Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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  1. gameconcept
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Bad game, boring quests, denuvo cancer inside, crappy and buggy to the fullest, fake commercial success from dismal techland
  2. dontbelieve
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    don't believe the Hype created by Techland. It's all fake. And fake is the great sales success they described. The truth is games are very unhappy about DL2 because we have been deceived:

    1. graphics has been heavily downgraded from E3 version of 2019 2. the game has hundreds stupid bugs 3. animations are a joke 4. it is boring and mediocre in everything 5. can't be saved manually    don't believe the Hype created by Techland. It's all fake. And fake is the great sales success they described. The truth is games are very unhappy about DL2 because we have been deceived:

    1. graphics has been heavily downgraded from E3 version of 2019
    2. the game has hundreds stupid bugs
    3. animations are a joke
    4. it is boring and mediocre in everything
    5. can't be saved manually and saves corrupt frequenty
    6. story is nonsense
    7. characters are flat and dull    … Expand
  3. willneverforget
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    Techland remember that gamers will never forget. You misled us this time about the bad quality of this game but next time we will remember and not buy your games in the future. Gamers will never forget. And you misled us twice by adding that massive junk called denuvo
  4. sigmundwelte
    Feb 16, 2022
    0
    Grafisch ist dieses Spiel sehr schlecht. Die Texturen scheinen aus einem Spiel von vor 10 Jahren zu stammen. Das Beleuchtungssystem ist schrecklich, die Charaktere sehen aus wie Papier. Es scheint nicht mit der Ps5 zu spielen, sondern eine Ps4 in der Hand zu haben. Und es ist nicht lustig
  5. the_hawk30
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    DL2 is so bad I've no words to describe it. Pretty sure most positive reviews here are from Techland employees paid to give fake ratings 10 out of 10. This game's a mess of gameplay, glitches, bugs, broken saves, death loops and other garbage. They totally ruined the very good DL1
  6. NotFair
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    worst video game I ever played in my life. Everything about this game is wrong and bad
  7. luigimodena
    Feb 17, 2022
    0
    Ci avevano promesso mari e monti prima della sua uscita dicendo che sarebbe stato un gioco innovativo, originale e ottimizzato. Ma così non è. Schifezza allo stato puro, ottimizzato da cani, brutto da vedere, noioso, banale. E manca il doppiaggio italiano, grave affronto verso noi Italiani, ovvio che l'hanno fatto apposta per snobbarci alla grande. Voto: zero. Se si potesse dare sotto zeroCi avevano promesso mari e monti prima della sua uscita dicendo che sarebbe stato un gioco innovativo, originale e ottimizzato. Ma così non è. Schifezza allo stato puro, ottimizzato da cani, brutto da vedere, noioso, banale. E manca il doppiaggio italiano, grave affronto verso noi Italiani, ovvio che l'hanno fatto apposta per snobbarci alla grande. Voto: zero. Se si potesse dare sotto zero lo darei… Expand
  8. knutnilsson
    Feb 18, 2022
    0
    spelet har stora problem, korrupta data, buggar, animationsproblem. Story har ingen mening, spelet är mediokert. Inte bra köp
  9. gustavessen
    Feb 17, 2022
    0
    der größte Fehlschlag aller Spiele. Totale Enttäuschung. Nichts innovatives von dem, was uns versprochen wurde
  10. geezdervy
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    how bad it looks like. it seems you're playing a game from 2015 with bad textures and ugly environments. Despite that it's very demanding, my rtx 3080 is hardly capable to make it run at 4k all maxed out. Damn Techland
  11. Shilfein
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Abysmal writing, cardboard NPCs with 0 charisma, awful narrative, boring main storyline and repetitive Ubisoft-esque sidequests. Instant refund.

    Such a shame, I was really hyped with the whole "narrative focus" and "decisions with consequences" thing... It could have turned out so differently if Avellone had been at the helm... Next time you try to turn a sandbox game into a    Abysmal writing, cardboard NPCs with 0 charisma, awful narrative, boring main storyline and repetitive Ubisoft-esque sidequests. Instant refund.

    Such a shame, I was really hyped with the whole "narrative focus" and "decisions with consequences" thing... It could have turned out so differently if Avellone had been at the helm...

    Next time you try to turn a sandbox game into a narrative RPG... Maybe consider NOT firing the best writer in the gaming industry?

    Just another flavor of "Get woke go broke", I guess.    … Expand
  12. Solear
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    The game is released in an outrageously half-baked state. It's a disgrace that the developers and publisher thought this is right. I have the PS5 version, ~15-20 hours in and I haven't seen a single cutscene that would actually play as it should. The main story cutscenes are broken to the level that I don't know what's happening, because characters just stand in the corner while the audioThe game is released in an outrageously half-baked state. It's a disgrace that the developers and publisher thought this is right. I have the PS5 version, ~15-20 hours in and I haven't seen a single cutscene that would actually play as it should. The main story cutscenes are broken to the level that I don't know what's happening, because characters just stand in the corner while the audio plays. Camera is moving into the wall and into other character's groins, Once I saw a character I was talking to standing and her head was twisting around like a propeller. I haven't seen a SINGLE CUTSCENE in the game that would play as "intended". Sometimes I was just talking to a bottle or a baseball bat, in worst cases, there are new characters introduced in audio but I don't see anything from a 2 minute cutscene..
    Regarding the PS5 version: To be honest my first reaction was that damn, that graphics look dated as hell! Textures are blurry, trees especially looking bad. Some textures are amateurish, looks like they tries to compensate detail with chaotically layering noise on top of everything. You could easily tell that it was made for PS4, the level of detail on models id very low, looks like it was optimised for PS4 heavily. It is NOT USING ANY OF THE PS5 FEATURES.. Why call it a PS5 game then? Sometimes I felt the trigger is harder to pull but there's no sophistication behind it, just a blind value. And nothing else.. It plays and feels last gen, including the gameplay..
    The gameplay reminded me of Far Cry series in a bad way.. No matter how powerful you are, your character is forced to be a dumbass in the cutscenes so other characters can get a hand over him, beat him, take his stuff etc.. This kind of a storytelling is lame and should not be allowed.. If you are building a power fantasy about a parkouring high jumping zombie killing hero, showing him get beaten up in every cutscene is just a kick in the balls for the power fantasy of the game.. Absolutely bad game design..
    Characters are introduced in the beginning as they know each other, but let's be honest this is the N+1-th zombie game nobody remembers the first one or their characters that much.. Playing the "familiar card" in this case was a waste of effort..
    Most decisions in the game you have to make are either arbitrary or outright illogical, like destroying a power generator. Really? would you really destroy a power generator in a world where UV light and Power generators literal difference are life and death?
    To be honest, I found all fractions equally irritating, so I made my choices in a way when I anticipated more people to die, but there's no misanthropic choice, the game just forcing you to be enemies with one no matter what you do.. The fractions itself are quite "on the nose", "good people in the church" "bad people are the police". Really? Can you be more cliché?
    Game systems are predictable and outdated..
    Just so I can tell something good too, character models are reasonably detailed, but since the cutscenes are **** altogether, you cannot really enjoy them, unless you like to view them from 1mm up close since the cameras are all over the place..
    The very first running music in the first cutscene is a steal from Ghost in the Shell, from a relatively unknown album called Megatech Body. I mean it was a straight steal, not even just a variation..
    I understand the makers desire to showcase the weapon models they worked on, but removing repair is a ****ty way of doing that.. They could just increase the loot count and make every weapon model useful in a way.

    All in all there' some value in the game, but it would need another half a year or more to fix the bugs, another year to properly make this a PS5 title. In this state I'd not recommend it to anyone except fanatics of the first game.. I'd not recommend it mostly because the Publishers and the Developers were confident to release the game in its current sorry state. I mean none of the cutscenes are working in your MAIN STORY!! How the hell is THAT slipping through QR?    … Expand
  13. Xiefer
    Feb 7, 2022
    3
    Okay finished it and I’m lowering the score further, true crap… Lazy writing, glitchy, poor animations, black screens every few seconds in story missions, AI teleporting everywhere… I could go on but just wait for it to be £15.
  14. Crane1995
    Feb 6, 2022
    4
    Can i be honest here guys? Im okay with anyone that enjoy this game. I'm not hating I just very dissapointed . There's alot of improvement and cool stuff they adding like more parkour and combat move in dl2. they remove feature that is a charm in DL1. Zombie combat in DL1 you can feel every hit u land on zombie head,body and limbs precisely while in DL2 you don't really feel like youCan i be honest here guys? Im okay with anyone that enjoy this game. I'm not hating I just very dissapointed . There's alot of improvement and cool stuff they adding like more parkour and combat move in dl2. they remove feature that is a charm in DL1. Zombie combat in DL1 you can feel every hit u land on zombie head,body and limbs precisely while in DL2 you don't really feel like you hitting certain limb, zombie is not interesting to fight. Lag of ragdoll, spike not working properly, zombie design is very generic. Disappointed with bolters redesign he looks like a regular zombie now i dont even notice its a bolter. If you look back at Dl1 special infected each of them have iconic design like toad(spitter),fireman(goon),child(screamer),big Army(Demolisher), big green blister (Bolter). Zombie with opened ribcage(Bomber) . we can easily recognize em by just looking at their silhouette. Im seriously having problem with the slowness of the parkour, its too slow, lack of impact feeling, sometime doesn't grab ledge you looking at. Techland said its to prevent motion sickness is not true, it's very irritating and giving me dizzy even more.… Expand
  15. Chilatow
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    The only thing that's an upgrade from the first game is the parkour. The combat is so disgustingly lackluster that I feel as if it's not even the same genre as it used to be. The hit responses/animations for the first game were absolutely beautiful and plentiful the second one feels like a rough and shoddy ripoff made by a different company. The graphics are inconsistent sometimes they'reThe only thing that's an upgrade from the first game is the parkour. The combat is so disgustingly lackluster that I feel as if it's not even the same genre as it used to be. The hit responses/animations for the first game were absolutely beautiful and plentiful the second one feels like a rough and shoddy ripoff made by a different company. The graphics are inconsistent sometimes they're splendidly done sometimes I wonder if they had an intern do it. The characters faces have little to no expression. The voice acting and storytelling is spot on but it's under a veneer of completely incompetent combat mechanics. If your game isn't an upgrade from the original one it shouldn't exist. You had nearly a decade You're a major studio what the hell we had so much confidence in you. I guess techland can't be trusted to make good on any promises anymore never pre-ordering anything from this company again.… Expand
  16. lordhammod
    Feb 7, 2022
    6
    As if Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't enough disappointment, this game came out.The game has been a great disappointment for me. I am a big fan of the fist dying light. This game shocked me from the first hour. The worst experience i had is with the voice glitch. It happends very often and I miss lots of content (main and side quests) because of it. I own the PS4 version. Dont know if this a move toAs if Cyberpunk 2077 wasn't enough disappointment, this game came out.The game has been a great disappointment for me. I am a big fan of the fist dying light. This game shocked me from the first hour. The worst experience i had is with the voice glitch. It happends very often and I miss lots of content (main and side quests) because of it. I own the PS4 version. Dont know if this a move to push players to buy new gen consoles or what.… Expand
  17. Fading_Dawn
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    So, we finally know why there were so many delays: Techland needed more time to downgrade it all to PS4 standards. It's evident from the get-go that this game was not designed, not optimized, for PS5. It's not as broken as Cyberpunk was at its launch, but that's not saying much. I guess we just have to accept this sorry state as the new normal of game business.
  18. deftones034
    Feb 5, 2022
    5
    Techland should be embarrassed about what their game looks like on next gen. 1080p60 on PS5???!!!!!??? What is this 2012? Be warned this game is NOT OPTIMISED for next gen. Has a lot of potential to be great but they NEED to make it 4k60. The game looks like a xbox one game from 7 years ago.
  19. Im_a_skater
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    If you are actual gamer and still care about this artform, don't buy this game. Don't support games that are hyped to moon and back by developers, but the end product is boring, lifeless and buggy. This is why gaming is dying. Hopefully Rockstar, Remedy and Insomniac bring gaming back on track, but as of right now, until you keep supporting games like Dying Light 2 and Far Cry 6, thereIf you are actual gamer and still care about this artform, don't buy this game. Don't support games that are hyped to moon and back by developers, but the end product is boring, lifeless and buggy. This is why gaming is dying. Hopefully Rockstar, Remedy and Insomniac bring gaming back on track, but as of right now, until you keep supporting games like Dying Light 2 and Far Cry 6, there will never be any innovation.… Expand
  20. staryznowugra
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Would be great for 2018, but not for 2022. Weak graphic and animations. Average story line and averager gameplay.
  21. PraiseTheSunCZ
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Almost everything is worse than Dying Light 1. DL1 had better combat, better weapons, better HUD, better parkour, better zombie behavior and physics, and better abilities. The graphics look like a game from 2016, not 2022.Denuvo.... Fighting zombies is not fun. Parkour is fun at times, but the whole citi looks so similar that I feel like I've been everywhere, even if it's a new location.Almost everything is worse than Dying Light 1. DL1 had better combat, better weapons, better HUD, better parkour, better zombie behavior and physics, and better abilities. The graphics look like a game from 2016, not 2022.Denuvo.... Fighting zombies is not fun. Parkour is fun at times, but the whole citi looks so similar that I feel like I've been everywhere, even if it's a new location. Story is ok so far, a few weird decisions, but ok for a zombie game. If you've never played DL1, don't bother with DL2 and go straight to Dying Light 1. I can't find a good innovation in this game, though there are a few. In fact, I think this game should be called Far Light: New Dawn 2. Same crap as Far Cry: New Dawn, boring world with boring weapons, boring people problems. They chose the worst part of the apocalypse, rebuilding a world where nothing happens. I personally don't like it. You can choose between 2 sides you want to help. Survivors and Peace Keepers. Both are stupid idiots, one looks like beggars and the other like paintball kids playing soldiers. You can't manually save so if you glitch into a wall during some missions and die you fail it and bye bye. Most of the characters aren't very interesting and the few that are worthwhile aren't super essential to the story. The zombies feel like they are just there to fill out the world, you almost don't have to fight them, the main opponents are humans. The physics and behaviour of the zombies is disappointing, you just sneak past most of them anyway so they don't see you and when you do fight one you don't break their bones with your punches and they don't X-ray like in DL1 which was one of the best features, you don't break their bones with every punch like in DL1. You're just taking away the Hp's that levitate above them to die, also almost everything here defies physics and zombies, humans and Aiden fly through the air like nothing. You can't throw weapons here, stomp on zombies' heads, my favorite two-legged kick is basically useless and difficult to use here. Overall the skills here are boring and useless.… Expand
  22. LegendaryKingR
    Feb 8, 2022
    6
    Good:
    -Parkour improvement
    -Nice Skills

    Bad:
    - Game flickers on performance mode
    - Cutscenes glitch
    - Game breaks and you have to start over
    - Low enemy variety
    - Low enemy intelligence
    - Performance
    - Choices do not make an impact until few last ones
    - Bad writing
  23. TheDead47
    Feb 5, 2022
    6
    I wanted so very much to like this game for what it was. But they’ve stripped everything you ever loved from the first one out of the game.
    I heard the CEO and his family were demolishing Techland, though never thought the end product would end up being this unremarkable.

    It’s almost impressive how badly this came together.
  24. Abosalh
    Feb 7, 2022
    6
    There’s a game between the bugs. ……………………………:::::::::::
  25. PestkaD
    Feb 6, 2022
    4
    Pls fix resolution in performance mode this game Looks like 10 years Old on ps5
  26. TonyTulpe
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    Auf der PS5 sind Missionen Verbuggt, Trophys Verbuggt, Sprachausgabe ist nicht nur schlecht, sondern ist auch Verbuggt, Tja und die Grafik ist für daß Jahr 2022 nix besonderes. Kann man mal im Angebot für nen 10er kaufen.
  27. Dichez
    Feb 7, 2022
    2
    Спасибо, за софтлок когда осталось несколько миссий до концовки. Спасибо, что выпилили кучу крутых механик и добавили кучу всратых и бесполезных, кому там нравилось бить ногой в прыжке ? Можешь нахуй сходить. Теперь одной ногой в прыжке бить можно только в прыжке через оглушенного противника. Спасибо, за всратый регдол, раз в десять примитивнее чем в первой части. Спасибо за ветвистыйСпасибо, за софтлок когда осталось несколько миссий до концовки. Спасибо, что выпилили кучу крутых механик и добавили кучу всратых и бесполезных, кому там нравилось бить ногой в прыжке ? Можешь нахуй сходить. Теперь одной ногой в прыжке бить можно только в прыжке через оглушенного противника. Спасибо, за всратый регдол, раз в десять примитивнее чем в первой части. Спасибо за ветвистый сюжет, который видимо настолько ветвистый, что я получил секретную концовку, за решение купить игру в день релизах. За паркур конечно без сарказма спасибо, лучше что есть в игре, но спустя десять часов и он превращается в цирк с конями с 10 метровыми прыжками и полетами на простыне. За 18 часов игры не встретил ни одного прыгуна вне зданий, че за хуйня ? Символ игры по факту, а сидит вечно дома наказанный. Графика со зрением -5 пойдёт, но оптимизация, конечно, мое почтение, ощущения атас. Короче все плохо, за че не возьмись, грустно, плохо, ужасно. Технический пиздец, игру ещё доделывать пару лет. Сказанный даунгрейд относительно рассказов. Но главное, зомби больше не могут споткнуться и смешно наебнуться с крыши, если бы могли, то все простил бы. А так, 0 из 10 нахуй...… Expand
  28. gonzila
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    This is an absolute garbage and robbery. The game is too bugged on all levels and is much worse in almost every terms comparing with DL1. DON'T buy this game until they will do some patches.
  29. Tubey
    Feb 5, 2022
    5
    Oh dear.

    It's a mess. A real mess. Bugs all over the shop, with co-op completely borked to the point of being unplayable. Single player hasn't been as bad for me, but still has issues, particularly in relation to framerate drops and crashes. But yeah, they might be patched, so how is the actual game regardless? Aggressively mediocre. Combat, while heavy feeling and satisfying when    Oh dear.

    It's a mess. A real mess. Bugs all over the shop, with co-op completely borked to the point of being unplayable. Single player hasn't been as bad for me, but still has issues, particularly in relation to framerate drops and crashes.

    But yeah, they might be patched, so how is the actual game regardless? Aggressively mediocre. Combat, while heavy feeling and satisfying when facing hordes of zombies, is simultaneously very basic, particularly against human enemies. Dodge, attack, dodge, attack, win. You find yourself deliberately getting into dangerous situations just to artificially create the feeling of suspense and adrenaline.

    The story is, again, mediocre. Painfully so, to the point where you zone out of cutscenes and making choices just so you can get back to moment-to-moment gameplay again. But even that gameplay is ruined due to a 'countdown' mechanic, where you need to return to base every few minutes or you'll die.

    It's not all bad. The parkour is as good as ever, and in some ways improved. The environment is great but ruined by all tension being taken out of everything due to a type heat vision through walls and ceilings telling you EXACTLY where every enemy is in every building. Compared to Dying Light 1, this is chalk and cheese, especially at night where the first game had a genuine feel of dread/terror at venturing out at night. DL2, definitively, does not.

    Unless you're a mega fan of this world and absolutely need to play something in it, wait for a heavy sale on this one.    … Expand
  30. guiSkal
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Many, many bugs.... Don't complet quest because a bugs.... disappointed....
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

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  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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