Figuring out This Whole Crossplay Mess
Alright, so last weekend totally got messed up. Me and my usual gaming crew, right? We planned this big Dying Light 2 session. Half of us are on PC like me, other half play on their fancy PS5s. We just assumed, “Hey, it’s 2023, crossplay must work easy peasy.” Spoiler alert: Nope.
Jumped straight into my Steam version. Fired up the game, got to the main menu feeling pretty good. Looked everywhere – settings, online options, buried menus – for any button saying “Crossplay.” Guess what? Found basically nothing helpful. Just the regular “invite friends” button, which obviously only saw my Steam buddies. Felt stupid. Already told the console guys to get ready.
Hitting Google Like a Madman
Okay, panic mode kicked in. Tabbed out, started searching like crazy: “dying light 2 crossplay not working PC PS5”, “how to enable dying light 2 crossplay”. First few results? Pure nonsense or ancient articles talking about wishing for crossplay. Finally stumbled on some recent forum posts and a support page (buried deep!). Learned the ugly truth:
- Crossplay does exist! BUT…
- Only between the Epic Games Store on PC and consoles (PS5/PS4, Xbox).
- Steam PC players? Locked out. Can’t play with consoles or Epic PC players.
- Crossplay is possible between consoles. PS5 and Xbox folks can actually play together.
Total facepalm moment. Me and one buddy are sitting on Steam, totally isolated from the console squad. Felt like Techland played a bad joke on us.
Scrambling for a Fix (The Not-So-Great One)
My console friends were already booting up. Didn’t wanna bail. Our only option? Get me and my other Steam pal onto the Epic Games Store version. Ugh. Here’s the messy process:
- Redownload Hell: Had to grab the entire freaking game again from the Epic store. Took forever. My bandwidth cried. My buddy on slow internet? He rage-quit for coffee.
- Account Linking Headache: Once installed, the Epic version needed me to log in. Then it asked to link my Techland account. More passwords, more tabs open, more frustration.
- Starting Over (Almost): Opened the Epic version. Heart sank. My awesome progress, gear, everything? Still only on my Steam save. Epic version saw me as a naked newbie. So lame.
- Checking the Status: Before begging my friends to re-invite, I hit pause. Went back into the online settings in the Epic version. Now? I finally saw it! Little icons for PlayStation, Xbox… and Epic! Checked forums quick – yeah, seems Techland quietly fixed the Epic-Console crossplay recently. Small win.
The Moment of Truth: Actual Co-op Chaos
Finally, finally ready-ish. Hopped into Discord with the guys. “Okay consoles, invite me NOW!” One of the PS5 guys sent an invite through the game itself. Ping! Got the invite notification pop-up right there in my Epic game. Clicked it faster than loot falling off a building.
The screen faded, loading icon spun… and BAM. There I was, standing in their game world. My buddy who jumped to Epic too? He got his invite and popped in seconds later. PS5 guys? Already running around like idiots. We were in! Screenshots were taken. Zombies were promptly bashed. Worked surprisingly smooth once we were actually connected.
Did it suck re-downloading and losing my progress? Absolutely. Was linking accounts annoying? Yep. Is the Steam/Epic console crossplay split total garbage? 100%. But right then, seeing my buddy’s dumb character dance in front of a PS5 player… it kinda worked. Just gotta know the current rules are screwy and be ready to download Epic if you’re on Steam aiming for consoles. Techland, please fix this nonsense.