Linus815

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Oct 29, 2017
21,657
the choices not being too meaningful doesnt surprise me the slightest. They may have had great ambitions but i think the game scaled that aspect back massively during the delays.
 

PS Dog

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Mar 24, 2018
236
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Maxime

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Oct 27, 2017
3,197
Gamekult: 6/10

After about 50 hours, and having gotten to the bottom of the story, we don't really know on which foot Dying Light 2 is dancing. On one hand, it's the perfect mix between Mirror's Edge and Dead Island, which integrates parkour to all its mechanics and benefits from a vertical and dynamic level design that gives a lot of room to improvisation and acrobatics. It's a game that can be fun, without ever being exciting, and that is above all capable of creating superb visual and sound atmospheres, notably carried by Derivière's work on the soundtrack. On the other hand, it's an outdated crafting survival FPS, like we didn't see since 2015, which drowns its few good ideas in an open world worthy of Ubisoft's worst hours, and never tries to get rid of old game design habits from ten years ago. It's a game that talks about nothing, that stretches for more than ten hours and multiplies the ungrateful tasks for the simple pleasure of seeing its skill tree climb. You drag your feet in its open world, looking for the slightest thing to nibble or a good idea hidden somewhere. Like a zombie, after all.

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Sexy Fish

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
4,480
Destructoid - 7.5
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Review: Dying Light 2

Dying Light 2 Stay Human review — Zombies are back in action in this parkour post-apoc romp, and there are some improvements in tow.

PCGamer - 84
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Dying Light 2: Stay Human review

Techland's open world zombie parkour sequel is bigger and better than the original.
A underwhelming story but a massive, exciting sandbox of parkour and kinetic combat.
 

jimbosimbo

Member
Nov 9, 2020
242
Anything above 70 works for me, due to how much Enjoyed the first game. Must have put a couple of hundred hours in overall.
 

Marnie

The Fallen
Dec 3, 2018
806
Dying light 1 got pretty average reviews, so this seems pretty similar in that regard. Hm. Guessing if you like the first one you'll like number 2 as well.
 

Streusel

▲ Legend ▲
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Dec 28, 2017
2,484
the first dying light got similar reviews but was really well received by players/ sold well.
 

Kawngi

Prophet of Truth
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Oct 30, 2017
3,329
Techland said it had added over a thousand fixes and improvements via updates over past two weeks, and that another thousand "tweaks" would be included in the day one patch due to go live on consoles "within the next few days". The PC version, meanwhile, is being kept up to date in "real-time".


Sounds like this thing is coming in extra hot. Day 1 patches are the norm these days for sure, but over two thousand fixes/improvements in the last 2 weeks seems insane?
 

AwakenedCloud

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Oct 27, 2017
1,942
We were told no video reviews are allowed but seems everyone has published one anyway. Need to check with PR but hopefully will be able to share ours shortly.
My gut reaction is saying they had little confidence in the day 1 reviews for them to not want video reviews, but is there another good reason for them to put that restriction in place?
 

Dust

C H A O S
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Oct 25, 2017
36,904
Not like I expected good story lol.
The only thing I remember from first DL's story was that main dude was named Crane. Just want to explore and hack zombies.
 

GreatBriTom

Host/Producer at GameSpot
Verified
Oct 27, 2017
523
Ya'll got played. lol. Not surprised that it's inconsistent here.

We also got an email from PR saying they screwed up some info. They were like "after this date, you can share you first impressions of the opening ten hours" and a few days later got an email that was like "That was incorrect. Everything has to wait for embargo."
 

Huntersknoll

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,893
I'm still going to give it a go. Am just looking for some fun combat to kill time while waiting for Elden Ring
 

Disker

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Sep 17, 2020
4,583
Shame, but not surprising, what they showed wasn't special. Don't think there was any hype for this game (in the sense that this would be amazing)

Will probably be a good bargain deal once its out for a while with updates etc.
 

LavaBadger

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Nov 14, 2017
5,114
I'm surprised to hear all the story complaints. Haven't they spent literal years talking a big game about it?
 

Sikamikanico

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Oct 25, 2017
1,619
Ours:

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Review | Dying Light 2 Stay Human

Dying Light 2 is a messy, brilliant game. For all my issues with it, there is no denying just how fun it is to play. Some of the best movement in a first-person title is matched by solid combat and choices that helped me shape the narrative how I wanted. It doesn’t always hit, but boy, when it...

 

Kami

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Jul 13, 2020
3,206
Here's some gameplay I put together. No commentary in this one, just showing off one of the mini-bosses from the trailer and some side quests.

 

Elfgore

Member
Mar 2, 2020
4,962
So it's the first game again. Story is forgettable if not terrible and gameplay is awesome. I'm fine with this.