10 Video Games That Are Painfully Behind The Times

Dying Light was one of the biggest surprises of 2015, so enthusiastic players were eager to see what Techland would do to evolve their winning formula of open-world parkour exploration and action-RPG survivor horror zombie mayhem.

In a few ways, 2022’s Dying Light 2 Stay Human does precisely that, but in others, it’s a major step backward.

Among its issues are poor voice acting and writing, with character interactions coming across off as overly expositive, awkward, nonsensical, or (in the case of protagonist Aiden) just plain dull.

Those weaknesses are deepened by a storyline that’s amateurishly told and ineffectively resolved (no matter which ending is given). Half the time, it doesn’t even seem like your choices impact the plot in meaningful and innovative ways, with decisions based more on which rewards you’ll get than which faction you side with morally.

Whereas the original was incredibly tense during nighttime, the sequel is markedly less so because Aiden can become rather powerful rather quickly.

Worst of all, it launched with innumerable bugs –well, at least 1,000 since that’s exactly what the “day-one” patch purportedly fixed – that severely diminished gamers’ preliminary excitement for it.

Combined, these downgrades make Dying Light 2 feel primitive.