Dying Light 2 endgame review: It was terrible

I’ve never played a game with a worse ending. I honestly feel disgusted. And I don’t even want to talk about the final boss fight. Its first phase is already awful, yet they split it into four phases as if it’s some masterpiece—and the boss heals to full every single phase. The fight feels terrible. On top of that, there’s a very obvious bug even after four years: if the character falls off the platform and the boss lands on a different raised area, it becomes stuck forever. I can’t reach it, and it can’t reach me. There is no way they never saw this. And who thought it was a good idea to design a fight where I can fall off the arena, the boss chases me down, and then gets stuck? I want to know which “genius” approved that so I can avoid any project they ever work on. It’s awful.

Also, throughout the game, I didn’t make “big narrative choices” — I was assigning captured windmills either to the Peacekeepers or the survivors, and before I even made more than three assignments total, the game threw me straight into the ending. Only then I realized these assignments affect the ending. Why didn’t the game tell me, “Hey, reach at least X assignments before triggering the finale”? If you want my choices to matter, then clearly show that.

I wanted to save Lawan, not bomb the city. But why would I choose to save her if that means killing tens of thousands of people? Why aren’t the consequences even a little transparent? This isn't Detroit: Become Human. Don’t hide life-or-death outcomes behind vague dialogue options.

And look, I actually liked the game. The feeling of impact, parkour, and open-world threats are some of the best I’ve played. The climb up the VNC tower is incredible. But then it feels like you handed the ending of the game to a 3-year-old with a crayon.

I’m not saying this to be cruel. If anyone from the team reads this: I’m sorry for the harshness. But the ending genuinely crushed me. I don’t know if it was budget, time, or something else, but after such a good game, this ending is unbelievable. Thanks for the good parts, and I’m deeply disappointed by the rest.