Dying Light: The Beast Review Roundup – Techland’s Best Entry Yet

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  • Dying Light: The Beast is being praised as the best entry in the series so far.
  • Reviewers are praising the game’s open world and parkour.
  • The only thing holding back the game is its mediocre plot and underwhelming supporting cast.

Once planned as a DLC expansion for the second entry, Dying Light: The Beast transformed into a full-fledged entry with almost 40 hours of gameplay offered.

The game’s review embargo has been lifted on its release date, and things are looking optimistic for developer Techland. Reviewers now consider Dying Light: The Beast the pinnacle of the series, enhancing everything that made the first entry great exponentially.

Why it matters: Dying Light 2 failed to live up to fans’ expectations and the bar set by the first game. Surprisingly, this new standalone title that initially started as an expansion will now take the series to new heights.

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Dying Light: The Beast Metacritic Scores Are Generally Favorable

Here are a few scores given to the game by major media outlets:

  • Insider Gaming 5/5
  • TheGamer 4/5
  • IGN 7/10
  • GamesRadar 4.5/5
  • PC Gamer 7/10

Dying Light: The Beast resumes the story of Kyle Crane, who reappears as a half-human, half-monster this time. Roger Craig Smith’s voice acting is being praised immensely, perfectly capturing the character’s emotions.

Dying Light The Beast’s gloriously silly zombie sandbox makes it Techland’s best game yet.

-PCGamesN

In terms of open-world gameplay, Castor Woods looks absolutely beautiful, with aesthetics that resemble Mother Nature more than a disgusting zombie-infested space.

That said, moving towards parkour, for which the series is renowned, Dying Light: The Beast won’t let players down with multiple puzzle sequences that will challenge players’ grappling skills to the fullest. 

Combat is the part where Dying Light: The Beast shines to the fullest, featuring the best hand-to-hand combat in the series to date. Moreover, the crafting system will be quite familiar to the series’ fans, but with the added touch of more weapon mods.

The only thing underwhelming about the game is the plot, which many are referring to as generic. The so-called ‘mad scientist’ villain and even the supporting quests are considered ‘quite forgettable.

Overall, Dying Light: The Beast doesn’t reinvent the wheel but is a fun zombie experience, keeping players hooked for the entirety of its run, and is regarded as a proper spiritual successor to the first entry.

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