Dead Island 2 offers one of the most thorough gore systems I have ever seen in video games. Heavier weapons, like hammers or maces, will completely cave in a zombie’s skull, revealing exposed brain matter and shattered bone that will happily dangle from a walker’s ugly mug. Using the counter move for a knife will jam the sharp point of the blade into a zombie’s face, popping out its eyeball and revealing a gaping hole where its flesh used to be. For instance, a successful perfect dodge or block will stun a zombie and create an opportunity for a counterattack.

Every weapon seems to definitely make an impact on the countless shuffling corpses that the game throws at you.

Zombie slaying is the main premise of Dead Island 2, and developers Dambuster really wanted to make this stand out. Turning a machete into a fire-blazing, inferno slicer will easily hack up the strongest foes, no matter who you play as. Weapons have their own stats, like attack speed or power, and each mod adds a little more damage for each installation. Some characters have less health than others, but this makes little difference once weapon mods are introduced.

Stamina is mainly only drained when using heavy attacks, so you can utilize basic swings to your heart’s content and sprint around the world like an Olympic runner with iron lungs. Nevertheless, the gameplay of Dead Island 2 is mostly unaffected by whatever character you choose, regardless of their stats, like Force or Stamina, during combat. I chose the firefighter, Ryan, simply because he has the same name as me and I mainly prefer a strength build with my characters. The beginning lets the player choose from a rag-tag cast of six characters who seem to be completely oblivious to the real threat of the zombie apocalypse. Complete with a new cast of characters and one special recurring failed rap artist, Dead Island 2 actually bites off far less than it could chew by adding plot predictability, repetitive combat encounters, and a failed potential to be more innovative than it had the chance to be. Finally out in the open, Dead Island fans can now experience the sequel to its 2011 predecessor after 12 years of waiting patiently.

Embarking on a rollercoaster trip to developmental Hell-A at least three times over, Dead Island 2has been brought back to life more times than the antagonists of its very own story.

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