Fun fact: Kyle’s “Beast mode” isn’t brought on by any sort of experimentation or infection, He’s simply displaying the behaviors of an average Chicago native.
Fun fact: Kyle’s “Beast mode” isn’t brought on by any sort of experimentation or infection, He’s simply displaying the behaviors of an average Chicago native.
IM BEASTING IT
IM BEASTING IT
IM BEASTING IT
I liked the part where Kyle said "It's Beastin' Time!!" and starts beastin' it everywhere,
Truly a moment in gaming history!
Man this is a mixed bag. So much feels SO good, and I mean that. The ragdolls and enemies physics. The GORE oh my god the gore is beautiful and seems to actually match where the weapons hit AND generate dependent on what weapon you're using. We all love Crane, and the Brutal mode kicked my ass as a vet from DL1 + DL2 and installing those high difficulty mods for DL1.
But it just doesn't feel... there? Again this is from a $70 purchase price point, not $40, not $50, priced as a FULL game. XP gains for differing actions were CUT. You get XP for killing mobs, and completing quests. NO MORE PARKOUR EXP. As well, the skill trees are TINY. I'm talking maybe 12 skills TOTAL ( I have been informed it is actually 21 ) if you're not considering "Beast Skills" which are upgraded by killing the game's minibosses (Chimeras). As well, mouse over the level indicator at any time and from what I saw there are only 15 total levels ( my placard showed 1/15 when starting ).
Guns are back and you get one within the first mission ( oh no ), anddd the balance is placed around the guns being terrible and not dealing any damage, NOT around ammo / weapon scarcity. They feel genuinely worthless to use as they deal significantly less damage than melee, understandable when done to a degree but when you're given 20 rounds to start, and 1 shot equals 3 melee hits it just doesn't feel like they'll actually scale nicely.
The parkour feels fine? Jump feels slightly delayed which is obnoxious, and unfortunately THERE ARE NO REAL PARKOUR SKILLS TO UNLOCK, Crane starts with his subset of knowledge from 1 and appears to have retained it entirely with the exception of being geriatric because of plot events. And this is... fine? But seems both inconsistent and incongruent with any feel of actual pacing. For instance, Crane still knows how to "Tic-Tac" from the get go, but he doesn't know how to "sneak"? Like he can crouch but I guess he's just bumbling while crouched instead of sneaking? Similarly Crane has somehow forgotten how to "disguise" as the infected, literally forgotten how to rub guts on his face, so much so that it's the FINAL skill in one of the trees? They feel haphazardly placed all around and partially as if the devs had no actual vision / cohesive idea for what made sense for Crane to retain.
Speaking of plot, seems REALLY inconsistent. So ALL infected are affected in some way by UV lights ( including basics ). BUT the basics are shown to hang out and around in the SUN? Like okay I can suspend my disbelief, maybe the tiny shit UV light you get right at the tutorial is HIGHLY concentrated but what? Kyle also seems to have inconsistent motivations with what was shown in the first game, even seemingly FORGETTING what the infected were? Like what? And seemingly apprehensive towards killing them when asked to by others ( not like I cool guy, I do what I want and don't have time, but moreso a ohhh no I don't like hurting the wittle infected :( )
Combat is fine so far, again no real skills or advancements to be made based on the given skill tree. Only gripe ( aside from guns ) is that weapons break SUPER quick. I'm talking before completing the first objective of the first quest ( on Brutal difficulty ) all 4 weapons broke and I was having to swing my knuckles just to make it. You CAN repair them ( thanks backlash from Dying Light 2 ) but ONLY a limited number of times.
Customization is fine enough, it's cool seeing giga chad Crane get dressed up in different fits and each armor piece you're wearing DOES appear to correspond with something appearing on his body.
Overall is it a BAD game? Nah, I wouldn't say so. But I WOULDN'T pay $70 for it, $40 base and $50 for DLC? Sure I'd consider, but it feels unfinished, like content was left out, and even seeing the deluxe edition not spouting any DLC packs for the future makes me REALLY concerned and unwilling to go over steam's 2 hour limit.
I KNOW Techland will fix it retroactively, and I can't wait for them to do so, but this just ain't it right now, I recommend doing what a lot did for DL2 and waiting for those actual major changes + discounts to come through.
This is the actual sequel to Dying Light 1. This game literally screams "we messed up with Dying Light 2 so let’s go back to what made the first one so special". Welcome back, Kyle Crane. Good night and good luck.
I really enjoyed playing the first Dying Light, much more than the sequel. I'm glad to see a return to the roots. Finally, after all these years, we have the true sequel. Maxed out Kyle Crane at night be like: “I am not in danger, I am the danger.”
I can't believe I just launched the game in 2025 and it works, feels and plays soooo good like back in the old days. Proper game for a proper price, when devs know how to make a good optimization without any premium gamers stuff.
We gamers do really need so little just to be happy, do you hear that Borderlands 4?
Pre-load only 12 hours before launch, information about pre-load onlty 2 hours before launch... Due to my working hours and limited Internet options in the region I was unable to play the game at launch time.
Additionaly, after reaching open-world and after a few minutes or reching Old Town - fps drops to almost NONE and game is unplayable, it is problematic to even quit it at this point.
I would really like to upvote this game, but its god awful savegame policy won't let me. I had to hustle through a series of zombies to get to a certain point of the game, but had to close the game in order to attend to real life chores. When I got back, I discovered that I has hurled back to an earlier checkpoint and had to go through all that shit again! Nope.
After 9 years of waiting i can finally play the sequel with crane. The first game is Game of the decade. I hope this one can be the game of the century.
Currently unplayable for me, cause of performance issues. Fps can drop from 80 to 20 in 30 mins regardless of settings. I have only 8GB of vram so it could be a memory leak. I had similar issues in DL2 right after release, but now it works flawlessly. Will change review if the problem gets fixed, cause otherwise it's a really good game. It's an upgraded version of DL2 with a lot of DL1 added in.
Just an FYI, the start has a long intro. So that will eat into your 2 hour refund time.
Game is dark, no not at night I mean It Is Dark Everywhere. You start with a flashlight, that doesn't work. It does briefly do a UV flash, which can stun zombies, but is useless otherwise when it is So Dark Everywhere. Trailers showed us using a flashlight, maybe that's a "skill" I have to unlock later? Seriously? To look forward to having a working flashlight....
Tutorial prompts are quick, miss it and you won't know what button does what unless you check settings or google.
At least it doesn't come with the malware Deunvo, so that's a plus.
The same old dying light
graphics look bit outdated
they are selling a 2015 game add-on for a full price actually
Dislike only cus of its price
This is basically a 2015 game, 0 improvements
yeah its fun to play but why bothering buying it if i can just play the first game?
Terrible woke girl boss immediately. The map is tiny. The zombies are still to stiff they also grab you too much. Trying to climb the tower in one of the first missions for the girl boss is a nightmare. I want a refund trash game.
Stopped playing when it turned into a platformer/puzzle game. Don't feel very 'beast-like' being forced to shimmy from ledge to ledge. Not sure why this showed up in my inventory but doesn't seem like it should be a full priced title.
No Ray Tracing on release.
HDR is broken, probably because of the no Ray tracing on release.
I'm so done with half finished releases, just freaking communicate with the audience before releasing it.
"Sorry guys, the game is still in beta, you can buy it now if you want to play it unfinished.
Or choose to wait until all works great as advertised." It's the same mistake as with DL2, RT also was broken on release.
How can you make the same mistake twice?
Lets hope this won't take weeks to fix. Weekend is around the door so don't expect it to be fixed these couple of days.
Disappointing.
Techland released an unfinished game. Pulling Ray Tracing support at the last second. Apparently to be added back later. Shady.
The HDR is a mess. No matter the calibration the bloom is ridiculous.
The melee weapons feel wrong. They feel more like Dead Island than Dying Light.
This very much feel like a DLC, and apparently it is a lot more like The Following than it is like Dying Light 1.
I will play a bit more and may refund. So far this does not feel worth full price at all. A shame. Dying Light 1 is one of my favourite games of all time. This does not feel like Dying Light 1.
Wait for a sale.
Fun fact: Kyle’s “Beast mode” isn’t brought on by any sort of experimentation or infection, He’s simply displaying the behaviors of an average Chicago native.
Fun fact: Kyle’s “Beast mode” isn’t brought on by any sort of experimentation or infection, He’s simply displaying the behaviors of an average Chicago native.
IM BEASTING IT
IM BEASTING IT
IM BEASTING IT
I liked the part where Kyle said "It's Beastin' Time!!" and starts beastin' it everywhere,
Truly a moment in gaming history!
Man this is a mixed bag. So much feels SO good, and I mean that. The ragdolls and enemies physics. The GORE oh my god the gore is beautiful and seems to actually match where the weapons hit AND generate dependent on what weapon you're using. We all love Crane, and the Brutal mode kicked my ass as a vet from DL1 + DL2 and installing those high difficulty mods for DL1.
But it just doesn't feel... there? Again this is from a $70 purchase price point, not $40, not $50, priced as a FULL game. XP gains for differing actions were CUT. You get XP for killing mobs, and completing quests. NO MORE PARKOUR EXP. As well, the skill trees are TINY. I'm talking maybe 12 skills TOTAL ( I have been informed it is actually 21 ) if you're not considering "Beast Skills" which are upgraded by killing the game's minibosses (Chimeras). As well, mouse over the level indicator at any time and from what I saw there are only 15 total levels ( my placard showed 1/15 when starting ).
Guns are back and you get one within the first mission ( oh no ), anddd the balance is placed around the guns being terrible and not dealing any damage, NOT around ammo / weapon scarcity. They feel genuinely worthless to use as they deal significantly less damage than melee, understandable when done to a degree but when you're given 20 rounds to start, and 1 shot equals 3 melee hits it just doesn't feel like they'll actually scale nicely.
The parkour feels fine? Jump feels slightly delayed which is obnoxious, and unfortunately THERE ARE NO REAL PARKOUR SKILLS TO UNLOCK, Crane starts with his subset of knowledge from 1 and appears to have retained it entirely with the exception of being geriatric because of plot events. And this is... fine? But seems both inconsistent and incongruent with any feel of actual pacing. For instance, Crane still knows how to "Tic-Tac" from the get go, but he doesn't know how to "sneak"? Like he can crouch but I guess he's just bumbling while crouched instead of sneaking? Similarly Crane has somehow forgotten how to "disguise" as the infected, literally forgotten how to rub guts on his face, so much so that it's the FINAL skill in one of the trees? They feel haphazardly placed all around and partially as if the devs had no actual vision / cohesive idea for what made sense for Crane to retain.
Speaking of plot, seems REALLY inconsistent. So ALL infected are affected in some way by UV lights ( including basics ). BUT the basics are shown to hang out and around in the SUN? Like okay I can suspend my disbelief, maybe the tiny shit UV light you get right at the tutorial is HIGHLY concentrated but what? Kyle also seems to have inconsistent motivations with what was shown in the first game, even seemingly FORGETTING what the infected were? Like what? And seemingly apprehensive towards killing them when asked to by others ( not like I cool guy, I do what I want and don't have time, but moreso a ohhh no I don't like hurting the wittle infected :( )
Combat is fine so far, again no real skills or advancements to be made based on the given skill tree. Only gripe ( aside from guns ) is that weapons break SUPER quick. I'm talking before completing the first objective of the first quest ( on Brutal difficulty ) all 4 weapons broke and I was having to swing my knuckles just to make it. You CAN repair them ( thanks backlash from Dying Light 2 ) but ONLY a limited number of times.
Customization is fine enough, it's cool seeing giga chad Crane get dressed up in different fits and each armor piece you're wearing DOES appear to correspond with something appearing on his body.
Overall is it a BAD game? Nah, I wouldn't say so. But I WOULDN'T pay $70 for it, $40 base and $50 for DLC? Sure I'd consider, but it feels unfinished, like content was left out, and even seeing the deluxe edition not spouting any DLC packs for the future makes me REALLY concerned and unwilling to go over steam's 2 hour limit.
I KNOW Techland will fix it retroactively, and I can't wait for them to do so, but this just ain't it right now, I recommend doing what a lot did for DL2 and waiting for those actual major changes + discounts to come through.
This is the actual sequel to Dying Light 1. This game literally screams "we messed up with Dying Light 2 so let’s go back to what made the first one so special". Welcome back, Kyle Crane. Good night and good luck.
I really enjoyed playing the first Dying Light, much more than the sequel. I'm glad to see a return to the roots. Finally, after all these years, we have the true sequel. Maxed out Kyle Crane at night be like: “I am not in danger, I am the danger.”
I can't believe I just launched the game in 2025 and it works, feels and plays soooo good like back in the old days. Proper game for a proper price, when devs know how to make a good optimization without any premium gamers stuff.
We gamers do really need so little just to be happy, do you hear that Borderlands 4?
Pre-load only 12 hours before launch, information about pre-load onlty 2 hours before launch... Due to my working hours and limited Internet options in the region I was unable to play the game at launch time.
Additionaly, after reaching open-world and after a few minutes or reching Old Town - fps drops to almost NONE and game is unplayable, it is problematic to even quit it at this point.
I would really like to upvote this game, but its god awful savegame policy won't let me. I had to hustle through a series of zombies to get to a certain point of the game, but had to close the game in order to attend to real life chores. When I got back, I discovered that I has hurled back to an earlier checkpoint and had to go through all that shit again! Nope.
After 9 years of waiting i can finally play the sequel with crane. The first game is Game of the decade. I hope this one can be the game of the century.
Currently unplayable for me, cause of performance issues. Fps can drop from 80 to 20 in 30 mins regardless of settings. I have only 8GB of vram so it could be a memory leak. I had similar issues in DL2 right after release, but now it works flawlessly. Will change review if the problem gets fixed, cause otherwise it's a really good game. It's an upgraded version of DL2 with a lot of DL1 added in.
Just an FYI, the start has a long intro. So that will eat into your 2 hour refund time.
Game is dark, no not at night I mean It Is Dark Everywhere. You start with a flashlight, that doesn't work. It does briefly do a UV flash, which can stun zombies, but is useless otherwise when it is So Dark Everywhere. Trailers showed us using a flashlight, maybe that's a "skill" I have to unlock later? Seriously? To look forward to having a working flashlight....
Tutorial prompts are quick, miss it and you won't know what button does what unless you check settings or google.
At least it doesn't come with the malware Deunvo, so that's a plus.
The same old dying light
graphics look bit outdated
they are selling a 2015 game add-on for a full price actually
Dislike only cus of its price
This is basically a 2015 game, 0 improvements
yeah its fun to play but why bothering buying it if i can just play the first game?
Terrible woke girl boss immediately. The map is tiny. The zombies are still to stiff they also grab you too much. Trying to climb the tower in one of the first missions for the girl boss is a nightmare. I want a refund trash game.
Stopped playing when it turned into a platformer/puzzle game. Don't feel very 'beast-like' being forced to shimmy from ledge to ledge. Not sure why this showed up in my inventory but doesn't seem like it should be a full priced title.
No Ray Tracing on release.
HDR is broken, probably because of the no Ray tracing on release.
I'm so done with half finished releases, just freaking communicate with the audience before releasing it.
"Sorry guys, the game is still in beta, you can buy it now if you want to play it unfinished.
Or choose to wait until all works great as advertised." It's the same mistake as with DL2, RT also was broken on release.
How can you make the same mistake twice?
Lets hope this won't take weeks to fix. Weekend is around the door so don't expect it to be fixed these couple of days.
Disappointing.
Techland released an unfinished game. Pulling Ray Tracing support at the last second. Apparently to be added back later. Shady.
The HDR is a mess. No matter the calibration the bloom is ridiculous.
The melee weapons feel wrong. They feel more like Dead Island than Dying Light.
This very much feel like a DLC, and apparently it is a lot more like The Following than it is like Dying Light 1.
I will play a bit more and may refund. So far this does not feel worth full price at all. A shame. Dying Light 1 is one of my favourite games of all time. This does not feel like Dying Light 1.
Wait for a sale.
