Dying Light: The Beast Reviews
When I say the series is going "back to the roots" with this game I don't just mean the setting. Everything in this game feels more grounded while at the same time all aspects of the gameplay have been refined and further developed. Dying Light: The Beast delivers the familiar parcours gameplay which still works brilliantly and expands it with incredibly entertaining boss encounters & cars that you can drive through Castor Woods. The controls are unfortunately a bit clunky and somewhat overwhelming but once you've gotten used to and internalized all the button inputs you'll be running across rooftops like a pro.
Review in German | Read full review
Dying Light: The Beast stands out as a determined return to the series’ intense and grim atmosphere, featuring a more streamlined direction and a less elaborate narrative than in the past. The gameplay experience highlights parkour, visceral combat, and survival tension, all enhanced by a new rural setting and mechanics that emphasize both cooperative play and competitive dynamics. The introduction of “beastly” abilities and the revamped progression system add depth to multiplayer sessions, reaffirming co-op as one of the core pillars of the gameplay offering. From a technical standpoint, some issues persist, such as mission structure limitations and occasional bugs, while the storytelling takes a direct approach that favors adrenaline over complex plot-building. Overall, Dying Light: The Beast doesn’t rewrite the formula but solidifies what fans already love, with design choices that reward action, exploration, and teamwork, offering an effective reinterpretation of the series’ foundation.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A strong sequel and a quality addition to the open world action genre.
Dying Light: The Beast is a joy to play as a newcomer to the series. If you've been on the fence about the franchise, it serves as a fantastic entry point offering a decently sized map and an addictive gameplay loop that will see you loot, craft, and dismember zombies left and right.
Dying Light: The Beast is what Dying Light 2: Stay Human should have been. A new standalone episode of Techland's acclaimed horror saga, which recaptures the charm that made the original a beloved and fondly remembered cult classic. Despite a typical revenge story lacking in originality, Kyle Crane's journey is brutal, violent, and decidedly entertaining. A production that makes compactness and concreteness its winning weapons, reminding everyone that the night is always scary, but punishment is even scarier.
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Though troubled and caught up in transition from expansion to a fully fledged game, Dying Light: The Beast still excels in the core fundamentals of combat and parkour. The story is forgettable, while the lack of night-time scenarios feels disappointing, but The Beast will give Dying Light fans more of what they most desire: decimating infected crowds and dashing across skylines with reckless abandon.
Dying Light: The Beast is a solid return for the franchise. It capitalizes on its historical strengths, such as fluid parkour, a thrilling day/night cycle, and brutal combat, and adds the welcome return of Kyle Crane. It's an adventure that works, that's fun to play, and that reminds us why the series made such an impression on gamers. However, its limitations are obvious. The story doesn't really take off, the secondary characters are too much in the background, the progression is simplified, and the new features are poorly exploited. The title is both a pleasant and frustrating experience. Pleasant because it's good at what it does, but frustrating because it never dares to do more.
Review in French | Read full review
Dying Light: The Beast isn't a revolution for the franchise at all, but it doesn't need to be, either. This is simply Techland recognizing what fans loved most about the first game and leaning into it with the utmost confidence. We get Kyle Crane back, we get visceral combat, and pulse-pounding nights, all of which feel like a love letter to longtime players who've been asking for exactly this — more Dying Light.
Dying Light: The Beast builds on the strengths of the series to offer a respectable package.
Review in Greek | Read full review
Techland claws its way back with Dying Light: The Beast, an unflinching, beautifully grotesque evolution of its zombie saga. Stronger in identity and mechanics than its predecessor, it trades sprawling ambition for focused terror and ends up all the better for it. Occasional repetition and story safety hold it back from greatness, but when it hits, it devours.
Techland delivers a solid new entry with *Dying Light: The Beast*. While it falls short in innovation and balance at times, its strong story, improved visuals, and generous content offer plenty of zombie-slaying fun.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Dying Light: The Beast is definitely a great game and strengthens the franchise further down the line
With immersive audio, intense encounters, and a sprawling urban playground, Dying Light: The Beast delivers a relentless, adrenaline-fueled survival experience that walks the line on being the best entry in the series, but falls flat when it comes to character development and technical performance.
Dying Light: The Beast gets Techland back to their best. I’m a huge fan of the franchise, and I expected big things from this game. Luckily, Dying Light: The Beast didn’t disappoint. The gameplay is hardcore, gruesome, and gory. Moreover, the bosses are fantastic, and there is always a sense of death and despair as you undertake every journey. As such, though it is familiar, I loved it and recommend grabbing a copy from the Xbox store.
Dying Light: The Beast isn’t a revolution, but it’s a well-crafted, brutal ride that builds on the strengths of the series while adding its own flair. The fast parkour, visceral combat, and new Beast mode keep the gameplay fresh, while the atmospheric Castor Woods setting and impressive gore system elevate the experience. The story is simple, and the villain is underdeveloped, but the charismatic return of Kyle Crane makes up for it. Solid optimization is occasionally hindered by technical issues, such as the broken day-night cycle and minor bugs, yet the game still delivers a highly engaging and atmospheric survival adventure. In the end, The Beast has earned its place, and fans of the franchise will find exactly what they came for.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Dying Light: The Beast brings back Kyle Crane for a revenge-driven, contrived story that mostly works. Having access to newfound powers means you can step toe-to-toe with these creatures, but the magic of the series is and always will be the parkour, the cities, and the exploration. I like being able to rip the heads off enemies, but I love being able to climb and ascend to the rooftops even more. Sure, the abilities are fun, but the formula doesn't deviate much outside of that. Ultimately, that parkour and melee combo from previous games is what makes Dying Light: The Beast fun.
Dying Light: The Beast is a must-have for fans of the series, zombie lovers, and anyone who appreciates a dark, post-apocalyptic vision of the world where survival depends on fighting for resources. It is an incredibly atmospheric production with a sensational soundtrack, evocative gore, and impressive visuals. Above all, however, it provides a lot of fun from the gameplay itself. And it doesn't matter at all that we've seen it all before, that the game itself is incredibly repetitive and derivative, and that the plot, despite interesting and well-played characters, is silly, absurdly simple, and predictable. The Beast is addictive and will make you want to come back to it again and again, even after you've finished it.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Dying Light: The Beast is a gritty, emotionally charged game that builds on the series’ strengths while introducing new, and fun layers of gameplay. A few mechanical hiccups and pacing issues hold it back from greatness but it’s still a beast worth taming. A thoroughly gruesome and fun zombie survival experience.
Dying Light: The Beast will not disappoint fans of the series, offering frenetic, brutal, and fun gameplay. The game, in all respects, presents itself as a 360° upgrade on the classic hallmarks of the series, without revolutionizing a formula that, despite its ups and downs, has worked brilliantly for years. The parkour is more fluid than ever, the melee is unparalleled, and the attention to detail in the game world is astonishing. Aside from a few niggles here and there and the introduction of a less-than-elaborate stealth segment, what remains is a top-notch experience and, arguably, the best installment in the series.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Dying Light The Beast brings back Kyle Crane, now with human and zombie DNA, to explore a new region. It retains the elements that have marked the series, parkour, intense combat, and exploration, and adds Beast Mode and mutations. The result is a fun, adrenaline-fueled game, perfect for fans, even if it doesn't offer any big surprises.
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