Dying Light

Yesterday I have beaten Dying Light for the first time, and all I can say is that this is my favourite zombie game of all time. I am definitely looking forward to buy the second game because I enjoyed this one so much, until then I am gonna have fun beating side quests and doing some achievements for this masterpiece of a game.

excellent game, super fun to play. i cant really play it on my laptop, so i played it in a net cafe, i still enjoyed every second of the game. i love everything about this game, the parkour, the combat, the way you still need stealth to hide from the parkour zombies. 9/10. the 1/10 is because i cant play it on my laptop

I remember back when i was still in middle school i always wanted to play this game but didnt have anywhere to play it fast forward to college I finally can play this on my pc, AND I LIKE IT. Beating zombies has that nice hard impact feel to it and its so fun to grapple or drop kick em. Another mechanic that i also like it the parkour BUT i started to enjoyed more after i maxed out agility since that gives limitless sprint. I find Dying light to be quite hard on its gun fights as bandits deal a LOT of damage so i guess always bring some type of guns OR spam bomb arrows. ALSO this game is super fun playing with friends it implements co-op pretty well even during story events.

Very fun game! Would recommend! Might need to get a parents permission to play the game with all the gore, and "female zombie skins."

game made me parkour irl and accidentally became a special agent

this is my third time buying this game, infinite fun and infinitely replayable. you are doing yourself a massive disservice not playing it already

Want a game where the map and environment is more than something there just to look pretty? Dying light is it, everything is climbable, runable, parkor-able. Plus a starting mission that made me genuinely scared of leaving safe zones at night makes this a free-running zombie game worth every penny.

This game was a lot of fun playing Co-op! The brown pants moments were real. Lot of running around puckered up and figuring out some of the cool stuff to do around the maps. The story was actually interesting too from the little I paid attention since we mostly talked during a lot of the cutscenes lol.

Definitely worth grabbing and playing!

Quite fun and scary at the same time, you can explore a lot but always have to keep looking behind you once you start progressing through the game

This is best game I even played.
Story is so good I enjoy it from start to end and finished everything and even then I was just not enough.
DLC add so many new things and it elevated to new level.
I finished it several times and I have so much good memories.
Kyle Crane is one of characters you will never forget.
Pure masterpiece.

Let me paint you a picture: a city overrun by a virus. Screaming infected, humans turning on each other, law and order crumbling like wet tissue. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? That’s Dying Light, a world that desperately needs someone with a spine. Someone with power. Someone like me.

At first, the game treats you like any other fragile little human, running, panting, scraping by with a wrench and a prayer. But then? Then it starts to click. You evolve. You learn. You move like a predator across the rooftops. You don’t hide from the infected, you hunt them. You’re no longer prey. You're the top of the food chain. The alpha. And once you're there? Oh, it's beautiful.

The parkour system? Fluid. Sharp. It's like flying without wings. You chain together jumps, wall-runs, drops, pure freedom, no strings attached. It gives you the high ground, and anyone with half a brain knows that’s where the real power lives.

Now let’s talk about the combat. It’s not elegant. It’s not clean. It’s vicious. Every swing of a modified weapon has weight. When you cave in a skull, you feel it. When you dropkick a biter off a rooftop? That’s not just a kill, it’s a message. This world belongs to the strong. The ruthless. The ones who don’t flinch when things get ugly.

And oh, that moment when you’re sprinting across rooftops at night, Volatiles chasing you, heart pounding, and then you turn around. Not to run. No. To fight. That’s the moment you stop being a survivor and start being a goddamn executioner.

The narrative? It's serviceable. You're a secret agent sent to do the right thing, caught between helping people and following orders. Blah, blah, blah. Morality. Loyalty. Yawn. I would’ve cleaned up that city in one night. No red tape. No second chances. Just fire and finality.

Best Zombie Game ever played
Waiting for Beast Hope they Bring Kyle Crane like this again wants techland to optimaize the next game

I played the living heck out of this game during the pandemic, alongside Borderlands, Paladins and a couple of other games that became my daily go-to. Especially after work hours. Dying Light offers something unique and cool, something I've never really experienced with any other games before.

Harran is a fantastic setting for a game like this. It is big, and is divided into two different locations. And to make the areas enjoyable, we have a fun parkour mechanic that feels fluid and fast (if you're doing it right of course). Every element of the game like the crafting, weapon choices and combat in general just makes you realize the amount of care the devs put in the game. Some characters also stand out, while the rest are forgettable to be fair. Story was decent enough to keep me engaged.

While there are weapons available everywhere, Dying Light will make you strategize your moves carefully. There are some locations, particularly some key story missions that really had me on the edge of my seat. Not because I was scared, but rather I was figuring out how I could survive or creatively take down enemies with whatever resources I had, or if I could use the environment. The latter is an excellent way to grind xp and resources off dead zombies by the way! This alone makes me come back to Dying Light every now and then.

Even in 2025, the game still receives updates, with my personal favourite being Super Kyle. It's super fun! I 100%-ed the main story in 2022. And right now I am working through The Following. Hope to finish it someday before I dive into the sequel.

Overall Dying Light is a fantastic game. It continues to grow and remains a top tier experience for those who love survival action games with parkour.

This game takes all my favorite genres... open world, zombies, parkour, first person... and rolls them up into one delicious game burrito.

This game aged like a wine, still looking good in 2025 in 1440p resolution, the gameplay is super fun and the story in this game is quite deep, especially the relationship between Crane and his friends throughout the game

Cant wait for the Dying Light: The Beast!!!

This one is a good bit of parkour-ing, zombie-smashing fun. It goes on sale pretty often, too.

the best zombie game out there, great story, great combat, great parkour perfect zombie game

possibly the best zombies game i've ever played, everything in it is a gem.

Very fun game with your friends. Gameplay is very nice and casual

I've played this game on epic store for free but liked so much that i deleted my epic store account and bought it on steam... also btw the beginning of the story was really scientific like how they depicted Dr. Zerra claiming the virus to be a variant of rabies while at the end the it all became mythical with that volatile queen & unscientific stuffs 💀💀💀

Considering the fact that this game was made in 2015, this game has an amazing story and the combat is great, but I have had some issues with the graphics. Overall, i would totally recommend this game.

I have played this game three times already over the years and is by far , in my opinion, one of the best games when we are talking about ageing . I have played it in 2024 and it actually felt very refreshing in comparison with the games that came out in recent years. It is a very fun game, the story isn't the best but it is engaging and the attention to details is superb. Also a very atmospheric game, the whole city has a very unique vibe to i have been loving sense I played the game for the first time. What i recommend is to wait for it to go on a sale. I gets a 90% sale at least once a year and this way you could by the enhanced edition with all the dlcs(except hell raid) and experience the whole game. I have completed all the side quests plus some achievements and the bozak dlc in 70 hours and i have paid only 4 euros. Really recommend this game to any one that likes open world first person games.

Daytime: Parkour simulator.
Nighttime: Pure horror movie.
Same city. Same guy. Two different heart rates.
💀 10/10 — screamed, ran, survived (barely).

Played it years ago, watched countless gameplays, this game is peak, its way beyond its time by all means. There are bugs, but even the worst one just entertains you. And its just crazy that its been 10 years since Dying Light 1 dropped, it doesnt feel like that at all.

This game is great but my god do the zombies locking you in place to bite you get annoying. half the time your in the middle of combat having fun then a zombie behind the ones your fighting locks you in place to bite you and theres no way to dodge it even though its so far away.

Great in coop mod, a lot of stuff to do and visit !

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☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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In my opinion, this game is the perfect example of how companies should go about making an fps, open-world zombie game, it just checks all the right boxes, the feeling of boredom simply doesn't exist when you’re playing Dying Light and if it does, then you should prob get a psych evaluation, but you won't have to worry abt that.

9/10

After 26 hours, Dying Light still feels fresh thanks to its dynamic traversal, tense atmosphere, and satisfying progression. It’s not perfect—the story is middling, and combat can get repetitive—but the thrill of surviving Harran, especially when the sun goes down, more than makes up for it.

Recommended For:
Fans of survival games, parkour mechanics, zombie horror, and open-world exploration.

Not Ideal For:
Players looking for a deep narrative or polished shooting mechanics.

Good story/sandbox game to play single player or with a freind

Story 10/10

Weapons 9/10

one of my childhood games, would recommend for some zombie killing badassory and cool easter eggs! You can throw a melee weapon, play as a spiderman zombie, jump off walls, break or dismember limbs, hell you can even do glitches that make you fly! have fun nightrunner, good night and good luck!

I am 36 years old, dad of 2 kids. I just went up to my room after having a terrible day, and I have been levitating for approximately 36 seconds. Dying Light has saved me. The window was looking so nice to jump out of until I saw Stefan playing it. I even woke up my kids to play this game. They hated it. I disowned them from the family. I am now a single male, I may be lonely, but I still can play Dying Light with my friend Stefan.

I would personally call this game a 'motion sickness tester'. So, if you’re prone to motion sickness, you might need to take precaution. But if you can get past that, this game offers a fantastic experience.

While the story starts off simple, it gradually becomes more engaging the deeper you get into it. Even when quests send you across the map, the journey rarely feels dull (thanks to the dynamic gameplay) because you'll be fighting zombies, discovering valuable loot, and enjoying the freedom of a world where nearly everything is climbable.

Unlike many zombie games (like Left 4 Dead 2, 7 Days to Die, or the Dead Rising series) where characters quickly become overpowered and zombies turn into easy targets, this game strikes a much better balance. Your character never feels invincible, and zombies remain a real threat, especially at night. It captures the essence of action-horror with just the right level of intensity and challenge.

Although the item balancing could use some improvement (it’s a bit odd to see my rusty old pipe outperforms a modern machine gun XD), the core gameplay is still incredibly enjoyable. If you love intense melee combat and fighting zombies up close, this is one of the best games out there.

honestly super fun. I'm not much of a zombie gamer girl but this one was fun and i cannot wait to be able to play Dying Light 2 and the newest one coming out!

By far the best game Techland has ever made, and one of the best games I've ever played

I love zombie games, and honestly, I thought I wouldn't like this game as much as I do. But it's quickly shot up to one of my top favorite games, tying with Left 4 Dead 2-1, along with Project Zomboid. Though I do get frustrated sometimes, that's my fault for being stupid and stubborn. While the nighttime and volatiles scare the ever-loving UV lights out of me, especially during the first time I encountered the volatiles. I love and admire the zombies and concepts, and surprisingly, the story. I'm one of those people who prefer game-play over story, but most of the time I'm engaged with the story. Of course, sometimes I feel like it's dragging, but again, I'm one of those people who prefer smashing zombies' heads in than waiting for a cutscene to end. I also love the parkour mechanics, obviously, that's what Dying Light is known for, but it still deserves praise. And recognition, I find it less aggravating and frustrating than other games, parkour systems, and enjoyable when I'm running for my dear life. Overall, I love this game, and I would recommend this to any zombie apocalypse enthusiasts wanting a good zombie game with a good story, good zombies, and good fighting mechanics. :)

Great story, great gameplay, great graphics, great all around.

Great zombie game is fun and great story

it's fine! i played the campaign in co-op mode and it was a pretty good time, whilst still being tedious and frustrating in combat sometimes. troy baker sounded fine in arkham origins but it started to be a bit grating after a bit here.
overall i had a decent time, good enough!

This. Game. Is. Incredible. Amazing plot, with the narrative and writing to back it up.
I have extremely few gripes with this game, everything is just so well-made.
My only suggestion is that you do more side quests to level up your skills before you progress the story too much. I have only played it through once, but if I were to replay it, I would have done much more leveling up skills because the story progresses the difficulty of the game. Especially the survivor skill, as when it is higher level, you find better weapons. For the most part I was smacking zombies with a pool noodle until I indulged in the Korek Machete, a developer placed item.
If you care about an easier way to max out your survivor skill, [make sure you leave quarantine zones incomplete, until you are satisfied.]

Very fun game. Weak story but the parkour and zombie combat mostly makes up for it.

in my opinion one of the best of the Dying Light series, the story is really good both the main sory and also the dlc "the following", and also the gamplay is very good,the mechanics of the game are very easy to understand for exemple the parkour, about the dlc i really loved the mechanics of car , I highly recommend this if you are a fan of parkour and horror zombie games, I will definitely try to get all the achievements

Muito bom o jogo de zumbi em mundo aberto com elementos de RPG e gráficos bonitos. Eu gosto muito do céu do jogo. O jogo é nostálgico e otimizado — diferente de jogos de hoje em dia —, e compatível com controle. Tem multiplayer co-op e versus controlando zumbi. Tem minigames, desafios, e outras coisas legais assim. Vale muito a pena imo!!!

A decent game, slowly ruined over time by bad DLC and worse choices by a company now deep in corporate pockets.
"Hey, our game works decently in co-op, let's RUIN IT by switching the networking to Epic Online Services!"
"Hey, let's plaster a giant, immersion breaking banner advertising the (mediocre AF) sequel in-game, people will LOVE that!"

When I saw this game for the first time I didn't think much of it but that was until I got the game guys I know that this game is using some old good tricks but in a good way just trust me and buy this masterpice u'll know It's the best Polish game I've ever played (and polish games aren't usualy good but this is a huge exeption)

The parkour and zombie slaying is very fun and satisfying. You need to spend time upgrading yourself, and scavenging for materials. Once you get some stronger combat abilities, better agility etc the game is so much more fun!

WOW! What a great zombie game. Great story and lots of gore. FUN! FUN! FUN!

It's a good game, even though it's been ten years since it was released, it still has that sense of fear. Thank you, Techland.

Recommended game for who wants to play a zombie survival game but focused on dealing with zombies in smart ways, mostly using environment assets,
There are weapons in game, but they have more negatives than positives, like scarce bullets, low durability. Basically you use your weapon a few times and its gone. Therefore you need to use it smart. A lot of parkour. Really nice movement around buildings and spaces.
I like the change in gameplay style from day to night, where basically you have big number of zombies in day, which are usually weaker, and during night you have hunter zombies who are smarter and faster. Also during night, this is in a few games where night is night, where its pure dark if you don't have a source of light.
The story isn't so different from other games from this genre. Average survivors and conflicts between desperate people trying to survive zombies and also other people.

You bonk the zombos, hardcore parkour, and engage in questionably ethical looting throughout a game that doesn't mind forgetting that it's supposed to deliver a story that should compel you to progress.

Enjoy!