It’s a state in ruin, wherein some sort of plague or apocalypse has taken root, threatening millions of unsuspecting citizen forged documents and undiscovered infections doom the plane and its peer for good, sending them plummeting to the ground while those inside fight for their lives. A way out of Hell-A, as they call it, where the dead walk the streets with brains and other body parts on their simple minds. That is, a game that begins with a bunch of survivors doing whatever they can to get aboard a plane destined for safety. Thanks to a very unique and well-chosen piece of music, it viscerally and audibly sets the tone for what’s to come. Things begin with a haunting video, which plays before the user even begins his or her journey into a zombie-filled version of California. Dead Island 2 isn’t a broken mess, nor is it something that isn’t enjoyable to play, but that’s putting it simply and saying the least.

Thankfully, the answer to that question is yes. Now that we’ve finally been able to take the game for a gore-filled spin, the question that must be answered is whether the wait was worth it. In fact, many had considered it to be dead to rights prior to news that development was going to be taken over by Dambuster Studios. The much talked-about sequel to 2011’s Dead Island and 2013’s Dead Island: Riptide expansion – both of the Xbox 360 era, though they’ve since been remastered for Xbox One – Dead Island 2 is something we weren’t sure we’d ever see. Granted, while some of those games have fallen by the wayside and been cancelled indefinitely, like Donkey Kong Racing and Starcraft Ghost, others have eventually seen the light of day after a long time in the pipeline, like Duke Nukem Forever.Īfter nearly a decade filled with promise, excitement and lots of uncertainty, another title has joined Duke’s last outing, with that being Dead Island 2.

After all, all we generally find out about are the big and controversial ones. We see it in gaming from time to time, and it likely happens more than we ever hear about. Sometimes developers begin projects with great ideas and good intentions, just to have things fall apart or into ‘development hell’ after a period of time.

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