Dead Island 2

Throwing out the dour and the drab, Dead Island 2 is all about killing in style. From the beautifully rendered wastelands of HELL-A, to the equally visceral limb destruction system, there’s endless fun to be had here. With enough to do solo or with friends/strangers, not to mention the upcoming expansions, Dambuster Studios have rewritten how to enjoy oneself in the face of Armageddon.

A delightfully gory surprise, Dead Island 2 rises above its hellish development to deliver the sort of horror comedy romp that is rarely seen in the industry. It doesn't break the mould, but it does deliver pure blood-soaked campy joy from start to finish.

Dead Island 2 does not fool you into thinking it's another deep virtual drama or an epic RPG. It's simply a great action comedy designed to make you relax, provided you like bloody hordes of zombies.

Dead Island 2 is a classic zombie-themed action game that offers hours of fun in its amusing brutality, with thousands of undead to slay in the most creative ways and a collection of weapons suitable for every need. However, the lack of originality limits the potential of a gaming experience that doesn't shine in terms of story and mission variety. Fighting zombies from Beverly Hills to Santa Monica is always satisfying. Still, after almost ten years of waiting for Dead Island 2, we would have expected something more than an action game that does its duty and nothing more.

Zombie hacking at its purest, Dead Island 2 takes some simple ideas and works them to perfection in a well-made and fun game. It's a one note thrill, but does well to make that note absolutely sing.

Dead Island 2 is very much so a blast from the past. It looks pretty, but it’s a phoned-in first-person action zombie adventure with oddly unpolished combat, horrendous writing, and overly linear stages that lack depth.

Dead Island 2 knows exactly what it is — and you should know it as well before buying. If you really, really love killing zombies in lots of different ways, go on, you'll have a lot of fun. If zombies are just normal enemies for you and you think a game needs more than that in order to work, don't even get close.

A fun game with solid graphics and even procedural damage generation — it absolutely knows what it wants to be: a cheerful zombie-slaying fest, and in that, it stands several heads above its closest competitor

So I played with my boy this game and I have so many things to say but Im just gonna keep it a little bit short; Graphics: 10/10 Story: 8/10 Mechanics: 9/10 Gameplay: 10/10 It lacks boss fighting, underwhelming boss ending, lacks character and weapon customization, zombie respawn for me was not annoying, loved beating the stuff out of them but I can see why people get annoyed. I did had fun but at the end of the game it felt like it was unfinished. I didnt play the DLC, this is just the story mode. I did had fun playing the game.

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You should only play this co-op and even then you're going to need a lot of patience. Very pretty, awesome gore system. Great music. Didn't need a card system and it's terrible. Map system blows. Environmental layouts blow. Weapon system blows. Enemy scaling blows. Enemies phasing in constantly so you can't clear an area blows. Story was mid at best. But worst of all- the safe/key system. Whoever was in charge of making things need keys should be banned from the industry.

I really liked the first one, Dead Island 2 is just boring linear maps annoying opoonents, i was frustrated playing it.