Dying Light: The Beast Review | Is it worth it?

Dying Light: The Beast Review (Image Credit: Techland)

Dying light: The Beast is an open world game with a mixture of action survival horror where you play as "Kyle Crane" who has been a victim of "Baron " who does brutal experiments on you for years, and you finally escape. The trauma stays inside you and you want to take a revenge as the zombie DNA is fighting your human nature, and it is getting difficult for you to control yourself. There is one problem, your Beast gets out of control, and you are not yourself so first you need to control your beast mode so you can guide it to redeem yourself.

There is a forest called "Caster Woods" which is creeping with zombies specially at nights and you will be fighting for your survival as there are a number of different types of enemies there.

Half Human, Half Beast

After going through a lot of experiments from Baron, you have become something more than a human, you have supernatural abilities and can become a beast, but you must control it. Your DNA has been altered and its a mixture of both an man and Beast. You can toggle freely between both as both offers different playstyles a whatever is the need of time you can switch to that.

Dying Light is a brutal combat mechanics game where you can push yourself to the extreme by ripping heads of the body, crushing skulls and tearing your enemies into half using your weapons.

Day And Night Cycle

Dying Light: The Beast is heavily invested in the day and night cycle as both bring different experiences and challenges shift in the playstyles. You can scavenge and explore the lands during the day but keep in mind the night is really long and bloody and you have very limited options; run, hide or fight.

The game brings best parkour experience to the players as you run the rooftops. The player controller is very accessible but you have to masker it for best possible experience. You can also do off roading with vehicles that are there in the city and rush into the hordes of zombies to break some more skulls.

Zombie Apocalypse

Co-Op Mechanics

The game environments are beautifully designed to give that immersive feeling and brings the zombie apocalypse to life. Caster Woods is the town you play in having tourist's spots, industrial area, national park, farmland, swamps and much more. Each segment is carefully crafted to bring unique experiences, challenges and gameplay mechanics.

Team up with up to three players in co-op to bring that coordinated teamplay vibe. Face every difficulty and hurdle as a unity with shared progress.

System Requirements

Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 10 or newer (64-bit)
Processor: Intel i5-13400F / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT / Intel ARC A750
Storage: 70 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD Required

Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 10 or newer (64-bit)
Processor: Intel i5-13400F / AMD Ryzen 7 7700
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT / Intel ARC B580
Storage: 70 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD Required

Players Feedback

Is it worth it?

What Players Are Saying About Dying Light: The Best

The Good

A lot of players are genuinely surprised at how well the game runs. One comment put it simply:

“Props devs! A game that actually runs on release! AND WELL!”

Another player echoed the same feeling:

“The game runs stupidly well.”

Performance aside, the biggest praise is that it feels like a proper sequel to the first Dying Light, not DL2. Someone wrote:

“This is the actual sequel to Dying Light 1. This game literally screams ‘we messed up with Dying Light 2 so let’s go back to what made the first one so special.’ Welcome back, Kyle Crane. Good night and good luck.”

Plenty of fans are loving that Crane is back and that the game brings back the vibe of the original. Another comment summed it up with:

“Feels like playing DL1 again omg. WE ARE SO BACK CRANE ENJOYER.”

Players also say combat feels tighter than DL2, parkour is satisfying, and overall it’s polished. One first impression was:

“The combat feels GREAT compared to Dying Light 2… parkour feels neat and satisfying… feels VERY polished so far. I like it :thumbsup:”

The Mixed and The Bad

Not everyone is impressed. Some feel the game is shallow, especially with the new “Beast mode.” One blunt review said:

“Lackluster skill tree, surprisingly shallow gimmick (beast mode… punch things and occasionally ground smash, how original).”

A few also complained about bugs and performance quirks:

“Game doesn’t close when you quit… stutters like crazy after the tutorial.”

Others feel the world itself is bland and not fun to explore. One player, 11 hours in, wrote:

“My main issue is it is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring. The story feels bland, the world is boring to run around. Cars don’t even feel useful half the time. 11 hours in and I can’t say I enjoyed more than 10 minutes worth.”

Graphics are another sticking point. Even on a high-end PC, one player felt it didn’t look up to par:

“Even running it on an RTX 5090… the graphics look outdated, lighting and textures feel flat… zombie physics are a big letdown.”

The Overall Vibe

So far, the community is split. Some are just thrilled to have a smooth, polished Dying Light experience that feels like the real sequel to DL1. Others think it’s bland, overpriced, and a step backward from DL2 in visuals and depth.

As one player put it best:

“If you love Kyle Crane’s story, you might find something here… but full price? nah, this feels like a $30 game maybe.”

On Steam, the game has almost 6000 Reviews as of writing of this article and it's been a day only, and out of them 90% reviews are positive, so this makes it a really good game as other recently released games have really bad optimization and performance issues, so on personal note I think it's a good start really for "Techland" and Dying Light franchise.