Dying Light 2 tanks its reputation after months of rebuilding it
Dying Gentle 2 has been steadily getting updates that not solely improved virtually each facet of it, they’ve additionally intently aligned it with the extra brutal imaginative and prescient of the unique sport. The sequel’s nighttime is now a lot darker and extra treacherous, its melee fight has been upgraded to be extra visceral, and the weapon results are a lot gorier in comparison with launch.
The sentiment round Dying Gentle 2 has been rising an increasing number of optimistic amongst the neighborhood, on Steam and elsewhere, however that is modified after the sport’s most up-to-date replace. The Summer season Time replace, which got here out lower than per week in the past, was likewise poised to proceed that pattern.
The Summer season Time replace added new weapon animations, the power to skip the prologue, Mod.io assist (together with on Steam Deck), varied enhancements and bug fixes, and even kicked off the Payday 2 cross-over in-game occasion. Thus far, so good. Besides, that was additionally the replace that launched microtransactions to the sport.
They’re known as Dying Gentle Factors, and each participant will get 500 of them (claimable till October 7). Like its predecessor, Dying Gentle 2’s retailer pages are full of assorted DLC bits and add-ons, accessible to buy for actual cash. That is how Techland was in a position to assist the unique sport for years, and the developer intends to do the identical for the sequel.
Nevertheless, the studio has now determined to implement the identical poorly-received type of promoting objects many different video games have, which is to assign arbitrary faux cash costs to DLC. As an example, you should buy Dying Gentle Factors in packs of 500, 1100, 2300, 3600 and 6500.
As you’ll have already guessed, bundle costs don’t match these level denominations. Many bundles are priced 550, so that you’d want to purchase two 500 packs (value $5 every), or go for the $10 choice and get 100 free DL Factors.
The intention is for the shop pages to progressively part out present, direct methods of buying bundles with actual cash, and exchange them with Dying Gentle Factors costs. This has but to occur on Steam or the Xbox Retailer, however the transition has already taken place on PlayStation.
Evidently, the transfer has hit the sport’s popularity exhausting. Dying Gentle 2’s Steam assessment common turned from Largely Optimistic to Blended, because of an inflow of destructive opinions, virtually all of which a response to the brand new microtransactions.
In an FAQ printed alongside the launch, Techland stated the brand new system is “a simple means so that you can purchase bundles with out the necessity to go away the sport.” It additionally, supposedly, makes issues simpler for the developer, as a result of “we received’t need to arrange the bundles on a number of exterior shops.”
Whereas Techland argues that bundles will supply “extra helpful pricing,” that is not how gamers see it. It is also value noting that Dying Gentle Factors can’t be used to buy story add-ons, solely beauty DLC.
The destructive suggestions has been loud sufficient to warrant a response from the developer, although it hasn’t fairly addressed participant considerations.
“So far as we perceive, a giant a part of the frustration stems from the pricing of the bundles and the ensuing leftover DL Factors,” Techland wrote on Twitter.
The answer Techland goes with is understanding a approach to permit gamers to buy objects individually, relatively than in bundles. “This fashion, in case you have any spare DL Factors, you would spend them on totally different bundles,” the Tweet defined.
Sadly, this is able to require the bundle system to be reworked, which goes to take time.
“In the meantime, as a reminder, there are a number of bundles within the retailer that may be purchased for lower than 500 DL Factors which you could seize now – or you’ll be able to wait till we implement the answer prompt above. We’ll carry on gathering suggestions all through the weekend and primarily based on the quantity of questions/considerations, we’ll determine one of the best time to have a [Reddit] AMA,” the developer stated in closing.
Techland added that it could regulate pricing, and make adjustments to the brand new microtransactions mannequin going ahead, primarily based on participant suggestions.
