The first Dying Light surprised many upon its release in 2016, blending fast-paced parkour mechanics with brutal zombie action and bundling it all up in a visually impressive package. Following its great critical and fan reception, Dying Light's developer Techand continued to support the game for six years, bringing a range of free and paid DLCs that expanded on its mechanics and story in some substantial ways. With the recently released sequel, Dying Light 2, Techland has expressed the desire to do the same again.
In the lead-up to Dying Light 2's release, Techland was very vocal about the amount of content in the game, claiming that it would take players 500 hours to 100% the game. While these figures may have been exaggerated a little, it seems as though Techland may soon make this a reality, claiming that Dying Light 2 will be supported for at least another five years, and releasing a roadmap with a general outline of all the content the developer is looking to bring to the game in that time. For those that have already played Dying Light 2, there's still plenty more to come in 2022, and for those who haven't picked up the game yet, there are about to be even more reasons to do so.
What's Been Added to Dying Light 2 Since Release
Techland has already made good on its word, bringing a pretty substantial amount of new content to the game over the last few months. Since its early February release date, Dying Light 2 has received some fresh new cosmetic options, new challenges, new weapons, an entire New Game Plus mode, and a handful of new missions.
The first free DLC for Dying Light 2 brought some new clothing options to the game, inspired by the title's two main factions. A month after Dying Light 2's release, Techland added four new parkour challenges to the game and added a few missions that teased a new type of mutated infected.
Just a few weeks ago, Dying Light 2 received its biggest free update yet. Simply titled Update 1.3.0, this DLC brought a significant amount of free content to the game. Along with a new difficulty tier for parkour challenges, this update added a highly-anticipated New Game Plus mode, which allowed players to start their game all over again, bringing with them their upgrades and weapons gained from their previous playthrough.
This New Game Plus mode switched up the game in some pretty drastic ways, bringing scaled enemy AI, changing up enemy and infected positions, and adding 30 new Inhibitors to the game, giving players the ability to level up their stamina and health further. A new legendary weapon tier was also added alongside unique missions that unlocked them for the player.
What Players Can Expect for the Rest of 2022
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While Dying Light 2 has already received an impressive amount of support since launch, Techland only intends on continuing this trend. Alongside the game's release, Techland posted a roadmap which provided a rough outline for the next five years of content heading to Dying Light 2. So far, Techland has stuck to this roadmap surprisingly well, suggesting that the rest of 2022 should also follow the same outline.
In May, players should expect to see even more challenges added to the game. Though the type of challenge isn't specified, it'll likely be more parkour trials. In June, players will receive Dying Light 2's first story DLC, though this content will be a paid DLC. Though not much is known about this story DLC, the developers have confirmed that it will run paralel to Dying Light 2's main story, and that it will likely surprise quite a few players.
The rest of 2022 isn't outlined specifically on the official roadmap, though the next five years will apparently introduce a second story DLC, new weapons, new enemies, new missions, and new events. If Dying Light 2 follows a similar path to its predecessor, then it seems likely that all of Techland's promises will come true.
Dying Light 2 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A Switch version is in development.
