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  1. Sep 6, 2023
    7
    The biggest problem with this game is that it takes more steps back then forward from the 1st. Night time is lame now. No volatiles at night. Game tries to make you care about the story when it’s incredibly boring. Stamina bar is so annoying at the beginning, I would’ve preferred not to have it, also the map is worse and feels more copy and paste compared to the first. That said time forThe biggest problem with this game is that it takes more steps back then forward from the 1st. Night time is lame now. No volatiles at night. Game tries to make you care about the story when it’s incredibly boring. Stamina bar is so annoying at the beginning, I would’ve preferred not to have it, also the map is worse and feels more copy and paste compared to the first. That said time for the good. Visuals are amazing. The parkour and combat are a huge improvement. Good crafting and the weapons and fun to use. Gameplay here is king just a shame they handicapped the game with questionable decisions. Expand
  2. Sep 6, 2023
    5
    A mediocre game. The plot is generally okay, but some moments are very naive or crass. The open world is unfortunately monotonous. A lot of bugs. The parkour system is quite interesting. It can hardly be called better than the first part.
  3. Aug 2, 2023
    6
    okok kind of game and visuals but something is lacking thats why i dont want to play this agian
  4. Jul 26, 2023
    7
    Combat and exploration is still fun, but a stepback from Dying Light 1. Less weapons and freedom in this game makes it feel like a barebones Dying Light 1.5.
  5. Jul 23, 2023
    7
    I didn't like it as much as the first game. It had graphics issues. Dialogues were boring. Terrible story.

    8/10 gameplay
    8/10 graphics
    5/10 story
    7/10 environments
  6. Jun 15, 2023
    7
    Se lleva un aprobado a secas,el sistema de combate es tosco,no puedes explorar de noche porque se te acaba el tiempo, secundarias infinitas,tiene algo que me enganchó este juego hasta el final que aún no se que es,puede que la historia y el hecho de matar zombies,lo recomendaria pero solo cuando lo veas por 10$€
    Después de acabarlo debo decir que tuvo mucho hate injustamente,tiene buena
    Se lleva un aprobado a secas,el sistema de combate es tosco,no puedes explorar de noche porque se te acaba el tiempo, secundarias infinitas,tiene algo que me enganchó este juego hasta el final que aún no se que es,puede que la historia y el hecho de matar zombies,lo recomendaria pero solo cuando lo veas por 10$€
    Después de acabarlo debo decir que tuvo mucho hate injustamente,tiene buena trama,le doy un 7
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  7. Jun 16, 2023
    7
    well puted together game with variety of options and ways to have fun. sadly this is a big down grade from the 1 game in almost every way (parkour is the exepction)
  8. Jun 1, 2023
    7
    Fun parkour. Boring story and some bad missions. Open world is good,‎‎‎‎‎‎‎
  9. May 29, 2023
    7
    I liked this game's pfs performance on ps5 but the gameplay is not as fun as the first one and the atmosphere is more like a superhero adventure more than a ordinary guy with climbing skills who just wants to survive, the first game had this game chancing detailed limb damage on enemies but this one have similar but decreased damage physics , parkour thing is not good as well, I couldI liked this game's pfs performance on ps5 but the gameplay is not as fun as the first one and the atmosphere is more like a superhero adventure more than a ordinary guy with climbing skills who just wants to survive, the first game had this game chancing detailed limb damage on enemies but this one have similar but decreased damage physics , parkour thing is not good as well, I could literally smell the death and destruction in the first game and but dying light 2 is like you kill zombies for fun, I would have play the game until the end if I had not played the first one but it was a disappointment , I wish they just enhance the first one which was already a great game, but they added nonsense stuff and removed some good sides Expand
  10. May 12, 2023
    6
    Jesus this game sucks boring story, boring characters and my game crashed at the end so now i can't finish it.
  11. May 9, 2023
    6
    Too long and boring … Since the start of the quest and till the end you can spend about 20-30 min. And when you finish, you can forget the purpose of it. Jus like The developers couldn't figure out how to extend the gameplay. But at the same time ,the story is not so bad.
  12. Apr 27, 2023
    7
    A wonderful game with a beautiful environment has some annoying bugs, but it was a good experience, the story has some weaknesses, but it is still interesting, the tension is great, the game is a normal, attractive game

    Story 1.5 Graphics 1.5 Gameplay 1.5 The tension of the game is very attractive and artificial intelligence 1.5 Coulter and zombies design 1
  13. Apr 26, 2023
    5
    This game was a huge let down for me after the masterpiece that was dying light. The story bored me, the coop was buggy and barely worked, the parkour was an improvement, the combat and weapons were just eh and the chases at night were funnest part possibly the only part I actually enjoyed. Overall I had a little enjoyment from this game it was just incredibly average, but I am willing toThis game was a huge let down for me after the masterpiece that was dying light. The story bored me, the coop was buggy and barely worked, the parkour was an improvement, the combat and weapons were just eh and the chases at night were funnest part possibly the only part I actually enjoyed. Overall I had a little enjoyment from this game it was just incredibly average, but I am willing to go back to it after the recent overhaul because I really want to love this game because I adore the first one. Expand
  14. Mar 8, 2023
    5
    Leider nur eine 5:

    Die Grafik und die Welt sind ganz schön gemacht.
    Parkour macht Spaß
    Das Kampf und RPG system ist leider nicht besonders gelungen.
    Das größte Problem sind wohl die vielen Bugs vor allem im Multiplayer.
    Man hat lieber an Event Updates gearbeitet als an Bug fixes.
  15. Feb 8, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the game, I liked the story, I'm sorry that the story isn't much more detailed! I didn't have any problems or interference while playing on the PC version! So the only thing I can say is to praise Techland, I expect a continuation and better progress in for this genre of game! The graphics are all right, the physics for parkour are good.. I'm not a bad player otherwise, but I don't know if what I was playing was normal, but there were situations that were really exaggerated on the missions in the underground when you go for inhibitors and there will be 2-3 volatiles guarding all the zombies. because somehow it is not balanced with the difficulty of the game, it should be a little more relaxing in my opinion, but maybe I'm wrong, although I don't think I'm the only one who had problems in those situations, in addition to the fact that when I play, I play exclusively with great care so as not to die and to be as extreme as possible !Easy mode would throw j but in my opinion, there should be just a little work on "normal" to make it more ideal and I think it would be perfect to enjoy while passing the game!
    I think I can do a lot better in terms of graphics, parkour, movement physics, combat mode and zombie massacre! But all in all, I think Dying Light 2 is a very good game and I would freely recommend it! this genre game until it reaches its peak!
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  16. Jan 11, 2023
    7
    I had high hopes when going into Dying Light 2, especially after the great prequel. However I feel like something went a bit wrong here. Let's talk about the positives first though. First of all, the controls have gotten much better than in the first game. Your jumps feel much less floaty and more precise. Once you get into that flow you really can do some awesome stuff with the help ofI had high hopes when going into Dying Light 2, especially after the great prequel. However I feel like something went a bit wrong here. Let's talk about the positives first though. First of all, the controls have gotten much better than in the first game. Your jumps feel much less floaty and more precise. Once you get into that flow you really can do some awesome stuff with the help of the city being very vertical. And also the combat have met a nice improvement as well. The guns are no longer present, and now if you want a long-range weapon, you should go for a bow. And for the final upside, the music is really good but you can't really f that up. But this is where the positives end and for the first downside I have to talk about the mess that is the story of Dying Light 2. The premise is simple, find your sister. However the game is so hard to keep up with it's frustrating. It hops from thread to the 2nd one not ending the 1st one. And then a 3rd one. It's really bad. So a 70% for Dying Light 2 is fair in my opinion Expand
  17. Jan 2, 2023
    7
    Very different from the first game more lights with RT better graphics but the game didn't reach me like the first maybe the thing is the game is too much deep and mis understandable you can easily loose the story while playing.

    The first game was my turn on it was well written not like this one they tried to do it the same way but they missed something. Now with that said i think
    Very different from the first game more lights with RT better graphics but the game didn't reach me like the first maybe the thing is the game is too much deep and mis understandable you can easily loose the story while playing.

    The first game was my turn on it was well written not like this one they tried to do it the same way but they missed something.

    Now with that said i think its a good game to play for fun gameplay mechanics are nice and i think they only missed the story.
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  18. Dec 14, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is Bugged but playable. Most of the quest-lines are bugged and need a workaround to function again. The storyline itself is just okey. Some of the characters like Lawan getting very annoying. You are forced to work with them tho i dont like them. This is something that destroys the user’s experience and makes me stop an pause the game for weeks because it just sucks. The storyline has very often Plots where characters dying that don't have to die tho it not even makes sense that they are dying. Overall the game is ok but i wouldnt play it again. It feels also like a waste of time. Expand
  19. Dec 2, 2022
    7
    A good sequel with a myriad of new weapons and exciting parkour. However, the groan-inducing open-world questing can get in the way of the good times. There's nothing surprising here, but if you want a good undead-slaying open-world opus, Dying Light 2: Stay Human fits the bill.
  20. Dec 2, 2022
    6
    in general terms, I didn't like the game much, but killing zombies is pretty cool. there are enough bugs in the game, the plot is trash, the characters are wooden. in general, the game is suitable for beating zombies with friends
  21. Nov 28, 2022
    5
    It was broken then, it's broken now. I really can't figure out why these games just refuse to behave. It's okay i guess, not much has changed since the last one in terms of gameplay, more foliage on the map, other than that it's the same basic game. Really wanted to like it, but if i can't play it without it repeatedly corrupting files, requiring new files to be reinstalled, i just won't.
  22. Nov 27, 2022
    7
    Впринципе не плохая игрушка в которой можно провести весело время паркуря и сражаясь. Сюжет тоже не плохой но все же упор на стамину мне не очень зашёл.
  23. Nov 17, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я считаю что ставлю даже немного завышенную оценку этой игре. Не знаю чем вдохновлялись разработчики, но написать настолько бездарный сюжет, в котором присутствует лишь иллюзия выбора, нужно было умудриться, скорее всего сюжет был скорее для галочки, чтобы игру покупали. Во-первых почему-то тебе не дают выбора в вилледоре, ты обязан встать на чью-то сторону, чего я вообще не хотел делать, либо взрывай базу миротворцев, либо обрекай жителей базара на смерть. Качество персонажей нельзя назвать плохим, но лично у меня никакого сопереживания они не вызывали. Мне только начала нравится Вероника,но ее убивают спустя 20 минут, спасибо. В общем геймплей на 7, сюжет на 5. Сама игра тянет на 5-6 баллов, я поставлю 6, тк была бы она хуже, я бы её дропнул, про баги я само собой молчу . Expand
  24. Nov 1, 2022
    7
    To me this game is a 7. In my opinion it is a step down from the first game. This game isn’t as creepy or scary as the first. But the open world is amazing in my opinion, it still sets up a vibe that we are in a world filled with zombies. The combat is good but it just feels like it’s missing something. I pre ordered this game and I don’t fully regret it but I would have been happierTo me this game is a 7. In my opinion it is a step down from the first game. This game isn’t as creepy or scary as the first. But the open world is amazing in my opinion, it still sets up a vibe that we are in a world filled with zombies. The combat is good but it just feels like it’s missing something. I pre ordered this game and I don’t fully regret it but I would have been happier buying this game for like $50. At the end of the day, the game is good and buy it if you wanna play a good zombie game. The story is okay, while playing I was able just guess what was gonna happen so it did become pretty predictable. The best part of this game is the combat and the open world. The story is okay. Expand
  25. Oct 8, 2022
    7
    Okay, this game is absolutely NOT as bad as the people claim here. Is it as good or better than Dying Light 1? The answer is NO! It is NOT as good, let alone better, but it doesn't mean this is a bad game.

    The parkour, fights are evolved, maybe even too much, but they are great and in their place. The story is mediocre at best, nothing interesting whatsoever. The level choice is
    Okay, this game is absolutely NOT as bad as the people claim here. Is it as good or better than Dying Light 1? The answer is NO! It is NOT as good, let alone better, but it doesn't mean this is a bad game.

    The parkour, fights are evolved, maybe even too much, but they are great and in their place.

    The story is mediocre at best, nothing interesting whatsoever.

    The level choice is really bad, every part of the city looks exactly the same. "Realism" shouldn't be placed before game experience.

    Game mechanism is weak, nothing evolved besides fights and parkour, and even part of the zombie / fight physics are downgraded for reasons beyond comprehension. There are rumours circulating about key staff leaving due to whatever reasons, and I'm absolutely sure that this was the main problem of why it failed to achieve the glory of DL1, let alone to evolve beyond it.

    You'd expect vehicles, base building, travelling in a huge map to different cities, towns, resource management, missions with companions you select, etc., and at least as much genius storytelling as in DL1 (side mission included), but no, nothing sort of that, a huge part of the game is pretty much sank into mediocrity, despite the fact that there is already a brutally good game set as an example you just have to follow (DL1)...

    To think about the money those developers got who don't even like the game at all... Such a waste.

    HOWEVER, this doesn't mean that this is a particularly bad game and that you won't enjoy it. You will. This game still good and still rocks, and the best news is that there is a modding community which pretty much fixed every gameplay / game mechanics flaws, for free (think about the game developers again). Years of years of development, tons of wasted money, only to see your utter idiocy (bad physics, weak, few zeds, etc.) getting fixed in a couple of weeks by modders for free...

    There are 2 things I can't forgive to this game: it is NOT scary anymore. Do you remember yourself screaming during night missions in DL1? Well, here you won't...

    The second part is the music. I was so excited to get something like in DL1 (which I listening even to this day), that I was almost more excited for the music than for the game, but what we got is next to nothing. Most of the less popular youtubers could have done a better job for free... Man, these guys...

    I don't know what is with all these game developers (and also movie makers) nowadays but they clearly NOT worthy of their money, they just ripping off the company they working for.

    Bud just buy the game, install the mods, and you will gonna have a decent experience. Epic zed battles await you which will never get old.

    Oh, and those complaining about graphics and performance, you guys should really stop using cracked games, quit watching porn, and run an anti-malware software. You ALL gonna be surprised.
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  26. Sep 16, 2022
    5
    Sorry to say that this game is not even close to be as good as its predecessor: too many mechanics which make the game just more caothic instead of deeper or more interesting. Controls are convolluted and missions are predictable, repetitive and boring. The story is uninteresting and not engaging, graphics are below average, animations are terrible though performance are quite good. TooSorry to say that this game is not even close to be as good as its predecessor: too many mechanics which make the game just more caothic instead of deeper or more interesting. Controls are convolluted and missions are predictable, repetitive and boring. The story is uninteresting and not engaging, graphics are below average, animations are terrible though performance are quite good. Too bad I played many hours before realizing that my expectations have been betrayed, cause now I cannot ask for a refund.
    In summary: not the worst game in the world, but definetly boring and disappointing.
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  27. Sep 5, 2022
    7
    Made some improvements in the latest update thus the new rating. Still not quite there yet for me though.
  28. Sep 3, 2022
    5
    First 5 hour I thought this game is my new Skyrim but right after that the game bored me to hell. This game is boring.
  29. Aug 28, 2022
    5
    Really dissapointed with this one
    I have been waiting for so many years for a product showcased in E3 2019 which got me hyped
    This feels like a completely diffrent game from the gore stuff,the atmosphere and even the zombie design
    Really mediocre
  30. Aug 23, 2022
    5
    The first game was one of my favorites. The first game started with a feeling of being totally outnumbered. My only point of improvement in Dying Light 2 was the parkour. I found everything else to be uninspiring and a little dull. Although I completed the game to the end, I don't see myself returning to it, unlike Dying Light 1.
  31. Jul 28, 2022
    5
    The repeatability of the mission route is a bit high, but the others are fine.

    I could have give 7, until i met lawan.

    Techland, you let me down.
  32. YFA
    Jul 16, 2022
    6
    The game was buggy as hell on PS5 and the frame rates would always drop to a noticeable level as I progress through the story, storyline comparing to Dying light 1 is UNDERWHELMING and the side quests are not as good. Decisions are very simple and not as deep and complex as I expected it to be OR as they marketed it to be. Characters are okay. Overall comparing it to DL1 it's a very veryThe game was buggy as hell on PS5 and the frame rates would always drop to a noticeable level as I progress through the story, storyline comparing to Dying light 1 is UNDERWHELMING and the side quests are not as good. Decisions are very simple and not as deep and complex as I expected it to be OR as they marketed it to be. Characters are okay. Overall comparing it to DL1 it's a very very average game, below average even, but WITHOUT comparing it to DL1 it's not bad. Expand
  33. Jul 16, 2022
    7
    i haven't taken notes for the review while i was playing the game so i will make just a quick judgment.I don't judge a game by his difficulty but tbh i feel like this game was intended to not be hard.And instead.... it is.Good mechanics and fun parkour but it's just so frustraying dying so manytimes.Graphics aren't good with the audio.
  34. Jul 7, 2022
    6
    Cool mechanics, but highly repetitive gameplay and lousy story. You could probably have as much fun working delivery, and actually get paid for running around
  35. Jul 1, 2022
    7
    Man this **** me and my friend were so excited to play together on dying light 2 we finished the the missions side by side until we could send invites to each other and to our disappointment there is no crossplay so now my friend on the ps5 has to download the ps4 version
  36. Jun 8, 2022
    7
    Ok,this game is really cool,exploring,combat,postapocalyptic life,story and parkour! I hope they will soon release patch that will improve performance on next-gen consoles so on and on i am giving 9/10 but because of those ITALIANS i will give 10..lol,our country (czech) is not getting even subs sometimes (most of the times) and are we crying ? :D
  37. May 28, 2022
    7
    So far I am really enjoying Dying light 2, I love the unique parkour and I love the overall combat, I’m enjoying the overall atmosphere and I’m enjoying the world, I would give this game a 100 is co-op worked but they might fix co-op soon
  38. May 25, 2022
    5
    What a buggy disjointed mess. The core gameplay Dying Light you know any love. That part is pretty good, if messy, but there's so much wasted potential here.

    This game feels like the spiritual successor to the early Assassin's Creed games, back when they were about climbing and traversing cities by rooftop. There is a LOT of that in this game. When it's good, it flows together
    What a buggy disjointed mess. The core gameplay Dying Light you know any love. That part is pretty good, if messy, but there's so much wasted potential here.

    This game feels like the spiritual successor to the early Assassin's Creed games, back when they were about climbing and traversing cities by rooftop. There is a LOT of that in this game. When it's good, it flows together beautifully. When it's bad, it's an exercise in frustration. I found too many bad experiences with parkour.

    Story is pretty bad. The way it's told is overly mawkish, and characters act like imbeciles for dramatic effect, and the last mission and ending and boss fight are garbage, straight out of some hacky PS2 game written by Michael Bay. Certain design decisions like the hidden inventory space cap make me scratch my head. Combat is kind of annoying. Certain game mechanics and quest goals are poorly explained. I often didn't know what I was supposed to be doing, and would waste 20 minutes wandering around trying to figure out what the next objective in the mission is. The way they order collectibles is also terrible. Every time you pick up an artifact or tape, you have to sort through possibly 100 items to examine your collectible. Difficulty settings are terrible. Harder difficulties restrict resources, which just makes the game more tedious.

    Did I mention the game is buggy? Lockpicks don't work correctly. Quest npcs don't show up. Important mechanics as simple as grabbing onto beams is a kludgy chore that seems to be based on luck. There are some obnoxious parkour challenges that require you to start from a savepoint some distance away if you fail a jump. You could say that Dark Souls does the same thing, but as a huge Fromsoft fan, it's not the same. A lot of times you don't know what you're supposed to do during Parkour sequences and if you guess wrong, you could be set back 5-10 minutes before you can guess again. It feels like you have to randomly stumble upon the correct sequence of actions to complete certain parkour segments.

    Despite the many many flaws and annoyances and bugs, I somehow still managed to have a good deal of fun, which is why I'm giving it an average score. Running through an abandoned city killing zombies is great. There's a mission that involves climbing a skyscraper crawling with infected that reminded me of a similar sequence in The Last of Us 2, except going up instead of down. That segment was the peak of the game for me. If only the rest of it had been so good.
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  39. Apr 25, 2022
    5
    Bugs causing loss of progress... this wasn't ready for release... I've had to repeat wayyy too many sections
  40. Apr 22, 2022
    5
    This game is a lot of fun to play but there is a lot of things with this game that didn't do it for me. I found more cons with this game than pros. This game would probably be worth a play if you can get it on sale.

    Positives: - Game play is solid, fighting/parkour is fun and feels good - Interesting NPC interactions during the open world and quests - A good variety of weapons and
    This game is a lot of fun to play but there is a lot of things with this game that didn't do it for me. I found more cons with this game than pros. This game would probably be worth a play if you can get it on sale.

    Positives:
    - Game play is solid, fighting/parkour is fun and feels good
    - Interesting NPC interactions during the open world and quests
    - A good variety of weapons and tools to let you play how you want
    - The game looks good and the ambience is very immersive

    Negatives:

    - Game has a lot of bugs both visually and gameplay wise. Found a lot of model swapped characters and keybinding didn't work even after being rebound.
    - Hardest difficulty was not challenging. Playing on hard makes it so you can't sell equipment (which you get a lot of)
    - AI is awful and posed a little threat during my entire play through. Being chased at night is not fun since there are so many safe zones in close proximity.
    - The story was a little too over the top along with the NPC's you met along the way. It took away from the seriousness of the whole situation
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  41. Apr 12, 2022
    7
    Pretty good as a game for small poland studio, but...... mamma mia
    dov'è la recitazione vocale
  42. Mar 28, 2022
    7
    Fun gameplay and parkour mechanics, and an interesting story that I found pretty compelling. Graphics are ok but certainly not great.
  43. Mar 23, 2022
    5
    Me pareció muy entretenido los personajes sobre todo los zombies la pasé muy bien con este juego
  44. Mar 21, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joguei Co-op o jogo inteiro, muito bom! A conexao nao teve problemas, porem, diversos bugs de audio, legendas e o final ficou extremamente confuso. Como tem tantas escolhas pra fazer, acredito que elas bugaram e ficou ambiguo e mal entendi o que escolhi! O jogo é bom, mas faltou polir! É de praxe de algumas empresas fazer o inicio LINDO, mas logo depois fica tudo cagado! Expand
  45. Mar 16, 2022
    5
    It's a mediocre game compared to the first one. Despite a few improvements to parkour, the first game is better in almost every way. The game's optimization is awful, it requires a high-end pc, but it doesn't even deliver the next-gen graphics to justify it. Forgettable.
  46. Mar 8, 2022
    7
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    Just not that fun
    I loved the original Dying Light, obviously I had my issues with it and I hoped they would be addressed here…. And they just weren’t.. In a lot of ways things have gotten worse… This is an open world first person zombie game that took me about 20 hours to complete, and can be played wit up to 4 players co op… Youre a night runner, youre
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    Just not that fun
    I loved the original Dying Light, obviously I had my issues with it and I hoped they would be addressed here…. And they just weren’t.. In a lot of ways things have gotten worse…
    This is an open world first person zombie game that took me about 20 hours to complete, and can be played wit up to 4 players co op… Youre a night runner, youre infected early on in the game which adds a layer of tenseness to the game which I loved, Theres a timer when youre in buildings or running around at night that have hav to keep filled with UV lights or the the sun so you don’t turn into a zombie.. this mechanic was never annoying.. in fact I never ran out of time, but I appreciate the level of immersion there… bevasue sadly this mechanic is where the immersion ends.. Like the original Dying light the world here just doesn’t feel lived in… it’s a mess zombie playground but even more lifeless than last time.. .a generic game world feel rather than again feeling like a world that used ti be brimming with life… I did love exploring the buildings during the main story missions, but nothing ever enticed me to seek things out on my own.. no addictive hook when it came to loot as every weapon breaks, theres nothing cool to find in this world, so why bother? Why not just stick to this super boring story? Which is what I did… One thing Dying Light 2 improved on is the flow of the parquor… It still needs works, its still frustrating at times, but it miles better than the original… and the combat is great too.. I loved getting into fights with my modded weapons, however the enemies this time around feel kind of brainless and just in the way rather than a threat like the past game.. and my biggest complaing.. I absolutely hated the second half of the game… running around in Dying Light 2 just isn’t fun… its not.. I feel like Im the only person who feels this way and I have no idea how.. I died more trying to get from point a to b, than I did the enemies once I finally got to the mission…
    I would love a more mirrors edge / modern assins creed style system in the future because I dreaded having to run through this city in the second half.. I didn’t mind the first half of the game where building were low and close like an old school assassins creed game, but the larger city.. awful…
    Overall Dying Light 2 is a fine game, its good, the combat is great, but the loot system is a disappointment and the story is just bad, it is.. I was non invested in the world at all…
    Youll have fun going through the campaign, its just a shame nothing in the world entices you to explore or to care…
    I give Dying Light 2: Stay Human
    a 7/10
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  47. Mar 8, 2022
    6
    The game feels like it's lacking a lot...

    The story was quite generic and the ending was awful. The parkour was fun and the melee combat was okay and the world itself was a mixed bag. Some areas were fun to explore but after awhile you notice that every indoor place is basically copypasted. Side missions were quite boring, there were couple interesting ones but even those missions weren't
    The game feels like it's lacking a lot...

    The story was quite generic and the ending was awful. The parkour was fun and the melee combat was okay and the world itself was a mixed bag. Some areas were fun to explore but after awhile you notice that every indoor place is basically copypasted. Side missions were quite boring, there were couple interesting ones but even those missions weren't anything special.

    I had fun while playing the game but at the end I was still quite disappointed. I was expecting much more from this game.
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  48. Mar 6, 2022
    7
    I am surprised to be honest at the "0" reviews here. This game real strength was its game play....it kept my interested the whole time. Story wasnt bad and voice acting was decent with good graphics. The only complaint I have is the dialog in the game can be a little long. This was overall a good game!
  49. Mar 4, 2022
    7
    Good game. Interesting story. Amazing gameplay. Thanks for casual and minimal horror. For bugs is 7 score
  50. Mar 3, 2022
    6
    The game looks fine, generally runs well with just a few minor frame rate drops and pop-ins, and the parkour is great fun and really rewarding when done right. But after the initial fun of running and jumping over the rooftops, or gliding around the city, the game loses its shine.
    The story is not particularly engaging, but it is OK, serves its purpose I guess, and if I had stuck with
    The game looks fine, generally runs well with just a few minor frame rate drops and pop-ins, and the parkour is great fun and really rewarding when done right. But after the initial fun of running and jumping over the rooftops, or gliding around the city, the game loses its shine.
    The story is not particularly engaging, but it is OK, serves its purpose I guess, and if I had stuck with just the story, I may have enjoyed the game better, but I do love me a good side quest.
    Unfortunately, I have yet to find a good side quest here, and don't get me started on the parkour challenges. "I need you to deliver some honey in less that 1 minute 30 seconds because..." is not great writing.
    Sure, put challenges in, but cut the nonsense diatribe that you have to listen to these dull ass NPC's spout.
    So, I ignored most of the parkour and combat challenges and stuck to normal side quests, but even they are so damned dull.
    For example "Book Club". 10 missions I think it was of going to X, find some books, return to the PK library. 10 times! The exact same mission, 10 damned times. It was so boring, but when you've done the first 3, you feel you should see them out.
    Other great missions include: Find a scarf that blew away. Deliver some letters (also 10 times). Talk to a girl about plants.
    Jeez they are not good.

    The game is also buggy as hell.
    Para-glider fails to open, so you mash the square button until it finally deploys. Missions that have been completed staying on the map. "Double Time" I have completed 3 times, but it fails to register as complete. I've been stuck on scenery, died by being hit through walls by an NPC I couldn't see, had small boss style encounters where my weapon would magically go through them and cause no damage, other bosses that commit suicide before I could even lay a hand on them. (One Renagade camp leader first set fire to himself by walking into a brazier and then fell off a roof).
    I unlock metro stations to fast travel and when I travel there I get a message saying I'm in a dark zone, which I'm clearly not because I've unlocked the station.
    I then did a 2 player session and when I returned to my game, some of the things I had unlocked for one faction seemed to now belong to another faction, as that was what was in my friends game.
    You get given missions, but then do a story mission, and all the side quest missions you had just disappear because the story moves on too far for them to be completed.

    I also think I was expecting this to be a zombie survival game (I didn't play DL1) so I was also a bit surprised that I ended up just ignoring all of the zombies and running around the city. They are basically no threat at all unless you meet a boss fight zombie.
    Humans are the real threat, but by the time I reached the level 5 zones, I was so overpowered, they were nothing more than inconveniences. The combat is quite fun though, its pretty basic, but the joy of cutting some poor soul in half or beheading them with a well timed strike is entertaining.
    So, to sum up, Parkour is fun, it looks quite pretty at times (but its no Horizon FW for sure) and the combat with human Renegades can be entertaining for a bit. But man, it is bloated with absolutely terrible side quests.
    They put a tweet out saying it would take 500 hours to see everything in the game, collect every item, do every challenge. After 40 hours, I was forcing myself to go back in just to finish the story. There is no way I could face this for 100 hours, let alone 500.
    I would recommend looking for this in a deep sale, like €20, and then just stick to the main story, that way it will likely be a lot more fun that
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  51. Mar 2, 2022
    6
    I was expecting a lot from this game considering how much the first one managed to stay in my memory as one of my favorite coop games ever played. It turns out that DL2 has not followed the same path. While I still enjoyed playing it with three of my friends, it failed to impress me in the following matters.

    First, the ambiance is way less dark than in DL1. The game has less surprises,
    I was expecting a lot from this game considering how much the first one managed to stay in my memory as one of my favorite coop games ever played. It turns out that DL2 has not followed the same path. While I still enjoyed playing it with three of my friends, it failed to impress me in the following matters.

    First, the ambiance is way less dark than in DL1. The game has less surprises, is de facto more predictable or even excessively repetitive and fails to make the player feel any tension.

    That leads me to my second point being the gameplay and more specifically the combat. It is just so messy and less refined than in DL1 (less mods, less animations, less satisfying-to-smash moments).

    Third, let us talk about the unacceptable amount of bugs/glitches in this game. There are so many of them and while some are funny, the vast majority are penalizing. Constant moans from your friends’ characters during 80% of the time (I swear, so many moments during which the game wants the climax to be serious/tense/sad and then you hear « uh eh oh uh uuuh » 24/7 in the background); a black screen during the second most important cutscene of the game, countless amounts of totally weird transitions with crazy long loading times… The list is too long.

    I am also deeply disappointed by the story of this game. It had so much potential but it feels savagely rushed. By the end of the game, some important events happen and the storytelling completely omits to mention the fate of numerous important characters of the game, including the most important of them all depending on the ending you might get.

    The world of the game is cool, I really loved to be able to parkour everywhere again, but as opposed to DL1, here I noticed a lot of building recycling, and overall less detail. I will not sell the game because I want it to be properly patched, and even expanded to add its – litteraly – missing pieces.

    Note that I played the whole game in coop. My whole review is thus based on my coop experience. Furthermore, by reading me, you might think I only state the negative stuff, and I do, but that is specifically because I fundamentally love this game. It feels like being harsh with a child you still love nevertheless. A child with a lot of potential but who f’d up hard. Its core features are still marvelous, but I expected so much more.
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  52. Mar 1, 2022
    7
    It was okay , not better then the first one but really open . It has so many things to offer but I don't really like if a game has so much open world stuff.
    I really liked the weapons of the first game and it sucks that they didn't copy the system into the second one.
  53. Mar 1, 2022
    7
    It feels like the first entry and looks about the same. There is a lot to do in Dying Light 2 but it all feels like DLC to me. The story feels predictable and the characters I just don't care about whatsoever. I do enjoy my time playing Dying Light 2 but it is more of a time wasting experience than anything I am going to want to talk to my friends about.
  54. Mar 1, 2022
    7
    Average game with good parkour, repetetive combat and story, that made me almost vomit. I give it 7, because i had fun from time to time, but no way i will play this shallow thing again.
  55. Mar 1, 2022
    5
    Este juego se lleva una 5 porque mantiene la esencia de la primera entrega, suspendiendo en todo lo demás. Parecía que iba a ser una buena continuación del primer juego, pero ni es bueno, ni es una continuación.

    De las mecánicas que añade esta entrega, cabe destacar la importancia del ciclo día/noche (más bien luz/oscuridad), según la cual el personaje se transformaría en zombie tras
    Este juego se lleva una 5 porque mantiene la esencia de la primera entrega, suspendiendo en todo lo demás. Parecía que iba a ser una buena continuación del primer juego, pero ni es bueno, ni es una continuación.

    De las mecánicas que añade esta entrega, cabe destacar la importancia del ciclo día/noche (más bien luz/oscuridad), según la cual el personaje se transformaría en zombie tras estar 5 minutos en la oscuridad, o tras 5 minutos sin estar cerca de una luz ultravioleta; el cual el propio juego se carga la mecánica al llenar el mapa de consumibles que evitan la transformación del personaje en zombie, haciendo que tras 45 horas de gameplay, no me haya transformado ni una sola vez. Por otra parte, la mecánica de los poderes de zombie, añadiendo super fuerza, velocidad, y super saltos... completamente inútil, solamente añadida para justificar 4 momentos en la historia del juego en los que se usa.

    Tal vez merezca la pena comprarlo dentro de unos meses, cuando baje de precio, ahora mismo por 70€ tienes opciones mucho mejores.
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  56. Feb 28, 2022
    7
    This is a fairly fun first person parkour open world game. The story wasn’t very gripping though and the combat felt pretty one dimensional.
  57. Feb 28, 2022
    7
    Not great, not terrible. It's good for a few days to go parkour on the roofs with some zombies or from them. :D Sad, that story progress saves only on host acc.
  58. Feb 26, 2022
    7
    The game is fun! The parkour is really smooth. The combat can be great. There are issues though. The game would be amazing if there weren’t so many bugs. Some hideouts (kind of like save points and resting places that also serve as a reset spot when you die) are bugged so you can’t trigger them. This can impact progress as some missions see you die and then reset far from your last spot.The game is fun! The parkour is really smooth. The combat can be great. There are issues though. The game would be amazing if there weren’t so many bugs. Some hideouts (kind of like save points and resting places that also serve as a reset spot when you die) are bugged so you can’t trigger them. This can impact progress as some missions see you die and then reset far from your last spot. The story is ok. There are some really great moments and missions. The was one really long mission in the middle of the game that was perhaps one of the top missions ever for me. But others were boring fetch quests. Loved the first game but this one falls a little bit short also the music was amazing in the first game…not so much in this game. This is a good game but maybe wait until there are a couple more patches. Expand
  59. Feb 27, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished the main quests.
    Here’s a wrap up of my thoughts.

    Good things
    - Plenty of of side quests and activities - Customization is good - Nightrunner tools are awesome. Once all is unlocked, the games is really fun
    - Parkour is a blast
    - Story is interesting. The different endings makes it interesting.

    Let downs
    - Graphics look old gen (I’m on PS5). Because if this, the gameplay feels old too.
    - A lot bugs (the final boss got stuck in a wall…). I had to restart the game a few times on PS5 because of the lag.
    - Trophies being required for upgrades is a real pain

    Overall, it’s an ok game. I really enjoyed the multiple things you can do. That said, was it worth the wait and hype?
    I can understand people being disappointed. If you want an Zombie style Skyrim, it’s a game for you. If not, wait for something else to come along.
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  60. Feb 26, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am absolutely disappointed in this game. Besides the countless glitches, my game has crashed three times, I've fallen through the map twice, the parkour mechanics are all over the place; I've died more times by slips and falls than zombies and human enemies attacks because Aiden falls whenever he jumps onto something; trying to jump onto a ledge is a major project at times because he always jumps to the side instead of in front of him. Some of the side missions which required Aiden to make a choice were bugged- no audio and no subtitles, so I had NO idea what the **** was going on!

    And now, my game is broken. I am stuck at the story quest of The Colonel, the mission after meeting Juan at his hideout does not appear. I also cannot sleep in any safe zone; I get the message that I cannot sleep because it's not safe. I cannot progress through the story because the missions are NOT appearing! I restarted the game three times and I am still not seeing any story quest missions. So I am UNABLE to play the game. I never had any problems playing the first Dying Light. This game should have NEVER been released!! GARBAGE!!
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  61. Feb 25, 2022
    7
    Dying Light 2 is a good game. If there was not 500 hours of content I would give a lower score. I think the story and side quests are boring. However, I really like the free-running and really like looting stores at night.
  62. Feb 24, 2022
    6
    Grafisch definitiv ein PS4 Spiel, man merkt die lange Entwicklungszeit deutlich. Die Sprachausgabe ist auch nicht die beste. Die Story ist nicht berauschend und es gibt einige Bugs im Spiel. Das Feeling von Teil 1 kommt nicht wirklich auf, es ist einfach nicht mehr so beklemmend wie Teil 1. dort war das Leveldesign wesentlich besser. Das Gameplay wird schnell monoton und das Endgame bietetGrafisch definitiv ein PS4 Spiel, man merkt die lange Entwicklungszeit deutlich. Die Sprachausgabe ist auch nicht die beste. Die Story ist nicht berauschend und es gibt einige Bugs im Spiel. Das Feeling von Teil 1 kommt nicht wirklich auf, es ist einfach nicht mehr so beklemmend wie Teil 1. dort war das Leveldesign wesentlich besser. Das Gameplay wird schnell monoton und das Endgame bietet nicht wirklich interessantes um es auch nach beenden der Story weiter zu spielen.

    Für mich nur ein Mittelmäßiges Spiel. Da wäre nach so langer Zeit wesentlich mehr drin gewesen.
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  63. Feb 24, 2022
    7
    Under rated in my opinion, The story is average but the gameplay is amazing. I enjoyed just exploring and doing things in the open world.
  64. Feb 24, 2022
    5
    Jogo tem bastante bugs e algumas missões segundarias chatas e repetitivas , problema desse jogo foi adicionar muito conteudo vazio , ele é divertido para jogar com amigos e dar risada dos bug e matar zumbi.
  65. Feb 23, 2022
    7
    I was really anticipating this game and it was good overall, just didn’t take the step forward I was hoping for. The side quests didn’t pull me in and the day/night cycle wasn’t as intriguing as the first game. Also seemed like killing zombies is an after thought, with very little incentive to do so. Overall recommend playing it, just not all I’d hoped it would be.
  66. Feb 23, 2022
    6
    Really expected more from this game, the level of improvement needed wasn’t reach and I’m overall disappointed of it, in no way is it a 0/10 though
  67. Feb 23, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo está muito bugado, algumas vezes quando eu abro o inventário o jogo fecha sozinho,a dublagem br está muito ruim as falas dos personagens cortam no meio do diálogo,muitas vezes os figurantes e os prédios não renderizam e eles ficam cinza como se fosse um boneco de argila. Expand
  68. Feb 22, 2022
    5
    Waste of money, I'm completely disappointed by this game. After a few hours of playing, I'm totally over it.

    If anything, it shines a light on how tired and overused the subject matter has become (zombies and post-apocalypse, how unique!). I was expecting some kind of novel/brilliant twist on these subjects, but no. The "zombies" and other opponents have awful AI and lend almost nothing
    Waste of money, I'm completely disappointed by this game. After a few hours of playing, I'm totally over it.

    If anything, it shines a light on how tired and overused the subject matter has become (zombies and post-apocalypse, how unique!). I was expecting some kind of novel/brilliant twist on these subjects, but no. The "zombies" and other opponents have awful AI and lend almost nothing of interest to the story or gameplay other than being the conceptual backdrop for the game.

    The voice acting is something you'd expect from a group of 5-year olds trying to sound like bad guys. It's so bad that I'm embarrassed every time someone speaks in this game. That's totally unacceptable in these modern times, where so many games in this price range have an excellent and thoughtfully crafted story, script and voice actors.

    The mildly unique fighting/movement stuff isn't anywhere near interesting enough to anchor an otherwise silly, boring and sloppily produced game. I'm not investing any more of time into this stinker.
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  69. Feb 21, 2022
    6
    This game is kinda dissapointing. I've been playing it with a friend cause singleplayer this seems incredibly boring
  70. Feb 21, 2022
    6
    Это прям не плохая игра, но это определённо тот размах который был задуман. Да ладно замах... Сюжет, вот где проблема...
  71. Feb 20, 2022
    5
    I thought that cyberpunk was very bugged game until playing Dying Light. Story was very boring no depth in it. Side quests were so repetitive. The dialogues are too long and make no sense. The characters didn't even have a single facial expression all looked same at all. Black screens every few seconds in story missions. Weapons cant be repaired for no reason.
    I finished whole game without
    I thought that cyberpunk was very bugged game until playing Dying Light. Story was very boring no depth in it. Side quests were so repetitive. The dialogues are too long and make no sense. The characters didn't even have a single facial expression all looked same at all. Black screens every few seconds in story missions. Weapons cant be repaired for no reason.
    I finished whole game without one single shop upgrade cuz of the bug. Parkour was the only good thing in the whole game.
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  72. Feb 20, 2022
    6
    It would have been a 10, if there weren't so many glitches with multiplayer.
  73. Feb 20, 2022
    7
    At first I thought the game would be weak but it impressed me congratulations I hope much more
  74. Feb 20, 2022
    6
    I wasn't thrilled for Dying Light 2 when announced, but I played the first installment when it released, and I enjoyed my experience with that and The Following. Overall, Dying Light 2 is a fun game, however, there's lots of work to be done to smooth out the edges. A buggy mess once you get to the second region. I found myself rushing to beat the game at that point.. the bugs and issuesI wasn't thrilled for Dying Light 2 when announced, but I played the first installment when it released, and I enjoyed my experience with that and The Following. Overall, Dying Light 2 is a fun game, however, there's lots of work to be done to smooth out the edges. A buggy mess once you get to the second region. I found myself rushing to beat the game at that point.. the bugs and issues were really starting to alter my experience with the game and became more of an annoyance. I also didn't care for the story. It was eh, but I felt the same about the first Dying Light. It was more the gameplay that intrigued me. Expand
  75. Feb 20, 2022
    5
    I went through the game completely once and I don't want to see such squalor anymore. Graphics of the 2013 level. The plot is lean, and variability is absolutely not necessary for this game. The Russian voice acting is unpleasant and made by amateurs. Most of the animations that were in the first part are not here. And those animations that are made crookedly. The mechanics of paraglidingI went through the game completely once and I don't want to see such squalor anymore. Graphics of the 2013 level. The plot is lean, and variability is absolutely not necessary for this game. The Russian voice acting is unpleasant and made by amateurs. Most of the animations that were in the first part are not here. And those animations that are made crookedly. The mechanics of paragliding control are unbearably poor. The game is not worth your money or your attention. And the fact of its release in this form speaks of the bestial attitude of the developers to the fans of the series. Expand
  76. Feb 19, 2022
    5
    Прошел игру, сюжет меня мягко говоря огорчил и все это украшенно неплохим обилием багов.
  77. Feb 19, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As someone who absolutely loves the first Dying light game i can't help but feel disappointed after playing this game. Before i list my pros and cons of the game i want to remind that i played around 30 hours of this game, finished the campaign, did some side quests, found a lot of the upgrades and skills and did some free running. I played this on my ps5.

    Pros:

    Graphics are imo pretty good. I've seen a lot of people saying the graphics are bad but i think they look overall pretty good, they could be better but they did not bother me in the game.

    The crafting system is pretty good and simple to get the hang of.

    The paraglider is really fun and useful and works great in the second map.

    The second map that you unlock is insanely fun to play in. The high colorful buildings are great and varied.

    Cons:

    The story. Yes the story in the first game was also bad but the fun gameplay made up for it but not this time. Considering Techland put so much emphasis on the story when they marketed the game so to see it turn out like this is disappointing. Characters are pointless, boring and forgettable. Hakon was nice but disappears after the half way point and only comes in the end to betray you for no good reason and he is immediately forgiven for this, Lawan is also a character who comes along your journey and does stupid decisions and gets pissy when you call her out for them and gets herself in trouble constantly even if we tell her not to do things that get her in said troubles. Also choices don't really matter at all, no matter what you do Aiden's sister dies in the end so the whole point of the game is pretty much pointless. The only thing your decisions change is who comes with you in the ending, either you're alone, with Hakon or with Lawan, all of which are not satisfying options. Also there are very little connections to the characters from the first game, only one being Spike.

    Combat. The gameplay feels overall a downgrade from the first game in almost every way. The combat in this game feels slow, sluggish, unsatisfying and clunky. Zombies and humans half the time ignore or don't react to your attacks at all. Normal zombies aren't a threat almost at all, the humans on the other hand are stupid persistent and gang up on you and lock in their combo attacks constantly so fighting becomes more of a nuisance than a fun challenge. Also there are no more guns in the game aside from a bow, crossbow and a makeshift gun that break after a couple of shots. Who makes a zombie game without guns!? And for some reason the dropkick feels weird cause human enemies can block it and after you do the kick your character lies in the ground and gets back up so slowly that the enemies can just gang up on you while your still in the ground, so it becomes a liability more than a trusty power move.

    Parkour. Why is it so SLOW!? Jumping is too floaty and mid air control feels horrible. For some reason they added a climbing stamina bar but took out running stamina bar, like why!? Limiting the amount of parkouring you can do in a parkour game is a bad idea and this frustrated me so much especially in the early game when my character could not even climb a billboard because his stamina ran out. It was a **** addition and i hate it. Also why is the character always running but can't run in most of the safe zones even if there aren't even any npcs in them? Overall a downgrade in almost every way from the first game.

    The final boss is complete garbage. It is a buggy glitchy mess and the boss is a complete bullet sponge with bs combos that lock you in place. I honestly prefer the final boss from the first game which is also ass.

    Bugs and glitches. They are everywhere: textures not showing, lip-syncing not working, character pathing gone wrong, enemies getting inside solid objects so you have to restart the game to start everything again, also happened in the final boss phase 3, collision not working, physics not working, parkour not grabbing what you are trying to grab, double jump not working and many more.

    The nights. Volatiles only come out in high level chases in the overworld so they are almost never seen. Streets are ass during the night cause howlers are everywhere and alert all zombies after you. The night time meter also suck cause it limits your night exploration and it's just another pointless micromanagement. They ruined the selling point of the series that being "night is scary and beware" now they are just annoying and frustrating.

    also they removed the survivor skill tree, repairing weapons, first map is boring and sucks and dismemberment is severely downgraded.

    The game needed atleast another year of two in development to iron out the numerous bugs and glitches. I suggest you wait atleast 6 months for them to fix the glitches and wait for a sale. The first game was amazing and this game is worse in almost every way. This game is not horrible but it's not even close to the first game.
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  78. Feb 19, 2022
    5
    Very unfinished. Lots of bugs and glitches on Ps5. Lots of cons, very little pros.
  79. Feb 17, 2022
    5
    The game in itself is good, the gameplay is fun, and the story is nice.
    But sadly, all of the qualities it had were overshadowed by the heavy amount of bugs I encountered.
    From visual bugs like textures not loading or characters being in weird poses/freezing, to gameplay issues like nothing loading in and ending up under the map. The worst bug that i encountered was the dialogues not
    The game in itself is good, the gameplay is fun, and the story is nice.
    But sadly, all of the qualities it had were overshadowed by the heavy amount of bugs I encountered.
    From visual bugs like textures not loading or characters being in weird poses/freezing, to gameplay issues like nothing loading in and ending up under the map.
    The worst bug that i encountered was the dialogues not working, but not just the dialogues not being here, the entire dialogue part not working, meaning that a 3 minute cutscene ended up in a 1 minute one because no dialogue occurred. The only way to fix this was to restart the game

    Overall, the game is good and fun, just wait for it, those bugs ruined the experience
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  80. Feb 17, 2022
    5
    I was a big fan of the first. This one, not so much. The story isn't interesting and this time, the game introduces factions that dont make a big impact on the game itself. The night is much more annoying since you cant avoid getting caught in a chase usually. The challenge missions are not worth playing as the difficulty is unweildly. Crafting upgrades are way too expensive. My biggestI was a big fan of the first. This one, not so much. The story isn't interesting and this time, the game introduces factions that dont make a big impact on the game itself. The night is much more annoying since you cant avoid getting caught in a chase usually. The challenge missions are not worth playing as the difficulty is unweildly. Crafting upgrades are way too expensive. My biggest dislike on this one is the force-down-your-throat parkour. Unlike the first game, it was a fun byproduct. This time its in your combat and quests and proves just how sloppy the mechanics can be.

    In summary, this game is a more grindy version of the one I loved with attempts to revamp that just fall flat. Yea, its similar in some ways, but its added new features that just dampen the experience.
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  81. Feb 16, 2022
    5
    As a huge fan of the original I am very sad to say that I’m extremely disappointed. The combat is boring and watered down, the parkour is not a huge improvement, the story is lame. I just can’t get into it. I have been looking forward to this game for years and played only 4 hours and just can’t bring myself to enjoy it. Waiting for Horizon the forbidden west, hopefully that won’tAs a huge fan of the original I am very sad to say that I’m extremely disappointed. The combat is boring and watered down, the parkour is not a huge improvement, the story is lame. I just can’t get into it. I have been looking forward to this game for years and played only 4 hours and just can’t bring myself to enjoy it. Waiting for Horizon the forbidden west, hopefully that won’t disappoint. Expand
  82. Feb 16, 2022
    7
    The gameplay is pretty cool, but the story and the underwhelming "Choice" mechanic the game has to offer was badly produced. Before mentioning the story, I want to start off with the gameplay. After playing for several hours, I found the gameplay to be quite satisfying, but it was not perfect in my opinion. It does make the game more challenging with the stamina implementation towardsThe gameplay is pretty cool, but the story and the underwhelming "Choice" mechanic the game has to offer was badly produced. Before mentioning the story, I want to start off with the gameplay. After playing for several hours, I found the gameplay to be quite satisfying, but it was not perfect in my opinion. It does make the game more challenging with the stamina implementation towards doing parkour, but it was quite annoying climbing tall buildings and running out of stamina just to instantly die from falling. Stamina was not just a problem, climbing itself did prove to be hard considering the instances when I wanted to jump to another platform, but because of how much the screen moves with every movement your characters head does, I would miss several platforms to grab onto and die instantly from falling or the zombies would catch up and kill me, or even the bows, Molotov's, and other various projectiles being flung at my character. There were also tedious moments when I wanted to climb a specific object ingame and my character would not wanna climb, perhaps it was because of how he was positioned, but at times it was frustrating trying to find a spot to climb up a building with the little time I had before enemies caught up.

    The combat is extremely fun, and once you unlock a lot of skills. You can easily cheese your way through the game. I was level 3 and I headed towards a level 5-6 enemy base to capture and I kept drop kicking enemies off the building instantly killing them. Same went for other instances when I'm just running on the roof tops and an enemy is straight ahead. I would drop kick not just one, but two enemies in a single blow off the roof.

    The environment was pretty cool, I had much more options than the first game when it came to running away from things or trying to get somewhere. Although as much as I liked the games overall design. It was annoying running on a roof top and being completely blind because a tree was blocking my view of where I was going.

    Story wise, it was pretty generic. The choices you made did little to nothing, and I'm not sure what I did wrong from the beginning of the game, but for some reason every npc who wasn't trying to help me. Were rude, and mean towards the main character, which was completely weird considering how I helped a settlement from a renegade attack once, and then a side quest had me go back to that settlement and one of the npcs said "Where were you when the island was attacked?". Then proceeded to degrade my character which totally through me off. Considering how it's a zombie apocalypse and I do understand that people would be living on edge, I don't know why even after helping some npcs you're still treated like garbage. So at the end of the day, any choice you make doesn't affect how npcs view your character in a big impactful way.

    Aiden, the main character is the single most generic, naive, bold and clueless character I have played as in awhile. When an npc is actually being helpful and nice, he would rudely push for his agenda and the game doesn't let you decide how you respond to someone in game either. The character has zero development throughout the story as well. He is either dumb and letting people use him, or just a rude character pushing for his agenda which I understand because he is looking for someone important to him, but still. He has no sense of just listening to someone.

    7/10 because I subtracted points for having a generic MC, annoying parkour physics, and poorly written story.
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  83. Feb 16, 2022
    7
    I hesistated a lot to buy this game but gave it a try. With the latest patch it is for the most part playable. I was glad that I didnt encounter game breaking bugs, e.g. death loop and others but I have to admit that there are still lots of bugs in the game. Texture glitches, missing parcour grabs, trigger not activating, treasure you need to open on a special angle and more.

    I also
    I hesistated a lot to buy this game but gave it a try. With the latest patch it is for the most part playable. I was glad that I didnt encounter game breaking bugs, e.g. death loop and others but I have to admit that there are still lots of bugs in the game. Texture glitches, missing parcour grabs, trigger not activating, treasure you need to open on a special angle and more.

    I also feel the game engine is not the best. 1080p60 in performance mode runs mostly flawless but honestly the game looks bad in comparison to early trailers and for that it performs not well enough. The story writing is pretty bland and after a while you feel like re-visiting the same places over and over again making it a slightly run down experience. Enemy variety is pretty poor, same goes to the equipment variety. At least the weapons are somewhat satisfying.

    The game lacks a lot quality of life improvements, e.g. remember the filters I set in the inventory because I dont want to set it for the 100th time, why do I need to switch on my light over and over again etc. Bragging with 500hrs of playtime was honestly a silly move to because it is one of the few modern the game where: you cant max stats no matter how long you play, you get locked out of collectibles which you cannot re-visit after the game ends and there are also some trophies that are plain stupid, e.g. millionaire or running 960km.

    In general the combat and gore was satisfying. I did like some of the characters and the weapons pulled my score up but after all you should wait and buy the game at a sale of at least 50%. For germans that might consider buying the cut version - dont do it, get the uncut disc version because honestly the bloody part is one of the essentials and you will miss out big time.
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  84. Feb 16, 2022
    5
    Allow me to introduce you to dying light 2. Without too much ramble, first the graphics they look worse than borderlands, dying light 1, far cry 2,3,4,5,6 and any other first person shooter and you've seen that since the new gameplay trailer dropped so nothing new here but I thought it might be better when you play it at a high resolution on my ps5. But no the game has no personalityAllow me to introduce you to dying light 2. Without too much ramble, first the graphics they look worse than borderlands, dying light 1, far cry 2,3,4,5,6 and any other first person shooter and you've seen that since the new gameplay trailer dropped so nothing new here but I thought it might be better when you play it at a high resolution on my ps5. But no the game has no personality unlike dying light 1 the dark tones fit the atmosphere the parkour was fast and sleek when you got out of a hoard you actually felt pheww. When you did rooftop parkour it was scary cause if you fell down you're done. But yeah the game feels like it lacks ambient occlusion, antialiasing, fog and resolution is the biggest problem. Also very few godrays when it should be lathered with it. The render distance is bad and popping is prominent I would not buy this game for 60 bucks for these features alone. It took rockstar games 7 years to make red dead 2 so did it took to make dying light 2 and the game is 6 to 7 times bigger than dying light 2 but also with phenomenal graphics bare in mind it released on last gen and it has better graphics. Of course you can argue that techland is way smaller company but there world is also way smaller we arent asking for much anyway we are asking for a open world game which looks good not ultra detailed but at least looks somewhat next gen and it looks like a ps3 game far cry 2 had better textures than this. Moving on to gameplay the parkour is horrible, its floaty, its slow, its clunky, you get stuck on objects basically everything but dying light. After that is the stupid paraglider which doesn't obey laws of physics when you pull the glider down it goes up 5 ft like what, newton must be turning in his grave, it also dosen't help that it removes all the anxiety and thrill you had while doing parkour on rooftops. The combat is hilariously boring the melee or whatever is not good also the zombies are less scary . The protagonist has powers now? well what the hell why not make me a mutant with big claws and giant teeth looking like black ops zombie please dont put supernatural elements in your game I like humans you know people liked the older characters bcz it was something they can relate to. I and I can barely relate to this protagonist aiden bcz he is a mutant or whatever he is. The story and the writing are gonna be watch dogs 2 level was known since we watched the first gameplay trailer. Where the girl says yes we did it with the most uninspired voice ever how can you like the game when the va have no passion or intrest whether the emotion is being expressed or not. The system of choosing sides is the most boring system I was like yeah whatever. Also people keep saying this about far cry games that its more of the same and this game is like less of the same not in a good way but bad. Characters enviroment and physics all have been downgraded its less of the same and barely had anything good from the last game. AI also terrible sometimes they see you other times you will be in front of them but nothing happens. Did this game left impact on me? yes its terrible story left a impact on me and made me understand that everyone cant be a writer hahaha. Jokes aside it has nothing on the name of impact and watch dogs 2 probably made me feel more impacted than this. This game made me realise that preordering any new games was a mistake. Before I go this game has tons of bugs as much as gta defnitive edition Expand
  85. Feb 16, 2022
    7
    I did not play the original Dying Light but I knew I had to jump into this one for how popular the original was and owing it to myself to experience this game. I will just say to me it felt like a FAR CRY Zombie game which isn't bad or anything but not exactly great either. I had fun when sticking to the main story as the side quest felt like fetch and return. I was not blown away but alsoI did not play the original Dying Light but I knew I had to jump into this one for how popular the original was and owing it to myself to experience this game. I will just say to me it felt like a FAR CRY Zombie game which isn't bad or anything but not exactly great either. I had fun when sticking to the main story as the side quest felt like fetch and return. I was not blown away but also not disappointed. I will likely play through the rest of it while waiting for HFW to release. Expand
  86. Feb 16, 2022
    5
    This games has too many bugs. I couldn't complete some sidequests because of that.
  87. Feb 15, 2022
    6
    +Fun gameplay (at very least for the first couple of hours after the prologue)
    +Nice visuals (not great, though, by far)
    +/- Meh soundtrack
    -Poor balance
    -Awful story
    -Bad sidequests
    =Just another empty soulless open-world game, but hey! - you can parkour! m'kay...
    Buy this game only on sails and only if you got nothing else to play.
  88. Feb 15, 2022
    5
    I could not wait for this game to be released. Unfortunately, this is pretty much a half finished product.

    Some of my points: - 1080p 60 fps on PS5 is unacceptable. The game looks prevgen if it was on low settings. Shadows, textures look very unappealing, in-game themes look way too colourful, oversaturated. Compared to other games like TLOU2 this look very bad. The visual
    I could not wait for this game to be released. Unfortunately, this is pretty much a half finished product.

    Some of my points:
    - 1080p 60 fps on PS5 is unacceptable. The game looks prevgen if it was on low settings. Shadows, textures look very unappealing, in-game themes look way too colourful, oversaturated. Compared to other games like TLOU2 this look very bad. The visual presentations in last year’s trailers were a lie!
    - I have encountered many bugs during gameplay (spawning, performance issues, some crashes etc.)
    - The campaign has a very promising start, story feels interesting. Later, especially at the end and it turns out to be very silly. Almost like a Brazilian soap opera.
    - There are many stupid cut scenes in which other opponents appear out of nowhere and you lose your advantages.
    - NPC-s are unable to follow you on mission, after a cutscene they teleport to next meeting location, where they need to teleport again.
    - RPG elements are mediocre.
    - There aren't many infected on the streets, which is awkward.
    - DL1 felt so much better.
    - Side missions are boring.
    - Stealth elements are meh.

    Overall, I feel let down, as I was very hyped to play it.

    My final verdict is that I cannot recommend it on full price, this game need 12 months’ worth of patch and a great discount.
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  89. Feb 14, 2022
    6
    Plutôt pas mal mais pour ma part pas mal de bug, des missions redondantes et j’en passe..
  90. Feb 14, 2022
    5
    Ahhh where do I start...slow storyline? Bad dialogue? No sprint button? No guns? Removed ragdoll system for combat? Levelled looting so you can't get better stuff until you level up? I'm not really sure where they placed the emphasis here but it was definitely in the wrong areas, I can only do parkour for so long before getting bored.

    I was a huge fan of the first one, this just seems
    Ahhh where do I start...slow storyline? Bad dialogue? No sprint button? No guns? Removed ragdoll system for combat? Levelled looting so you can't get better stuff until you level up? I'm not really sure where they placed the emphasis here but it was definitely in the wrong areas, I can only do parkour for so long before getting bored.

    I was a huge fan of the first one, this just seems like a watered down version minus some of amazing qualities of the first game. I was really hoping for much much more.
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  91. Feb 14, 2022
    7
    This game is breathtakingly beautiful, the sound design evokes emotion as you play the game. You can get lost in this world, in it's beauty in the interesting characters. Holy mackerel the story telling got leveled up a ton between DL1 and this game. I feel like the storys are a little "less hokey" then in the first game. The factions give an interesting dynamic.

    Edit: This started as a
    This game is breathtakingly beautiful, the sound design evokes emotion as you play the game. You can get lost in this world, in it's beauty in the interesting characters. Holy mackerel the story telling got leveled up a ton between DL1 and this game. I feel like the storys are a little "less hokey" then in the first game. The factions give an interesting dynamic.

    Edit: This started as a 10 out of 10, until i got to the ending now it's 7/10. Techland pulled a cdpr and the ending is a mess. I'll come put this back to a 10 out of 10 if they make the ending better. This was not ready to come out.

    Great game, please ignore the haters. If you liked DL1 you are going to like DL2 even more.
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  92. Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Fantastic game. brilliant dubbing that is only available in important languages
  93. Feb 13, 2022
    6
    This is a review of my single player mode experience. I beat the main story after ~25 hours and completed around half of the side quests and activities.

    As a big fan of the first, (and gamer for nearly 20 years) I really wanted to love this game. Unfortunately, while not a "terrible" game as some reviews seem to suggest, there are enough disappointments that ruined the overall
    This is a review of my single player mode experience. I beat the main story after ~25 hours and completed around half of the side quests and activities.

    As a big fan of the first, (and gamer for nearly 20 years) I really wanted to love this game. Unfortunately, while not a "terrible" game as some reviews seem to suggest, there are enough disappointments that ruined the overall experience for me. I'll break it down into the main aspects:

    Combat: While it flows smoothly and hit boxes seem accurate enough, it feels much more "cartoonish" and controlled than the first game and it lacks that same realistic grittiness from its predecessor. There are large health bars above enemy heads which makes it feel more like an arcade game than a realistic and immersive experience. For example: you whack an enemy in the head and rather than falling limply to the ground with a half-open scalp, he goes flying and spinning ten feet backwards in a ridiculous fashion. There are no guns in this game. Also, enemy levels and health scale with you as you progress, making weapon damage feel pointless. I never felt like I was actually doing more damage to enemies with a 120 dmg weapon vs a 60 dmg one.

    Nighttime: Nighttime is totally different. No more " sneak past the Volatiles roaming the streets, get spotted, and run frantically towards the safe house". Now it's "avoid the howlers planted every twenty meters" and eventually "fly over everything with the paraglider" Night chases are not as fun as in the first, nor as intense/frightening.

    Crafting: You can't craft weapons in this game. You can craft and stack various elements modifications and other items but can't make weapons or armor from scratch. You can't modify armor in any way. Only true "healing" item that can be crafted is your basic bandage, which takes about 4 seconds to use (wrapping animation, can't use weapons or run) I found this annoying in combat. Overall crafting was a letdown.

    Map: Bigger than the main game in DL1; no buggies/open driving like in "The Following" DLC. Broken into two parts: the first part is similar to the second area of Harran from DL1 (smaller buildings, more open areas), while the second map has many large budlings and skyscrapers.

    Parkour: The best part of the game by far. Movement is fluid, and traversing the city become easy and fun later on, especially when you upgrade the respective perks, like sliding, wall running, etc. (spoiler-ish) You get a paraglider and grappling hook at certain points in the story. The only real downside is that you can't run as fast as i would have hoped, at least not until you get a perk later on.

    Story: I wouldn't call it "horrible", but definitely not good, not as interesting as the first game in my opinion. The first few hours had me interested enough, but things just seemed to take on a life of their own too quickly after that. The pacing feels "off". Sometimes i struggled to keep up with what was going on and other times i had to think back "why are we doing this again?" There are choices that effect the ending, but i found it hard to really care about any of the characters, since the game never sticks you with the same one long enough for you to get a true feel for them. There are many classic cliches as well, and many times where i found myself waiting for the inevitable "floor creaks and of course you fall through into zombie-infested room" sort of thing. Not "bad" per-se, just very tired and expected plot elements. Also, Aiden (your character) is kind of a little b**ch sometimes. I wish they made him more of a "badass", like a hardened zombie killer by the end of the game, or at least gave you the option of whether to freak about certain things. Like, this guy has been alone on the road for four years fighting off God-knows how many infected: why is he freaking out over four bumbling corpses coming at him?". Side quests aren't really anything special. After the first dozen-or-so I felt no drive to complete them other than the experience points.

    Voice acting: Not terrible, but sometimes annoying. Some of the accents (American South, for instance) are just awful. Like, "when did we go from the middle east, to France, to Ireland, to some hillbilly backwoods in Georgia?" sort of thing. I found myself skipping through much of the dialogue just to get to the damn point. Facial animations are barely there: none of the characters felt "real" to me.

    Music: Intro is definitely not as bangin' as the first game's, nothing else really stuck out. No more darkwave/synth wave, industrial stuff like in the first. In fact, i can't even remember any of the music, which tells me it wasn't that good.

    Other annoyances: Aiden getting knocked down in every other cutscene by some generic a$$hat with a crowbar in the corner, because he didn't check behind the door (again).

    Overall: 6/10. Maybe wait for a sal
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  94. Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Z tego co wyszło przez ostatnie miesiące, to najlepszy tytuł. Patche doszlifują grę i będzie brylant.
  95. Feb 5, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Changed my rating. This game is mediocre at best. RPG elements only work when the story is good so you care about the outcome. I simply don’t care what do I have to fetch or who do I have to save anymore. It’s Farcry 6.5 zombie edition or dying light for 10 year olds rather. Parkour is improved but somehow still less fun than the first game. The heart pumping action where you’re running from volatiles through the slums of Harran is just missing. Chases are still there but somehow it feels empty and lacklustre. Again,this is a last gen game with makeup on. Getting a bit sick and tired of those.Co-op is still fun. Just roaming in the night killing zombies together is a blast so i give this game a 6. It would be a 4 otherwise. I deleted it around 10 hours in just like i did with Farcry 6. Generic,generic,generic,boring,lazy writing,last gen graphics..did I mention generic Expand
  96. Feb 13, 2022
    5
    There’s a game between the bugs. ……………………………:::::::::::
  97. Feb 13, 2022
    6
    Just saw the top critic review which kinda makes out all the bugs are squashed, that's not even half true. You can still fall through the world, enemies can be immune to damage, get stuck in the environment (hope you unlocked fast travel or you'll have to load the previous save), night enemies appear during the day for no reason, hell sometimes you'll craft something of a lower tier thanJust saw the top critic review which kinda makes out all the bugs are squashed, that's not even half true. You can still fall through the world, enemies can be immune to damage, get stuck in the environment (hope you unlocked fast travel or you'll have to load the previous save), night enemies appear during the day for no reason, hell sometimes you'll craft something of a lower tier than all the zombie mats you grinded mean absolutely nothing.

    I mean this is a game where you can get hit by rain (there's rain spots effects on the HUD) when you're INSIDE a building. This is bug central. It's enough to make cyberpunk blush. This is 3 months from release. I mean i can understand why they didn't delay it, but it should have been put off while they did some quality testing.

    Apart from that it's a fairy standard combat and parkour we saw from the first game - nothing really major here a few new moves but it's the same dying light you played before. Story wise it's okay a lot of flashbacks and unnecessarily things. Anything other than the survivor route feels tacked on though... honestly it feels shoehorned and quickly added to give an idea of "your decisions matter".

    Graphically it's a mixed bag, it can look absolutely amazing one minute then the next you're looking at it and wondering why you're seeing PS3 textures. It's all over the place. You're not sure if you're having fun, being frustrated or just wanna beat it because you started the game. Might as well see it through to the end and never play it again. That's what i did.
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  98. Feb 12, 2022
    7
    You will not regret picking up this game even at its original price of $60. It was certainly worth my money and time. In terms of bugs the second patch caused them to be relatively non existent for me. Overall I think the only thing that humble the game a little bit is a story that hits on some angles for me and misses on others in terms of plot and character development. So far techlandYou will not regret picking up this game even at its original price of $60. It was certainly worth my money and time. In terms of bugs the second patch caused them to be relatively non existent for me. Overall I think the only thing that humble the game a little bit is a story that hits on some angles for me and misses on others in terms of plot and character development. So far techland has not disappointed me at alI rather I think that I always feel as if there is some things still left to be desired. A more in depth rpg system could have benefitted this game immensely... it seems like choices changed "some" of story outcomes however I think most players got the impression that these choices would affect their character and the world around them a little bit more than faction based safe zones and a few traps/utilities here and there. Don't let the lower review fool you it seems like people in Europe are having issues with the dialog and language settings however from a consumer here in NA you will be more than happy when picking up this game. Expand
  99. Feb 12, 2022
    7
    Игра не плоха, но постоянные баги в кооперативе бесят, так же есть проблемы с производительностью, 2070с бывает не догружена и ФПС ниже 60, а бывает показывает 100% загрузку но температура падает как и ФПС, что тоже говорит о недогрузе, полагаю без денувы не обошлось, и эти все проблемы с r7 2700x. Я вообще не понимаю желание разрабов встраивать эту унылую защиту которая все равно неИгра не плоха, но постоянные баги в кооперативе бесят, так же есть проблемы с производительностью, 2070с бывает не догружена и ФПС ниже 60, а бывает показывает 100% загрузку но температура падает как и ФПС, что тоже говорит о недогрузе, полагаю без денувы не обошлось, и эти все проблемы с r7 2700x. Я вообще не понимаю желание разрабов встраивать эту унылую защиту которая все равно не защищает, кто не.хотел покупать, не курит, а возьмёт оффлайн активацию за пару баксов, а впечатления от игры сломаны. Разрабы вы обещали убрать защиту если будут жалобы на ФПС, ну так дерзайте, проблемы явно есть. 3 балла за лаги снял, сюжет конечно звёзд с неба не хватает, сделали по заветам Кармака, и на том спасибо. Expand
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 62
  2. Negative: 1 out of 62
  1. May 11, 2022
    75
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human looks more like a DLC to the first game than a whole new one. This does not mean it is a bad game, but it is not one that you should rush to buy. It looks and feels like you are playing the same Dying Light from years ago, and despite the storytelling being solid and entertaining, it is not enough to justify buying it right now.
  2. May 7, 2022
    85
    Delivering a huge improvement on the first title, but lacking with new features, Dying Light 2 Stay Human is quite fun, brutal, rewarding and a game of exceptional quality when it comes to the open world. Minor issues still exist here, but Techland successfully manages to live up to the hype surrounding the game.
  3. Mar 10, 2022
    80
    Dying Light 2 ups the ante from the original in almost every way, offering more satisfying parkour, combat and enough jump scares to make you never want to walk in the darkness ever again. A worthy and essential sequel.