Current Events > IGN Dying Light 2 Review: 7/10

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https://www.ign.com/articles/dying-light-2-stay-human-review

Apparently it's buggy as shit, which doesn't seem like it's gonna be fixed with a Day 1 Patch, though the developer is working on fixes.

It was praised for the parkour and also knocked for bland protagonist and story

so sounds just like the first one...

Darkninja42 posted...

https://www.ign.com/articles/dying-light-2-stay-human-review

Apparently it's buggy as shit, which doesn't seem like it's gonna be fixed with a Day 1 Patch, though the developer is working on fixes.

It was praised for the parkour and also knocked for bland protagonist and story

Wow you guys really turned on the morality choice system in games haven't y'all.

Wait for the inevitable sale with all content included.

same score as arceus. arceus looks like shit next to this game

Damn, must be a lot of water

The original writer was known for good stories but got #MeToo'd out of the role so I wonder if that's why the story sucks.

ACG barely encountered any bugs, now I am confused

I'm not excited to hear it could have a few bugs. I'm still probably going to buy it day 1.

first dying light was too scary for me tbh especially during the night sequences. hated being chased by parkour zombies. there were a few times when i had to just alt tab out of the game because i was in a tight spot lol

dying light 2 is supposed to have less zombies so i'd prob find it more enjoyable

Sounds fun, I think Ill keep my preorder but hold off a few weeks on playing it for some early patches

BignutzisBack posted...

ACG barely encountered any bugs, now I am confused

this sort of thing is always the interesting problem for me as a software developer. What might one player be doing that causes more bugs? Maybe its an upgrade they took that has some weird interaction with the world. Maybe theyre more inclined to get into fights than to stealth. Maybe theyre rushing and fast forward through scenes that are hiding loading. etc

in any case Im inclined to believe there are bugs but that not all players will experience the same ones

The bugs really disappoint. I'm still getting it, but I don't have internet to DL a patch. Damnit

A thing that discourages me that I had no idea about previously is this UV meter thing. At worst it sounds like something that will hamper gameplay, at best it could be a minor inconvenience that makes you wonder why they bothered putting it in in the first place

getting a lot of 7s looks like. Disappoinitng

BuckVanHammer posted...

so sounds just like the first one...

Pretty much.

were people expecting anything higher from an open world zombie survival game with crafting elements in 2022

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It absolutely was better than Dead Island lol. Parkour is the reason why it was lauded like it was, and that is a huge upgrade to Dead Island's movement. I thought Dying Light was absolutely miles above that shitty Dead Island.

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It was a more fun to play dead island I thought, I would have liked to have the dead island class system/characters instead of bland dude...

solosnake posted...

getting a lot of 7s looks like. Disappoinitng

Bah it's ok, several good games are still coming out soon, and February is always usually a shit month for game releases anyways.

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Sure, it was all those things,(except the part about the setting, I like a world that isnt too colorful, makes it seem more like a real place)but, imho, it was tons of fun. I played it four times, GTA:SA was the last game I played through so many times.

Darkninja42 posted...

A thing that discourages me that I had no idea about previously is this UV meter thing. At worst it sounds like something that will hamper gameplay, at best it could be a minor inconvenience that makes you wonder why they bothered putting it in in the first place

Yeah honestly this too, I hate that kind of thing in any games.

Kaldrenthebold posted...

The original writer was known for good stories but got #MeToo'd out of the role so I wonder if that's why the story sucks.

yeah who knows how much of his input, ideas, and vision were kept and how much was erased.

@DuranOfForcena youre gonna act like Old Town feels just like The Slums?

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I absolutely disagree that the levels are copy pasted and the game feels the same from start to finish, whoa. I've never read an opinion like this that I disagree with completely. The two maps are WILDLY different from one another and both play differently. Phew.

Dead Island was thought out better IMO

Probably because you cant parkour past everything that doesnt necessarily need to be seen or acknowledged.

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Slums was the first map, Old Town was the second.

For fuck sakes man, thats like complaining that all the levels in Tie Fighter have the same fly around in space philosophy.

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yea because the story and choices and consequences is a big part of this game

77 on Metacritic right now. Not good for a AAA game.

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Yes, they are. Clearly. Old Town is massively more vertical and contains full city blocks. The Slums contain a lot of wide open areas and small houses to scramble over. Both play differently, one requiring liberal use of the grapple hook and the other requiring stamina to run through open fields.

Like, did we play the same game? I can't fathom how someone says the slums are the same as old town. Add in The Following which is massively more open and throws in a car to upgrade and play with and each area is distinct. I remember hating the hotel / resort area and FINALLY enjoying Dead Island when I got to the city, but by then I just hated everything else about it.

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It matters if you enjoyed the story, like I and many others did. There was way more to the story than the way you're simplifying it.

I'm curious if any of what happened with Kyle Crane will have any effects on Dying Light 2.

Darkninja42 posted...

A thing that discourages me that I had no idea about previously is this UV meter thing. At worst it sounds like something that will hamper gameplay, at best it could be a minor inconvenience that makes you wonder why they bothered putting it in in the first place

What is it?

I played a lot of the first one and may play this but I dont really have time for like I did anymore.

I'll wait for bugs to be patched to play this game. I still have high hopes for it. I'm not gonna act like it's the end of the world that this game came out buggy, though.

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You spent way too much time there. I was extremely bored of the setting by the time I made it to the city, and that is probably because moving around was a chore. When I finally started making my way through the city, the human enemies were real junk and it turned into a shooter which didn't have the best mechanics, as well as the map not being the best and filled with walls and annoyances to maneuver around. I find the parkour greatly opened up Dying Light and made it more fun to get around places, including crowded city streets and regular suburbia.

It's clear we are going to agree to disagree and that's fine. I never played Dead Island Remastered or the sequel. I do remember liking the class system a bit more than the every man of Dying Light.

Darkninja42 posted...

Apparently it's buggy as shit, which doesn't seem like it's gonna be fixed with a Day 1 Patch, though the developer is working on fixes.

It was praised for the parkour and also knocked for bland protagonist and story

The sequel to Dying Light has the same flaws that the original Dying Light had, imagine that.

Game Informer gave it a 9.5, but they tend to like everything.

BuckVanHammer posted...

so sounds just like the first one...

This

Buy the GOTY in 5 years for $6

Shablagoo posted...

What is it?

You're infected like everyone else and the only thing holding the virus back is your UV intake.

Which means you have a meter than runs out after a "short period " of time, and if your in the middle of a indoor mission you will ha e to find a place emitting UV.... Hopefully they extend the time needed for that with perk/patch.

I'm still buying it.

I'll wait for the ultimate edition or whatever.

I was watching a gameplay video earlier, an he used some kind of consumable that kinda looked like an asthma inhaler which filled up the meter. Or, are there multiple meters to keep full?