I never got into any of the dead island series, but for some reason I was really interested in getting this game.  I've played it for a couple of hours, and so far it's pretty entertaining.  I definitely enjoy the parkour system, but the combat is pretty rough initially just because you have no abilities and only have crappy weapons.
 
What worried me today was reading all the reviews about how awful the game was performing (even from people with GTX 980's), but I haven't really noticed it.  I have everything maxed out except for view distance (I have it set at 60%) and the game is running at around 70 fps most of the time with a very rare dip into the low 50's.
 
I was just interested to hear if anyone else had any thoughts on the game play/performance issues.

I just got it and so far I'm not having any issuse but then again I'm still inside the apartment building

I've played a few hours - been outside , unlocked several safe houses, ran from many hordes of zombies ( day & night ) and my performance is real good. ( on just 1x 780ti )
 
It looks really good , basically like an upgraded Dead Island (3) or something  but with way better player control, physics, graphics, UI ,story, voice overs, characters ..etc..  I am enjoying it, even though I have nothing but pipes to hit with & generally run away screaming like a little girl...

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I never got into any of the dead island series, but for some reason I was really interested in getting this game.  I've played it for a couple of hours, and so far it's pretty entertaining.  I definitely enjoy the parkour system, but the combat is pretty rough initially just because you have no abilities and only have crappy weapons.
 
What worried me today was reading all the reviews about how awful the game was performing (even from people with GTX 980's), but I haven't really noticed it.  I have everything maxed out except for view distance (I have it set at 60%) and the game is running at around 70 fps most of the time with a very rare dip into the low 50's.
 
I was just interested to hear if anyone else had any thoughts on the game play/performance issues.

Got the game 2 days ago, only played about 4 hours so far. Got out of the prologue stage and just started exploring. Loot is easy to get and its easy to craft stuff and keep them repaired. The game runs flawlessly 60FPS at 4k, I was surprised since usually games that have been coming out suck and need patches and what not. Beautiful game running at 4K and I can't to get some time off to play some more.

Had issues on first start-up with flickering from sunlight in SLI... don't know how it fixed itself, but it did. Also noticed the game always starts up with fullscreen disabled which kills my FPS. Am running it 4K maxed out with view distance at 50%. FPS is 42-60, but feels great thanks to G-Sync. I am crashing randomly though (.exe stopped working error). No stuttering with 3 GB VRAM surprisingly. Haven't gotten too far in yet, but it is entertaining. Played my first night mission and my god was my heart pounding in solo play in a dark room!

Night runs are actually heart pounding ... Those things are freaky.  Especially when all I have is melee weapons and poor running speed on my side.

Extremely disappointed. I feel bored playing this.
 
Even after adjusting FOV, I feel nauseous. Not good.
 
Performance is fine. Not sure why there are so many complaints everywhere. I have "Shadows" and "Foliage" at "Medium" and "Motion Blur" "OFF". Everything else is at high/max/on. View distance is at 4/12. NOT A SINGLE STUTTER!. Fluid gameplay all the way. Game does get stuck when you talk to someone or do something which triggers a scene.
 
Really boring game. I will finish it though.

I thought it was a really good game overall, but it does get way too easy at the end.  You go from the beginning of the game where killing even one zombie is challenging, to the end where you can just slaughter a whole horde of them no problem.
 
Overall, I'd say I had at least $60 worth of fun.

More info:
 
http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/dying-light-patch-brings-mod-support/
 
A new patch restoring the ability to mod the game. Full mod tools coming.