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Nick Evanson

Dying Light: The Beast PC performance analysis: Decent frame rates all round, nice graphics, and stutters only on low VRAM GPUs

A screenshot of the PC version of Dying Light: The Beast, using the game's photo mode.

Originally planned as an extension DLC for Dying Light 2: Staying Human, Dying Light: The Beast has ultimately morphed into a full game in its own right, albeit smaller in scope and far more linear than either of its predecessors. The developer, Techland, has stuck to using its internal C-Engine software package, though it's been "heavily modified and upgraded" since its implementation in DL2.

With Techland posting some seriously heavy system requirements and Nvidia partnering once more for RTX and DLSS additions, I was concerned that Dying Light: The Beast would be joining a growing list of recent games that don't run very well on PC. Having tested the game on a broad range of hardware, I can tell you now that it's actually all fine, even when the performance is lower than you'd like.

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