Dying Light 2's huge Gut Feeling update is out today, directly competing for the hearts and minds of gamers with Dead Island 2, the other big first-person zombie-slaying franchise on the market.
In addition to overhauling the game's melee mechanics and physics (including a focus on dismemberment which seems like a direct response to Dead Island 2's FLESH system) and adding in transmogrification, Gut Feeling will add the Viral Rush limited-time event, as well as new blueprints for players to uncover. It's also entirely free, so another plus.
While obviously not as full-featured as a whole new game like Dead Island 2, it's nice to see developer Techland isn't willing to cede any ground and is committed to making its game the best it can be. Will you be spending your weekend with the new-hotness, Dead Island 2, or will you be dancing with the one that brought you, Dying Light 2? Make a tough decision in the comments section below.
[source dyinglightgame.com]
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I took DL2 for a short but sweet spin last night and it’s a lovely update but I’ll be wining, dining and PlayStation Five-ing (sorry - I had to..) with Dead Island 2 from today.
Dying Light 2 was such a huge disappointment to me personally. The best elements of the first game was watered down. The story was very lame, I felt a huge disconnect. The changes to communities were at best a sugarcoated lie. Weapons and crafting felt worse. Combat felt way worse. Zombies and their overall design felt way, way worse.
Traversal was good, though.
@EfYI My problem with DL2 is that it never felt like it had a proper focus to it. It always seemed like they were trying to make it for everyone with watering down the horror aspect of night, only making chases happen if you alert a howler instead of roaming volatiles, and the choices mattering SO little.
I dropped this game so hard, but the combat is looking pretty good here.
I didn't buy this yet but keep hovering over the purchase button when it's discounted.
If core game play mechanics are going to be revised a year after launch, it's kind of getting pointless to buy titles when they are new these days.
If you wait a year, not only is it half price, and not only will games actually run properly and have 60fps modes, but it's now seemingly possible that the core gameplay itself would be drastically better.
Why spoil your experience of a game, by playing the average version that exists in the first 12 months? It's paying a premium for a lesser experience.
Good on devs for continuing to support and improve titles of course, but in the long run this isn't going to end well for the industry when they are so reliant on that big-hit full-price surge of purchases in the first month...
Like my momma always said.. “you can polish a turd but it’s still a piece of sh💩”
Yeah I switched DL2 off after 30mins. Absolute turd.
Honestly I love both I will be plan on playing DI2 OH HELL YEAH
Thanks Pushsquare!! I knew this was coming up, but thought it was in June.
Finally took it out of the box and in 27 hours it'll be downloaded. (Might be kidding, not sure......)!
I'll get dead island 2 when it's bargain bin price like i do all modern AAA games, haven't even finished dying light 2 i mean what a snoozefest and complete downgrade on the first game.
@SgtTruth Same plan here! I didn't buy Dying Light 1 Complete until it was dirt cheap, will be doing similar for the sequel.
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