Rumour: Dead Island 2 to Be Re-Revealed in 2022
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JFarrell71
SasqWatch
There have been two Dead Islands already, plus two Dying Lights by the samd devs. It's hilarious to me that "Dead Island 2" is even a thing.
Couchpotato
Grumpy Gamer
Technically one Dead Island and one expansion game. Anyway it's a long tale of woe and back stabbing as Techland lost the rights and moved onto Dying Light instead.
JFarrell71
SasqWatch
Is "expansion game" a fancier name for sequel? Because that's what all number twos are: sequels. If you don't need the original game to play it, it's not an expansion.
Not the same devs though unfortunately which is why I have little interest in this despite enjoying the first game.
Lolozaur
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Dead Island 2 Lives; Release Date and Screenshots Leaked
A slew of details about Dead Island 2 have been leaked, including the release date, number of playable characters and fresh screenshots.
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According to Amazon Dead Island will be released on February 3, 2023.
The game will hit PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
The action will be set in Los Angeles, where most of the population will be infected with a virus that transforms people into zombies.
There will be six playable characters to choose from. Each of them will have a unique personality and separate dialogue lines.
The game will feature an extensive progression system enabling us to unlock a ton of different skills. At any time, we will be able to reset the choices we have made and reallocate the collected points.
Dead Island 2 will have ys face dozens of types of zombies. Each of them are to have on unique attacks and mutations. On top of that, numerous clothing variants appear within a single species of zombies.
It sounds good in writing, but I'm still skeptical since it's not from Techland. I'm also a little doubtful about that release date given the fact that we're almost in September and haven't even seen footage yet.
That's lame. I don't understand why free respeccing has become as popular as it has. Are modern gamers unable to cope with C&C in regards to their character builds?
Couchpotato
Grumpy Gamer
Ha so that rumor was correct. Sounds like another Co-op story mess. As for Techland not being the developer doesn't matter as Dying Light 2 was damn disappointing.
Dying light 2 isn't bad. It's just a little too different from Dying Light for a lot of fans, and it takes a considerable investment to get to the best parts which I'm guessing a lot of players never reached.
Couchpotato
Grumpy Gamer
Well the only positive point of the game was Techland vastly improved the parkour.
I found the writing and quests overall to be mediocre to the point that I hated all the factions and NPC's. The damn ending was another letdown as well like the first game.
The loss of firearms also put a damper to my enthusiasm. At least the game has bows and arrows. Bottom-line the game was disappointing and nothing like the early trailers.
I found the writing and quests overall to be mediocre to the point that I hated all the factions and NPC's. The damn ending was another letdown as well like the first game.
The loss of firearms also put a damper to my enthusiasm. At least the game has bows and arrows. Bottom-line the game was disappointing and nothing like the early trailers.
You mean the game was disappointing to you.
I was disappointed too at first, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit now. It has more role-playing elements than the first game, and the exploration is better. The only aspects that are still a letdown to me are the animations, which I feel could have been better, and the physics (i.e. ragdoll effects, etc.) which are definitely inferior compared to the first game.
Overall, I still like Dying Light and The Following more, but DL2 is probably my GotY so far. Granted, 2022 has been a weak year.
I was disappointed too at first, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit now. It has more role-playing elements than the first game, and the exploration is better. The only aspects that are still a letdown to me are the animations, which I feel could have been better, and the physics (i.e. ragdoll effects, etc.) which are definitely inferior compared to the first game.
Overall, I still like Dying Light and The Following more, but DL2 is probably my GotY so far. Granted, 2022 has been a weak year.
Couchpotato
Grumpy Gamer
Yes me personally and quite a few others if you read reddit and steam.
Techland really has the worst writers in the business. Seems all of their games have terrible writing, unsatisfying endings, and boring lead characters. Reviews seems to mixed as well.
I agree it has more RPG elements but that doesn't save the game.
If I have to choose as well the first game and expansion was better.
Techland really has the worst writers in the business. Seems all of their games have terrible writing, unsatisfying endings, and boring lead characters. Reviews seems to mixed as well.
I agree it has more RPG elements but that doesn't save the game.
If I have to choose as well the first game and expansion was better.
SpoonFULL
SasqWatch
I thought that Chris Avellone was involved in writing some stories in Dying Light 2, and remember they made a showcase about it but it all news about this died down.
Couchpotato
Grumpy Gamer
Techland scrapped all of Chris Avellone's work becuse of the sexual allegations against him on Twitter two years ago. Last I heard the case was being taken to court for slander.
If anyone is interested, Dead Island 1 is currently on a flash sale at Steam for the next 48 hours. It's 80% off and so is the bundle that includes all the Dead Island games.
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I can't say that makes me want to preorder it.
I'll probably check it out at some point. My expectations are low so I doubt I'll be overly disappointed.
I'll probably check it out at some point. My expectations are low so I doubt I'll be overly disappointed.
Couchpotato
Grumpy Gamer
I agree multiple reboots and stalled development don't get me excited as well for this game. Even with my nitpicks of Dying Light 2 Stay Human it looks far superior to this.
Well, it's not the same developer, so...