Since its release a few months ago,Dying Light 2has been a success both in terms of its critical reception and its sales figures. Both critics and general audiences have praisedDying Light 2’s gameplay, marking it a good step-up from its predecessor, and the gamesold over 5 million units in just its first month.
To make theDying Light 2experience even better, Techland has updated the game consistently since release. While the majority of these updates have just tweaked some gameplay elements andadded a few cosmetics forDying Lightplayers to equip, as well as one or two quests, the latest 1.3.0 update has gone above and beyond. It adds a whole new mode, some much-needed co-op changes, and more technical fixes that improve the game quite a bit on next-gen consoles.
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Dying Light 2: Update 1.3.0’s New Game+ Mode
The biggest and probably the best addition included inDying Light 2’s 1.3.0 update is a brand-new New Game+ mode. Upon finishingDying Light 2’s main story, players can now access this mode, which throws them all the way back to the start of the game with all of their upgrades and equipment.
This New Game+ mode is surprisingly substantial, adding 30 new Inhibitors toDying Light 2’s open world and switching up the placement of some enemies to give seasoned players a tougher challenge. In this mode, an enemy’s AI difficulty now scales with the player’s level. Starting New Game+ will also add a platinum objective to the game’s parkour challenges, and a new legendary weapon tier will become available. For those who have spent dozens of hours inDying Light 2already, there might be enough new content here to justify a replay.
Dying Light 2 1.3.0’s Co-Op Changes
Dying Light 2’s co-op has never really worked as well as it should have. Thankfully, with this latest update, things may finally be back on track. In general, update 1.3.0 aims to fix stability and connection issues across the board for co-op. However, the connection between players in the late-game and those who are earlier inDying Light 2’s storyshould be more stable in particular.
Along with makingDying Light 2’s co-opmore stable, update 1.3.0 is also bringing a plethora of bug fixes to the game. A few examples of this are fixing the player’s inability to manage their inventory after dying in co-op, fixing non-stop bandit respawns in their camps, and fixing sound duplication.
General Gameplay and Content Changes In Dying Light 2’s 1.3.0 Update
Dying Light 2’s 1.3.0 update also adds a whole new quest to the game. Titled “Something Big Has Been Here,” this quest tasks the player with hunting down some of the game’s new elementalGoon-infected variants.
On top of everything mentioned so far,Dying Light 2’s 1.3.0 update is also bringing a horde of general gameplay tweaks, the aforementioned bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements. A few highlights are that enemies with bows now deal slightly less damage per-shot, frame rate has been stabilized throughoutDying Light 2’s open world, and achievements now pop when they’re supposed to. AnFOV slider has also been added to the PlayStation 5and Xbox Series X versions of the game.
Dying Light 2is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A Switch version is in development
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