Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Bloody Ties

Critic reviews

• COGconnected

  Rhett Waselenchuk · Nov 17, 2022

  6.0

  I’m utterly torn with Bloody Ties (no pun intended). On the one hand, I genuinely found myself enjoying my departure from Villedor in favor of a brutal, balls-to-the-walls tournament. On the other hand, no game I’ve played in the last decade has been as unstable as Dying Light 2. I’ve been forced to curse the sky and proclaim Techland’s latest DLC nigh-unplayable. When it works, it’s great. But these developers have some serious fixin’ to do.

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• Gaming Bolt

  Shunal Doke · Nov 14, 2022

  6.0

  There’s nothing in the Bloody Ties expansion that warrants returning to the game, especially if you’ve been playing it since release. Its story is rather boring, and its new combat encounters are dull.

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• GameSpew

  Richard Seagrave · Nov 11, 2022

  6.0

  Bloody Ties isn’t likely to wow you in any way. As DLC goes, it’s very much inessential. But for just £7.99/$9.99, those wanting an excuse to return to Dying Light 2 might at least find it entertaining. The challenges will test your skills, while the cosmetics will allow you to further make Aiden your own. It’s just a shame that it very much feels like an extended side-quest, and that your hard-earned equipment is mostly rendered useless.

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• TechRaptor

  Andrew Stretch · Nov 11, 2022

  7.5

  While the story is slow to catch on once you make it to the Carnage Hall you'll be impressed with how deep the narrative paths lie and how Ciro's character shifts from being a one-dimensional revenge machine into a fully fleshed-out character with new perspectives from his father.

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• PCInvasion

  Jason Rodriguez · Nov 10, 2022

  3.0

  The arena combat features in Dying Light 2: Bloody Ties are refreshing for a time. Unfortunately, the clunkiness and tediousness from the base game remains. Worse, there's a litany of crashes, and a game-breaking bug that can cause issues with your save.

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• Attack of the Fanboy

  Diego Perez · Nov 10, 2022

  7.0

  Bloody Ties is a safe, short expansion that gives dedicated Dying Light fans some new stuff to mess around with, but there's not much to entice other people to dive back in.

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