I was having a lot of fun with Dying Light 2 until the final few story missions. As a whole the story and characters are not as interesting as the first, but the core game mechanics are a blast to play around with and the world is great to explore.

In the final hours, the game is loaded with awful timed objectives and repetitive fights. For example, the final boss battle is horrendous - just as you are about to beat the boss, there will be a cut-scene, after which the boss has their health back. It repeats this 6 times. The battle barely changes and the boss doesn't go through phases. I don't understand the decision. When coupled with the criminal "get from A to B in 2 minutes" objectives, everything feels rushed and antiquated.

Despite this, I still don't regret the 45+ hours I spent playing the game because I was entertained on the whole. Techland are very much making Bethesda-lite games and I appreciate them for that.