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If you didn't like the first Dying Light game, this title is probably
not of interest to you.

Some background: I did like Dying Light (enough to finish the SP
campaign) but didn't care much for Dying Light 2.

DL:TB is interesting in the sense that I tried it when it first came
out, then refunded it, which is something I often do just to demo a
game (and it's pretty rare that I decide to keep a full price single
player only title).

I can't even remember why I refunded, it may have been something like
a keybinding issue (this happens all too often with new releases).

Saw it was on sale and decided to give it another go, and it pulled me
in pretty quickly...strange how that works.

But as I'm playing it I think they did capture a lot of what I liked
about the first game while in a lot of ways, also taking it up a
notch.

They really did a nice job on this one, very immersive and
atmospheric. Kind of rare to see this level of effort in AAA games
these days.
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They really did a nice job on this one, very immersive and
atmospheric.

Good news. I did enjoy the first game quite a bit.

rms
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On 3/28/2026 3:50 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:

If you didn't like the first Dying Light game, this title is probably
not of interest to you.

I did enjoy it, but it just felt like Assassin's Creed: Zombies, with
online stuff chucked in. Also not enough to buy into another one unless
it's cheap.

Some background: I did like Dying Light (enough to finish the SP
campaign) but didn't care much for Dying Light 2.

DL:TB is interesting in the sense that I tried it when it first came
out, then refunded it, which is something I often do just to demo a
game (and it's pretty rare that I decide to keep a full price single
player only title).

I can't even remember why I refunded, it may have been something like
a keybinding issue (this happens all too often with new releases).

Saw it was on sale and decided to give it another go, and it pulled me
in pretty quickly...strange how that works.

$45 is out of my price range for this. I know everything's outrageous
now, but still. Also I have too much other stuff to (re)play to buy
anything except games I'm extremely excited about.
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 11:44:02 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 3/28/2026 3:50 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:

If you didn't like the first Dying Light game, this title is probably
not of interest to you.

I did enjoy it, but it just felt like Assassin's Creed: Zombies, with
online stuff chucked in. Also not enough to buy into another one unless >it's cheap.

Some background: I did like Dying Light (enough to finish the SP
campaign) but didn't care much for Dying Light 2.

DL:TB is interesting in the sense that I tried it when it first came
out, then refunded it, which is something I often do just to demo a
game (and it's pretty rare that I decide to keep a full price single
player only title).

I can't even remember why I refunded, it may have been something like
a keybinding issue (this happens all too often with new releases).

Saw it was on sale and decided to give it another go, and it pulled me
in pretty quickly...strange how that works.

$45 is out of my price range for this. I know everything's outrageous
now, but still. Also I have too much other stuff to (re)play to buy >anything except games I'm extremely excited about.

Understood about the price. I was ready to refund it but quickly
found I'm actually getting my money's worth at the current sale price.

I've only tried a few Assasins Creed games, can't tell you which ones.
Never stuck with any of them for long, and they certainly didn't have
the immersiveness of this game. They couldn't, being third person
instead of first, plus with all of the on-screen prompts and shit...
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Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 11:44:02 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 3/28/2026 3:50 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:

If you didn't like the first Dying Light game, this title is probably
not of interest to you.

I did enjoy it, but it just felt like Assassin's Creed: Zombies, with
online stuff chucked in. Also not enough to buy into another one unless
it's cheap.

Some background: I did like Dying Light (enough to finish the SP
campaign) but didn't care much for Dying Light 2.

DL:TB is interesting in the sense that I tried it when it first came
out, then refunded it, which is something I often do just to demo a
game (and it's pretty rare that I decide to keep a full price single
player only title).

I can't even remember why I refunded, it may have been something like
a keybinding issue (this happens all too often with new releases).

Saw it was on sale and decided to give it another go, and it pulled me
in pretty quickly...strange how that works.

$45 is out of my price range for this. I know everything's outrageous
now, but still. Also I have too much other stuff to (re)play to buy
anything except games I'm extremely excited about.

Understood about the price. I was ready to refund it but quickly
found I'm actually getting my money's worth at the current sale price.

I've only tried a few Assasins Creed games, can't tell you which ones.
Never stuck with any of them for long, and they certainly didn't have
the immersiveness of this game. They couldn't, being third person
instead of first, plus with all of the on-screen prompts and shit...

Assassin's Creed II was very good but I found it bugged on the PC from
Steam. You could only progress a little ways until the screen froze up
during one of the cut scenes. I got really far in AC II on the PS3, a
long time ago because my neighbor was an AC fanatic and suggested I get it.

The latest offerings, Odyssey and such, I find them bloated and will
only run on Alienware X21 or the best you got.
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sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.
The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath,
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On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 06:07:57 -0600, phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com>
wrote:

Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 11:44:02 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 3/28/2026 3:50 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:

If you didn't like the first Dying Light game, this title is probably
not of interest to you.

I did enjoy it, but it just felt like Assassin's Creed: Zombies, with
online stuff chucked in. Also not enough to buy into another one unless >>> it's cheap.

Some background: I did like Dying Light (enough to finish the SP
campaign) but didn't care much for Dying Light 2.

DL:TB is interesting in the sense that I tried it when it first came
out, then refunded it, which is something I often do just to demo a
game (and it's pretty rare that I decide to keep a full price single
player only title).

I can't even remember why I refunded, it may have been something like
a keybinding issue (this happens all too often with new releases).

Saw it was on sale and decided to give it another go, and it pulled me >>>> in pretty quickly...strange how that works.

$45 is out of my price range for this. I know everything's outrageous
now, but still. Also I have too much other stuff to (re)play to buy
anything except games I'm extremely excited about.

Understood about the price. I was ready to refund it but quickly
found I'm actually getting my money's worth at the current sale price.

I've only tried a few Assasins Creed games, can't tell you which ones.
Never stuck with any of them for long, and they certainly didn't have
the immersiveness of this game. They couldn't, being third person
instead of first, plus with all of the on-screen prompts and shit...

Assassin's Creed II was very good but I found it bugged on the PC from >Steam. You could only progress a little ways until the screen froze up >during one of the cut scenes. I got really far in AC II on the PS3, a
long time ago because my neighbor was an AC fanatic and suggested I get it.

The latest offerings, Odyssey and such, I find them bloated and will
only run on Alienware X21 or the best you got.

Reviews I read said Dying Light : The Beast ran very well on Core
i9-9900k with RTX2080, which is about an 8 year old rig at this point
(which is a very long time in gaming hardware). That's the same specs
I was using in my prior rig.
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This will probably be the single-player GOTY for me.... my definition
of GOTY is dependent on the year I play it, not necessarily same as
year it was released.

I've found I don't care much for co-op in this game... when someone
joins on you it just takes away the feeling of immersion and
suspension of disbelief.

Like it can just be some guy wearing something goofylike a theme park
furry creature outfit... and co-op gamers like to show what big hearts
they have by giving you all kinds of shit (often times that is so much
higher than your current level because they play the game 24x7 that it
does no good anyway).

There have been a few times where I felt fortunate to have an extra
helping hand, but I think the world feels more brutal and immersive
just playing solo.

It seems like a game either needs to be competitive multiplayer
(regardless of team based or solo) against other players, or just not multiplayer at all to keep me coming back. I find very few co-op
modes that interest me.

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