Dying Light Reviews

Dying Light is ranked in the 60th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Spaziogames
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Feb 1, 2015

Dying Light is a great mix of survival, RPG, exploration and horror. Compared to Dead Island it loses perhaps a bit in terms of novelty and setting, but it gains on other fronts thanks to the element of parkour and a more streamlined and instantaneous crafting system.

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GameGrin
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Feb 5, 2015

Satisfying gameplay mechanics, an often exciting day/night system, perfectly balanced and designed levelling and well-rounded presentation that ties all of these things together nicely. There's a lot to like about Techland's latest; if you're looking for a great zombie survival story then you're better off looking elsewhere. Need a well-crafted open-world filled with fun things to do though and you're unlikely to do much better than Dying Light this half of 2015.

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8.4 / 10.0
Mar 6, 2015

There is no shortage of flaws, but if you are looking for horror, exploration, crafting and subjective evolutions, here is the game for you.

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Geeks Under Grace
Drew Koehler
8.4 / 10.0
Feb 3, 2015

Dying Light is a fun, long-lasting zombie-parkour experience in the vein of Far Cry, Skyrim, and Mirror's Edge.

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84 / 100
Feb 1, 2015

Techland once again surprised the goal it needed to capture and snapped away the opportunity to make one of the most beautiful games in the world.

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8.3 / 10.0
Feb 10, 2015

After my experience with Dying Light at EGX 2014, I was very weary coming into the game at release, doubting whether the developers would make most of the extra time following the games most recent delay.

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Sirus Gaming
Feliciano Mondigo
8.3 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2015

Dying Light is Techland's way of saying "We're back!" to the disappointments of Dead Island. It is also a visually beautiful zombie game that is battered by a weak story but rescued by an intricate day and night cycle and fluid parkour gameplay. If you are a self-proclaimed zombie killer in an open world FPS game, then I bet this game is for you.

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82 / 100
Feb 3, 2015

Techland has shown us that they've learned from their past experience with the Dead Island series and given us the first stand out title of 2015.

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Jan 26, 2015

A more polished and focused game than their previous effort in open world zombie games, Techland marries graceful parkour and chaotic combat in this sandbox scavenger's fever dream.

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Feb 22, 2015

Techland's open-world horror can be scrappy in places, but its parkour-inspired zombie hunting is tense, moreish and engaging.

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Guardian
Top Critic
Feb 2, 2015

What you do get, though, is a zombie scenario which is entirely plausible and believable and that, in itself, takes Dying Light to a higher plane, reaching toward the role-playing depth of State of Decay and the sheer nastiness of DayZ. Factor in the giant sandbox of a huge city, and the end result is a scarily immersive experience.

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8 / 10
Jan 31, 2015

Dying Light starts out disappointing, but once you allow its brand of undead action to circulate your bloodstream, it can be difficult to put down. The storytelling is expectedly lacklustre, but with some 40 hours' worth of quests to complete, this is the type of title that's made for kicking back in co-op and culling corpses to your heart's content. The best thing about it, though, is that it gets better as the time flies by.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 2, 2015

Dying Light is a really enjoyable game. The atmosphere is absolutely spot on and the game world is a joy to traverse with your parkour skills. It has issues with its mission structure and confusion in the direction of its protagonist, but you'll likely be having too much fun to care.

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Wccftech
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Feb 14, 2015

Dying Light is a thrill to play for any zombie enthusiast or someone who simply loves Shaun of The Dead without the comedy. It is a title which will leave you wanting more for good reason, and even though it falls short in aspects, it is a fun and solid zombie apocalyptic game.

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Feb 8, 2015

Dying Light is Techland's best and most ambitious title to date.

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Feb 24, 2015

It's tough to get excited by video game zombies these days, but by blending a detailed open world, cool parkour moves and a satisfyingly deep system for character and weapon customization, Dying Light has clawed out a novel space in this crowded genre. Long live the undead.

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4 / 5.0
Jan 27, 2015

On the surface Dying Light may be nothing more than your average run-of-the-mill zombie game complete with predictable story and tons of flesh eating monstrosities. But, beneath the very pretty surface lies a game with some excellent ideas that, when combined with some tried and true mechanics, create one of the best zombie games in recent years

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Jan 30, 2015

It's Dead Island meets The Last of Us meets Far Cry 3 meets Assassin's Creed, but while Dying Light doesn't score highly for originality, it does for parkour thrills and zombie-slaying antics. The pace lags occasionally from time to time, but this is a slicker, most refined game than you might ever have expected from the brains behind Dead Island, and one that deserves to be a hit.

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Gameblog
Top Critic
8 / 10
Jan 29, 2015

Without being perfect, Dying Light undeniably fulfills its objectives.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 4, 2015

Dying Light presents a dynamic and frustrating parallel; it's quick to dazzle its audience with heaping stacks of energetic (if not wholly borrowed) content, but equally capable of coming apart under the burgeoning stress of weaving it all together. A reticence to acknowledge its own pratfalls leaves the responsibility of proper assembly to the player. If you're up to that particular challenge, Dying Light's one of the more impressive games of the modern generation.

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