

And mixing up the weapons you use keeps combat fresh and interesting. There are a lot of bloody moves for sure, and the game’s gory detail makes these moves feel far more impactful.ĭead Island 2 gives you a lot to play around with besides melee weapons. Plus, you can charge up the heavy attack to deal more damage. Your basic moves consist of a light attack and a heavy attack. You have access to all sorts of melee weapons, guns, and abilities that increase your lethality. Looting, shooting, and bootingĭead Island 2‘s core loop revolves around scavenging the environment for resources while fighting off plenty of zombies. It’s proof that an open world just isn’t the best format sometimes. This is one of Dead Island 2‘s better choices as each area feels tight and perfectly sized. And you can always return to previous areas to further explore and finish quests you haven’t done yet. Each level has its own secrets, and places to gain extra loot. Instead, Los Angeles is made up of 10 big areas that you can explore that each have their own quests and things to find. But once again it all feels like it’s been done before.ĭead Island 2‘s areas aren’t laid out in an open world. It provides a neat backdrop for the zombie-killing carnage you’ll take part in. Hollywood sometimes feels like an overused location in a lot of media, but here it’s used to surprisingly good effect. And you’re even able to explore abandoned film and TV studios that closed up shop right before the outbreak occurred. The sights and scenes of Bel-Air are contrasted brilliantly by the gory carnage on its suburban roads. The Los Angeles setting is vivid and made up of cool locations. That familiar mold does allow Dead Island 2 to have a little fun, though. Again, if you’ve played another game like this, you know what’s in store. All the while you’ll be exploring the lush location of Los Angeles and helping survivors deal with the apocalypse while finding a way out yourself. You’ll be picking up spare bits of wood and tire irons to bash the undead to their second death. Dead Island 2 uses the same first-person zombie brawling action as the first game.
