Dying Light

ps3ud0 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:23

anticonscience said:
Same here, I'm actually finding myself hating what's going on within this industry recently and it's turning me away from it.

While pre-order/shop exclusives for non-essential 'pretty' things makes the world go round - having stuff like modes being block or in the case of Evolve expensive DLC being touted as free if you pre-order it worries me what we are allowing publishers to get away with. It puts me off the game than makes me want it even more, but I dont know why that is :confused:

, I just knee-jerk react that its some Trojan horse (armour) type of offer...

2014 taught me that while its cool to get things day 1 it doesnt really matter in reality if you just wait a week or two to confirm what you are buying is worth what you are paying...

Its mad we do it with gaming, I dont do it with any other purchase (including other media)

ps3ud0 :cool:

adam98150 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:26

davejh666 said:
Release all confirmed:

So, for a physical copy of the game UK has to wait until February 27th, not really what I would call a short delay. At least they have confirmed everything now, but it has been a little bit of a cluster........

PC it is. **** paying 50 quid on a console for the digital version.

Can't believe this. A short delay would be a few days. Not an entire month.

mid_gen · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:37

ps3ud0 said:
While pre-order/shop exclusives for non-essential 'pretty' things makes the world go round - having stuff like modes being block or in the case of Evolve expensive DLC being touted as free if you pre-order it worries me what we are allowing publishers to get away with. It puts me off the game than makes me want it even more, but I dont know why that is , I just knee-jerk react that its some Trojan horse (armour) type of offer...

2014 taught me that while its cool to get things day 1 it doesnt really matter in reality if you just wait a week or two to confirm what you are buying is worth what you are paying...

Its mad we do it with gaming, I dont do it with any other purchase (including other media)

ps3ud0

The problem is that people are happily handing over money for these practices, so there's no incentive for publishers to do anything else.

Other media doesn't have the community and self-fuelling hype-wagon to whip people up into a buying frenzy before anyone has actually tried the product. People will grow up sooner or later though I guess!

adam98150 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:39

Some people reckon this might be deliberate. Not so sure I believe that one but it does make sense. You can't trade digital copies. And digital tends to be more expensive.

kmetek · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:53

Big fail...in march we have already too many good games released, so i far that this won't sell good.

davejh666 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:54

I am not sure if it is deliberate or not. However, there was quite a few people on the Dying Light facebook page that was asking why retailers who had the boxed version already in the UK/EU were not being allowed to ship them. So, according to these people at least some retailers in Europe have the boxed version of the game, but they are not allowed to ship them. If that is the case, and I am not saying it definitely is, then the whole affair is more suspect.

davejh666 · 23 Jan 2015 at 17:35

They have now released another statement:

Dear gamers,

As you already know, today we detailed our launch timing for Dying Light. Although the changes affect only the release of boxed copies in certain territories, we want to show all of you our appreciation for your continued support. Thus, we’re really happy to announce that “Be the Zombie” will be available for FREE to everyone, on all platforms, in all territories.

We’ll also be giving away extra weapon dockets to everyone who pre-ordered Dying Light and signed up at http://dockets.dyinglightgame.com/ If you haven't registered your pre-order, do so now to receive those extra weapon dockets.

We want to thank you for your patience and support in this matter and can’t wait for you to enjoy playing Dying Light and invading other players’ game in the “Be the Zombie” mode. The video below can give you a glimpse of what you can expect to experience...

Once again, thank you for your patience and support.

The Dying Light Team

So, if I am correct, quite a lot(?) of people paid extra for this 'exclusive' through Amazon(?) that everyone who buys the game will now get!?

Plainsong · 23 Jan 2015 at 17:46

Nice backtrack. ****ers. Really starting to get ****ed off with the way this is all going. No more preorders from me...except maybe Bloodbourne

kmetek · 23 Jan 2015 at 18:31

Mull3t · 27 Jan 2015 at 12:37

Any news on when retail copies for this are being released? Anywhere doing decent price for digital version? Don't really want to pay £55 for the digital version!

monkeyspank · 27 Jan 2015 at 12:42

end of Feb I believe...

Jase · 27 Jan 2015 at 14:29

Mull3t said:
Any news on when retail copies for this are being released? Anywhere doing decent price for digital version? Don't really want to pay £55 for the digital version!

27th February seems to be the date on a lot of sites now.

Plainsong · 27 Jan 2015 at 15:07

Jase said:
27th February seems to be the date on a lot of sites now.

So where the heck are the reviews?!

davejh666 · 27 Jan 2015 at 15:20

Plainsong said:
So where the heck are the reviews?!

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/01/27/dying-light-review

Most reviewers did not get their review copy until a few hours before the release, so not enough time yet to do a proper review.

Plainsong · 27 Jan 2015 at 15:28

davejh666 said:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/01/27/dying-light-review

Most reviewers did not get their review copy until a few hours before the release, so not enough time yet to do a proper review.

Fishy!

Soulja · 27 Jan 2015 at 16:02

Didn't the previous games get poor scores as well? I still enjoyed them though

davejh666 · 27 Jan 2015 at 16:13

Plainsong said:
Fishy!

It is more a Warner Bros thing I think. They did the same with LOR: Shadow of Mordor, and I loved that game!!

FTM · 28 Jan 2015 at 09:13

previews all seem positive

heres a review I found

http://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/dying-light-review/

sounds right up my street to be honest, sounds like its entirely possible just to run around, level up and craft items in your own time

DailyGeek · 28 Jan 2015 at 10:42

So far it is like Dead Island mixed with Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed, Mirror's Edge, Minecraft and a smattering of Fallout 3.

Pretty fun

biron_w · 28 Jan 2015 at 11:15

I've been reading some opinions about the game on a couple of sites and they all seem quite positive. The main complaint I saw is that it can get repetitive and there's no quick travel option so you have to run EVERYWHERE.