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Dying Light 2: Story (no spoilers)Īs mentioned, Dying Light 2 takes place some years after the first game, with society degrading even further from the initial wave of infections. Update: Other reviewers have been in contact with me to suggest that the frame rate and screen tearing issues I was experiencing may have been a bug, so hopefully they'll be rectified for you with the retail version of the game.

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Hopefully, Techland can land some new tech to improve the situation here, but I suspect almost everybody will be playing this on performance mode, at least on Xbox Series X. The game also has 'quality' and 'resolution' graphics modes, but both of these are utterly unplayable, going from 60 FPS down to 20 FPS, and lower, depending on the situation.

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At 1080p in 'performance' mode, the game settles at around 60 FPS with relative ease, but if you don't have the best TV for Xbox, i.e., one without FreeSync, you may notice screen tearing during frame dips. My biggest gripe with Dying Light 2's visuals and presentation pertains to performance on the Xbox Series X. Dynamic music is something many games do now, but Dying Light 2 seems to take it to another level. The whole system is very elegant, from its grand overtures to its more minute details, like the Silent Hill-esque air raid sirens that signal the coming of dusk. The more zombies that engage you, the more the tension ramps up.Įven when performing parkour combos, the music reacts to your momentum, pushing you forward. The art direction elevates the impactful feel of the combat and world at large, but so does the incredible dynamic music system.ĭying Light 2 has some of the best sound design I've heard in recent years, with very reactive and dynamic music and distortion for different events and occurrences. Enemies gush blood after being struck by blades weapons, and realistically decapitate or pop depending on whether you're using a bladed or blunt weapon. While it's not quite the numbers we saw in games like Dead Rising, dropping a grenade in a dozens-strong crowd of zeds creates spectacular cascades of gore and giblets. It's truly impressive how many mobs Dying Light 2 can handle on-screen at once without noticeable performance degradation, at least on performance mode anyway. Infected zombies roam in impossible numbers, and gain strength, speed, and intelligence during the night, owing to the photosensitivity of the mysterious virus that has wiped out civilization. The world is relentlessly bleak, with NPCs proselytizing the end of the world on one street, while burying the dead on another. Indeed, the corpses pile high in Dying Light 2.

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Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Sunrises and morning mists paint truly stunning vistas, juxtaposed against the backdrop of a dark, ruined world. To that end, Dying Light 2 retains its impressive lighting features.

The game sports various bespoke NPC hubs and areas too, which give the game a real sense of life, somewhat ironically, given the sheer volume of death you'll encounter in its decrepit hospital interiors and mutant-filled tunnels.ĭying Light 2 revolves around its night and day cycle, as its title suggests. Other parts of the map are blighted with strange chemicals the authorities used in attempts to contain the virus, leaving pockets of poisoned and hazardous terrain that ramp up traversal challenges. The map is split into outskirts areas, complex interior locales, and an impressively vertiginous downtown area, replete with skyscrapers designed to encourage parkour enthusiasts.

The original game took place in the fictional city of Harran, and now we've moved to a new fictional city somewhere in Western Europe.

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