As I write this there is actually a lot of buzz that the game will be one of the big showcases at E3 2019. What the heck is taking Dead Island 2 so long? Well, your guess is as good as mine, but hopefully, this will be the year that Dead Island 2 finally makes its full showing. All we do know is that they are hard at work and the combat that is in the game is going to be different, but they will bring back some things from the past games such as the looting and crafting. Again, this has not been dived into by the team behind the game in any way whatsoever. I though managed to look past it, but there were many who could not.ĭead Island 2 is said to be changing up the combat. However, as much as I enjoyed those two games, I must admit that they are a bit on the clunky side as far as the combat and actually general gameplay goes. I am a huge fan of the original Dead Island and I did enjoy Dead Island Riptide as well.

The past games have featured quite large locations, but perhaps the idea for this game is to have one large connected city like in a GTA game? No More Clunky Combat The term “open world” has been thrown around a lot during the development of Dead Island 2, but what exactly this is going to entail is anyone’s guess at this point. One thing that has not been confirmed just yet is the size of the map. I think the most obvious one has to be some kind of section at Alcatraz or the San Francisco zoo! My mind is already racing with what kind of great set pieces they could have in store by using California as the location for the game. LA, San Francisco and one other yet to be announced location. From what I have read the state of California has been put under quarantine due to a zombie outbreak. Dead Island 2 is actually set in California. While it is called Dead Island and it is set after the events of the original Dead Island. So far, the only real piece of information that has come out about the game is the setting.

At the moment it appears that the team at Sumo Digital are actually making the game and then Deep Silver are going to handle the publishing of it. Dead Island 2 though is a bit of a mess right now in regards to who is actually developing this thing. If you played the first Dead Island games then chances are you know that Deep Silver was the team that brought us the game.

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