3.2 million players makes Dying Light Techland's most popular game ever

Bobby1234 · 19 Mar 2015 at 13:27

I wasn't really expecting Dying Light to really be as popular as it has been, but I guess you've got to give some credit to Techland. I didn't enjoy it when it first released, has it got any better since then?

Source:

Given the game's positive critical and commercial reception, it won't come as a huge surprise to hear that Dying Light, Techland's open world zombie basher, is now the studio's most popular title ever.

In a press release sent out today, the Polish team revealed that the game's player count has reached over 3,200,000 in the 45 days since launch. That makes for a lot of dead zombies.

snips86x · 19 Mar 2015 at 13:29

I'll be honest, it looked good from the very start. I wasn't sold on it mind, but once getting it, I'm hooked and love it!!

Jacksonn · 19 Mar 2015 at 13:59

I tried this game, really wanted to get into it! But found it the same as the rest!

sharpygsxr · 19 Mar 2015 at 14:14

Ive been a fan of the developer for a while, Dead Island i loved despite its shortcomings so Dying Light for me was great. Still havent finished it tho i find it too easy to get distracted with the side quests. Also enjoyed the call of juarez games they made

Raumarik · 19 Mar 2015 at 14:42

Jacksonn said:
I tried this game, really wanted to get into it! But found it the same as the rest!

Did you try it coop? That's what made it for me tbh.

VincentHanna · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:00

Bobby1234 said:
I wasn't really expecting Dying Light to really be as popular as it has been, but I guess you've got to give some credit to Techland. I didn't enjoy it when it first released, has it got any better since then?

Source:

Performance improved with successive patches, and they added new weapons and a hard mode.

I really enjoyed it from the start, and I think a big part of that is because I hadn't really played Dead Island or Riptide before, so for me it was all new.

A bit like Far Cry 3/4 crossed with Mirrors Edge and featuring zombies.

Mark A · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:06

I wonder how many of those are PC players? Only 7,000 peak today on Steam.

Bobby1234 · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:10

I think it's probably massively sucessful on consoles rather than PC.

ADT · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:12

Deserves it imo. It's like the only game I have ever bothered doing side quests for

snips86x · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:14

Bobby1234 said:
I think it's probably massively sucessful on consoles rather than PC.

Based on what? The PC gaming market is far far bigger!

olivier renault · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:33

Shame the main story stuff (plot, baddies and NPCs) are generic and uninteresting. Good fun messing about though.

VincentHanna · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:52

Mark A said:
I wonder how many of those are PC players? Only 7,000 peak today on Steam.

Well it's a work day and for Americans it's either early or mid morning.

ChrisJSY · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:52

I'm surprised, after their previous games I thought people would be tired of the same old.
Is it that much better?

Mark A · 19 Mar 2015 at 15:58

VincentHanna said:
Well it's a work day and for Americans it's either early or mid morning.

Yeah I guess. There are 11k reviews, so it's probably not sold too bad, then there is Origin as well.

I'd love to see some proper figures to see how pc games compare with console sales.

Shamikebab · 19 Mar 2015 at 16:03

I think it is brilliant.

Not sure what people are talking about it being the 'same old' it's not really like their other games. Sure it is zombies but the gameplay is pretty different.

pete910 · 19 Mar 2015 at 17:19

it was the cut scenes that bugged me. Really spoiled ending too.

ci_newman · 20 Mar 2015 at 08:13

I really liked it, I've pumped in about 50 hours so far and still haven't finished it.

Mak3R · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:30

First game I've completed in a long time so that's a good sign.

Plus who doesn't like needlessly dropkicking zombies in the face?

Shamikebab · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:33

Mak3R said:
First game I've completed in a long time so that's a good sign.

Plus who doesn't like needlessly dropkicking zombies in the face?

My favourite thing so far is just grappling hooking zombies off rooftops, that is fun

Pighardia · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:54

I completed it. It is pretty good. Not great, but pretty good. It gets very boring early on, as the combat is quite poor. There are mechanics I don't like such as the weapon degradation and just the animations that play when you are attacked(REALLY hate them). The general gameplay is pretty solid though.

It looks amazing.