Dead Island 2

 PlayStation 5
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 341 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 236 out of 341
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  1. Mrfafa
    May 9, 2023
    10
    10/10
  2. Gorgoton
    May 17, 2023
    9
    Dead Island 2 is a very funny and satisfying game. It has a slow start but once you get more and more abilities and powerful weapons, it gets really good! It is the kind of game you don't really care about the story and you're just goofing around slaying zombies in an absolute blood bath. The gore system is awesome. I think it is kind of refreshing to have a brighter zombie game in a seaDead Island 2 is a very funny and satisfying game. It has a slow start but once you get more and more abilities and powerful weapons, it gets really good! It is the kind of game you don't really care about the story and you're just goofing around slaying zombies in an absolute blood bath. The gore system is awesome. I think it is kind of refreshing to have a brighter zombie game in a sea of dark zombie games like Dying Light 2 and The Last of Us. It's pure fun, try it!… Expand
  3. kulakov_genchik
    May 1, 2023
    9
    A game without pretensions to greatness. Gameplay is great. Without a bunch of side quests and water. The game gives you what you want from it. A bunch of fans. Thanks to the developers for finishing the job.
  4. Redeyeee
    May 9, 2023
    8
    Even though DI2 had a very rocky development and doesn't offer anything really groundbreaking or anything other games hasn't already done but that's what makes this so goddam good. They have understood what makes OG dead islands good, they understood why its still one of the best zombie games in history. It's simple, it's fun it's just dead island. Although I would of had far moreEven though DI2 had a very rocky development and doesn't offer anything really groundbreaking or anything other games hasn't already done but that's what makes this so goddam good. They have understood what makes OG dead islands good, they understood why its still one of the best zombie games in history. It's simple, it's fun it's just dead island. Although I would of had far more enjoyment if it was truly open world but I suppose this really is a 10 year old game that is designed to run on 10 year old hardware and it does it rather well.… Expand
  5. Zumbie101
    Apr 28, 2023
    7
    Dumb fun zombie game. Much more fun with friends or even randoms than solo. Probably worth waiting til a sale but great to just chill out and have fun with

    Gore mechanics are actually pretty impressive.

    Nothing special at all regarding story or characters but thats not really the draw
  6. rock_united
    Apr 28, 2023
    9
    a Great zombie game. Nice graphics and fun game-play. I've been playing on PS5 and the performance is doing ok. The storytelling could be more funny, that was the game propose after all.
  7. Dolan58
    May 4, 2023
    5
    This game is fun, but only up to a point. Quests and combat become boring and repetitive. The absence of analog attacks is really disappointing too because it was a feature that really made Dead Island 1 stand out.
    Quests are usually "fetch this" or "go find this person who hasn't been seen in a while." You go to a location, a horde shows up and you leave.
    Despite a decent number of    This game is fun, but only up to a point. Quests and combat become boring and repetitive. The absence of analog attacks is really disappointing too because it was a feature that really made Dead Island 1 stand out.
    Quests are usually "fetch this" or "go find this person who hasn't been seen in a while." You go to a location, a horde shows up and you leave.
    Despite a decent number of ability cards collected as you progress, I figured out my play style early on in the game and didn't see any advantage to changing it later on.
    Visually its a very nice looking game but I would recommend waiting for it to go on sale, especially if you don't have any interest to play it co-op.    … Expand
  8. PreVoLuTiioN
    Apr 25, 2023
    10
    Wer den ersten Teil mochte wird auch diesen Lieben.
    Das kämpfen macht sehr spaß und auch die Haupt und Nebenquest sind sehr amüsant.
    Kann das Game jeden Zombie Fan empfehlen.
  9. Hughniverse6868
    Apr 25, 2023
    8
    Dead island is a fun, addictive, and gorgeous experience. I've only played 15 hours but I can say there are very minimal glitches and the game runs at 120fps in 4K flawlessly I'd you have the proper equipment. I have the LG OLED C2 and Xbox series X. Only reasons I didn't give this game a 9 or a 10 is no open world. It's ok in some aspects but still missing that open world feeling that DIDead island is a fun, addictive, and gorgeous experience. I've only played 15 hours but I can say there are very minimal glitches and the game runs at 120fps in 4K flawlessly I'd you have the proper equipment. I have the LG OLED C2 and Xbox series X. Only reasons I didn't give this game a 9 or a 10 is no open world. It's ok in some aspects but still missing that open world feeling that DI and DIP had. Overall highly recommend this game. Especially for those who have not played the first two games.… Expand
  10. PMG-Writer
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    The plot of "Dead Island 2" is, of course, really interesting and should not be. Above all, the game focuses on the violence against the zombies and the use of the various weapons and items. The controls are quick and you will kill your opponents in a flash. Above all, the depiction of violence is very high in "Dead Island 2" and should please fans of the genre and movies. The differentThe plot of "Dead Island 2" is, of course, really interesting and should not be. Above all, the game focuses on the violence against the zombies and the use of the various weapons and items. The controls are quick and you will kill your opponents in a flash. Above all, the depiction of violence is very high in "Dead Island 2" and should please fans of the genre and movies. The different systems and skills add a lot of variety and will keep you busy for hours. On the whole, "Dead Island 2" is a really good and very fun game.… Expand
  11. BlackLung17
    Apr 26, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad Writing, Bad Game Design and Bad Game
    Side note really nice to abruptly end your 24 mission game, people might few inclined to buy your season pass to get the rest of the story that you forgot to add in your full price title.    … Expand
  12. nielsdr
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Really fun, well made game, with clearly a lot of love put into it. Runs great, no bugs for me after 20h so far. Piece of art. Will play-through again.
  13. CarloMoretti
    Jun 8, 2023
    10
    Great Story with an open ending but nice gore effects. Love it! Salute to the developers who did a great job, running the game smooth on the console!
  14. MetaViljo
    May 3, 2023
    10
    Super well made zombie game, fun to play everyway. Thunderous audio and look incredible on qd oled very sharp and detailed.
  15. Endymion_Var
    May 1, 2023
    8
    Esta muy entretenido y le veo un buen nivel grafico, tambien va muy estable en FPS
  16. Sugination36
    May 11, 2023
    8
    It is a fun, polished game. It is way too short of a campaign. I am assuming there will be a lot of DLC because it just ends abruptly which would not be a problem if the game didn't cost $70. The graphics of the game are amazing. It looks soooo good. Its bright, fun, and upbeat which is ironic considering its a zombie apocalypse taking place in Los Angeles. Overall a very fun game withIt is a fun, polished game. It is way too short of a campaign. I am assuming there will be a lot of DLC because it just ends abruptly which would not be a problem if the game didn't cost $70. The graphics of the game are amazing. It looks soooo good. Its bright, fun, and upbeat which is ironic considering its a zombie apocalypse taking place in Los Angeles. Overall a very fun game with great mechanics and graphics, but suffers from a miserably short campaign.… Expand
  17. MirdanHammer
    Apr 30, 2023
    10
    Amazing game that builds on the original ideas from Dead Island 1 and Riptide. Highly recommend!
  18. BlueDoomz
    Apr 23, 2023
    7
    Positive:
    The game has revolutionary gore system, satisfying combat and beautiful and detailed environments with great graphics. Memorable characters. Lots of detailed weapon variations and zombie looks. Negative:
    The game suffers from repetitive main quests(like finding a circuit breaker, adjusting the pressure for the water pumps or killing zombies to lock them out of an area. A short    Positive:
    The game has revolutionary gore system, satisfying combat and beautiful and detailed environments with great graphics. Memorable characters. Lots of detailed weapon variations and zombie looks. Negative:
    The game suffers from repetitive main quests(like finding a circuit breaker, adjusting the pressure for the water pumps or killing zombies to lock them out of an area. A short and underwhelming story.    … Expand
  19. Dan_e_Van_jogam
    Jun 2, 2023
    9
    ✅DEAD ISLAND 2 FOI ANUCIADO EM 2014
    ➡️Depois de quase uma década, Dead Island retorna com uma sequência que parece surpreendentemente ilesa por sua longa permanência no inferno do desenvolvimento.
    ➡️poucos jogos mudaram de mãos de desenvolvimento como Dead Island 2. A sequência do RPG de zumbis slasher de 2011, dos criadores de Dying Light, deveria ter sido lançada há oito anos e ser    ✅DEAD ISLAND 2 FOI ANUCIADO EM 2014
    ➡️Depois de quase uma década, Dead Island retorna com uma sequência que parece surpreendentemente ilesa por sua longa permanência no inferno do desenvolvimento.

    ➡️poucos jogos mudaram de mãos de desenvolvimento como Dead Island 2. A sequência do RPG de zumbis slasher de 2011, dos criadores de Dying Light, deveria ter sido lançada há oito anos e ser desenvolvida por Yager, apenas para serem descartados e substituídos pela Sumo Digital em 2016. Depois de anos sem nada, a Dambuster Studios assumiu em 2019, em um ponto em que todo o ímpeto para uma sequência caiu para um pulso mortal.

    ✅CAMPANHA
    ➡️para aqueles familiarizados com o original, Dead Island 2 não faz nada particularmente inventivo ou surpreendente, mas se inclina de maneira inteligente para seu extremo absurdo. Ocorrendo em locais em Los Angeles, incluindo recriações de Beverly Hills e Venice Beach, você escolhe um dos seis 'slayers' para jogar, cada um com diferentes estatísticas básicas e vantagens para enfrentar o surto de zumbis - variando do dublê de Hollywood Jacob ao bombeiro a stripper Ryan e a paralímpica Amy.

    ➡️seja quem for que você escolher, a campanha é a mesma, exceto pelo diálogo único de personagem, o que faz com que as interações com personagens não-jogadores pareçam desconexas às vezes, a fim de acomodar todas as seis personalidades. Independentemente disso, a bobagem intensificada do filme B ajuda a fazer com que qualquer escrita desajeitada se misture ao tom geral, onde as sequências saltam entre chutar zumbis em piscinas ácidas e executar mortes específicas para estrelas da mídia social obcecadas por vírus. A história da campanha não chega ser algo tão empolgante, mas, é bem interessante. As missões secundárias são extremamente divertidas, então vale muito a pena explorar bastante para que possamos ganhar mais XP, armas novas e plantas para que possamos modificas as armas.

    ✅JOGABILIDADE / RPG E AÇÃO
    ➡️ Gostei muito da jogabilidade pois, me fez lembrar bastante do estilo do “Dying Light” misturado com “Dead Rising”. Outro ponto que gostei muito foi o elemento RPG, sim dentro game tem elemento dano de eletricidade, água, fogo e ácido e outros tipo de dano de armas. Também chamou bastante atenção mapa do game é gigantesco. Muito bom para que quem gosta muito de ficar explorando, coletando itens e armas. Embora Dead Island 2 não seja um verdadeiro jogo de mundo aberto, cada área principal é uma zona enorme que os jogadores podem explorar livremente, repleta de locais opcionais para saquear, missões secundárias para concluir e muito mais.
    Outro ponto interessante é que o jogo traz uma “categoria” de zumbis.

    continuação nosso review segue o link nosso site blogger
    https://danevanjogam.blogspot.com/2023/04/gostariamos-de-agradecer-deep-silver.html    … Expand
  20. llSBuNNYll
    Apr 24, 2023
    6
    I finished Dead Island 2 today and I'm giving it a 6. Would have been slightly higher if the price was lower.

    Let's start with the best thing with this game, the gore/flesh system. It's really amazing, I never played anything Even remotely close to this! Slash a zombie with a knife and it gets a cut exactly where you hit! Stab wounds, gun shot wounds, everything looks so good and real!    I finished Dead Island 2 today and I'm giving it a 6. Would have been slightly higher if the price was lower.

    Let's start with the best thing with this game, the gore/flesh system. It's really amazing, I never played anything Even remotely close to this! Slash a zombie with a knife and it gets a cut exactly where you hit! Stab wounds, gun shot wounds, everything looks so good and real! You can literally Chopin off pieces of flesh until theres only a bloody skeleton left.
    Second best thing is the city itself, "Hell-A" look stunning.
    This is not an open world game, it,s actually around 10 different "stages"" you have to go through, and it's not the best solution, but not the worst either. I would have preferred an open world. This solution work best if you ha e an amazing story, like for example God of War 2018.
    The combat is also OK,both the actual combat and the weapons+weapon mods are pretty much identical to Dying Light.
    The story in Dead Island 2 is horrible, and the characters are cringe at best.
    This is what it is, a brain dead zombie slasher, and that's it. It's a very expensive game, here in Norway aswell, it's 25% more expensive than other AAA games like God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring.

    I regret buying this at full price and wish I would have waited till I could get it cheaper.
    But I've had a good time playing Dead Island 2    … Expand
  21. MedNow
    Jun 4, 2023
    8
    This game is a solid 8 for me. Its just plain fun. No complicaties mechanics, simple story and fun gameplay and satire. After a long days work this is the perfect game to relax and relieve some stress. Its not a masterpiece, just a fun, good game
  22. Macintosh1001
    Apr 25, 2023
    7
    While the story/characters is lacking, and to be honest, a little cringy, it makes up for its gameplay and brutal, yet stratifying combat. The quests and story aren't really ground breaking or memorable, but what it lacks in narrative, it makes up for in pure dumb fun. It's a type of game that you just turn your brain off and enjoy.
  23. Gamm0n
    May 2, 2023
    5
    Return to the old formula of bash heads and run. Don't get me wrong it's a great game, looks and plays great but 10 hours in I just stopped playing and am finding it hard to load back up.
  24. Ryang23
    Apr 25, 2023
    5
    Honestly it's a lot lower quality then I expected. It definitely looks and feels like a decent PS4/Xb1 era game that is made by a mid tier developer.
  25. wawter
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    Borderlands but Zombies. Game is sublime and the formula is good. If you didn’t like Dead Island 1 you won’t enjoy 2 but Dead Island capitalizes off the best parts from the original
  26. TheReichster
    Apr 26, 2023
    10
    People have been complaining about this game and I don't get it. First of all the graphics are truly next gen looking. The new gore system is super crunchy/juicy, love how you can disable enemies by taking out their legs !!!
    Devs added a few new moves to use in combat which I appreciate.
    I get some people want devs to reinvent the wheel with every entry but to that I say play a different    People have been complaining about this game and I don't get it. First of all the graphics are truly next gen looking. The new gore system is super crunchy/juicy, love how you can disable enemies by taking out their legs !!!
    Devs added a few new moves to use in combat which I appreciate.

    I get some people want devs to reinvent the wheel with every entry but to that I say play a different series, dead island 2 plays and feels like a dead island game. I wanted beautiful scenery, gore, cheesy acting to go along with kicking in zombie skulls and this game gives you just that.    … Expand
  27. JrDouble
    May 23, 2023
    5
    A bad zombie game overall. Graphics, story, and combat are all weak. Not as good as Dying Light, but A LOT better than Dying Light 2. Worth playing if you just want to smash zombies and waste your time.
  28. Dusterberg
    Apr 25, 2023
    10
    I've played just under 56 hours and it's just unbelievably awesome. The technology makes a solid impression and nothing stutters.
  29. JeffereyDahmer
    May 7, 2023
    9
    A new normal we have found ourselves in for gaming is that we usually are on the receiving end of unfinished products. Fortunately, Dead Island 2 was crafted with care from dambuster studios which is a major surprise when peeping their previous track record, yet they blew it out of the water with this game. It's just zombie slaying fun, a story mode is there of course but the real heart ofA new normal we have found ourselves in for gaming is that we usually are on the receiving end of unfinished products. Fortunately, Dead Island 2 was crafted with care from dambuster studios which is a major surprise when peeping their previous track record, yet they blew it out of the water with this game. It's just zombie slaying fun, a story mode is there of course but the real heart of the game is in just chilling back and enjoying with friends or while playing solo. It has amazing visuals, and the core gameplay is satisfying, the gunplay could use work and some other areas as well. On the other hand, it is great to be back in the world of Dead Island and I hope to see more come out from this studio.… Expand
  30. KarlFos93
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    Overall if you liked the first game, you’ll like this. It doesn’t really expand or create anything new and the areas are single areas shut off by loading screens instead of a bigger map.

    Story feels a bit… meh. Like it should have been another riptide style dlc and it introduces and then drops plot points at multiple times. (I don’t think the campaign length justifies the full price tag)    Overall if you liked the first game, you’ll like this. It doesn’t really expand or create anything new and the areas are single areas shut off by loading screens instead of a bigger map.

    Story feels a bit… meh. Like it should have been another riptide style dlc and it introduces and then drops plot points at multiple times. (I don’t think the campaign length justifies the full price tag) An enjoyable game to play when the price comes down but not something likely to be near a Game of The Year nomination.    … Expand
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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 87
  3. Negative: 1 out of 87
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    80
    Many will argue that there aren't enough enemy types, or that the weapon upgrades that underpin it all seem as if they came out of a decades-old game. And they'd be right. This is a game that follows a simple template. But it does so in a confessed way, and in the end the authors didn't promise anything beyond mindless and fun zombie slaughter. [Issue#327]
  2. PLAY
    Sep 16, 2023
    50
    Neat zombie bashing mechanics are woefully under-served as it loses its way more with each hour, making the shiny hyper-violence yawnworthy by the end. [Issue#27, p.68]
  3. Pocket-lint
    Jun 23, 2023
    80
    We've had a pretty great time messing up some zombies in Hell-A. Dead Island 2 doesn't shoot for the stars, and therefore ends up neither overpromising nor under-delivering, so if you liked the first game you're pretty certain to have a fun time here.
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