A Dying Light 2 New Game Plus mode has been one of the most heavily requested features from the community since the game's launch back in February, with Techland finally adding it in the recent April update. Dying Light 2 gives players a lot of choices for altering the story and game world, so a replay can net you completely different results. Here's how to enable the Dying Light 2 New Game Plus, along with all the new features it adds. Show
Dying Light 2 New Game Plus: How To Begin New Game PlusTo begin the New Game Plus mode, you will first have to complete the base game and then select new game in the main menu. From here you should be able to select a completely new game or the NG+ mode. It allows you to keep all progression from the first playthrough, barring the Nightrunner's Tools which are gained in key story moments. This means all skills, items, and weapons you have will be retained, and you will need them as the mode introduces new scaling for enemies, an overall harder difficulty, and some extra bonuses unavailable in the base game. If you've already discovered all the Dying Light 2 Inhibitor locations, then get ready for a second round, as NG+ adds another thirty for you to find, letting you boost your health and stamina even further than before. The new scaling makes it that all enemies are automatically bumped up to your level, providing a greater challenge right from the get-go.
There are also additional special encounters that are filled with harder enemies, but allow you to gain better rewards. You can also acquire the brand-new legendary weapon added in the update from encounters. Lastly, all the Parkour challenges now have Platinum medals for you to earn, which are based on your previous results. Aside from the above additions for NG+ mode, there are various bug fixes, technical improvements, and QoL adjustments that have been made across the game. That's all for our primer on the Dying Light 2 New Game Plus mode, and now you know where to begin your second journey in Villedor, and what kind of things to expect this time around. We also have a breakdown of all the Dying Light 2 Duck locations so you can discover the DOOM and Star Wars Easter eggs. Dying Light 2's latest patch, 1.03 includes dozens of changes – including a New Game Plus mode that developer Techland said will "significantly alter" gameplay. Upon completing Dying Light 2's story (though not all 500+ hours of content) players can restart the game and experience it again with extra changes. Though Techland remained somewhat vague in its notes, the second playthrough will acknowledge that it's not the player's first time by modifying certain content and adding new and exclusive things to do. The new content, completely unavailable in the first playthrough of Dying Light 2, includes: 30 new inhibitors, new platinum objectives for parkour challenges, updated distribution of the enemies (for example Volatiles and Banshee will now spawn during the night), a new legendary weapon tier, gold encounters, and enemy difficulty that will scale with player level. Dying Light 2 Performance Review Images 11 Images Across all save files, Techland has also fixed a number of bugged quests and added a new one called Something Big Has Been Here, which introduces a new variant of mutated infected. The developer is surprisingly frank about other changes, saying plainly that "enemies with bows are less annoying" now. The bug causing some enemies to become invulnerable to damage has been fixed alongside similar issues, and the patch also updates achievement registration so that everything pops as it should. A significant number of changes to Dying Light 2's co-op mode have also been made, primarily quality-of-life improvements and solutions for connection issues that will hopefully help ease problems players have had while playing with others since launch. Loading Play Techland said that overall stability has been improved, progression-blocking glitches such as certain NPCs not appearing have been fixed, and issues like the game not acknowledging and thus spawning enemies around the joining player have also been addressed. The rest of the patch notes (available below) cover similar issues such as crash fixes and improved texture optimization. Techland announced the update earlier this month and promised it was one of the biggest patches so far. Being the biggest patch would certainly be impressive given the day one update included more than 1,000 fixes, addressing some of the problems highlighted in IGN's 7/10 review: "Dying Light 2 is an ambitious zombie action adventure that's packed with top-notch parkour, an awesome open world, and every painful bug in the book." Despite early issues, the game still proved incredibly popular by shambling its way onto Steam's 25 most-played games list and selling more than five million copies in its first month. Loading Play Dying Light 2 Full April Patch Notes:New Game+
Co-op Updates
Content Update
Gameplay Updates
Quest Updates
UI/UX Updates
Technical Updates
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. What happens if you start a new game in Dying Light 2?New Game Plus' Added Challenge
New Game Plus mode brings more difficult enemy AI to Dying Light 2. Along with enemies acting more aggressive towards the player, their level also scales with the player's, ensuring that players are challenged at all times through their new run.
Can you undo New Game Plus Dying Light 2?The Game+ status received after starting NG+ cannot be reversed. The only way to revert back is to make a back up of your save before starting NG+.
Can you have multiple save files in Dying Light 2?Just go to load game, and there you can select new game, and have multiple slots!
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