To turn up the heat on players, human and infected enemies are now smarter, more aggressive, significantly stronger, and more reactive to the players’ actions. Volatiles may now even appear during the day in some of the Dark Zones, and players have far fewer resources to deal with them all.
If that wasn’t enough, there’s a new super enemy, the Alpha Volatile. Techland calls it “the most intelligent Volatile in the history of Dying Light.” It’s even smarter than the traditional Volatiles and its heightened senses can track the player across the entire map unless they reach a safe zone. The Alpha Volatiles can be killed, but good luck trying to pull that off. At night, the player is the prey for this creature. Players can also get new finishing maneuvers, including one-handed blunt weapons and one-handed slashing weapons.
The dev team must not have thought the new Volatiles were enough to make Nightmare Experience a true challenge. Now players have to deal with hunger, which is tracked through The Hunger System. If players don’t keep their character fed, they will succumb to debilitating effects that will weaken their stamina, health regeneration, and combat efficiency. The developers even added more challenge to the game by using the flashlight–its battery can become too low to use if players don’t periodically recharge or replace it.
The rest of the additions to the game are included below.
Dying Light: The Beast Update 1.5 Notes
Gameplay
New Game+ & Legendary Levels
Adjusted the NewGame+ and Legendary Levels progression curves to reduce farming exploits and balance the experience better.Starting a NewGame+ will now check the Legend Level of players to adjust enemies difficulty accordingly.Reaching Legend Level 300 before reaching NewGame+ 10 will make enemies’ difficulty adjust accordingly.
Legend Levels
Fixed the possibility for players with no Legend Levels progress to pick up Legend Levels reward weapons left by coop teammates and obtain blueprints of such weaponsBalanced mods bonus damage related to Legend Levels RewardsBalancing of durability of legend weapons Balanced situation where car HP scaled inconsistent with player damage for legend levelsFix for the buff “+15% damage (humans) of “Butcher’s Dream” failing to apply correctlyFix for critical hit damage does not scaling accordingly with legend levelsFixed cases of weapon mods and charms multiply base damage different than the one visible to the player
NewGame+
Balancing amount of XP granted on higher NewGame+ levelsSuiciders, Gas Tank Bitters and Gas Tank Virals fixes of explosion strength for higher NewGame+ levelsFixed the case of XP loss on Story Mode NewGame+ upon player’s deathFixes related to AI having higher ranks than quest rank in cases where it is not intended
Performance & Stability
Fixed multiple COOP crash cases when peer joins the hostFixed a crash triggered by changing FPS limiter valuesFixed instances of FPS drops when switching graphics settings from Ultra to High
Graphical improvements
Raytracing
Fixed laggy tree shadows when Raytracing enabledApplied various lighting fixes in Side Quest interiors on Raytracing modeFixed COOP synchronization issues on PS5Fixed graphical artifacts in the Exile cave upon adjusting Upscaler settingsImplemented various occluder fixes across the environmentFixed rectangular blood shapes on the Peacekeeper weaponFixed of reward icons glowing irregularly depending on how players highlight or claim rewards
Environmental & navigational fixes
Resolved an environmental issue in the Exile Cave where players get stuck behind a tentCorrected several geometry gaps visible when climbing ledges in the old townAddressed several geometry gaps visible when climbing ledges in the swamps area
UI & Audio
Fixed the big message for Legend Level gained suggests using “U” key for the Skills Menu instead of the correct “L” keyResolved missing strings related to Legend LevelsApplied several Steamdeck UI issues related to misaligned or overlapping textFixed weapon damage display for high Legend Levels (above 10m)Fixed the crest of recommended Legend Levels in the NewGame+ config screen not matching the actual Legend Levels crest of players on higher NewGame+ levelsRe-enabled Photo Mode at the beginning of NewGame+Adjusted the NewGame+ category title in Public Games section to prevent overlapping with other titles in certain languagesCorrected the camouflage skill sound not playing correctly
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