Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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  1. andre2tk
    Feb 21, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gostei bastante de dying light 2 só uma ressalva quanto a movimentação de pulo mas de restante eu gostei bastante.… Expand
  2. Aquelfoly
    Mar 20, 2022
    2
    Le jeux est bien loin de ce que l'on nous a montré :( La qualité ps5 est trop faible, la VF de très mauvaise qualité, un game play trop simpliste ... full bug :(
  3. Series
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    Dying ligh 2 is a geraphic **** game it is a full package of bug with a lots of glitch that make you die and so dumbass hard to play
  4. marvsfontanilla
    Apr 11, 2023
    8
    Story: 8
    Graphics: 7
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 8
    Playtime: +70 Hours (Main Story + Extra)
  5. tinvi
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    Not a bad game but a game with some real problems
    weak storyline and dialogs are absolutely killing the atmosphere. it's just look stupid
    still many compliments for a good gameplay and parkour
  6. SalvaYEET
    Jun 27, 2022
    10
    First of all, **** Italians and their entitled asses. I don’t want your worthless language taking up space in my hard drive so I am glad Techland didn’t include Italian dub in the game, they shouldn’t have even included the Italian subs. 10/10 solely because of this addition (or more like removal lol) Though the game isn’t a 10, but it also most definitely isn’t a 5, so I’ll just give a 10First of all, **** Italians and their entitled asses. I don’t want your worthless language taking up space in my hard drive so I am glad Techland didn’t include Italian dub in the game, they shouldn’t have even included the Italian subs. 10/10 solely because of this addition (or more like removal lol) Though the game isn’t a 10, but it also most definitely isn’t a 5, so I’ll just give a 10 to neutralise the score (thanks review bombers and It*lians). The actual rating I would give is an 8.5/10. For comparison, this was a 9.5/10 for the first game. The parkour and gameplay is as fun as they will ever be and I didn’t find the story to be all that lacking like everyone claims. Though I am angry about all the false advertising relating to how choices were supposed to have large impacts on the story and gameplay. All we got were a few extra quests and up to 7 gameplay features that don’t really change much in the game. I really hope they will make amends on this matter in the story DLCs.… Expand
  7. Catdaddy_77
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    This is a solid game and well deserved high rating. The graphics flow well, the scenery is amazing and the zombies are relentless. My wife asked what movie I was watching. R1 button to jump takes getting used to (again) and there are some plot lines that miss the mark or logic meter I would say but nothing that ruins the game. Well worth a ur Jade-a pod the upsells on gear-you do t need them.
  8. Randariel
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Nothing new. Asassins creed, witchet, fallot, thats it. Btw you die in fire in ode sec
  9. Nextrow
    Sep 3, 2022
    3
    They really tried. Maybe even tried to hard. Nothing to do in the wold. To many rpg elements. It's boring didn't like the story. You need to go to icons on your map to get stuff. Not find a store or a weapon shop and get your stuff. Really liked 1, but this, this is just not worth it.
  10. Gamer1985pro
    Sep 25, 2022
    2
    Game is bad. Graphics is toooo bad. Faces is too bad. Gameplay is bad. The Game include bugs. Very very too much bugs.
  11. Monster800
    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    … Expand
  12. WhiteWolf1711
    Feb 19, 2023
    9
    Brillant. It is an awesome game with an amazing gameplay, parkour and an interesting story with endearing characters. It is very underrated deserves better rating
  13. GamefanA
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    This is an easy review for me. A game so broken that i haven't been able to play since launch gets a zero from me
  14. Lewwildy
    Sep 5, 2022
    7
    Made some improvements in the latest update thus the new rating. Still not quite there yet for me though.
  15. Sepidar77
    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
  16. Anklefocker
    May 6, 2022
    0
    It's better and worse than the 1st game. Parkour is more fun, story is better, combat abilities are better, but the bugs and glitches make the game nearly unplayable. While fighting enemies the game randomly lags while doing parkour attacks. Enemies are sometimes grey skinned mannequin looking things. Enemies will freeze in place for several seconds after you hit them then re appear andIt's better and worse than the 1st game. Parkour is more fun, story is better, combat abilities are better, but the bugs and glitches make the game nearly unplayable. While fighting enemies the game randomly lags while doing parkour attacks. Enemies are sometimes grey skinned mannequin looking things. Enemies will freeze in place for several seconds after you hit them then re appear and get a free hit on you, story dialogue is often muted. Sometimes I'll do several parkour jumps, rolls, falls etc.. with no sfx at all. Then roughly 20 seconds later I'll hear all the sounds that were supposed to play earlier while my character is just standing there. I'm currently on the final story mission and its skipping entire cutscenes.. Techland should be embarrassed… Expand
  17. Lozabia42969
    Feb 22, 2022
    10
    This game is one of the most complete in terms of Zombie survival. I love the changes from the first one. I've made decisions that I still feel bad about making LOL. I love it, it has too many bugs but I know it will be fixed, the basics of the game are perfect, fun, different, it's a new open world and I love it. The best parkour game in the world. I love the combat, weapon mods,This game is one of the most complete in terms of Zombie survival. I love the changes from the first one. I've made decisions that I still feel bad about making LOL. I love it, it has too many bugs but I know it will be fixed, the basics of the game are perfect, fun, different, it's a new open world and I love it. The best parkour game in the world. I love the combat, weapon mods, costumes, parkour skills and night runner tools TOP.… Expand
  18. m_f_sousa
    Feb 10, 2022
    10
    Capitalized on its predecessor in every way. Fantastic thrills and great gameplay. Would recommend to anyone into the genre.
  19. ArcaneRaven
    Feb 22, 2022
    8
    I've just about got the Platinum , game is a lot of fun, sure the story could be a little better but gameplay is a rich experience, the only real issues right now are technical issues, hopefully Techland will resolve these soon, glitched trophies, broken netcode etc but at it's core there's a lot of fun to be had in DL2.
  20. Kipper-
    Feb 12, 2022
    8
    I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game. Other than some annoying bugs which I'm sure will get ironed out in the next few weeks, the experience was flawless and performance was solid on PS5. I haven't enjoyed a game this much in a long time, I literally stayed up all night on the first day of playing because I was so invested and just... enthralled by the world and stuffI have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game. Other than some annoying bugs which I'm sure will get ironed out in the next few weeks, the experience was flawless and performance was solid on PS5. I haven't enjoyed a game this much in a long time, I literally stayed up all night on the first day of playing because I was so invested and just... enthralled by the world and stuff to do. The parkour is also a huge step up from the previous game and the combat too. I played some coop too and other than one small issue with audio while playing coop, it was extremely fun. Also, Jonah Scott does a phenomenal job as Aiden(the main character) in the game, along with many other memorable characters with above average voice actin, apart from some sidequests which had downright hilarious voice acting, but hey, I see this as a good thing as dying light 1, for me at least, was all about making fun of and laughing at these wierd quirky characters with my friends in coop. With Techland's promise of 5+ years of content coming to this game, I can definitely see my rating go to a 9, maybe even a 10 just because of how fun the game is, especially coop. I also quite liked the main story and, while it's not exactly groundbreaking storytelling, it certainly would keep one well entertained and invested in some of the characters, especially Aiden. The decisions also have a massive impact on the story and ending so if you dont like one ending, you may like another. I belive there is 5 completely different endings, so that also means lots of replayability. All in all, if you liked the first game in any way, definitely give this a try, I promise you won't be disappointed, as long as you don't have extremely high expectations for the story.… Expand
  21. Awanka
    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.    … Expand
  22. Ughhh
    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
  23. mops338
    Jul 23, 2022
    10
    I think, this game is good, i like to play in this for two hours and i like just run off from chase
  24. BlakeOneLive
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    Хорошая игра, за исключением некоторых мелких проблем. Самая главная глупость - нет огнестрельного оружия.. И ладно бы объяснили нормально... Но объяснили плохо!
  25. Mazurro
    Feb 11, 2022
    10
    Fantastic gameplay, Better that first, Great visuals, amazing open world, good story. Having a blast.
  26. Sioandel
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    Has many issues but still fun to play and worth the price for me. Tried to analyze from different aspects but turned out to be a long boring complaint. If you are afraid of the negative reviews, feel free to wait longer, Dying Light is known for it's long-term updates, so hopefully this one will be better during the years.

    Complaint list: 1) Performance. The game can maintain 60fps    Has many issues but still fun to play and worth the price for me. Tried to analyze from different aspects but turned out to be a long boring complaint. If you are afraid of the negative reviews, feel free to wait longer, Dying Light is known for it's long-term updates, so hopefully this one will be better during the years.

    Complaint list:
    1) Performance. The game can maintain 60fps under performance mode most of the time, there are some frame drops, but not frequency, but only AT THE FIRST SECTION. When you are navigating in the second one, you will encounter frame drops every few minutes. Personally, the performance is at the point that barely standable but not enjoyable. Note that we are talking about running on a next gen console and the graphic looks blurred and can be ugly sometimes.

    2) Gameplay. There are many improvements to the first game, parkour + combat works so good that just running around aimlessly can be a lot of fun. My complaints are for the human enemies, it's okay to make enemies good at defence, but in a fast-paced encounter, it's nothing but frustrating when you are surrounded by 5 guys and you can't hit anyone because they are all blocking and side stepping, while there are another 2 guys shooting arrows at you and climbing around when you try to get close.

    3) Multiplayer. Not much to say, it's basically the same as the first game. All the players have to gathered every time you need to talk to an quest NPC, nothing wrong with the system, but there are too many "talk to someone next me" moments in the main quest, so I'm sure the main quest is not optimized for multiplayer.

    4) Story. Not as bad as people say, yet has many to complain. The story in general is not bad, definitely not something great, but still quite an entertainment if you just watch to see what happens and not think too much. The biggest problem is that it's too obviously trying to make you feel "pain". It's a good idea to build emotional connection between the player and the characters, but when you know EVERY DAMN TIME a character revealed to you and obviously the game want you to care, the character will die immediately afterwards, without exception. You just won't care. Then the choices, they don't have any positive feedbacks, like I mentioned before, they just too obviously trying to "hurt" you. It's not "choose what you like to be", more like "choose to be an a**hole or try to be something else but turn out to be an a**hole anyway". That's not how to make a meaningful and satisfying story. Honestly I find the side quests are way more interesting than the main story.    … Expand
  27. TimeEntity
    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.
  28. Sanyokparenyok
    Feb 12, 2022
    9
    Я фанат первой части, получил платину в длс the following и в основной игре. Эту часть ждал с дня релиза, с 2018-го года. Я был уверен что первую часть вторая не переплюнет, но… Но я только-что прошёл её и очень доволен сюжетом, все говорили что говно сюжет, но это не так. Сюжет на 8/10, неплохо, интересные сюжетные повороты, gameplay просто Бомба, первая часть мне нравилась заЯ фанат первой части, получил платину в длс the following и в основной игре. Эту часть ждал с дня релиза, с 2018-го года. Я был уверен что первую часть вторая не переплюнет, но… Но я только-что прошёл её и очень доволен сюжетом, все говорили что говно сюжет, но это не так. Сюжет на 8/10, неплохо, интересные сюжетные повороты, gameplay просто Бомба, первая часть мне нравилась за атмосферность, за саундтрек и всё что связанно со звуками. Атмосфера во второй части стала хуже, но со звуками также на высоте. Для меня первая часть осталась лучше. Моя оценка второй - 88, первой - 90… Expand
  29. Harvdigity
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    This game is nothing like the last game. The disconnect between the player and any action you want to take is tremendous. Unlike the first game when everything ran smooth. Every press of the button did what you wanted it to.

    The story is terrible. The characters are good but the story stinks. The world is so closed in and gives a claustrophobic feeling to the atmosphere. Don’t waste your    This game is nothing like the last game. The disconnect between the player and any action you want to take is tremendous. Unlike the first game when everything ran smooth. Every press of the button did what you wanted it to.

    The story is terrible. The characters are good but the story stinks. The world is so closed in and gives a claustrophobic feeling to the atmosphere.

    Don’t waste your time. The first one is still great. Go play that one.    … Expand
  30. Decx-wolf
    Feb 8, 2022
    6
    so what to say about dying light 2 well lets start with the positives, the parkour system is still bloody amazing sure you suck to begin with but as you slowly build up your stamina and gain new moves you become a beast of movement and trust me its alot of fun espically when you get the glider and hook, second positive the story is alot better then the first one thats for sure however iso what to say about dying light 2 well lets start with the positives, the parkour system is still bloody amazing sure you suck to begin with but as you slowly build up your stamina and gain new moves you become a beast of movement and trust me its alot of fun espically when you get the glider and hook, second positive the story is alot better then the first one thats for sure however i will admit techland still needs to work on it, still a positive since its an improvemnet but room for growth, 3rd positive the game is pretty stable atleast for me with maybe a couple odd bugs but nothing game breaking, 4th the new gadgets are a hell of alot of fun especilly the paraglider and the new grapple in my opinion is alot better cause its not op. 5th the new biomarker thing is actully intresting and listing this as a positive cause honeslty it did make **** tense and barely annoyed me save for a couple times (which were my fault), 6th the world actually feels alive you see other people you can listen to stories (which need subtitles seriously) when you get a proper safehouse they build around it and create well little bases.

    now will do positive/negative before getting to the actual negative, so for starters the the new night system is both awesome yet sucky, its awesome cause they actual have more stuff to do during the night other then grinding and you no longer have to worry about making one mistake and getting swarmed but 20 volotiles, however said awesome has some issues namely the chase system ive played for a few days and only saw volotiles twice because even on the hardest diffulculty its to easy to escape and easy to not get chase level 4 maybe if it was alot faster or maybe only 3 levels (both times were story missions), ok now second iffyness the choice system well its not terrible and does have the odd intresting choice sadly nowhere near as good as they made it sound, what else well human combat is majorly improved though their still annoying as hell and the combat controls take a bit to get used to and sadly no more constant drop kicks, what else o new zombies are neat however im kinda disapointed by some of them namely the banshee and anomaly the banshe is just annoying and the anomaly is the same zombie over and over and is so easy to cheese (get up close hell barely hit you), o and exploders are still positive and negative mainly due to them being an giant pain in the ass but they do make you laugh when you spin around see them go oh **** and go flying, and finally for the good/bad the quests some are brilliant others are repetive so not much has changed from the first game honestly you can have fun but their are some that are just boring.

    now onto negatives which thankfully arent many but they are big, the new rpg system honestly kinda sucks honestly ive barely bothered to care i just use whatever has the higher stats (so usally gold items), the new weopan upgrade system also sucks since you can no longer build weopans nor repair them which was an awesome thing with the first game (more you repair the more patches you see on the weapon) however with this system its use till it breaks then toss which sucks and yes that happened in the first game but the first game said weapons did last now once you get somthing better just sell the old stuff and youll get better gear way to easy, o and no more picking up enemy weapons save for spears so yeah thats a big negative cause cmon we are supposed to be surviving but you cant pick up enemy weapons anymore realy.

    honestly those are the big things and i mainly did this to voice my opinion, personally the game is a fair bit better then the previous game and i do highly recomend it, and at the moment could be considered the best game in the last few months (probaly due not being a glitchy mess and has actual content, yes im making a dig at cyberpunk and battlfield 2042), so yeah good and bad, sucks to see it getting so much hate for lets see no guns (stupid take and editing this if your made about no guns USE THE PK CROSSBOW its basicly a gun), bad laungage settings (this is a bit fair but still a bit much to rate it a zero), a weird hud (you can tweak it just saying) and little nitpicks.    … Expand
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76

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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