I was hoping for something a bit more open-worldy, but even as a more confined experience, the game really clicks for me. What I really wanted from Dead Island 2 was something to rinse the taste of Dying Light 2 out of my mouth.
How did they do? Is Dead Island 2 good enough to escape the long shadow cast by Dying Light? Deep Silver sent me a review code so I could answer these questions for myself.Īnd I have to say, Dead Island 2 isn’t exactly what I was initially hoping for, but I’m also not disappointed. With Techland focused on supporting Dying Light 2, Deep Silver brought on Dambuster Studios for development duties this time around. So when Dead Island 2 broke its long silence in 2022 with a fresh gameplay trailer, the zombie-loving gaming world let out a collective cheer. In fact, it only left a lot of us itching for more Dying Light action while recalling Dead Island through rose-tinted memories.Īnd that means that the proverbial soil was fertile for another Dead Island game.
In early 2022, Techland released the highly ambitious Dying Light 2, which just didn’t pack the punch that the first game did. Techland went off to develop Dying Light, which I think is quite possibly the best zombie game of all time, while Deep Silver hung onto the Dead Island rights, letting the I.P. But then developer Techland and publisher Deep Silver parted ways. When the game released later that year, it didn’t quite live up to the extremely high expectations set by that original trailer, but Dead Island did develop something of a cult following - enough that a sequel, Dead Island Riptide, was released in 2013.
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