Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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  1. katovski
    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.    … Expand
  2. Shiven23
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    imo dying light 2 is better than dying light
    the game is smooth and addictive
    the parkour system is improved
    the environment was phenomenal
    the story was good
    it is a must buy if you want play a good rpg it will not disappoint
  3. Maksu
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    A very good game, the parkour possibilities are very impressive. An interesting story. The lack of Italian dubbing is also a big plus! I recommend it to everyone!
  4. DoctorRaccoon
    Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Eine Enttäuschung aber auch eine "Offenbarung" in gleichem Maße.
    Zuerst das "schlechte", wobei ich anmerken möchte, dass ich nichts wirklich Schlecht finde, sondern diese Punkte eher unter die Rubrik "das hätte besser laufen können" fallen.
    Der größte Faktor ist hier natürlich die Story. Diese kann man sich durchaus geben und hat auch nette Wendungen, wird aber an bestimmten Punkten sehr    Eine Enttäuschung aber auch eine "Offenbarung" in gleichem Maße.
    Zuerst das "schlechte", wobei ich anmerken möchte, dass ich nichts wirklich Schlecht finde, sondern diese Punkte eher unter die Rubrik "das hätte besser laufen können" fallen.
    Der größte Faktor ist hier natürlich die Story. Diese kann man sich durchaus geben und hat auch nette Wendungen, wird aber an bestimmten Punkten sehr durchschaubar. Außerdem wurden Auswirkungen beworben, die nur zum Teil vorkommen. Es gibt verschiedene Enden, die Entscheidungen die sich wirklich aufs Ende auswirken sind aber alle samt im letzten Drittel. Die Veränderungen in der Welt, die durch das zuweisen gewisser Gebäude getriggert werden, sind größtenteils vernachlässigbar. Lediglich eine Freischaltung (Freischaltung 4 bei den PKs) hat einen wirklichen Mehrwert für das Gameplay. Hier gilt grundsätzlich: Die Peacekeeper geben Fallen und Waffen und die Survivor bieten mehr Parkour Möglichkeiten. Zu den Enden noch eine Sache. Eine Entscheidung bestimmt, ob man für das Endgame ein neues Gebiet bekommt oder nicht. Hierrüber sollte man sich vielleicht vor dem Ende informieren.

    Mein letzter wirklich negativer Punkt ist die Performance. Dazu aber nochmal vorweg: Ich habe gesehen, dass viele Leute Probleme mit Bugs und Death Loops hatten, das ist mir aber bei zwei Durchläufen noch nicht ein mal passiert. Lediglich in den Credits des zweiten durchlaufs ist das Spiel das erste und einzige Mal abgestürzt. Daher beziehe ich diese Punkte nicht in meine Wertung ein.
    Die Performance ist leider relativ enttäuschend.
    Man bekommt auf der PS5 drei Modi. Performance, Qualität und Auflösung.
    Da sich 30 FPS für mich wie eine etwas schnellere Diashow anfühlen, was in einem Spiel wie diesem nicht unbedingt zweckdienlich ist, habe ich ausschließlich im Performance Modus gespielt. Der Aussage von Digital Foundry, dass diese 60 FPS Stabil sind, kann ich so nicht unterschreiben. An einigen Stellen im Spiel, besonders im zweiten Gebiet sind Bildrateneinbrüche zwar nicht regelmäßig, kommen aber häufiger vor als es sein sollte. Hier sollte "nachoptimiert" werden. Darüber hinaus, sieht das Spiel im Performancemodus einfach nicht gut aus. Es wird mit festen, nicht dynamischen 1080p gerendert. Eine Schande, denn 1440p60 wäre mit Optimierungen, FSR Implementierung und/oder dynamischer Auflösung sicherlich drin gewesen. Stattdessen bekommen wir aber leider ein sehr verwaschenes 1080p Bild.

    Nun zum Positiven:
    Das Parkourgameplay ist in 9,5 von 10 Fällen absolut super. Nur selten bin ich gefallen, weil Aiden eine Kante nicht greifen wollte. Es ist Anfangs langsam, allerdings merkt man mit jedem Investierten Skillpunkt und Hemmstoff eine deutliche Verbesserung bis zu dem Punkt, wo man ein absoluter Parkourgott ist. Die Gadgets die man in der zweiten Spielhälfte bekommt, verbessern das ganze nochmal, müssen aber bei Meisterhandwerken verbessert werden, um das volle potential ausschöpfen zu können. Besonders gut ist hier auch, dass man gerade bei der freien Erkundung nie nur einen Pfad hat. Es gibt immer alternative Routen und Lösungsmöglichkeiten, bei denen es sich teilweise sogar so anfühlt, als wären die so nicht gedacht.
    Das Kampfsystem profitiert meiner Meinung nach aber nur von einem Skill. Dem Dropkick. DIeser ist, wie auch schon im Vorgänger, absolut OP und macht die Kämpfe ab dem Zeitpunkt wesentlich einfacher und lustiger.

    Ein weiterer, klar positiver Punkt sind die Charaktere. Alle Charaktere sind super geschrieben und niemand ist schwarz/weiß. Jeder Charakter hat seine eigene Motivation und seinen eigenen, nachvollziehbaren Grund, wieso er so handelt wie er handelt. Besonders bei Lawan muss man allerdings auf die Entscheidungen in der Story aufpassen, da diese die Charakterentwicklung maßgeblich bestimmen.

    Dadurch, dass viele Leute von Gamebreaking Bugs berichten, würde ich zwar noch auf ein paar Patches warten, an würde ich Dying Light 2 allerdings jedem empfehlen, der Bock auf gute Zombie-Action hat und nebenbei noch eine nette Geschichte erleben will.    … Expand
  5. Lanyesich
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    It turned out that Italians have a problem with reading, even in their own language. A great wave of criticism against Poland, if not for the Poles, Rome would not have been standing for a long time during World War II. It is regrettable that because of their great ego, which should have ended just after the fall of the Roman Empire, they criticized the great game. But let's not be underIt turned out that Italians have a problem with reading, even in their own language. A great wave of criticism against Poland, if not for the Poles, Rome would not have been standing for a long time during World War II. It is regrettable that because of their great ego, which should have ended just after the fall of the Roman Empire, they criticized the great game. But let's not be under any illusions, Italians are dubbing EVERYTHING - literally - movies, commercials, Talk Shows. But as I mentioned it shows that they have a reading problem.

    And the game is great! Bravo Techland. You never fail!    … Expand
  6. Camlambelot
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    What has happened to the Gaming Development industry? Is this what they call a finished product? Are they proud of this? Did they just make this to make money and forget about it?

    The graphics are OK, the sounds are OK, the gameplay..ehh..the story.. what story? It's as generic as it gets. The game is super glitchy and unfinished. The enemies and friendly NPCs all move around awkwardly    What has happened to the Gaming Development industry? Is this what they call a finished product? Are they proud of this? Did they just make this to make money and forget about it?

    The graphics are OK, the sounds are OK, the gameplay..ehh..the story.. what story? It's as generic as it gets. The game is super glitchy and unfinished. The enemies and friendly NPCs all move around awkwardly and unnaturally and the writing is made by elementary school children.

    Is the game fun? Kind of? As long as you can make fun of it and just follow quests WITH A FRIEND. By yourself? Go play Days Gone or almost any other BETTER open world and/or zombie game.

    I also do NOT understand why devs feel the need to add the work f**k into every sentence either. Good writing requires a bigger dictionary.    … Expand
  7. Vadim2022
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    Очень много багов, графика ужасная, производительность игры плохо, вообщем прошёл и продал диск, даже дополнения для игры ждать не буду.
  8. AlteredQuellist
    Feb 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Day one player of the first game. Waited 7 years for this **** joke. At least one crash every hour, boring unoriginal campaign, unenjoyable boss fights, repetitive combat. I mean come on, the final boss fight of the game, the culmination, featured a 3 tier boss fight, with the boss reusing the same three voicelines every 3 seconds, about a thousand times, non stop. What a **** joke.… Expand
  9. Kidd714
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    Games great, one of the best! But I’m in a death loop dying since launch. Unplayable. I’ll change review when we FINALLY get a patch.
  10. Antoniojun
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Unfortunately this Port was very poorly made, there is no option to hide the hud, whoever has an OLED screen is vulnerable to burn in.
    And it also doesn't have dynamic resolution, in performance mode the game is very blurry on an oled c1, looking like a PS3 game.
    Total regret buying this game at launch.
  11. RPNF_YukiTerumi
    Feb 20, 2022
    9
    First of all: No game deserves a 0-1/10 or 10/10 in my opinion. I love zombie games to death since I played the first RE game on the PSX, and still would not give this game a 10.

    With that out of the way, the review in 5 parts: - Graphics 6/10: Sure, it's no the last of Us levels of detail, but seeing as this is a open-world sandbox game I can understand why they went that route. Could    First of all: No game deserves a 0-1/10 or 10/10 in my opinion. I love zombie games to death since I played the first RE game on the PSX, and still would not give this game a 10.

    With that out of the way, the review in 5 parts:
    - Graphics 6/10: Sure, it's no the last of Us levels of detail, but seeing as this is a open-world sandbox game I can understand why they went that route. Could be more, but the gameplay might forced the design here.
    - Story 7/10: It's cliched, but not bad. It is not completely obvious what's happening, you get a few moments of "show, don't tell" and the story makes at least to effort to portray both factions as grey, instead of good or bad. Also, the two faction route they put in place at least adds replay-value, as do the choices to a limited regard.
    - Characters 7/10: While I can admit that they sometimes are written a bit "dumb", and making your character the center of attention by acting helpless to get you involved is a tad to much, overall the characters are likeable and understandable enough in their actions that you can get behind them without suspending disbelief. Most of the bunch are capable to be mean arses in one cutscene, and later on bring out a dump one-liner that makes you crack a smile. Your character, Aiden, kinda reflects that as well: You can play him as a focused loner or a genuine social and caring guy, and both get presented believable enough to stick with me. Also, another plus: There are not many "pure bad guys" in the story - most of them act for a reason, and you can understand and feel bad for them in the story - even choosing how to react to them doing what they do. Techland at least didn't go down the "we tell you what to think about X"- route, and I am grateful for that.
    World design 9/10: This a good open world in my opinion. There are tidbits of survivor stories to be found everywhere, there is something interesting to at nearly every corner, and most of what you see would make sense in a zombie infested world. Villedor looks beautiful and makes climbing the rooftops enjoyable to play and see.
    Gameplay 10/10: This is hit or miss for most people, but damn I need to play favourites here; It's broken physics, but traversing the rooftops makes fun, and screwing with enemies with broken tools and weapons makes fun. This is clearly the main focus I got the game for this time around and it does not disappoint. It makes fun to play with a friend and have a laugh about ragdolling enemies from roofs, into spikes or water, grapple them around, watch em explode, etc. Even most of the bugs will likely "only" kill you in a ridiculous manner that makes you have a laughing fit rather than making you angry. Overall, the game is a blast by not taking itself too seriously.

    Overall, the game would come out as a 7.8.

    I gonna add one more score-point for replay-ability and to since there are way to much 0/10 ratings going around (mostly because of localisation issues), so feel free to read this a 8/10, if you choose.    … Expand
  12. LeroyFDK
    Feb 20, 2022
    6
    It would have been a 10, if there weren't so many glitches with multiplayer.
  13. StarLordIV
    Feb 20, 2022
    7
    At first I thought the game would be weak but it impressed me congratulations I hope much more
  14. ciaSquall
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Игра прекрасна своим миром и паркуром, но множество багов просто убивают все наслаждение от игры, как в прямом, так и в переносном смысле.
    Постоянное пропадание иконок мест, которые уже были открыты, зацикленные квесты, появляющиеся после каждой загрузки, "петли смерти", забаганные ачивки и много чего ещё.
    Пока проблемы не исправят, оценка будет 0.    Игра прекрасна своим миром и паркуром, но множество багов просто убивают все наслаждение от игры, как в прямом, так и в переносном смысле.
    Постоянное пропадание иконок мест, которые уже были открыты, зацикленные квесты, появляющиеся после каждой загрузки, "петли смерти", забаганные ачивки и много чего ещё.
    Пока проблемы не исправят, оценка будет 0.
  15. Tinagowtfay12
    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
  16. Greep
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    By far one of the worst games to come out this year. $60 for 1080p 30fps raytracing. Wtf? Game is beyond buggy, crashes constantly, and the dialog is boring as **** Seriously reconsider ever laying a hand on this game.
  17. Axles_spin
    Feb 20, 2022
    8
    Averaged score: 7.6 (rounded to nearest selection that MC allows)
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human is a great game that I definitely recommend. The gameplay is engaging, the story is interesting, and future patches and DLC could easily fix graphics and replayability, taking this game’s rating up to at least 8. Absolutely worth picking up and putting in 100 hours or more.
    DETAILED SCORES:    Averaged score: 7.6 (rounded to nearest selection that MC allows)
    Dying Light 2: Stay Human is a great game that I definitely recommend. The gameplay is engaging, the story is interesting, and future patches and DLC could easily fix graphics and replayability, taking this game’s rating up to at least 8. Absolutely worth picking up and putting in 100 hours or more.

    DETAILED SCORES:

    Graphics: 6/10
    Dying Light 2 has some decent overall graphics. Scenery is detailed and pretty, NPCs are realistic enough for a cross-gen game, and combat effects are decent. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of graphics bugs like shaking items, pop-ins, and clip-throughs on release 1.005
    Gameplay: 9/10
    Great, smooth parkour style combat and world traversal. Getting around the city is addictive to the point of distracting and I found myself spending a lot of time just running, jumping, and flying around. Combat can be a tad repetitive if you are not using your different abilities, but just mix it up a bit. Story was interesting and engaging with good voice acting.
    Play factor: 8/10
    Easy to just spend hours exploring or side-questing. The main story is long and interesting, but the side stuff can keep you busy for hundreds of hours. Traversing the city is really fun, and I spent hours just running around.
    Sound: 9/10
    The soundtrack was really well done. The music fit and enhanced the mood perfectly. The voice acting was pretty good, with Rosario Dawson stealing the show. Sound effects were well implemented, and I encountered very few or no sound bugs that I realized.
    Replayability: 6/10
    Dying Light 2 would seriously benefit from a “New Game +” mode. It has really addictive gameplay, but Techland needs to give players a reason to come back for more if they want it to be more than a “one-and-done” game. Beyond mopping up trophies and side-quests in post-game, not much to bring players back.

    Note: You DO NOT need to play the first game.


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    Tl;dr Reviewer recommended! Try this game regardless of if you have played the first one!    … Expand
  18. EmreTekin
    Feb 20, 2022
    2
    aptal sıkıcı oyun. Bu oyunda iyi ve ilginç bir şey yoktu. Görsel olarak beni etkilemedi. İlk bölüm daha iyi grafiklere sahipti. Görevler her zaman aynıdır, katılım olmadan. Birçok hata ve sorun
  19. Percyvelle
    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
  20. Akira_Metalhead
    Feb 10, 2022
    0
    No italian dubbing is a lack in accessibility and a little discriminatory. Not spend my money in this things
  21. rikyer
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    terrible game. Graphics looks very old, it's ugly, textures look dated. Gameplay is generic and quests are repeated similar with no emotional feeling. Story has no meaning. Commands suck. Saves go corrupt
  22. Cyb3rs34l
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    The game starts off feeling great then slowly dies out.

    The combat sucks without guns as the first game had, its all mele slashing or stupid parkour fighting that most people don't even want to use. All that had to do was make a good story, which they didn't, and import the same fighting with a few improvements an they failed. The game bugs your saves an it lacks a new game plus    The game starts off feeling great then slowly dies out.

    The combat sucks without guns as the first game had, its all mele slashing or stupid parkour fighting that most people don't even want to use.

    All that had to do was make a good story, which they didn't, and import the same fighting with a few improvements an they failed.

    The game bugs your saves an it lacks a new game plus feature so if at any point your game experiences an issue it would be best to stop playing. Some of the secrets are neat but nothing is really fun about them as they are just dumb time trials.

    The game also leaves you no way to truly max out your character unless your on pc with cheat engine. I really don't see how they are going to make the game better as the story was pretty much trash all interactions are really lame     … Expand
  23. BestiazPassata
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Wszystko co w 1 zostało ulepszone w 2 piękna gra, wątek Imborowy miazdy, dlc wydane po w tygodniach, to się szanuję, gra w trybie wydajności pięknie chodzi w 60 fps, jest lajt i co jajco giera zajebista,włosi dają małą ocenę ale ich to jebac 5w w sranie
  24. ashenone666
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    In the middle of the game, game crashed and corrupt my save. Support answer after 8 days with template answer: “We can’t restore your save, we recommend to quit game by pause menu to avoid corrupt the saves.”

    The plot of the game is pretty silly. Biggest part of main missions boring. Fight with boses, especially revenants, made easy and boring, no attack patterns, no challenge, final boss    In the middle of the game, game crashed and corrupt my save. Support answer after 8 days with template answer: “We can’t restore your save, we recommend to quit game by pause menu to avoid corrupt the saves.”

    The plot of the game is pretty silly. Biggest part of main missions boring. Fight with boses, especially revenants, made easy and boring, no attack patterns, no challenge, final boss = worst boss in single player games, I ever seen. 20 minutes of fight with enemy, that have two attack types. NPC Textures have load delays and often I have grey models without textures. NPC Voices have load delays and often I have silent dialogues. Items have little and uncomfortable hitbox, when you want to take it, you must find the little point above it. On PS5, we have uncomfortable PC interface without habitual for console gaming interface, but with cursor. Side missions short and silly, so I don’t want to speak about that. Dark zones, at first, they seem interesting, but on 3-4 try, u understand that they all identical. Gameplay, especially parkour, is good and I have a lot of fun, when run across the city, it’s better and more dynamic then in 1st game. But it’s not save this game. Don’t recommend it for play.    … Expand
  25. space80893
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    я просто хотел норм игру но нет мы сделаем кластический сюжет я имею виду ищем потерянного родственника и по фиксим крюк кошку графоний такой себе предметы в базах не оставляют тени даже если светло ну и плюс цена 2000 не лучше ператку скачатья просто хотел норм игру но нет мы сделаем кластический сюжет я имею виду ищем потерянного родственника и по фиксим крюк кошку графоний такой себе предметы в базах не оставляют тени даже если светло ну и плюс цена 2000 не лучше ператку скачать
  26. RcKDrUmm3R
    Feb 19, 2022
    8
    I liked this game a lot on PS5. Didn’t have any bad glitches, the environment was great, graphics good and the story was adequate. I like how your choices change missions and the outcome of the game adding to its replay ability. Recommend if you liked DL1
  27. Hellmasker87
    Feb 19, 2022
    4
    A Game Overrated By Fanboys, It's Not Fun, Has No Decent Story. You Play By Trifle
    One word for this game: Boring
  28. wladislaf1310
    Feb 19, 2022
    5
    Прошел игру, сюжет меня мягко говоря огорчил и все это украшенно неплохим обилием багов.
  29. renegatt
    Feb 19, 2022
    10
    Nobody give a s..t about baby boys from metacritic. Steam score is 80% positive
  30. Daruse93
    Feb 19, 2022
    8
    Better the previous game. More gameplay, parkour, fights, buildings and etc
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 62
  3. Negative: 1 out of 62
  1. MeuPlayStation
    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.
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  2. PSX Brasil
    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.
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  3. Finger Guns
    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.
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