Techland managed to create probably one of the best Zombie games ever with Dying Light, it's currently heavily discounted again and it's now hit five years since release.
It was actually released on Linux same-day as Windows, something that was quite a surprise years ago for such a huge release. Sadly, it wasn't in the best state but they eventually got there and it ended up as one of my favourite games on any platform.
To celebrate the occasion, Techland has turned on the HyperMode in-game event. This is where you're as strong as Superman, sending Zombies flying as you punch and kick. Additionally, for this event Techland has also boosted XP gain and there's person and global goals to hit to earn rewards.
It's one of those dumb yet ridiculously fun events you need to take part in, if only to relieve perhaps a little stress by sending Zombies flying through a fence or two. Surprising how satisfying that actually is.
Also, for those following Dying Light 2, it was recently indefinitely delayed. Instead of Spring this year, there's now no date for it. It's also still listing Linux for it on SteamDB, so fingers crossed.
Back to Dying Light, it's also on sale and absolutely worth picking up if you still don't have it. Find it on Humble Store and Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
@liam is it worth playing Dying Light via Proton instead of running the native version? In the past I read that it performs much better via Proton than the native port, wonder how you run it since you seem to play it quite frequently. I've been playing the native port some years ago but need to pick up on it again some time, hence my interest.To me, it makes no difference. With the native port, I'm usually around 100FPS anyway and I only have a 60hz monitor so the native version is great for me.
I should add, that's because I do have an overpowered GPU now, before on my older GPU it would hover around 50-70FPS. If you don't have the literal top-end GPU, Proton will likely be a lot better in this case.
The problem is, the Linux port of Dying Light is old now and OpenGL. Plus, it was worked on by about 2 people from what I was told before. Hopefully if Dying Light 2 is coming to Linux, they will use Vulkan...
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 27 January 2020 at 12:48 pm UTC
Also, just had my first night outside. Don't know if I'm willing to go through that much stress again :-S
The native version is not bad anymore since Techland fixed a few long standing bugs that could break the game, most notably the Drop Attack with a bladed weapon that would cause a long pause, hang the game or CTD.
While the native version should run smooth and be stable now, it doesn't work on all systems. Black screen with white loading bar crash can sometimes be fixed by adding a launch option to skip the intro:
-nologosProton can also alleviate this problem, should have better performance for most systems, plus it offers more graphics options for increased visual fidelity. I.e. darker darkness and shadowier shadows.
Also, just had my first night outside. Don't know if I'm willing to go through that much stress again :-S
Oh yeeesss... the first night outside was very intense... total panic... where is my flashlight... where should I run... they are everywhere... and they want me! :D
Also, just had my first night outside. Don't know if I'm willing to go through that much stress again :-S
Oh yeeesss... the first night outside was very intense... total panic... where is my flashlight... where should I run... they are everywhere... and they want me! :D
So these comments at least are reassuring that the rest won't be so bad!
Great game though, once you're more comfortable night time is the most fun!
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