Dying Light: The Following Reviews

Dying Light: The Following is ranked in the 86th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Feb 9, 2016

Dying Light on its own was a great game - now with the Enhanced Edition, more story, more to do, and more guts to splatter - it takes an already great thing and makes it even better. There's tens of hours to be had exploring, completing side quests, and just breaking bones and slashing zombies, and that's what makes this one the definitive version - all the right additions, nothing really holding it back. Dying Light: The Following and the Enhanced Edition will go down as not just a zombie game done extraordinarily well, but a complete experience that is a love letter to players in a time when it seems ok to be happy with less than great.

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Feb 18, 2016

Dying Light with less parkour sounds like a disaster, but the rural setting and buggy racing add a whole new dimension to the zombie-slaying mayhem, along with a meaty new adventure. For £20 it's an absolute steal. The Following might not convince Dying Light's doubters, but it will please its fans. If you're not one of those already, this is all the excuse you need to give both campaigns a try.

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Gameblog
Top Critic
8 / 10
Feb 10, 2016

This one allows a certain let off steam and adds a new element of management and gameplay of the most joyful, whether you are alone or with others. An essential for lovers of Dying Light, which may disorient them and occupy them for a good little while.

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8 / 10
Feb 18, 2016

Dying Light: The Following isn’t the type of DLC that simply repeats the main game. It takes some of the best elements, adds some interesting and sometimes surprising new elements, mixes them together and creates a great amount of content that isn’t only fun, but actually feels fresh in many ways. The Following is a great expansion that not only compliments the main game, but provides new and returning players with a new and fresh experience that stands well on its own.

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4 / 5.0
Jan 28, 2016

If you enjoyed the original Dying Light, The Following keeps its base gameplay but adds a fresh perspective with the wide-open rural setting, mysterious story, and the dune buggy. There's plenty to see and do here, though you'll have to look off the beaten path to find the most interesting bits. If I had some good fun as a dyed-in-the-wool zombie game naysayer, I'm sure you z-fans will appreciate it quite a bit. Techland definitely put in a ton of time and effort to give the popular Dying Light the kind of expansion it deserves.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 9, 2016

Dying Light may not be the best of the best when it comes to open world games but with The Following, it's proven to be pretty damn fun. Whether you're a new player or seasoned veteran, Dying Light: The Following is fun for everyone.

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4 / 5.0
Feb 19, 2016

The term "expansion" has a dirty connotation to it nowadays.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 31, 2016

Not dead on arrival, The Following is a meaty chunk of gaming fun.

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Feb 13, 2016

'The Following' is the kind of expansion that by today's publishing standards could have easily been labeled as a sequel and given a higher price tag. It doesn't get everything right, but still has a lot to offer.

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Gareth Fidler
Top Critic
8 / 10
Feb 25, 2016

The Following should appeal to anybody who enjoyed holidaying in Harran during the original outbreak, and provides the perfect excuse to electrify a meat cleaver and slice up a few more shambling corpses for old time's sake. Those yet to witness the thrill of evading a pack of hungry virals by shinning up onto the nearest flat roof can pick up the Dying Light: Enhanced Edition which besides including both the full game and The Following expansion also includes a further two DLC packs of co-op zombie-slaying fun.

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Gamers FTW
MrsNesbitt
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Feb 15, 2016

There is nothing more satisfying in life than mowing down a group of infected with your Buggy. The Following is an exciting expansion to the already amazing base game, Dying Light.

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8 / 10
Feb 22, 2016

Dying Light: The Following's nightmare difficulty setting and additional legend level system along with improved visuals and advanced AI make for a new experience for players of the original Dying Light. The Following content itself - whether bought separately or as part of the new Enhanced Edition - offers a very different but yet worthy test, with the open fields and buggy opening up a completely different set of rules to exploit and best the legions of undead.

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ThisGenGaming
ThisGenGaming
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Feb 17, 2016

Overall Dying Light's new DLC "The Following" manages to provide another fun filled few hours of zombie killing entertainment. Techland did not mess around with this DLC, it's not some lazy cash in or something that isn't worth playing. It's a totally new area, with a major new mechanic (vehicles), and an interesting story. If you was a fan of the original Dying Light game then this is an easy recommendation. If you wasn't a fan of the original then there's still a chance you could enjoy this DLC as it changes quite a lot to say it's just a DLC.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 10, 2016

‎At the end of the day, ‎‎The Following‎‎ is everything we could expect from the ‎‎Dying Light‎‎expansion, a memorable and extremely fun installment of last year's best zombie game because it continues the story of survival and follows to the letter a solid formula that we thought was appropriate. ‎‎The Following‎‎ debuts with the Enhanced Edition of ‎‎Dying Light,‎‎which means that the base game received a lot of quality improvements. The best news for the owners of the original game is that they will have such a version without paying. On PC, the update is out of the box, while on console the additions should be ready as an additional downloadable package. The release of ‎‎The Following‎‎ is a worthy time to return to the best zombie survival and action game of 2015.‎

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80%
May 3, 2016

Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition is a great compilation and offers a huge amount of content. If you haven't tried this franchise yet, the Enhanced Edition containing two games that deserve your attention gives you another chance to do so.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 20, 2016

It's recommend that you level up your survivor skill tree to 12 before beginning expansion – with good reason. The infected roam freely in the pastures, your enemies have guns, and there are fewer places to hide. I ignored this recommendation and started with a survival level of 5. It's not impossible to start the story this way, but be prepared to die. A lot.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 15, 2016

"Dying Light The Following lifts players out of the mean ravaged streets of Harran to offer up a completely different world filled with new characters and a gripping storyline along with new side quests. While the Bozak Horde and other previous DLC for the game added extra activities and a competitive nature, The Following pushes the story in a whole new direction filled with twists, turns and conspiracy theories, seriously…what's not to enjoy!".

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GRYOnline.pl
Top Critic
7.5 / 10.0
Feb 9, 2016

One of the most interesting zombie games has just seen a significant expansion. The Following tries not so much to base itself on Dying Light as to push it in a new direction, although at times it probably forgets that not every change is a good change.

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Game Revolution
JamalR
Top Critic
Feb 16, 2016

With an overly competitive market of zombie games such as Dead Island, Dead Rising, and Telltale's The Walking Dead, Dying Light: The Following steals the show for being a well-rounded zombie action game, featuring tight combat and a knack for intense storytelling that is sure to leave you shaking at the edge of your seat. Regardless of a few underlying faults with character development and the occasional fetch quests, Dying Light: The Following is undoubtedly among the best story-mode expansions I have ever played. I can't wait to continue my exploration and see what else Techland have up their sleeves.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 9, 2016

Mad Max meets Zombie Apocalypse!

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