Dying Light 2 just celebrated its first release anniversary. We see how the game that was criticized for its lack of Italian dubbing at launch in 2023 is doing.
February 4 marked one year since the release of Dying Light 2 for PC, PS4, PS5, XONE and XSX/S. Techland’s work proved to be a huge success, quickly becoming the second most played Polish game on Steam (losing only to Cyberpunk 2077).
Dying Light 2 was also appreciated on Steam: although it was the work of studio FromSoftware that won the game of the year title in the community vote, Dying Light 2 ended up on the list of the most popular games. most profitable in 2022 on the La Valve platform. , as well as the biggest releases or titles that set activity records.
Much of the credit for that certainly goes to Techland, which didn’t sit idle after the release of Dying Light 2. The developer has added new infected enemies, gear, and weapons to the game, along with previously unavailable challenges and missions. Additionally, the team held regular events to keep the community interested. The developers have also enriched the game with a New Game Plus mode or many minor DLCs and a major: Bloody Ties.
DYING LIGHT SERIES SALES
Techland recently announced that the two parts of dying light they sold a total of 30 million copies. Unsurprisingly, the developer’s share price has risen significantly, thanks to which, together with CD Projekt Red, he is currently promoting gamedev in his home country.
the future of dying light 2 Also looks brilliant However, let’s take a step back to see what last year looks like in numbers.
popularity levels
Although the peak of the title’s popularity was at the time of its release, when almost 275,000 people played it on Steam, it still maintains itself at a fairly good level. As of this writing, the game is running on the accounts of approximately 11.5 thousand users of the Valve platform. In the last 24 hours, a maximum of more than 18,000 players played at the same time. It should be added that despite the release of the second game, the first has not yet lost the interest of the community. However, it is clear that many people have moved on.
Players complete Dying Light 2….
Significantly, the game is over quite often. This is based on the “Your World, Your Rules” achievement. Considering the data from all platforms (below), we can conclude that on average, one in three players reached their endgame. Since it takes at least 24 hours, we can speak of a very good result.
Dying Light 2 – percentage of players who have completed the game
Plus, it’s not too different from what Dying Light’s debut installment can boast. It is true that it was completed more frequently and by more players overall, but keep in mind that they had not one year, but eight years to do so.
Dying Light: percentage of players who have completed the game
…but they don’t “maximize” it
However, while Dying Light 2 is completed quite often, The same cannot be said for the frequency of “maximizing” the game. Achievements also tell us about it. Only a single-digit percentage of players, on each platform, maxed out their stamina or health, beat every GRE anomaly, collected every drop, uncovered every graffiti, found a full set of journals or notes.
It’s difficult? No, long is a better word. “Maximum” dying light 2 takes about 96 hourswhich is almost four times longer than the end of the game. Interestingly, the scale compared to the prequel has been kept here at most, but the latter can be completed in 17 hours.
The cake is well deserved. Source: Twitter / Dying Light.
DLC for a few
Interestingly, relatively few people were tempted by the otherwise pretty good DLC, titled bloody ties. Suffice it to say that Carnage Hall, where the expansion’s main action takes place, was only reached by 2.5% of players on Steam (while completing the “Enter the Amphitheater” achievement ). It’s even worse on consoles.
Could it be that players are happy with the base game which, after all, the vast majority of them haven’t maxed out anyway? Or have you been hurt by unflattering reviews? Unless many people are just waiting for the full release of the game.
Comments after the “Italian incident” and the price.
Maybe at some point we will see it. However dying light 2 it could already be purchased at a fairly attractive price. Such a first promotion on Valve’s platform (available as part of the fall sale) particularly helped Techland’s game, as it offset at least some of the negative reviews the title received when it launched. , either due to the presence of Denuvo (recently deleted), or due to the lack of Italian dubbing. Boy, was that a thing. Do you remember? However, he did nothing, the inhabitants of Villedor still do not speak Italian.
In general, it can be said that the flash exam did not have much effect on the perception of dying light 2 – at least on Steambecause on Metacritic.com its impact is still clearly visible.
With over 124,000 reviews on DL2 in total, on the positive aspects of the Valve platform make up approximately. 79% A little below the first game (95% positive opinions out of more than 365,000 issued), but overall not bad. We can also assume that the second game has not yet said its last word.
Review of Dying Light 2 – source: Steam.