Dead Island 2

I had a good time with this game. It delivers the goods in zombie carnage. They did a nice job with the graphics. The world of the game was interesting to explore. The game has some faults, but there is plenty of fun to have in Dead Island 2. Lots of blood and gore and the weapons are pretty cool. The upgrades to the weapons are good. It is worth checking out for zombie game fans. I like how the game throws you right into the situation from the opening shot. I like the atmosphere of the game. The California setting is good for a zombie game. Finding locations like The Santa Monica Pier was nice.

I love single player story games, but the issue usually is that they just dont have the best gameplay... BUT THIS GAME HAS THE BEST MELEE COMBAT AND PHYSICS EVER! I know i might sound like im insane but the gore in this game is second to none, all weapons feel satisfying and the characters are really fun. My favorite character is jacob, hes so witty and seems so unbothered by whats around him. I also love SAM B, hes just a purebred badass. And the open world! Omg i love how much it feels like im in L. A and the different small worlds feel unique enough to be their own place

I would have given the game a 10 but the only reason im not is that you cant skip cutscenes because so much stuff happens in them.

Pushing things too hard can prevent us from achieving good results. Dead Island 2 is a good example. It spent nearly 10 years in very troubled development and when it came out we were left with a boring game that was way behind its time and offered nothing new or special. The Dead Island series was already buried after Dying Light because it couldn't release new games. When they tried to dig it up and revive it after so many years, the name meant nothing to anyone. A lot of zombie related content has been produced in these 10 years and it's not as popular as it used to be. In short, maybe Dead Island 2 is an average game that you can play in your spare time, but never more. I hope they don't plan to make a third game. Just like its name, it would be better for everyone if this series really is "dead".

If you're a fan of the zombie genre, this will be a good game at full price, and a great game on sale.

The game focuses on the outbreak, and the zombies, with combat being the main draw here. Combat is relatively straightforward, but some weapon mods and environmental cues make it more engaging. The gore mechanic is well done, and is the standout of this game. No game I've ever played has realistic of a hack-and-slash mechanic as Dead Island 2.

As expected, the story is weak, but has a few memorable moments. You could probably argue that the vapidness of most of the characters is intentional, but that's a cop out. Mostly, the story serves as a mechanism to introduce new areas and mechanics. That's not a bad thing, but the main story is only like 10 hours long if you really streamline it.

This game will be short and fun for most people. To get every achievement took me around 30ish hours. I'm sure there's quicker routes though. This game will likely entertain you for 15-20 hours if you do a few sides, run around, and complete the story. I really enjoyed it, and I hope you will too.

I just miss the days when you chose your male or female character the npc's would refer to you as he or she, the they them thing is annoying and feels rude to me but apart from that it's a good game so far.

The scenery is gorgeous and looks deliberate, like not photorealistic, the combat relies on your characters stats and your timing more then fancy moves say like God Of War.

Health is abundant so there's no excuse for running out and my fave character so far is Dani, she's funny and says similar things as I'd say in the same situation haha.

Story is straightforward, survive! Simple.

Music, hmm atmospheric and poppin' so far. No complaints.

One aspect I like best is that it's not open world, their choice to stay liner is very welcome in this current environment of wayyyy too big worlds that in the real world no one has that much time to explore. For me personally worlds getting bigger puts me off games, too much to do and long quests means I don't have the time to do even one quest, then I lose interest because it goes on for soooooo long.

My thanks to Deep Silver.