{"id":160685,"date":"2025-09-20T03:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T03:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamersheroes.com\/?p=160685"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:10:23","slug":"dying-light-the-beast-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamersheroes.com\/honest-game-reviews\/dying-light-the-beast-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying Light: The Beast Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t
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Dying Light: The Beast is another terrifying foray that provides a unique spin on the survival horror genre. However, its horde of bugged missions and objectives damage its otherwise immersive terror.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

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At first glance, we weren’t too sure what to expect with Techland Games’ Dying Light: The Beast…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A DLC turned full game, the sinking feeling that this title would be a shallow DLC experience was immediately shattered, providing a complete and ready experience just as capable as previous Dying Light entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although things do seem shorter in the grand scheme of things…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dying Light: The Beast Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Three distinct survival skill trees and a 4th skill tree for the Beast offers rewarding progression throughout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Taking on the role of Kyle Crane, this hero with DNA of both man and beast sets out to chase down the Baron – the mastermind behind torturous experiments on Castor Woods’ people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introduction of the new Beast ability and powers to Dying Light: The Beast adds a new level of brutality, gore, and badassery to the Dying Light experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While initially unable to control the transformation, eventually Kyle Crane learns to harness the power of the Beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throwing one’s weapons aside and launching into a horde of undead with one’s bare hands is a thrill. From ripping limbs off to tearing bodies in half, Dying Light: The Beast is bloody glorious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combat was already an impressive offering in previous Dying Light entries, with both melee and weapon-based combat feeling rewarding and satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Dying Light: The Beast, said Beast mode is yet another arrow in this title’s quiver.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Torch, anyone? The depths of the darkness make for one of the most terrifying survival horror games in the genre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Dying Light: The Beast is at its very best when the sun sets and the zombies go crazy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popular chase mechanic from the previous Dying Light makes its triumphant return, seeing zombies with heightened aggression and speed chasing the player through the streets, fields, and over rooftops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dying Light: The Beast’s moments of tension and terror are masters of horror – but you’ve got to be brave enough to face the terrors to see the best the game has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, it’s all too easy to avoid the nighttime altogether and enjoy an almost pleasant stroll through Dying Light: The Beast’s gorgeous open world.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sneaking through the asylum keeps the heart rate high from start to finish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Dying Light: The Beast’s scope and depth is at the top of its class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its softer approach to open-world design by focusing on familiar yet engaging objectives – all without spluttering icons and meaningless garbage – keeps the experience fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dying Light: The Beast truly excels in the execution of its puzzle design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A near-perfect balance of complexity and simplicity ensures almost every puzzle is solved just before you get to that deadly “WTF is this stupid crap” stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That being said, there are a couple that may have you pulling out hairs – but they are few and far between.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An impressive open-world that never feels overwhelming and doesn’t outstay its welcome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the unexpected scope of Dying Light: The Beast comes with several drawbacks… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, we lost count of the times we had to restart the game due to bugged missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interaction points also wouldn’t activate; instances includes kill enemy objectives with no enemies in the area, along quest icons and locations not appearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

None are game-breaking problems individually, but combined they could very well remove players from the immersive and often terrifying Dying Light experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of enjoying a challenging mission objective or searching for something to progress, we instead had a niggling concern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Did we miss something, or is this another bugged quest?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hardcore parkour!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We truly hope the average player has a better experience, because Dying Light: The Beast is truly a fantastic game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That being said, its technical shortcomings really hurt its journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dying Light: The Beast is another terrifying foray that provides a unique spin on the survival horror genre. However, its horde of bugged missions and objectives damage its otherwise immersive terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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