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In 2014, Deep Silver's Dead Island 2 faced significant development challenges due to misalignment with market expectations, leading to a major delay and a change of developers. The game was ultimately released in 2023 after extensive rework, illustrating the importance of aligning development with market research and audience needs to ensure success and avoid franchise damage.
Dead Island 2 is set to release on Steam on April 22, with Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition currently available for free on the platform until February 15. The game's publisher, Deep Silver, is also offering discounts on other titles in the series. Dead Island 2, which was initially exclusive to the Epic Games Store, will now be available on multiple platforms, and has received its first DLC story expansion with another on the way.
Dead Island 2: Haus DLC offers some laughs and visually surreal environments, but lacks new tools or ideas to freshen up gameplay. The short three-hour runtime and repetitive zombie slashing make it unexciting. The crossbow is a solid addition, but overall, the DLC doesn't offer much incentive to revisit the game unless you're a die-hard fan.
Dead Island 2's first story expansion, called Haus, will be released on November 2. Players will face off against a techno-death cult led by Konstantin in a deranged labyrinth of biomes within a Malibu villa. The expansion introduces new weapons and cards, including the K-Rossbow and Hog Roaster.
Dead Island 2's "flesh system" allows players to methodically shave off zombie parts, creating a satisfyingly gory experience. The system was inspired by movie practical effects rather than real-life violence. Zombie flesh is "infinite" in its ability to break down, and cutting into bodies is like cracking a chocolate Kinder egg. The audio team used vegetables and spaghetti to create gory noises. The game's lack of nudity is due to zombies wearing "perma-pants." The developers are considering adding a photo mode.
Dead Island 2 has been benchmarked on various desktop and laptop GPUs, with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 performing the best on high settings. The Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs struggled to run the game smoothly even on low settings.
In Dead Island 2, players can follow the Mailman's Paper Trail quest to obtain a powerful new weapon. The quest requires finding three mail packages in villas around Bel-Air. The first package is located outside the "GOAT Pen" villa, the second is in front of a locked gate in the west of Bel-Air, and the third is in the first house where the player entered Bel-Air. After retrieving all three packages and defeating Wayne the Mailman, players can open a box behind the delivery truck to obtain the weapon.
Mutated Hearts are a rare crafting resource in Dead Island 2 that can only be looted from Mutators, a type of zombie. They can be used for side quests, crafting, or selling. Mutators can be found after completing the 21st main mission quest, and farming them is recommended to increase the chances of getting Mutated Hearts. Maiming weapons work well against Mutators, but they don't always drop Mutated Hearts.
Dead Island 2 prioritizes multiplayer just as much as the original Dead Island did, but approaches co-op differently in a few important ways. The game does not have crossplay, but players can join games across generations of the same platform. Dead Island 2 allows up to three players to play at once, and multiplayer only works when players are either at the exact same section of the game or if one player invites another to a section the hosting player has already completed. Playing multiplayer makes difficult enemies and quests more manageable, and it makes Dead Island 2 a more social experience. However, the game can start to feel too breezy if playing with friends who are significantly lower level.
Yahtzee reviews Dead Island 2, a game with a troubled development history and a misleading announcement trailer. The game has gone through multiple developers, including Techland who went on to make Dying Light, and is now being developed by Dambuster Studios.
A new video by Digital Dreams showcases how great Dead Island 2 would look with ReShade Ray Traced Global Illumination Beyond All Limits preset, which is not officially supported by the game. Despite its issues, Dead Island 2 sold one million copies globally in only three days of availability and is now available on multiple platforms.
To get the Space Fox 2250 Prop Key in Dead Island 2, players must wait until they have completed the Monarch Studios section of the game before the zombie with the key will appear. Once the section of the game has been cleared, players must head back to the area where they found the lockbox and defeat the "Space Fox Prop Master" zombie to obtain the key needed to open the Space Fox 2250 Prop lockbox.
Dead Island 2 has sold over 1 million copies in just three days since its release, dominating UK sales charts. The game, developed by Dambuster Studios, allows players to take out zombies using various methods, making it a hit among gamers.
In Dead Island 2, players can find the Gang Green Gate Key by killing the zombie Doc Martin near the Gang Green Store in Venice Beach. The key is needed to complete the Missing: Pablo quest and obtain a Fire Axe weapon and 2,000 EXP. The game is available on multiple platforms.
Dead Island 2 has sold over 1 million copies within the first three days of release, with players slaying 1.1 billion zombies, hacking off 756 million zombie limbs, and slicing 45 million zombies in half. Players spent a combined total of 11 million hours with the game and collectively died 28 million times so far. Dead Island 2 is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.