flawless. During the first nightfall in the game I had my headset cranked and lights all out and man was it intense. You can here the zombies running behind you and it feels like the really are just a few feet behind you and the screams some of them make can sometimes put a shiver down your spine.

    If you liked dead island even a little bit then this one should blow you away and the story should be enough to keep anyone's interest. This is simply put just an amazing game.    … Expand
  75. Lawkdawg
    Mar 8, 2015
    10
    This has exactly what I would want from a zombie game. A good story, variation in the missions and a suburb way to defend yourself. Also love the co-op options that allows me to play with my friends. It makes me sad that this is sitting at a high of 77 right now, lower than that mass produced piece of donkey crap CALL OF DUTY! since I would want people to buy this and encourage more ofThis has exactly what I would want from a zombie game. A good story, variation in the missions and a suburb way to defend yourself. Also love the co-op options that allows me to play with my friends. It makes me sad that this is sitting at a high of 77 right now, lower than that mass produced piece of donkey crap CALL OF DUTY! since I would want people to buy this and encourage more of these unique game styles, but people have crappy computers and still expect to run it on its highest settings. there was a patch a week after it came out that significantly increased the FPS. I never had an issue myself. But I am rocking a core I7, 32XRAM and a GTX 760.… Expand
  76. SMIICE
    Nov 3, 2015
    10
    I did not expect anything out of this game, but so far I like everything. Parkour mechanic is awesome, first I was so frustrated, but now I have played 25 hours of this game, I love parkour mechanic, its a lot better then Mirrors Edge had.

    Palm leaves, I can stop starring at them after 25 hours still, quests are not dumb. I have graphics on max and I love it. This is the most    I did not expect anything out of this game, but so far I like everything. Parkour mechanic is awesome, first I was so frustrated, but now I have played 25 hours of this game, I love parkour mechanic, its a lot better then Mirrors Edge had.

    Palm leaves, I can stop starring at them after 25 hours still, quests are not dumb. I have graphics on max and I love it.

    This is the most optimized AAA game that was release on PC in the long time. Its just pleasure to play it.

    I hate zombie games (in my opinion all of them are same) but love post apocalyptic games.

    This game is must buy! Oh almost forgot, play it on the big screen and with nice headphones.    … Expand
  77. zaphod6502
    Jan 27, 2015
    9
    This is the zombie survival game I have wanted for a very long time. The open world feel is perfectly implemented here and the ability to jump, leap, and run through the city is only limited by your imagination. The night and day mechanic is interesting and terrifying and really adds to the tension. The crafting system and UI is vastly improved over the Dead Island series.

    The only real    This is the zombie survival game I have wanted for a very long time. The open world feel is perfectly implemented here and the ability to jump, leap, and run through the city is only limited by your imagination. The night and day mechanic is interesting and terrifying and really adds to the tension. The crafting system and UI is vastly improved over the Dead Island series.

    The only real negative I have for the game is the lack of an option to turn off the film grain effect the game insists on using. I do understand the reason is for immersion but having clean graphics should be an option and also definitely better for those of us who do not have top of the line graphics cards.    … Expand
  78. Utran
    Jan 29, 2015
    10
    o jogo está incrivel demais, a ambientação o clima de seriedade total da historia, tudo esta absolutamente perfeito, o mais legal é quando tu ataca um zumbi e tu tem nitidamente aquele sentimento de que o zumbi esta sentindo o golpe, tu sente o golpe quando bate

    - graficos incriveis, iluminação tudo é lindo, e ta rodando muito liso mesmo perfeito demais. - historia sensacional te    o jogo está incrivel demais, a ambientação o clima de seriedade total da historia, tudo esta absolutamente perfeito, o mais legal é quando tu ataca um zumbi e tu tem nitidamente aquele sentimento de que o zumbi esta sentindo o golpe, tu sente o golpe quando bate

    - graficos incriveis, iluminação tudo é lindo, e ta rodando muito liso mesmo perfeito demais.
    - historia sensacional te prende desde o primeiro segundo
    - sistema de craft magnifico
    - aba de habilidades com 3 opções com muitas skills
    - o inimigo sente o golpe quando é atacado e isso da uma imersão absurda
    - a movimentação esta muito fluida tudo ocorre de forma explendida
    - cidade gigantesca com diversos lugares diferentes não andei tudo mais garanto que é monstruosamente grande
    - são 2 jogos, o dia e a noite que muda totalmente o gameplay é show demais
    - pode entrar nas casas e construções e vasculhar tudo
    - dezenas de itens que tem serventia para craft ou vender
    - carros, lixos, zumbis mortos, geladeiras, malas enfim tudo pode ser vasculhado atraz de itens
    - multiplayer sensacional, coop desde o começo apos o prologo, é so deixar ativado o coop que sempre entra gente , e o modo zumbi pode deixar ativado pra outros jogadores entrar no seu jogo, ou pode jogar sozinho sem ninguem te encher ai vai a gosto do freguês.
    - são tantas qualidades nesse jogo, diria que esse é o jogo que a muito procurava de zumbis, o sistema de combate é muito show enquanto em outros jogos os inimigos tu ataca e sao uns pedaços de madeira aqui no dying light o inimigo sente o golpe é so jogando pra entender é muito show.

    - a dublagem esta muito mais muito boa mesmo, fizeram um otimo trabalho parabens a warner e techland.
    - o som do jogo esta muito show.

    - quem tiver em duvidas pode comprar, esse jogo merece ser comparado.

    abraços.    … Expand
  79. 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.
  80. drdreh
    Jan 28, 2015
    10
    Great game! Great ambiance! Great gameplay! The night really scary! Multiplayer mode is great fun! If you like zombie game, open world, play this game!
  81. 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
  82. 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.
  83. 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
  84. BoTheMastaOfAll
    Apr 14, 2015
    6
    Would love it if it wasn't suffering from a bad case of AAAitis. Still recommend because parkour and zombies, but it gets annoying.

    Opening sequence gets your character bit. This causes seizures at defined points in the plot ala Halo 3 Cortana, and they're never not annoying. ~20 minute tutorial for a fps. Like I've never played one of these before. Why does the main character not    Would love it if it wasn't suffering from a bad case of AAAitis. Still recommend because parkour and zombies, but it gets annoying.

    Opening sequence gets your character bit. This causes seizures at defined points in the plot ala Halo 3 Cortana, and they're never not annoying.
    ~20 minute tutorial for a fps. Like I've never played one of these before.
    Why does the main character not shoot the bandits at the beginning? Their intro said he was spec ops.
    Control constantly ripped from player so we can have 1st person over-acted scenes. Again, never not annoying.
    Plot holes. All of the plot holes. I wouldn't normally mind if the game weren't trying so hard on its story.
    All of the sewer missions.
    ~15 minute dream sequence complete with surreal floating platforms and slow movement. Because reasons.
    Main character completely inconsistent with back story.
    Rpg loot system complete with colored name rarity indicators. Not enough WoW up in here I guess.
    Main villian hates you because video game. Seriously he has no reason to initially hate you. I mean you do kill his men and steal their supply drops, but he makes no mention of it. He goes to great lengths to spite you for some reason.

    KRRRRAAAAAANNNNEEEE. That's actually a plus I lol'd hard.    … Expand
  85. 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.
  86. 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
  87. 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.
  88. Dneif
    Jan 29, 2015
    8
    멀티 플레이 시 사용자 경험에 정말 최선을 다 한 작품. 싱글 캠페인을 코옵으로 진행하며 발생할 다양한 문제점들을 개선함. 예) 호스트가 퀘내비를 정함. 루팅은 따로 따로. 모든 플레이어가 인벤토리 등 메뉴를 보고 있다면 게임이 일시 정지 등. 친구와 멀티로 진행하면 정말 재미있게 플레이 가능. 최고 수준의 그래픽임에도 최적화가 제법 잘 되어있다. 다만 한글 IME관련 창모드 버그나 어느정도 스킬이 언락된 이후엔 오픈월드의 프리플레이 컨텐츠가 부족한 부분은 감점요소.멀티 플레이 시 사용자 경험에 정말 최선을 다 한 작품. 싱글 캠페인을 코옵으로 진행하며 발생할 다양한 문제점들을 개선함. 예) 호스트가 퀘내비를 정함. 루팅은 따로 따로. 모든 플레이어가 인벤토리 등 메뉴를 보고 있다면 게임이 일시 정지 등. 친구와 멀티로 진행하면 정말 재미있게 플레이 가능. 최고 수준의 그래픽임에도 최적화가 제법 잘 되어있다. 다만 한글 IME관련 창모드 버그나 어느정도 스킬이 언락된 이후엔 오픈월드의 프리플레이 컨텐츠가 부족한 부분은 감점요소.
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. Sixara
    Jan 29, 2015
    10
    I'm going to be brief.

    This games ability to immerse the player in a zombie survival horror atmosphere works very well. I caused an explosion which caused the local ferals to come running. I jumped in my seat, I never jump! The beginning of the game is a rather lengthy tutorial that will end at the first airdrop mission. The visuals are amazing, the sounds and voice acting are very    I'm going to be brief.

    This games ability to immerse the player in a zombie survival horror atmosphere works very well. I caused an explosion which caused the local ferals to come running. I jumped in my seat, I never jump! The beginning of the game is a rather lengthy tutorial that will end at the first airdrop mission.

    The visuals are amazing, the sounds and voice acting are very good. there are performance problems with a little video lag here and there.I found that turning motion blur off speeds the game up a lot and the video lag is gone. Be mindful that performance issues are going to happen in a first day release pc game. Most developers will eventually have a patch available.Patience is key here..

    The weapons are varied but fun to use. The fighting with zombies is believeable. They are hard to kill and take effort to put into the ground.

    The crafting system reminds me of Alien Isolation's way of crafting items. As a matter of fact, if you look hard you can see where they borrowed from other games. The safe house tower in the Northeast corner of the map reminded me a lot of the comm towers in Far Cry 4.

    I recommend the game if you have the hardware to get it to run. I was going to only play it briefly yesterday and that turned into over 8 hours!

    My rig:

    Core i7-3930k @ 4.1ghz
    ASUS X79 Deluxe
    G.Skill Ripjaw 16gb
    EVGA NVIDIA 970 SC X2 IN SLI    … Expand
  92. temaxa
    Jan 27, 2015
    8
    I give an assessment in 8 points because of the gloomy beginning. Further the excellent action opens. Very impressive graphics. The plot so-so in Dead Island one many better was. 8 of 10.
  93. 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
  94. 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.
  95. 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.
  96. fatirishman
    Jan 28, 2015
    8
    the game is pretty damn good but you have to grind for about 3-4 hours before the real fun starts. would have rated it higher if there wasn't such bad frame problems right now. it does kinda feel like dead island but it has the right to stand as its own just like lords of the fallen from dark souls.
    I'm running with MSI r 290 with a fx-8370 and 12 gigs ram and still have problems with    the game is pretty damn good but you have to grind for about 3-4 hours before the real fun starts. would have rated it higher if there wasn't such bad frame problems right now. it does kinda feel like dead island but it has the right to stand as its own just like lords of the fallen from dark souls.
    I'm running with MSI r 290 with a fx-8370 and 12 gigs ram and still have problems with frames staying around 15-20 frames that's just unplayable but love the game    … Expand
  97. DustEater
    Jan 28, 2015
    10
    It is really funny when someone writes about bad optimalization having:
    Intel Core i7 4960x @ 4.0GHz
    16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM @1600MHz Game installed on 1TB HDD Dual GTX 770s in SLI OC My PC is: AMD Phenom II X4 945, 4GB RAM 1333, AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB, system on SSD, game on HDD. Game is briliant on MEDIUM settings without flushes like blur, gloom etc (useless stuff).    It is really funny when someone writes about bad optimalization having:
    Intel Core i7 4960x @ 4.0GHz
    16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM @1600MHz
    Game installed on 1TB HDD
    Dual GTX 770s in SLI OC

    My PC is: AMD Phenom II X4 945, 4GB RAM 1333, AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB, system on SSD, game on HDD. Game is briliant on MEDIUM settings without flushes like blur, gloom etc (useless stuff).

    This is just a **** of a hater who hates because he hates to hate.

    Game kinda the same like Dead Island but made in new way. Here you have to survive not to rush throu massess of zombies killing every one of them. Thinking, planning and executing - its a good plan to survive. Character development is simple but well specified. Nothing more to add. Crafting - fast and simple. One minus to crafting is that you need to craft one item a time Can live with that. Graphic is much better than Dead Island. I cant see all aspects of it cause my 6-7 years old pc but Im happy with that I have. Even with that its still can run high-end games.    … Expand
  98. sscott0829tw
    Jan 27, 2015
    9
    A zombie Masterpiece
    A massive game world to explore
    A very fluent parkour system
    Improve so much from Dead island 2
    well design zombies
    Co-op is even more fun
    Love it ~~~~
  99. Zefninja
    Jan 27, 2015
    10
    The game has got to be the most amazing tribute to taking different game play idea's and translating them into one beautiful master piece.

    The combat is perfectly balanced and the weapons/damage models just make you feel further immersed. The graphics are beyond amazing. On the GTX980, I literally feel immersed. If could play this on Occ Rift, would be a further game changer. GET    The game has got to be the most amazing tribute to taking different game play idea's and translating them into one beautiful master piece.

    The combat is perfectly balanced and the weapons/damage models just make you feel further immersed.

    The graphics are beyond amazing. On the GTX980, I literally feel immersed. If could play this on Occ Rift, would be a further game changer.

    GET THIS GAME people, its EPIC    … Expand
  100. GuaranaJones
    Jan 29, 2015
    10
    Great game. No killer-issues so far. 4 hrs played, one freeze. Thats ok. Sometimes FPS-Drops for a second. Ok as well. Else, superb open world, graphics on ultra pretty descent. My specs: I7-4790, 16 GB Ram, SDD, Radeon r9-280x. If you don´t mind minor issues, you will have lots of fun.
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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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