Dying Light 2 Stay Human

 Xbox Series X
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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 862 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 396 out of 862
  2. Mixed: 41 out of 862
  3. Negative: 425 out of 862
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  1. Evgeni_M
    Dec 6, 2022
    7
    game with the best parkour in the industry, excellent combat system but bad story and direction.worst final boss.
  2. shaggybeast
    Feb 22, 2022
    7
    Dying Light 2 Stay Human is a bit of a mixed bag for me. The parkour and combat feel so amazing and satisfying whilst the story has moments of emotion and excitement but a lot of it is also not as interesting as I would've hoped. I also feel it was a bit lacking in the graphical department and having to do 1080p to get 60fps was really disappointing, even though I'm on series x.
  3. siwybajerant
    Apr 26, 2022
    7
    Bardzo dobra, solidna gra. Jakieś 40 godzin świetnej zabawy, wciągający wątek główny ale misje poboczne w większości nudne niestety. Tryb wydajności na XSX sprawdza się, dobry balans pomiędzy grafiką a wydajnością, mamy tu stałe 60 fps przy 1440p. Zdarzały się niestety bugi, w tym jeden uniemożliwiający przejście misji (pomógł mi po prostu restart gry na szczęście).
  4. MAKSxFRAI
    Feb 19, 2022
    7
    Атмосферный мир, приятная боевка, прошел где-то половину игры и сюжет пока доставляет. На старте были проблемы с графикой и немного кривизны, но быстро поправили. Отличная игра, рекомендую.
  5. Soundrocketman
    Jun 19, 2022
    6
    Was really excited for this as i thought the first was brilliant. However after playing through it i felt disappointed and dont feel it lived upto its own hype.
  6. Clutcha
    Feb 6, 2022
    6
    It's not what I expected, mostly fun, but unplayable in Quality and Resolution modes.
  7. zachpacreviews
    Feb 12, 2022
    6
    A buggy, broken mess
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    Addicting parkour-fueled, zombie-slashing gameplay.

    A cliche, lazily written and put together narrative.

    Unlikeable characters.

    Tedious dialogue and cutscenes.

    The game loses its horror, when the player realizes that they can easily outrun and evade every threat in the huge open world.

    Somewhat detailed/glitchy open world.

    Wait to buy.
  8. Biomechanika
    Feb 7, 2022
    6
    Doesn't live up to the expectations and to the first game.

    Contra: -Uninspired, boring environment; very few interesting locations -Mediocre story and protagonist. disapointing endgame and ending -Skill tree doesn't make that much of a difference in gameplay -Unbalanced gameplay -Bad console optimization, only playable on performance mode -No manual save and load -Last gen    Doesn't live up to the expectations and to the first game.

    Contra:
    -Uninspired, boring environment; very few interesting locations
    -Mediocre story and protagonist. disapointing endgame and ending
    -Skill tree doesn't make that much of a difference in gameplay
    -Unbalanced gameplay
    -Bad console optimization, only playable on performance mode
    -No manual save and load
    -Last gen graphics
    -Lots of bugs

    Pro:
    -Post-apocalyptic zombie setting still fun
    -Parkour
    -Voice acting
    -Improved combat system
    -Many side activities    … Expand
  9. AeonsAlex
    Feb 20, 2022
    6
    Despite a fair few bugs, nothing Cyberpunk level, and frustrating performance issues, it's big step-up from Dying Light 1. Just needs some patches to bump it up to a higher score.
  10. diddyk
    Feb 20, 2022
    6
    Lower than the first. I expected a sequel even better than the first. But it's just more of the same
  11. scrubadubhugs
    Feb 9, 2022
    5
    I'm unsure I've ever encountered a game that gives you so many tools for having fun then makes it SO hard to have any fun. The basics are there, but at every turn the game stops you just when you're starting to have some fun. Have the key to the door? Great, still have to spam X to force it open after it's unlocked. Died during a particularly hard area inside at night? Respawns you NOTI'm unsure I've ever encountered a game that gives you so many tools for having fun then makes it SO hard to have any fun. The basics are there, but at every turn the game stops you just when you're starting to have some fun. Have the key to the door? Great, still have to spam X to force it open after it's unlocked. Died during a particularly hard area inside at night? Respawns you NOT at the closest camp, using up valuable time doing 100% pointless traversal to get back to where you were. Have everything to upgrade your weapon? Ooops, need a single item that only drops from super hard mini-bosses. Running out of health cocktails? Time to spend an hour gathering the multiple things needed to craft them. Even going to SLEEP in a safe zone is gated behind a silly "oh no I feel weird" rote animation that can't be skipped. Every single detail of the game that's any good comes with an attendant caveat that makes it suck. And all of it boils down to the inflated padding that was crammed into this game under the guise of "RPG". It's all COMPLETELY pointless. The endless dialogue wheels that have no impact whatsoever on the game, the "big choices" that actually have no impact at all other than do you want ziplines or car traps, both completely minor changes. The character progression is slow and boring, with multiple different systems layered on top of each other with apparently no thought. Most of the unlockable skills are essentially useless, I unlocked double jump over 10 hours ago and haven't used it a single, solitary time and never needed to. This game is a whirling cauldron of BS trying to stand on the two flimsy legs of parkour and combat while the shambling corpse of RPG elements cribbed poorly from other, far better games, repeatedly kneecap the game and leave it shuddering in the street, waiting for Techland to come revive it somehow. I don't think they can. It's rotten at its core and will never be as much fun as the first game.… Expand
  12. raven_raven
    Feb 16, 2022
    5
    It's just a very mediocre game in every aspect. Too bad, because I had some good time with the first installment in the past.
  13. Lyxlirarn
    Feb 7, 2022
    5
    So 1080p 60 fps doesn’t look good at all. Some places can look ok. And why didn’t they add HDR support? And there sure is some downgrade when compared to the first game. And a few things might be better. But overall I’m not impressed at all. I loved the first game. But this for me is clearly a few steps backwards.
  14. TolgaBudak
    Feb 21, 2022
    5
    Edit (February 9, 2023): No idea why i gave it such a score. I must’ve been inhaling Walter White’s blue glass.

    Dying Light 2 is the best open-world zombie game ever made. Once again, like Dying Light 1, Dying Light 2 fails to tell an interesting story from start to finish. However, i’ve found that Dying Light 2 has better story beats than Dying Light and a better set of characters.    Edit (February 9, 2023): No idea why i gave it such a score. I must’ve been inhaling Walter White’s blue glass.

    Dying Light 2 is the best open-world zombie game ever made.

    Once again, like Dying Light 1, Dying Light 2 fails to tell an interesting story from start to finish. However, i’ve found that Dying Light 2 has better story beats than Dying Light and a better set of characters. Besides that, i’ve also found some scenes to be truly well written. My favorite part of the story was the reveal of Waltz, unfortunately, Dying Light 2 fails to stay interesting.

    With a lackluster campaign, why do i claim that DL2 is the best zombie game ever made?

    Simple: The gameplay.

    Dying Light 2 has not only the best first person parkour i’ve ever seen, it also has the best first person melee combat i’ve seen yet. The parkour is fast and ridiculously smooth, addictive even. I sometimes play this game without doing anything, I simply run around to climb on buildings, jump off buildings or initiate combat with zombies or bandits. The gameplay is boosted by smooth animations and a reactive gameplay system. Combine that with the fact that there are dozens of buildings you can enter, but Dying Light 2 doesn’t stop with entering small buildings, you can enter floors in skyscrapers! An open world zombie game set in a city where skyscrapers dominate the scenery has been a dream game for me.

    To summarize: Dying Light 2 fails to tell a story that’s captivating, but you’ll love the gameplay so much, you’ll stop caring and continue playing the game with fun in mind.    … Expand
  15. GuardianFrosty9
    Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Mediocre at best
    Lots of bugs, game is certainly not done. I was really looking forward to this one but it failed miserably.
  16. lzzoverlord
    Feb 6, 2022
    5
    Unfortunatelly another company that lies about the state of the game. A game that got delayed a couple of Times and still is a mess at launch. "Game has gone gold" probably means that 70% of the game is done and the rest will be in a couple of years. The gameplay is great and the story good but only if you can progress trough the bugs or deathloops. The multiplayer is non existent sinceUnfortunatelly another company that lies about the state of the game. A game that got delayed a couple of Times and still is a mess at launch. "Game has gone gold" probably means that 70% of the game is done and the rest will be in a couple of years. The gameplay is great and the story good but only if you can progress trough the bugs or deathloops. The multiplayer is non existent since you can play 5 to 15 minutes without getting disconnected "fixes are coming" but we wanted those on day 1 since the game gone gold. The game is decent at best and raises to the standards of modern gaming. Bugs and a incompleted game.… Expand
  17. Andy91
    Feb 9, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game ! Well done techland ! Great plot, fantastic combat options and decisions to make during gameplay!… Expand
  18. 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
  19. Marw007
    Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Great game! Woderful story and gameplay. And there is big plus: No italian dubbing.
  20. Bregdo
    Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Polska gurom . Thrjrit hjthgrd SUV ghjgk ghfng ujbtfh ugdngt tbffff jgrhgtg
  21. Kenmei
    Feb 17, 2022
    4
    I really was hoping to see more from this game, especially with the numerious delays. I'd say this is the definition of a 7/10 game but the game crashing bugs drop the score down even further for me.
    The main hook here is the parkour elements to traversal, and that is easily the strongest part of the game. Movement felt fluid, most of the time, and, once I unlocked a few key talents and    I really was hoping to see more from this game, especially with the numerious delays. I'd say this is the definition of a 7/10 game but the game crashing bugs drop the score down even further for me.
    The main hook here is the parkour elements to traversal, and that is easily the strongest part of the game. Movement felt fluid, most of the time, and, once I unlocked a few key talents and got the paraglider and grappling hook. there really wasnt anything that could stop me from moving. The first person perspective still has its drawbacks for a game like this. There are still times where you dont know if what you jumped towards was a climbable ledge and you can plummet to your death pretty easily. It was still fun running around the city alot.
    The combat and story, though, are a little more murky here. Combat is dull and repetitive. Especially so when you can unlock the drop kick. It just wasnt very fun after that. And the story is fairly painful and generic. I mainly did the story because the best parkour tools were locked behind it, some of them very long into the game. There's a ton of different choices you can make in the story but none of it seemed to matter much, till the end. I was so bored with it I just spammed the skip button over and over to finally finish the game. And none of that mentions the myriad of bugs that plague this game horribly. I got so many sound bugs that never went away until I reset the game. I also got stuck in a few walls here and there that forced a restart. I've heard of some save data being corrupted too but I never ran across those thankfully. Every bug for me was something I had to stop the game for and it really ruined the experience.
    At the end of the day, Dying Light 2 needed more time to fix all the bugs that came with it. But not even that would save it from the dull story and boring combat. It's a shame as I really liked the first game and its DLC. Playing the sequel really soured my thoughts on this series as a whole. I can't recommend this to anyone right now.    … Expand
  22. ivaldir
    Feb 6, 2022
    4
    I like the game world, but the optimization on xbox Series X is tragic. Every now and then some graphic errors. I will no longer buy games for the premiere. I feel cheated. I hope it fixes this game quickly
  23. Daner09
    Feb 13, 2022
    4
    Мы получили абсолютно идентичную игру со старыми проблемами, на базе 1 части, которая была сделана 6 лет назад. Но 1 части была прорывной и её хотелось проходить на 100%, а тут тебе хочется просто зарашить сюжетку потому что сайд активности всё такие же унылые. Сюжет очень спорный, есть повестка (благо минимальная) идеологии очень односторонние. И по итогу мы получили игру криво сделаннуюМы получили абсолютно идентичную игру со старыми проблемами, на базе 1 части, которая была сделана 6 лет назад. Но 1 части была прорывной и её хотелось проходить на 100%, а тут тебе хочется просто зарашить сюжетку потому что сайд активности всё такие же унылые. Сюжет очень спорный, есть повестка (благо минимальная) идеологии очень односторонние. И по итогу мы получили игру криво сделанную на базе игры 6 летней давности которая в свою очередь была сделана на базе игры 11 летней давности, вот и получайте dead island c паркуром.
    P.S Убрать огнестрелы было ошибкой но это никак бы не сказалось на оценке этой игры    … Expand
  24. ONEEX
    Feb 12, 2022
    4
    Почему 6 ?
    •Ухудшили освещение по сравнению с "E3"
    •Крайне мало внимания уделили оптимизации •Обещанного влияния выбора на мир - как такового нету •Лишние значки и эллементы подобного рода •Отсутствие огнестрела или им подобное •Почти такой же состав зомби как и в первой части - малое разнообразие монстров •Неоправданное растягивание прокачки снаряжения - гринд ни к месту •Слабый    Почему 6 ?
    •Ухудшили освещение по сравнению с "E3"
    •Крайне мало внимания уделили оптимизации
    •Обещанного влияния выбора на мир - как такового нету
    •Лишние значки и эллементы подобного рода
    •Отсутствие огнестрела или им подобное
    •Почти такой же состав зомби как и в первой части - малое разнообразие монстров
    •Неоправданное растягивание прокачки снаряжения - гринд ни к месту
    •Слабый искусственный интеллект врагов
    •Слабая физика
    •Denuvo которое ухудшает и без того плохую производительность
    •Некоторые сспособности должны были быть с самого начала и не включать их в таблицу прокачки
    •Нам выдали Сырой, неоптимизированный и по сюжетной линии слабый продукт - выдали как готовый! Что очень обидно.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Why 6?

    •Worse lighting than "E3".
    •Extremely little attention to optimization
    •Promised effect of choice on the world - as such is not present
    •Superfluous icons and similar elements
    •No firearms or similar
    •Weak physics
    •Almost the same composition of zombies as in the first part -lack of variety of monsters
    •Unreasonable stretching of equipment upgrades = grinding
    •Weak enemy AI
    •Denuvo which worsens already poor performance
    •Some abilities should have been there from the start and not included in the leveling table
    •We were given a Raw, unoptimised and storyline-weak product - given away as a finished product! Which is a shame.    … Expand
  25. gru_vi
    Feb 18, 2022
    4
    типичная и скучная дрочильная в открытом мире
  26. DDUDDU
    Oct 10, 2022
    4
    A mediocre game, it doesn't live up to the previous one, buggy and Playing on Series S, the most bizarre and ugly performance mode I've ever played.
    The story is good although predictable, and the gameplay is fun.
    But it is flooded with bugs, I had everything, crash, black screen, blocked NPCs preventing the story from moving forward.
    It was the biggest disappointment of 2022.
  27. Ioritz
    Feb 17, 2022
    4
    La verdad es que no sé en qué han estado trabajando durante estos 7 años, a parte de la ciudad. Mismas mecánicas, un sistema de crafteo nefasto y lo peor es la historia. En ningún momento me ha motivado a seguir con ella, igual que he sido incapaz de empatizar con ninguno de los personajes. En definitiva, mucho mejor el primero que además en una de sus expansiones puedes conducir yLa verdad es que no sé en qué han estado trabajando durante estos 7 años, a parte de la ciudad. Mismas mecánicas, un sistema de crafteo nefasto y lo peor es la historia. En ningún momento me ha motivado a seguir con ella, igual que he sido incapaz de empatizar con ninguno de los personajes. En definitiva, mucho mejor el primero que además en una de sus expansiones puedes conducir y personalizar un bugie!… Expand
  28. Lukeskymoon
    Mar 27, 2022
    4
    To many bugs and glitches, lame weapon system. Very boring story and very lame end boss battle and zombies sometimes standing up even after you kill them same goes with human enemies, side missions to Repetitive.you can’t even repair your weapons at all This game only have good graphics Sadly I wasn’t to happy with the parkour either, Still prefer dying light 1
  29. ChiaFetus
    Feb 5, 2022
    3
    Bugs bugs bugs and more bugs mixed in with bad writing bad voice acting and an unforgettable story where nothing you do has any effect on the world around you.
  30. 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
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#54 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2022
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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    60
    The game doesn’t do anything wrong per se and I must criticize it primarily for its absolute mediocrity, lack of interesting ideas, and wasted potential. There were good moments I really enjoyed here and there, despite the game having the worst open-world city of gaming history and the creators’ promises not being fulfilled in the slightest. [Issue#317]
  2. IGN Brasil
    Apr 7, 2022
    75
    Dying Light 2 Stay Human could very likely become the stellar zombie survival adventure it should someday be, provided the bugs are finally wiped out. Its excellent parkour is an amazing way to explore this giant open world of the last tough city, and the post-apocalyptic stories of its many strange and distinctive characters are a must-see. Our bet? If its developers bring us a DLC with a really interesting story (or that solves this ending that we can't swallow), then we'll have the perfect zombie game.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Mar 15, 2022
    60
    But the storytelling is a hair too cryptic to be easily followed. That’s true for most of Dying Light’s story elements too; from tiny touches, like photos of a dead family in an abandoned house to larger-scale interactions with other characters, the game struggles to emotionally draw you into its conflict. I never cared about saving Mia; my main focus was always on reaching the next objective. The bright side: Despite all those shortcomings, I had an absolute blast doing that.
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