Dying Light fans, rejoice! The original game has today received a next-gen upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (well, really it's a "patch") in the form of two new video modes on Series S, and three new video modes on Series X.
Let's start with the more powerful of the two systems, the Series X. Here, you'll find Quality Mode (4K, 30fps), Balanced Mode (QHD, 60fps) and Performance Mode (HD, 60fps). Meanwhile, the Series S version is still unfortunately stuck at 30fps no matter what, in the form of Quality Mode (QHD, 30fps) and Performance Mode (HD, 30fps).
A bit bizarrely, the Xbox One X version also gets all the same improvements as the Series S version.
There are some disappointments sprinkled in here for Xbox Series S owners, then, but Series X owners will probably be pretty happy with these improvements, especially considering the variety of modes available to choose.
What are your thoughts on this update? Let us know down in the comments section below.
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Nice. I’ve been waiting for this update. Had a blast with Dying Light 2!
Yeah... I'm not too excited. Specially with how terrible Dying Light 2's "next-gen 60fps" patch went. FYI for anyone unaware, they achieved 60fps by just lowering resolution to a muddy dynamic 720p-900p resolution and lowering graphical settings (texture quality, etc). All while having major screen tearing problems due to a potentially uncapped framerate.
We really shouldn't be calling updates "next-gen" just because they boost framerate by halving the resolution/quality and unlocking the framerate.
For anyone skeptical, The Xbox Tester covered gameplay of Dying Light 2's 60fps patch. See for yourselves.
https://youtu.be/WRxWegPls4I?t=238
Prepare for the backlash devs!
You must include a 60fps mode on XSS, no excuses in this old game. I don't care that your engine is garbage, the hardware isn't. Just do what you did with the sequel, lower settings and 900p.
Thats me settling for it.... In reality you should be using FSR performance mode and VRS to obtain a stable 60fps and actually look better too. The tools are there for you. SMH
The fact that their 2015 game can only run at 4k 30FPS or 1080p 60FPS on the Xbox Series X kind of says it all.
If anything, that's more damning about them than the 1080p 30FPS the XSS gets.
@Xeno_Aura Yeah, it's indicative of how trash their engine is.
Time to send it to the glue factory guys, just use Unreal or even Unity.
It is really good when developers/publishers set aside some of the money they made from their games to ensure the game experience is optimal even on hardware they didn't design the game for.
This happened two weeks ago?
@TJ81 Nah. That was for PS5.
I appreciate all the updates and patches, etc. With that said, frame boost, boosted the game to 120fps on series x. Just saiyan.
@Roqka ah gotcha, cheers.
I love when developers release free updates for older games! It shows so much love for both the customer and the game itself, and it’s also great for preservation reasons.
That being said, seeing as Dying Light 1 is over 7 years old and wasn’t even a technical masterpiece when it was new; shouldn’t it be able to run at 4K 60 fps on Series X and at least 1080p 60 fps on Series S?
I'm fine with 1080p and 30fps, but I still game on Switch, Xbone and PS4.
These are not next gen figures.
Hmm its a turd still. Almost worth deleting for space on drive.
@JetmanUK this game is 7 years old they had no obligation to update it & the fact that they've done it for free is great if they were doing a rockstar & charging for this update then you could complain but it's absolutely free 7 years after release fgs
@Would_you_kindly Yes, its an old game, yes its a free update.... but there's more going on here that you have not considered.
They released a Platinum Edition at the end of May last year, with the old version removed from the store, so it's a 10 month old game, released after this generation launched, only just patched.
Techland tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/DyingLightGame/status/1505891991716040707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1505891991716040707%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwinfinite.net%2F2022%2F03%2Fdying-light-1-next-gen-patch-has-launched-for-xbox-series-xs%2F
They refer to it being a next gen patch, so they are hoping to drive sales of the game which digitally costs £47.99 on the MS store! Lets not paint this as an act of charity, they are hoping that people (including Series S owners) buy the game because of the patch.....
Do you want the punchline?
It's not even a native app! It's Gen9Aware!
(Which probably explains its poor update on both Series consoles)
So yeah, I think people can complain about this.
Plus the Series S versions of games are of the highest importance anyway, it is a digital only console so you have to pay digital prices, no cheap or used disc options, you have to wait for sales or hope to get a cheap code from somewhere like CDKeys.
A lot of things to consider here, I was not looking a gift horse in the mouth or being entitled, Techland are trying to sell their old game at a premium price repackaged as something that it is not.
I have a XSS and an XSX and I would not touch their games out of principle now.
On one hand, hats off to them from updating a game from 2015 for FREE.
On the other hand, it's not a next-gen version.
They just made the game 'Gen9Aware' which means it's still the last-gen version, which probably explains the lacklustre improvements.
Started Dying Light 1 (bought the platinum edition real cheap), then I heard of this upcoming patch, and stopped playing. I get that people are frustrated with the one x and series s not getting the same treatment as the series x, but hey it's what people are saying , they didn't have to do it, it's free... so it shows commitment to their games even after 7 years...
Got a QHD monitor so gonna try the balanced version tonight see how that looks.
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