Dying Light 2 Stay Human

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  • Summary: THE FATE OF THE CITY IS IN YOUR HANDS It's been 15 years since humanity lost to the virus. The last great human settlement exists within an unforgiving, infected world, plunged into a modern dark age. During the day, bandits, factions and starving survivors roam the streets scavenging forTHE FATE OF THE CITY IS IN YOUR HANDS It's been 15 years since humanity lost to the virus. The last great human settlement exists within an unforgiving, infected world, plunged into a modern dark age. During the day, bandits, factions and starving survivors roam the streets scavenging for scraps - or someone to take them from, by violence if necessary. At night the infected roam free, evacuating their dark hideouts to prey on the living. You are Aiden Caldwell, an infected survivor. Your exceptional agility and brutal combat skills make you a powerful ally and a valuable commodity in this dangerous world. You can achieve things no one else can. Enter places no one else dares. With your unique abilities you have the power to be an agent of change within this decaying metropolis.

    YOUR CHOICES, YOUR WORLD
    You must make tough decisions and hard sacrifices as you decide the fate of a society on the brink of collapse. The effect of the choices you make will have a huge impact on entire regions of the city, uncovering new land masses and areas to explore. Play the entire campaign in up to four-player co-op. Host your own games or join other players' and see how their choices have played out differently to your own.

    EXCEPTIONAL AGILITY AND BRUTAL COMBAT
    On your journey from humble beginnings to a person of great power, you have unprecedented freedom of movement across the city, seamlessly integrated with brutal first person combat.

    A MODERN DARK AGE
    In a desperate city, where resources and power are scarce, unstable, and trust in ruling bodies is all but eroded; humankind has reverted to a dark age. Civilization is gone but the relics are still there. This is a violent, primal & unforgiving world - and so are its inhabitants.

    THE INFECTION HAS EVOLVED
    The infection has evolved and become more sensitive to UV light. Society exists in the relative safety of sunlight, while the infected hide in the shadows of buildings. At night the infected roam the streets freely searching for prey, presenting opportunities for you to explore areas of the city inaccessible by day.    … Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. Xbox Tavern
    Feb 2, 2022
    98
    Dying Light 2 is an even better-looking game that the previous instalment in the series. I can quite easily see myself spends hours hunting down resources, exploring the game during the night and just finding everything that Dying Light 2 has to offer Not to mention that the story has layers upon layers, so you really do see and feel the consequences of your choices and actions. The game is so unique because of having such an expansive and multi layered zombie survival expereince. If Dying Light got Techland noticed, Dying Light 2 puts them squarely on the map as a big-time developer! If the game can live up to what I have experienced so far then we have a new benchmark for ambitious open world RPG-like Zombie Games.
  2. Hey Poor Player
    Feb 2, 2022
    90
    It's been a long road to release for Dying Light 2, and at times its future seemed uncertain. However, having braved the ruins of Villedor for this review, I'm happy to report that Techland's long-awaited follow-up to their survival horror RPG is a smashing success. With its mix of gripping narrative, hard-hitting combat, and exhilarating exploration, Dying Light 2 is a spectacular sequel that breathes new life into the franchise.
  3. Jeuxvideo.com
    Feb 2, 2022
    85
    If one could fear that Dying Light 2 is a 1.5 version of its predecessor, this is not the case in fact. By taking up all the ingredients that made the success of the first episode, Dying Light 2 reinforces, refines and fleshes them out to put them at the service of a breathtaking, generous, fun and complete experience that offers moments of bravery.
  4. TheXboxHub
    Feb 2, 2022
    80
    It’s not without issues, but the brilliance of the parkour and deepness of the combat easily outweigh the various bugs and glitches which pop up. Perhaps it’s not able to revolutionise the genre like the first game did, but Dying Light 2 Stay Human is still more than worthy of your time, patience and hope of staying human.
  5. IGN Portugal
    Feb 11, 2022
    70
    Dying Light 2 gives us a fantastic world to explore and it's a delight to run around Villedor's rooftops and terraces. The game's plot is not able to keep up with the speed and quality of its acrobatic action, which, even marred by countless bugs, is still an incredibly fun and addictive experience.
  6. Screen Rant
    Feb 2, 2022
    70
    Dying Light 2 is a leap forward for the franchise, even if it's not going to set the industry on fire with further innovation. Thanks to its fluid and refined gameplay and a distinct world filled with content, it's hard not to be entranced by this sequel even with its shortcomings.
  7. Pure Xbox
    Feb 2, 2022
    50
    Dying Light 2 is a pretty disappointing sequel to one of our all-time favourite zombie games. The parkour and combat here feels slightly off-point, light, floaty and unsatisfying. The first game's signature tense melee encounters feel diluted in a setting that gives you far too much space to catch your breath and night-time sorties lack the straight-up fear factor that made them so appealing first time around. With a lacklustre campaign that offers little to enjoy in the way of drama, some serious performance issues - which we hope will be patched day one - and an enormous world stuffed full of basic busywork padding, this is one zombie apocalypse we're finding quite hard to recommend.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 96 out of 189
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 189
  3. Negative: 69 out of 189
  1. Wiktor216pl
    Feb 11, 2022
    10
    Polska górom i jeb#ć kurw@ włochów bo to są śmiecie które mają ból dupy bo niema włoskiego dubbingu
  2. Deadheadbill
    Feb 9, 2022
    10
    Good game. Unfortunately due to design decisions it takes about 10 hours to find this out. There are also some polish issues which will beGood game. Unfortunately due to design decisions it takes about 10 hours to find this out. There are also some polish issues which will be worked out by Techland as they are already rushing patches out.

    Review bombs are a necessary evil in 2022 as companies are doing nefarious things to their consumers with no other recourse. This campaign to review bomb this game because of the lack of an Italian language option is simply childish and unnecessary. To be clear the game right now is about a 7 out of 10 but these "bombers" are making all gamers look petty.    … Expand
  4. groxot007
    Feb 7, 2022
    10
    The lack of Italian language is not a reason to reduce the rating of the game
  5. Voodoo123
    Feb 14, 2022
    8
    +Great plot and setting
    +Superb soundtrack
    +Engaging gameplay loop +Decent writing +120 fps vrr mode is great (if you have a compatible    +Great plot and setting
    +Superb soundtrack
    +Engaging gameplay loop
    +Decent writing
    +120 fps vrr mode is great (if you have a compatible screen)
    -Some repetitious mission design over long sessions of play
    -Zombie combat physics less impressive than DL1

    Hopefully you like Rosario Dawson's character Lawan... theres a lot of her in the games main campaign and she like many of the survivors sports a very edgy personality, the seemingly inevitable result of surviving the brutal world you play in here. Overall i enjoyed blitzing through the main campaign only briefly stepping off the beaten track for the odd side mission. There's alot of filler here, and yet i was surprised by the overall quality of the world.

    For myself I played to completion of the main story - minor side quests and distractions - maybe looked at 70% of the map overall - 31hrs 52 mins! Experienced multiple bugs, most were minor with only a couple of game breakers in there ranging from no audio to a boss stuck inside the scenery blocking progression. All were fixed from a soft restart of the game (series x didnt even need a restart     … Expand
  6. prime27pl
    Feb 10, 2022
    5
    Świetna gra i brawa dla studia za ich pracę. A Włosi niech się polskiego nauczą albo angielskiego i przestaną jak dzieci zachowywać
  7. DevilDjinn
    Feb 5, 2022
    2
    A bit of a downgrade from the first entry.
    1080p 60hz on a series x is pretty bad, considering how mediocre the graphics look.
    The Movement    A bit of a downgrade from the first entry.
    1080p 60hz on a series x is pretty bad, considering how mediocre the graphics look.
    The Movement and parkour feels a little jank, you will grab on to ledges and float there without being able to move. The Movement feels very floaty.
    You will miss ledges/platforms entirely for no apparent reason, the game won't grab onto ledges.
    Certain items in the game are incredibly rare for no apparent reason. Eg in 20 hours of gameplay I can count on one hand how many 2 handed weapons I have found, even though there is an entire class dedicated to it.
    Arrows are needless expensive for outputting such mediocre damage. Again, a whole class dedicated to it, and you will be lucky to hold more than 20 arrows at once.
    Bugs are to numerous to list them all, but a few times I have had to reload game to fix.
    Game feels overall unresponsive to button presses, which makes you spam the buttons to make an attack or jump, because the will sometimes flat out not work.
    Man what a disappointment.    … Expand
  8. baojivof
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    mikä huono peli. Kaikessa on ongelmia. Säästöt ovat rikki. Aseita ei voi korjata. Peli on tylsää. Grafiikka on vanhaa ja huonoa.

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