We’ll also provide our hands-on thoughts from two previews, which were done eight years apart.
The new date was announced via Dead Island 2’s Twitter page.
You asked for it, you got it.
Electrified blades, hammers with little flames coming out of the side, you know the deal.
It has the explode-y ones, muscly ones, and scream-y ones, as you’d probably expect.
They have very different work ethics, that’s for sure, but the vibes are very similar.
To fans of the original, this should all sound familiar.
Unlike its predecessor, Dead Island 2 features a new skill card system.
As you explore, you’ll find cards that you could equip to gain new skills and abilities.
They’re small, yet significant tweaks that you might use to create the perfect build for your playstyle.
The original had large open areas that you could explore, but they were split by loading screens.
You couldn’t, for example, wander from the resort to the city.
They were separate world spaces, but you could otherwise still roam around freely.
For now, the extent of Dead Island 2’s exploration remains to be seen.
It features a new FLESH system, which is all about eye-grabbing levels of gore.
Zombies explode in showers of blood, sure, but that’s just the start.
They’ll stumble around with torn-open, flappy faces, chunks of missing flesh revealing the bones underneath.
Kill moves are also filled with fantastically ridiculous levels of guts and gore.
I hate that a lot, so let’s just refer to it as LA.
The plot remains a mystery for now, but one thing is clear.
Will Dead Island 2 have multiplayer?
One, as mentioned above, was back in 2014, shortly after the initial reveal.
The other was much more recent, whenEd tried it out at Gamescom 2022.
