Dead Island 2

 PlayStation 4
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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 51
  3. Negative: 11 out of 51
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  1. Kurigoto
    Apr 23, 2023
    0
    with no steam release there is no feasible way to play to right a proper review
  2. BNAG_Gamer
    May 18, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A generous 1......... When you pay full price for a game you expect to get your money's worth?
    PS5 platinum 37 hours (played the game slow)
    PS4 platinum 21 hours
    Once you get the platinum............. THERE'S NOTHING TO DO!!!!!!! Wait for a price drop before buying this poor attempt of a dead island game    … Expand
  3. aarontheviking
    Apr 25, 2023
    0
    I paid $90 for the gold edition and the game is so hard you can't get past like the 4th challenge at the pool. The game started glitching and kept freezing up and playstation refuses to issue a refund so I'll never be buying anything else from playstation.
  4. Nights12
    Apr 28, 2023
    1
    Too many zombies not enough underwear Too many zombies not enough underwear Too many zombies not enough underwear Too many zombies not enough underwear Too many zombies not enough underwear Too many zombies not enough underwear Too many zombies not enough underwear
  5. virtu_
    May 6, 2023
    4
    Is this a crummy back4blood knock off?

    - You posses a rare gene that helps you be immune to zombies. Check. - There are hives underground. Check. - There are player cards that alter gameplay. Check. - There's some form of hive mind. Check. - There are different classes of zombies; spitters, boomers, witches, and tallboys. Check. The worst part is that it's not even close to the    Is this a crummy back4blood knock off?

    - You posses a rare gene that helps you be immune to zombies. Check.
    - There are hives underground. Check.
    - There are player cards that alter gameplay. Check.
    - There's some form of hive mind. Check.
    - There are different classes of zombies; spitters, boomers, witches, and tallboys. Check.

    The worst part is that it's not even close to the level of quality or polish that b4b offers. This game is just trash in comparison.

    Game progression

    Need to get to the next level, go get this circuit breaker. Need to move something, fetch this card key on a dead body. Want to make it somewhere, flip this lever. There, you have all you need to make Dead Island 2. The mechanics of the game are just lazy at best. The problem solving is boring and dated. It's kind of insulting that this is a $60 game.

    Audio

    The audio is muddled at best. Often times recordings don't hold up very well in tight settings such as the sewers. Guns and explosions just don't resolve like you would expect from a AAA game.

    The worst transgression is that zombies can just plain sneak up on you. Even lumbering tallboy knockoffs can make it behind you without so much as a footstep making it into your ear drums. This makes it very challenging to be able to position yourself more dynamically in settings where there's no place to hold up for a fight. Without good audio, it's hard to build the necessary spatial awareness that's often critical for kiting in zombie games.

    Fighting mechanics

    Fighting zombies is not an enjoyable experience. Instead of hacking and slashing your way through a horde, your razor sharp katana feels more like a pool noodle. Heavy blows from sharp objects don't end up hacking off limbs as you would expect. Instead, zombies are pummeled left and right in an unsatisfying manner. It feels like the devs just cranked up the bullet/damage sponge settings for every class of zombie to the point where I kind of dread having to tango with anything.

    Don't get me wrong, I don't think it should be easy to hack and slash your way through a horde, but the delivery is subpar. Weaker zombies should at least take damage in unique ways, a la Dead Space necromorphs. Limbs should be able to be hacked, zombies should be hobbled.

    The final two levels of the game are unnecessarily difficult because of the sponginess of the zombies and a sudden increase in difficulty for the enemies without any story elements that help to explain the change. We breezed our way through beating everything up until that point and then lurched during the last two levels.

    The final boss level is just disappointing. It's not a well thought out battle that has unique elements for the final enemy. Instead they just throw all of the zombies that you've fought previously at you for a sort of bullet hell/zombie horde wave mode.

    The game is just boring and is in no way memorable. They should have just set this game out to pasture given it took so long to produce. The world would have been better off.    … Expand