Unfortunately during this free weekend I was not impressed at all with dying light 2, I played it together with my friend at same time, he shared his screen for first mission until we unlocked COOP and then we played DL2 together for a total of little more than 5 hours during two days. Since game is already released over 2 years I expected a polished product.

Bugs and Glitches: but we both encountered many bugs that gave an impression of far from polished product, You could judge my experience yourself in this two recordings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDC1qT4Zt4o&list=PLigkiXdqg1aLIZcMu2VienqmAtyr-JnmW. I will give an example of bug that I encountered during streaming that game - https://www.youtube.com/live/yDC1qT4Zt4o?si=pmh7x2KlwoV2VAor&t=7434 here my friend drop flower for me on floor, we both see flower but I can't pick it up... Zombies appear and disappear randomly - https://www.youtube.com/live/yDC1qT4Zt4o?si=KH9BjuJCZtl5pjDy&t=8401 COOP member disconnects from friendly party randomly - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=cC4kouu9ccLv3VQi&t=6715, happened at least twice during game
Gameplay Mechanics: Feature that makes game too easy, - ability to Xray Items - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=Y73KTleWRyPtVjgN&t=1882, I could understand ability to sense other living beings maybe because u are part zombie but dead items like bags under the roof like in example i linked above, seems making game way too easy.

Weird Body Animations: Weird body animations - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=sfvUICl6eAjjbFZJ&t=441 like here u see zombie is changing positions all of a sudden after i hit him, and other zombie a second later that was fighting my buddy started shaking like crazy...
COOP Limitations: Except bugs, choice to block COOP only after prologue an first mission... Personally why not let me go thru the game together, that could be so much cooler, instead we just played at same time other friend shared his screen and just played hour and something separately.

Another thing that annoyed a lot, lot of times challenging were popping like "Slaughter" it was in mid of screen and after 3-5 times I already got the idea, it started to annoy me while traversing the city.

City looks huge and beautiful! - cool looking zombies and locations - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=wT_wNt1qWW_Bf77S&t=6533 here u can see huge zombie around destroyed tank. Impact animations when fighting - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=klKGYCjttm_EYDKN&t=6583 in this example I knock zombie of a roof using a spear

I love Dying light 1st game, played it over 70 hours and enjoyed it greatly, so in general I was very hyped from all the years of marketing material released for this game, from the legacy of first game that I enjoyed so much so coming to this not fully polished game made me getting disappointed and not willing to commit tripple AAA price or even 50% discounted price. For me this game will be revisited maybe in some distant future, but sadly i did not meet a worthy dying light successor here, I feared that would happen from other people reviews...

[h1]Initial Impressions of Dying Light 2[/h1] Unfortunately during this free weekend I was not impressed at all with dying light 2, I played it together with my friend at same time, he shared his screen for first mission until we unlocked COOP and then we played DL2 together for a total of little more than 5 hours during two days. Since game is already released over 2 years I expected a polished product. [h1]Specific Issues Encountered[/h1] [b]Bugs and Glitches:[/b] but we both encountered many bugs that gave an impression of far from polished product, You could judge my experience yourself in this two recordings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDC1qT4Zt4o&list=PLigkiXdqg1aLIZcMu2VienqmAtyr-JnmW. I will give an example of bug that I encountered during streaming that game - https://www.youtube.com/live/yDC1qT4Zt4o?si=pmh7x2KlwoV2VAor&t=7434 here my friend drop flower for me on floor, we both see flower but I can't pick it up... Zombies appear and disappear randomly - https://www.youtube.com/live/yDC1qT4Zt4o?si=KH9BjuJCZtl5pjDy&t=8401 COOP member disconnects from friendly party randomly - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=cC4kouu9ccLv3VQi&t=6715, happened at least twice during game [b]Gameplay Mechanics:[/b] Feature that makes game too easy, - ability to Xray Items - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=Y73KTleWRyPtVjgN&t=1882, I could understand ability to sense other living beings maybe because u are part zombie but dead items like bags under the roof like in example i linked above, seems making game way too easy. [h1]Animations and COOP Integration[/h1] [b]Weird Body Animations:[/b] Weird body animations - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=sfvUICl6eAjjbFZJ&t=441 like here u see zombie is changing positions all of a sudden after i hit him, and other zombie a second later that was fighting my buddy started shaking like crazy... [b]COOP Limitations:[/b] Except bugs, choice to block COOP only after prologue an first mission... Personally why not let me go thru the game together, that could be so much cooler, instead we just played at same time other friend shared his screen and just played hour and something separately. [h1]UI Intrusiveness[/h1] Another thing that annoyed a lot, lot of times challenging were popping like "Slaughter" it was in mid of screen and after 3-5 times I already got the idea, it started to annoy me while traversing the city. [h1]What I Loved About the Game[/h1] City looks huge and beautiful! - cool looking zombies and locations - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=wT_wNt1qWW_Bf77S&t=6533 here u can see huge zombie around destroyed tank. Impact animations when fighting - https://www.youtube.com/live/9lkhlL2Hrb0?si=klKGYCjttm_EYDKN&t=6583 in this example I knock zombie of a roof using a spear [h1]Conclusion and Final Thoughts[/h1] I love Dying light 1st game, played it over 70 hours and enjoyed it greatly, so in general I was very hyped from all the years of marketing material released for this game, from the legacy of first game that I enjoyed so much so coming to this not fully polished game made me getting disappointed and not willing to commit tripple AAA price or even 50% discounted price. For me this game will be revisited maybe in some distant future, but sadly i did not meet a worthy dying light successor here, I feared that would happen from other people reviews...