Techland ends support for Dying Light, 7 years after release

Darned good game, excellent support. Right now I'm more fond of it that DL2!

I'm looking forward to trying out DL2, but it's still got that anti-consumer bs, Denuvo, attached to it, so I'll hang fire for now.

The original was pretty much a masterpiece though. I remember reading about how they employed like 2 guys to do the port - recent uni-leavers, I think? It should have ended in tears for us Penguins, but they did a pretty decent job. Then, more recently, Proton has carried the game the past few years. Amazing story, really.

I'd drop £55 on the sequel in a heartbeat... once they do the right thing!

Dying Light is definitely my absolute favorite game in the last... 20 years, maybe more. Perhaps ever. The sequel doesn't have the same magic in the parkour, it's no way near the same feeling and doesn't respect gravity, like at all. It's fine on its own and still an impressive game.

By the way, the native version is still updated and works well today, though you would typically see better performance with Proton. :)

i hate the games as a service thing, because it often lead all games to become pay to win.

rather have an fix game without updates that you can self host an match.
is that the case?

I was wondering if it makes sense to buy all those weapon / costume bundles? Do they make any difference in the single player campaign?

I was wondering if it makes sense to buy all those weapon / costume bundles? Do they make any difference in the single player campaign?

They're cosmetic.

i hate the games as a service thing, because it often lead all games to become pay to win.

rather have an fix game without updates that you can self host an match.
is that the case?

No. This is pay to own.

I was wondering if it makes sense to buy all those weapon / costume bundles? Do they make any difference in the single player campaign?

I haven't been buying them myself, but based on the comments I have read, it depends on the DLC. Some of them are reskins and few of them contain weapons that are somewhat overpowered (at least Retrowave does). So I guess in that sense they make a difference. Might be better for fooling around after the campaign is finished.

If you want to save some money, there are some weapons that you can get via bounties. Also if you want make game easier, events will usually give you gold tier weapons.

I was wondering if it makes sense to buy all those weapon / costume bundles? Do they make any difference in the single player campaign?

I was wondering the same; Hellraid looks cool, but the reviews on it are still not great. The rest of the Definitive Edition DLC all seems to be cosmetic stuff, as StalePopcorn mentioned. I don't mind picking those up super cheap, but even at an 84% discount that still adds up to more than I want to pay for skins.

I'm looking forward to trying out DL2, but it's still got that anti-consumer bs, Denuvo, attached to it, so I'll hang fire for now.

I'd drop £55 on the sequel in a heartbeat... once they do the right thing!

Not just denuvo for me, any kind of 3rd party dependency on a single player game means no sale.

And dropping 60 euro on a game? Not going to happen unless it is a native title. But practically the release state of the current games is such that you're better off waiting anyway. Play 6 to 12 months later and you get a better game for a much lower price. And being there on day one really not a factor for me, my Steam library is big enough to carry me over many years if needed.

I've said it many times before, Hellraid is definitely worth playing, ignore the haters. You even get a special in-game currency from Hellraid that can be used to purchase pretty good weapons for use in the normal game modes.

Loads of weapons in the various DLC's are not only cosmetic. Some character skins change gameplay as well. If you want the lowdown on the DLC's, I recommend AussieGG's DLC video to get a good idea what's what. Some weapons are definitely overpowered, but that's part of the charm of the game. ;)

Neither Dying Light game is GaaS, you can play single player offline if you wish, with the note that DL2 currently has Denuvo anti-tamper and it requires recurrent online connectivity to verify the license. Hopefully this crap will be removed in the near future.

I was wondering if it makes sense to buy all those weapon / costume bundles? Do they make any difference in the single player campaign?

I was wondering the same; Hellraid looks cool, but the reviews on it are still not great. The rest of the Definitive Edition DLC all seems to be cosmetic stuff, as StalePopcorn mentioned. I don't mind picking those up super cheap, but even at an 84% discount that still adds up to more than I want to pay for skins.

Hellraid is for those who hate parkour and open world, but love combat.

OK, the parkour is still there, there's just much less of it. Which means it's not an option for avoiding the combat. Combat is luckily bit better than in the main game, mainly because there's more enemy variety in most combat encounters.

I played most of it on nightmare difficulty (last boss was too tanky, so I had to drop the difficulty a bit) and hacking whatever is closest is not a good strategy as there's bigger threats. I can imagine that having maxed agility skill tree helps a lot as otherwise getting surrounded is going to be issue all the time.

So if you don't mind bit of grinding, it's worth a try on sale.

I haven't tried this game under Linux in years... What is its current state? Is the performance still terrible?

I haven't tried this game under Linux in years... What is its current state? Is the performance still terrible?

Should be fine enough, depending on the system of course. I get somewhere between 160 to 220 FPS when I did quick run around the slums.

Back when I had GTX 970, game was playable most of the time, though there were times where performance was horrible right from the menu. Don't remember why.

I haven't tried this game under Linux in years... What is its current state? Is the performance still terrible?

Like I said in an earlier post;

By the way, the native version is still updated and works well today, though you would typically see better performance with Proton. :)

Decent game in coop, but in singleplayer I just couldn't get myself to play it.