It’s been seven years since the launch of the original Dying Light on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4… and here’s Techland delivering triple-A fan service with a comprehensive upgrade that doesn’t just improve the game for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 but also adds some love for Xbox One X too. Oliver Mackenzie has the details.
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Dl>dl2
i couldnt finish it on pc cause it would get laggy,it was on a 1650 on low settings ryzen 4600h
Still needs VRR.
This game would be hitting 80fps average at the 1440p60 mode, and the 4K30 mode is probably in the 40fps range.
Still, one of the best zombie games ever made!
great video! Dying Light is such a cool game!
The DL engine has some known limitations as noted in DL2 but the update is a very welcome addition nonetheless.
DYING LIGHT 1 IS STILL A MASTERPIECE!! I’m enjoying Dying Light 2 but i think DL1 will outlive DL2
So, does Digital Foundry have a PS fanboy biased? The Series X gets all the same video modes the Ps5 gets. I hope this was some strang non proper accessing on their part
1080p mode should’ve been 120 on at least series x and ps5, this game ain’t hard to run especially with the new gen consoles being relative to the 2070-2080 desktop gpu’s, and also it should perform better considering the devs know what hardware they’re developing for
The latest test Alex Battalia did showed that ps5 was somewhere between 2080 and 2080ti , roughly a 2080 Super
This game should easily run 4k/60 on ps5 and xsx
Nice of them to keep supporting, especially since the new game just came outta
I recall this was the only game I experienced where forcing boost mode on PS4 Pro resulted in worse performance than leaving boost off. Not sure what was up with that. This was before the new patch, I only tried this patch on PS5 and it’s good.
They need to do this to Dying Light 2 as well because it’s clearly running like a last gen game on the PS5 and Series X
Is there a point to use the balanced mode though if you have a 1080p tv?
This should be running close to 4k at 60 fps, 30 should be out of the question for how old this game is
SO THE PS4 PRO
WHICH COULD RUN THE GAME BETTER THAN THE PS4 GETS LEFT OUT.
MAKES ZERO SENSE TF
8:11 After the major PS5 W in elden ring and games that followed after which PS5 won like the major PS5 win in Stranger of Paradise VS XSX. The PS5 keeps dominating the XSX in Power
How is series s on par with one x? No 60fps on series S is a complete let down.
8:11 After the major PS5 W in elden ring and games that followed after which PS5 won like the major PS5 win in Stranger of Paradise VS XSX. The PS5 keeps dominating the XSX in Power
Yesss finally!! Thanks techland
Man another bad “next gen upgrade” techland sucks
Should’ve been better 1080/120hz 🙄🙄
The pattern here is to be able to play ‘next gen’ games in next gen settings is to play them 7-10 years later on next next gen.🤣
All I want are 60fps patches for Bloodborne and Gravity Rush 2, then I’m set for life
Me who has a PS5 plugged to an old ass cheap 1080p 32 inches tv with *T H I C C* input lag… “1080p with no drops it is” lol
It’s a damn shame how developers just don’t take no time with the series s
Fantastic work Techland 👏 👍
..is it though?
What about draw distance and texture LOD? Have they been improved by this patch?
Ollieeeeeeeeeeee
@Digital Foundry PS5 and its 10.3 TFlop Quality mode 30FPS! My old 1080ti March 2017 11.3TFlop 4K max settings 70+ FPS XD
i playing this game on laptop have 820m gpu with 720p 30 fps
I just got to the part where I had to rescue Zere and got massive slow down where his lab was on fire on the Series X in balanced mode.
does the balanced mode use AMD FSR to upscale 1440p to 4k? to look close to native 4k?
If anyone hasn’t played this damn game, grab a friend and co-op it. My friend and I, gamers since the Atari 2600, consistently said this is one of the best games we’ve ever played. Co-op that is. It’s truly a ride.
So a game from 2015 finally runs at 60FPS on consoles 7 years after the release… hmmmm, I guess this is normal on consoles xD
lmao
I wish more Series X games had a 1080p performance mode. Too many games push for 4K or 1440p and have ass performance… ELDEN RING! A solid 60 always wins against resolution. Always.
Ty for putting CURRENT GEN at the beginning, some ignorant YouTubers still claim it’s “next gen”
High performance in series- 30fps, in 7 y.o game?😂
Techland seriously needs to up their game with optimization. The let down of dying light 2s weak mode options and now a 7 year old game. 1080p shouldn’t even been an option for this game, the ps5 and series x are plenty strong enough to do 1440-1800p 60fps with high detail. I’m not supporting Techland anymore until they get with the program. and I love dying light . this is a shame.
The reason for 1080p being default is obvious, most people still use 1080p. Why would they default it to the less common use case?
This is why I’m buying dying light 2 as soon as I can afford it. I know they’ll update there games and fix anything wrong
Surprised that devs aren’t more willing to try anything more than 60 FPS even on the modern consoles, assuming that is due to not having settings options for the player.
Been waiting for this video. I settled on the 1440p 60 fps mode after experimenting. Before the update came out, I was playing the game at 1080 30 fps on my ps5 and couldn’t believe I didn’t remember how rough it ran. As soon as the update came out, I was happy to see how smooth everything was, even at the 4K 30 mode. Unfortunately, I just felt like the 4K mode still felt like it had a bit of input delay and felt sluggish after trying the two 60 fps modes. I didn’t see a point in using the 1080 60 fps mode after trying it, when I have a 4K tv so naturally I landed in the middle on the 1440p mode which to me, 2K resolution has always looked quite close in games to 4K due to dynamic resolution scaling on the PS4 pro that I got so used to. So happy techland has continued to support this game though. Hopefully they do the same for the sequel which I’ll eventually get to.
I literally uninstalled dl2 and reinstalled this. I was horribly disappointed with dl2. Parkour was great but most everything else was a downgrade. Human on human combat was improved too but zombie combat got worse. Story was abysmal and the loot system sucks compared to the first.
Techland are a shining light within an increasingly cynically bad industry.
YESSSS!!!!!
You guys should do a series of videos that are sort of a “vocabulary series” where you break down some of the terms you use for those of us that live under rocks and understand “game look good” or “game look bad”
This should 100% have been released before Dying Light 2, right?
But I still need to finish DL1 to finally jump into DL2 with a friend.
The timing is still weird though..
DL1 > DL2.
bespoke
Your new mic(if it’s new) is awful…..
Im on ps5 with a 4k LG nanocell tv. Will I see a difference between 1080p and 1440p resolution? Or do I need a 1440p monitor to benefit from the 1440p resolution?
PS5 will run 1440p internally then your tv will upscale the image to 4k.
Thank you Techland — to other s/w houses — that is how you do it 🙂
So no improved frame pacing on the PS4 Pro version even though it claims to right on the patch notes, ok, Techland.
This game is amazing the graphics are stunning. Even the switch version is impressive too. Very good game shows off the PS4 pro and xbox ones power. Kind of puts the PS5 and xbox series x to shame at the moment with last gen games looking this good!
I know the 1080p60 mode sounds useless, but I’m actually thankful for it. I own a 1080p screen (for now), so what’s the point of heating my console for something that I won’t even be able to see? Yeah I know you get slightly less aliasing, but meh
To be honest… These modes make consoles far closer to PC. I’d gladly pay a bit more than 499$, for a bit more powerful console so each game runs 60 fps always and just vary between 1800P-4K
What happened to the FPS Boost Microsoft put to the game on Series X ? Stopped when the game was patched?
Always gamed on consoles didn’t realise how much a difference 60 fps is
Now I got a series x it’s hard to play at 30
That last five seconds of the video with the zombie spewing green goo from its belly and your character being bowled over needs to be made into a GIF for memes.
theres something inherentlly wrong with video games and thats pixels, textures and polygons. i hate it. i think ill give up with flat screen tvs and go back to crt’s
meanwhile Rockstar is asking me to pay 8.99£ for GTA 5
The long term support of this game convinced me to buy DL2. What is most impressive is the Xbox One X update that looks very nice compared to what it looked like on base Xbox One.
30fps belongs to the dustbin of history — these higher graphics modes in 30fps only offer superior image quality in the context of a still magazine image, not in reality.