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Dying Light 2 |OT| Stay Human
- Thread starter Jawmuncher
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I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm only 2 hours in though.
Don't have an issue with the story so far. I know that was the big complaint from reviewers. Doesn't exactly seem good but the characters seem interesting enough.
It definitely has me hooked though. Can't wait to play more. I can't see how many people would pick this up and not get their moneys worth with how fun the movement is, and the sheer quantity of content available.
Either way, will see how it goes but first impressions are very positive.
Don't have an issue with the story so far. I know that was the big complaint from reviewers. Doesn't exactly seem good but the characters seem interesting enough.
It definitely has me hooked though. Can't wait to play more. I can't see how many people would pick this up and not get their moneys worth with how fun the movement is, and the sheer quantity of content available.
Either way, will see how it goes but first impressions are very positive.
I loved the first game but this isn't making a very good impression on me for the first hour.
There's just so many little frustrations everywhere.
Cheaping out on a controller UI and just slapping a stick controlled cursor in.
Constant need to hold in the horrible R3 button to find any loot. Basically you need to press it in and hold it every 5 feet you walk forward or you will miss loot.
Making your look stick sensitivity drop by like 75% when you are in water. Even with your head above water. What even is this mechanic?
Combat has lost all the weight and feels really floaty.
And man these cutscenes are just ugh...That one of the kids in the hospital honestly looked like a bad 360-era cutscene. And I'm playing on full raytracing on PC.
Hoping it gets better once I am done with all this intro stuff.
There's just so many little frustrations everywhere.
Cheaping out on a controller UI and just slapping a stick controlled cursor in.
Constant need to hold in the horrible R3 button to find any loot. Basically you need to press it in and hold it every 5 feet you walk forward or you will miss loot.
Making your look stick sensitivity drop by like 75% when you are in water. Even with your head above water. What even is this mechanic?
Combat has lost all the weight and feels really floaty.
And man these cutscenes are just ugh...That one of the kids in the hospital honestly looked like a bad 360-era cutscene. And I'm playing on full raytracing on PC.
Hoping it gets better once I am done with all this intro stuff.
If you're humble monthly member its/ 10/ 20 percent off. Might find someone to buy it for you cheaper there if you're not a member.
Wtf? It has all this insane RT tech but bio HDR? Is this a joke?
It makes absolutely no sense, but unfortunately it is not a joke.
Weird what was even the last big budget game to launch without hdr support? Hope they patch it in.
This didn't seem like my jam but the Digital Foundry ray tracing video sold me
This didn't seem like my jam but the Digital Foundry ray tracing video sold me
It comes out Midnight EST. Unless you use the Xbox New Zealand trick.
It's not exactly a story driven game so, no, you don't need to play first one before this. However, I assume the first is now dirt cheap and it was a great game so maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to see if you like it.
So weird. It said 2/3 6PM on the Xbox store. Now there is no release date listed
edit: just did the New Zealand trick. Lmao that is so dumb.
Game just looks amazing with high quality Raytracing on at 1440p on a 3080. its between 80-130fps, id say it hovers more arround the 80-100 section tho. Only thing is at night its just WAYYYY to fucking dark lol
About two hours in. I'm quite enjoying the game. The health bar design is annoying me, though. Am I at full health? Hmm… not sure.
Lmao. Glad it's not only me. I was laughing hard during the kids cutscene. Sooooo bad. They both looked like janky, bald mannequins. Not only 360-era, early 360-era.
This game's story so far is bat shit and makes no sense. There's one part where someone tells Aiden the exact information he needed, then 10 seconds later he asks them for the information he was just told.
I'm starting to think they cut the story up and tried to tape it back together after creepo Avellone was fired and the other Dying Light writer left last year.
I'm starting to think they cut the story up and tried to tape it back together after creepo Avellone was fired and the other Dying Light writer left last year.
Lol I'm probably just gonna start skipping them myself. They're too long for starters in this type of format, and they haven't really said much of anything so far.
Otherwise, and outside of the parkour being a bit janky, I'm enjoying the game! It's fucking suplexing my monster of a rig though; shit's demanding as hell, but looks gorgeous with RTGI.
I am delighted to announce that after 8 hours of gameplay, I have finally unlocked the ability to slide.
Does the game seem overly sharp with certain textures like clothing and carpets and the load screen? It's super weird and I can't fix it.
Anyone else notice the weird like criss crossing effect on certain items on PC? Any fix for it?
Anyone else notice the weird like criss crossing effect on certain items on PC? Any fix for it?
Yeah the writing is absolutely godawful in general, and it seems almost like the just cut and pasted pieces of conversation randomly.
Another example is the guy asks you how you didn't get infected after all these years and you say "I didn't get bitten", then literally the next sentence you say "things aren't going to well, I'm infected". What?
Even the quest copy is terrible. One of the first quests you get is "meet the people of the bazaar". You complete this by meeting everyone in the bazaar right? NOPE! You need to talk to two specific people who give you side quests, then complete their side quests and then you have "met" them. The quest log doesn't tell you any of this. It just says "meet the people of the bazaar". If I didn't look up the quest through google I'd still be running around the bazaar trying to find someone I didn't talk to.
One YouTuber reviewer contrasted the skill tree here with Far Cry 6 and how despite that it takes a long time to get new skills, you actually feel the progression to be meaningful. Whereas in FC6 you can pretty much do anything at the start.
I think there's arguments to be made for either method of design, but having played FC6 I can tell you it got stale quickly because there's just no reward to what you're doing.
I think there's arguments to be made for either method of design, but having played FC6 I can tell you it got stale quickly because there's just no reward to what you're doing.
Spoiled myself on the ending for the game, since the story isn't something that'll really matter for me.
Not joking, this is straight up the exact same ending as The Following DLC for the first game.
Seems the articles about troubled waters during development were completely true. They must have had a rough go at it when Avellone was taken off the project. Having fun with the game and it's clear a lot of love was put into it, but this is a game with a 2 year full time dev cycle tops. As a sequel to the first game, it definitely succeeds, but it does lead one to wonder what might have been with a more focused team.
Not joking, this is straight up the exact same ending as The Following DLC for the first game.
Seems the articles about troubled waters during development were completely true. They must have had a rough go at it when Avellone was taken off the project. Having fun with the game and it's clear a lot of love was put into it, but this is a game with a 2 year full time dev cycle tops. As a sequel to the first game, it definitely succeeds, but it does lead one to wonder what might have been with a more focused team.
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Only about 2 hours into this so far, but really enjoying it. My only real critique so far is I feel like some interactions(like opening barrels, toolboxes) feel a little tight. Like you have to look at them the exact way or else nothing.
First game was much easier to interact in that way.
First game was much easier to interact in that way.
The dialogue in this game can be fucking bizarre, been several times already where I'm just confused as to how they got from a to b or things get repeated.
The game's sharpness is cranked up by default, turn it down in the advanced video settings
DL1 is in my top 5 GOATs. I have been looking forward to this game for a really long time, and my first impressions…are not great. To echo what others are saying online, the movement and combat just feel off. And those are the things DL1 did so amazingly well. Also, no weapon crafting? Is that right? Plus it feels like they streamlined everything to the point that it feels more like a new Dead Island game. I'm pretty fucking bummed right now.
Of course, DL2 has big shoes to fill for me, and I think I'll sleep on it and have another go in the morning to see if I just have unreasonable expectations. But I can't help but feel like Techland spent more time trying to make a big budget AAA game, rather than iterating on what made the first a sleeper hit that many of us held in such high regard for years after launch :/
Of course, DL2 has big shoes to fill for me, and I think I'll sleep on it and have another go in the morning to see if I just have unreasonable expectations. But I can't help but feel like Techland spent more time trying to make a big budget AAA game, rather than iterating on what made the first a sleeper hit that many of us held in such high regard for years after launch :/
When I loot an area marked on the map like a military convoy will the game mark it complete? I looted an area and pretty sure I got everything but the icon is still on the map.
My thoughts so far after 3 hours on PC.
I am really not feeling it at all.
I have a decent rig and performance is all over the place. Both with RT on and off.
A lot of the gameplay tweaks and changes make it feel like a worse game than DL1, which I loved. It's taken a lot of 'inspiration' from other games and it makes it feel less unique than DL1 - and a lot less fun IMO.
It's also clear the game needed another couple of months of optimisation, but I guess after 6 years of troubled development they need the cash injection.
Anyone who hasn't played the series before, I recommend starting with the first game before jumping in to this one - it should be in a much better state by the time you are ready to play.
I am really not feeling it at all.
I have a decent rig and performance is all over the place. Both with RT on and off.
A lot of the gameplay tweaks and changes make it feel like a worse game than DL1, which I loved. It's taken a lot of 'inspiration' from other games and it makes it feel less unique than DL1 - and a lot less fun IMO.
It's also clear the game needed another couple of months of optimisation, but I guess after 6 years of troubled development they need the cash injection.
Anyone who hasn't played the series before, I recommend starting with the first game before jumping in to this one - it should be in a much better state by the time you are ready to play.
So, weird workaround on PC if you are having trouble with inputs not matching. I ran first launch with keyboard and mouse and then messed with controller, then went to eat dinner, relaunched and couldn't get rid of the controller prompts in the options menu even with a restart of my computer. The "fix" for me was, to turn on my controller, switch the prompts with the controller (and then turn off the controller), and then it actually worked to switch it to kbam that way.
Imagine it might work vice versa too.
Imagine it might work vice versa too.
Nah, these areas refresh so you can keep visiting them. They don't get marked complete. Once you loot three areas in that area, you can bail.
It's no assumption, it was rewritten 6 times so yeah, not hard to pick up on.
