Dead Island 2 Is One Of The Zombie Games Of All Time
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00:00 Intro
02:23 Story & Writing
06:57 The Gameplay
09:28 Visuals & Violence
13:10 The Combat
19:03 Critiques
22:08 Closing Remarks
24:23 Amazingly Awesome Patrons - Ігри
Considering the game takes place in L.A. you could say the annoying dialogue was intentionally made to be cringe so that it properly reflected the average IQ of people who live there.
Edit: 😆 looks like some of the easily offended with no sense of humor found the comment. Thanks for all the likes.
Is that why all these streamer/influencer girls are absolutely unbearable?
Doesn't make it any less pleasant to listen to if that's the case
Agreed. Same with the blood and trash everywhere. That’s pretty accurate. 😂
@@shawklan27 it’s still better than Detroit or Cleveland
Lol
Fun fact, Emma in the game actually explains that the reason why her house is a good Fortress is that she has bulletproof glass installed. It was a security measure that her husband put in place.
Also said in game to be the one good decision Robert made lol.
That doesnt explain how there is noone in the yard of her house though
@@WayStedYougates are closed and locked 🔒
Yea, i found myself disagreeing a lot with this review, and that's one of the reasons... still, price tag was too high and i agree characters lack identity, and why the *f does bruno get 10% bonus from a backstab, that's so low and just bad, lol.
@@exquisitedoomlapointe185 yeah I notice a lot of reviews like Critikals, Pyrocynicals and this one all come down to just not paying attention, like the game isn't perfect but it's the most fun I've had killing zombies in a long time with a story that got me hooked and characters I really enjoyed
The fact that this thing was ever even finished is a miracle in itself.
Yeah and made by one of the worst companies and it's end up being good
Yeah and made by one of the worst companies and it's end up being good maybe it's the developers s fault maybe it's just the higher up
@@badreedinedjellali1328 definitely isn’t good for how long it took to take
havent seen this comment 50 times in the last few days
@@raccoonbigg There have to be some scrapped concepts before they reach the final product
This game shitting on streamers is the best thing about it. Seriously, they're the absolute worst.
If anything it took a big haymaker at OTK and other streamer houses. There's like 10 "setups" at this one house, yet the best one was the "UA-cam apology" spot.
@@ExeErdna the apology script was a true Chefs kiss, the ppl who made that def are aware of gaming internet culture
This ^^
and the fun part that this reviewer defends against it lmao
@@DEO8976 “how dare they made fun of people who play games for a living that’s so mean :(.”
Love this guy but him saying the game should *side* with the streamers is hilarious
A zombie invasion in LA is probably the only way you could alter the locals personality to a somewhat likeable level
This comment section with everyone roasting LA is hilarious
Might raise the population's IQ a bit too
I'm from and in la right now😢
LA you say? I spent a week there one night...
@@Largentina. probably remembered how much meat humans consume or something
As someone who lives near LA, I can say that a lot of the snarky cringey obnoxious stuff in the game is pretty accurate. Like Emma Jaunt and how her house would be as protected as a sand castle, or that the game is beautiful and very picturesque of LA, Venice, etc. While also capturing that destroyed and run down feeling
I imagine Venice beach looks the same. Zombies... homeless... what's the difference?
Lol
And the fact that finding a firearm (at least in the wealthier areas) is harder due to how bad the state/county/city gun laws are
Reminds me of the time I was in San Diego for a week. Was walking late at night when I saw a guy take a shit on a wall.
how near LA?
The procedural damage system they invented for this game is absolutely next gen. Damage states (as it's being called in a game development) are a huge pain in the arse: You can either just splat some blood decals on a model of a damaged enemy, which is pretty easy and cheap, but not very realistic (most games do damage states this way) or you need to create several models for each enemy type and each damage state, which is very time consuming. The concept of having realistic damage states without huge amount of work is very novel, actually.
If i remeber right the damage system is called F.L.E.S.H. and yes its pretty impressive. Dambuster developed it already before they worked on Dead Island 2.
You can do it with one model.
That model needs the damaged parts modeled below the outer visible model.
Then you group parts of the model, fex the head, arms and legs.
Getting the hit position could be done by checking the vertexnr or bone near the hit pos.
Then you "mask"(=make it invisible) the predefned limp/part-groups and create a head, arm or leg model at the bone position of the hit part and give it some "flying physic" or "bounce-script".
This way it looks like you shot of a limp from the model.
With such a masking system you get a pretty good looking gore system with one model per enemy.
( edit: Soldier of Fortune 2 used this technique with their own [if i remeber right] Ghoul2 model format. Another example for this is the stomache wound of the fat Zombie in Doom 3. Left4Dead also used some kind of decal-gore-shader, a very good way for impact visuals. edit end )
I have done this in my beta version of my free zombie shooter Dead Taste. But because of memory usage (using a old a* engine) i went back to dismemberment of heads only (also done with one single model). Just wanted to point out no need for different models.
Btw.
Different models would only work for one dismemberment. Imagine you shoot the head, then a leg. This wont work with damage models...except you created one for every possible dismemberment combination. And thinking of memory usage, damage models are not really the way to go, besides the time consuming thing you already mentioned.
My guess is FLESH uses a combination of masking and some kind of decal-shader. Very intresting stuff indeed.
But yes damage systems are always a lot of work, no matter what kind of engine is used.
Greets
L4D had some pretty amazing damage detail on there zombie models
@@AstralWolf86 true and the hit reaction is awesome as well, but this is just mind blowing.
My only gripe about the old game was the fact that it sometimes felt like a nightmare with regard to the hit detection or damage. You'd hit a zombie in the face with a lead pipe and the zombie would cough politely and fart a little before walking along like nothing happened. The lead pipe would evaporate in your hands after a few more useless slaps.
You’re thinking of dying light sir. Dead island 1 had unprecedented hit detection and physics. They even had analog control, which is absent in this one because they’re lazy and actually dumbed down the physics. 👌
I find it both interesting and odd that someone would complain why a ZOMBIE shrugs off pain like it's nothing. Isn't that one of their thing?
@@CatsOverdrive I think Mello's referring to the kinetic energy that a lead pipe in full swing would transfer...
@@jorymeneer7045 I haven't played the first DI since it was just released, but I remember its physics to be pretty good.
This.
I played as Ryan and it was pretty entertaining. He honesty felt the most down to earth of all the characters from the cast.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure gman picked the most annoying character to play with.
@@kcadventures1454yeah definitely, picked Ryan and a bit of Amy and they were both pretty endearing
*boring
Jacob is kind of funny ngl
Jacob is a chad
Ryan is probably the best character you can play, because at lest he actually sound like an actual person that has normal human reactions to the events going on
His defense game is also stupid broken
Right? I'm surprised G picked Carla of all people. Her voice acting is a miss for me. Probably didn't help his review of the players constantly talking.
Even he is not a fire fighter as the clothes might suggest, but a male stripper according to ingame info. Still better than ramona styles or mumble rapper
God i hate zoomers demograpic so much its unreal
When I saw the character selection screen on the video I knew Ryan would be my choice lol
Choose your character!
Insufferable Person #1
Insufferable Person #2
Insufferable Person #3
Insufferable Person #4
Insufferable Person #5
Ryan
The lack of drivable vehicles is especially weird considering how prominent one was in the original trailer. I thought you would be able to customize them into zombie killing machines similar to how you customize weapons.
That was the first developer I think. I was looking forward to getting a knock off Jack Black, but that was also cut
@@thermonuclear8335 Definitely, that was back when Jager was developing the game. Thats one thing I think a lot of reviewers fail to mention when saying that the game was in development for 10 years, is that it was likely restarted from scratch with each new developer, so the version we are getting was probably only really in development for around 4 years
@@rosskuhlman Its probably closer to 2 years in dev, sumo digital dropped the game in late 2019 and dambuster took over early 2020.. Its fucking insane what they have been able to do in just 2 years and that was a complete restart from scratch
That's just dead rising 3
The game is way more refined for the need of vehicles since it’s only semi open world. Dead island 1 vehicles we’re nothing special imo and half the time you’re were only using them in the early area. But They could also add them later in dlc especially on the beach area with an atv or something that makes sense
Screamers and the berserkers with bones for arms were already in first game. Berserkers were dangerous enough up close that you usually saved your shotgun for them and them alone. Screamers just outright disabled your attacks while summoning a group of angry runner zombies at you. Seems they nerfed them both in the 2nd game.
@DudePerfectOfficial no
I loved how in the first game your character would literally freak out when fighting zombies and as they leveled up became more and more confident. Sad that it seems that's missing here 😔
Meh
With the right "medicine", freaking out is a thing of the past 😂
They didn't lol
Huh? That never happened 😂
@@goosechaser13they did. Go play the original again, their lines change as they level up. Still remember sam b going from "WHY THEY DON'T STAY DOWN?!!" to "you're mine, assholes!"
Ryan is probably the best voice acted character in the game and he only makes commentary when you would really expect it. Most versatile character as well if you ask me👍🏻
He really is...he's also the only one that looks like he could take out thousands of zombies.
Nah he’s boring Amy is better
@@dr.loomis4221 exactly, hacking up hundreds of bodies can be exhausting trust me.
@@Baniwinnie yeah Amy was a lot of fun, but I heard Dani on charlie's playthrough and she sounds fun too
@@dr.loomis4221 its a game they just wanted to give us options... people would be complaining if they all looked boring and build the same. There's no winning for these poor developers
If there's one thing DNF taught us, it's, "The longer you wait, the higher people's expectations grow until they become impossible to overcome."
Replace "people" with the guy who was in charge of that game. He was never satisfied with what they had built, because the genre was moving forwards so fast.
I don't think people actually wait for this game
@@The_zickron when the reveal trailer for it came out alot of people were hyped. they wanted to see a major city over ran with zombies. they wanted goofy. idk why people think zombies should be serious theyre the cannon fodder of action games and movies now not scary. its the other survivors that are scary.
Combine that with sunk cost fallacy and you have Star Citizen
Thats why Half Life 3 never existed.
Critics being so hard on this game, meanwhile, it’s exactly what I’ve been wanting. Dumb fun zombie killing.
Skillup gave it a pretty fair shake.
I don't get these comments at all.
"Dumb fun zombie killing" Ok? The first game has that too and it's overall a better game than the second one.
No amount Cope can change the fact that this game is trash.
@@theobell2002 you don’t understand a comment that’s clearly written in English and very straight to the point? People are enjoying the game. It’s not rocket science, goober.
@@elijahpalmer6323 opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one, but yours in particular, stinks.
As a former resident who once lived in California in the last 25 years. I can definitely confirm that yes, this is what California and its people are like
It's fucking awful. How did you escape?
That’s why everybody is moving to different states.
@@lilwyvern4 helicopter
@@lilwyvern4 as a fellow cali resident I was about to ask the same question 😂
I live in LA and the only people like this are from west LA. The south bay feels a bit more small towny.
A game nearly a decade in the making.
Wasn’t it in and out of development?
@@isack_4239 Dropped by multiple teams, started from scratch or continued from what the previous team left, time and time again. This game’s development is a prime example of a hellhole.
yet it looks allmost exactly like dying light at times
@@OhBoy235 but completely botched somehow
It's Dying Light but worse at this point, hell I'd even play DL2 over this boomer trash
I had a blast with this game. It was a nice change of pace to play a game that doesn't take itself seriously and wasn't a grind to play. It didn't overstay its welcome and was a decent length once you add in the side quests. I'm glad it just finally got released and maybe now that the weight has been lifted from the developers shoulders, they can focus on a new game with all the little extra things people want because there was no way this game was going to live up to anyones hype.
Had is the key word, game will be down to $20 in less than a year
@@drunkhusband6257 I don't play games after I've finished the story or got the platinum trophy. I have too many in the back catalog to stick around and replay something
"-now that the weight has been lifted from the developers shoulders..."
I guess some proper context is in order. Techland, the developers of the first Dead Island, left Deep Silver by 2013-2014. They went on to create Dying Light 1 & 2. Dead Island 2 went to multiple devs before finally landing to Dambuster Studios. The group that made Homefront: the Revolution.
@@CatsOverdrive Dying light 2 is better in literally every way
Oh, I can't comment on that. I'm currently just doing what I did with Dying Light 1; Waiting for DL2 to have enough story expansions and DLCs, and to be re-released as an "enhanced/anniversay edition", maybe, five years later...before I jump into it. :P
As of now, I'm still satisfied staying in Harran for the moment.
No offense mate, but taking a jab at youtubers and streamers is always a plus in my book.
Asmongold would mald hard over that!
yeah man they're just people and it's funny
Streamers and UA-camrs like to think they're better than us plebs, but they're still people. Narcissists, but people nonetheless.
It’s unfortunate that the only likable characters were Ryan and Bruno.
Ryan because he’s got some realistic reactions to what goes on and eventually takes it in stride without being obnoxiously overconfident
And Bruno because he can keep a level head in a zombie apocalypse. He’s surprisingly laid back and compassionate despite is purple punk jerk look. Also he’s not being obnoxiously overconfident.
Those two are my favorite characters if you're gonna co-op. As you said they react well to the whole world.
Jakob is okay. He's kind of funny sometimes. I guess. Not as bad as I thought he'd be. I picked him bc I wanted high agility but didn't wanna be the Asian chick. Just bc I don't like being girls if I can help it
I find Bruno's words didn't fit his look, he looks like someone who spent his entire childhood inside a jail, but he talks like the politest kid on earth, it seems very odd to me.
@@Aatrox_Darkin just because he looks that way doesn't mean he has to behave a certain way
@@Aatrox_Darkin Bruno is a trapper
All those Zombie Types were def in the original games. The screamer I think was introduced in Riptide however. The butcher was in the OG Game though. Sam B was the best character, the skill trees were useful in the OG games and it’s sad we don’t see that in this game.
When they showed off the new "slayers" and Sam B wasn't one of them, I knew I had to pass.
I came here to tell him hes a dummy for saying the butcher was somehow new. The most feared enemy in the first game
@@LAHFaust They have a "story" reason for why he isn't one of them, none of the original characters will probably be in the future games.
Sam B could maybe come back as a DLC character based on the ending, or in a future game. Without any spoilers of course.
@@LAHFaust Who do ya voodoo bitch?
Yeah, Butcher was def in the first game, I remember them and I never played Riptide.
The gore in this game is an absolute MASTERPIECE tho, like i stood there, chopping and bashing zombies for 20 mins like "wow, this us very impressive"
Same with me. It's honestly insane how brutal and detailed the blood and gore in this game was. It made the combat a hell of a lot of fun for me.
This made me appreciate the work TEchland did for Dying Light. It felt like a breath of fresh air.
@@Pointman11111 absolutely true! It's impressive how they still hold up so well, i play them on XSX, and they play even better with a crisp 60fps. Truly remarkable games, MGSV still slaps for me. I still find new things it does that I didn't know.
Main characters who never shut up are my number 1 reason not to a game lately.
Modern borderlands syndrome
@@shawklan27 which is weird because 9ne of the biggest original complaints was they didn't really talk in borderlands 1 and 2 but then they got new writers for 3 and went too far in the other direction and they weren't as good writers
Amy is actually not bad
@@joshuabrien2970 How could the main character talk in Borderlands 1 & 2? EVERYONE else was too busy shoving screeching one liners the entire playthrough.
He picked a wrong character. I played with Bruno and so far he's a cool dude.
The best thing so far is seeing SamB, because is confirms that at least a few of the playable characters from the first game(s) are alive still. The ending of Riptide showed your character seemingly going zombie, due to the Rage in the final cutscene, so good to see Sam at least.
Oh, and the game's alright, I guess.
Sam B was my main so as long he is ok, Im good.
I hope Xian Mei is fine 😔
Without any spoilers, Sam B talks about the other survivors during the game. There's also a reason why Sam and the others aren't playable characters in this game (at least for story reasons) but you'll have to look up spoilers as to why that is or play the game... it is pretty out there
@@LetsShitPost I haven't met Sam yet, but I know Sam is in the game. Thanks for the heads up.
@@ServantBerserkerZero he's literally in the tutorial and prologue?
Weird how game reviewers now have forgotten what having fun is on a game, like people seem annoyed this game wasn't written by the coen brothers or some shit, ive been punching dead zombies for ages just to see how detailed the gore is, i've never seen anything like it, absolutely loving this game.
Reviewers just want a Michael bay movie
@@weybye91 Honestly, i completely agree.. but i also think that this game is way more fresh if you havent experienced any other games like this before. GMAN's main complaint is that the game does nothing new, but if YOU are new then everythings going to be new so its going to feel fantastic
@@weybye91 but this is Michael bay and marvel tier crap with the sarcastic annoying dialogue
This might be your jam, but it's honestly looks like more of the same.
that why we now have games that are actually movies instead of a fun experience
The infinite stamina kick was present in the original dead island though it was later patched to use stamina. I have faith in dead island 2, we've waited this long, I'm glad it's finally out. Loved the originals. Oh! And on leveling up weapons, that kinda sounds good, in riptide it was insanely hard to find high rarity gear so much so that most people recommended importing it from Dead Island 1
There's a subtle layer to the weapon upgrades that the video was kinda wrong on. There are often advantages to getting new weapons at your current level. Look closely at the stats of weapons you upgrade vs weapons that drop at your current level. You will find that upgrades don't always mean a knuckle duster will match one dropped at your level. In fact they usually fall a bit lower on damage by maybe 50 - 100 points or more. Upgrade is a good thing but by the time you hit lvl cap you're probably gonna be inundated in max lvl weapon drops. I found myself replacing everything that I had been upgrading prior to that point just to get the highest dmg weapons possible. The one exception was the Hunting Rifle Peggy. That thing turns into a beast by cap. no other weapon hits a dmg rating of 4500. The melee legendaries hit around 2500. What this means is on crits with peggy you can do 14k shots. The legendary weapons can hit around 8k or so. Its odd though because legendary weapons do not randomly generate in Dead Island 2.
I wouldn't say it has a "lackluster" response. It has already managed to sell a million copies. From what I've seen, people agree that it's not a groundbreaking game but it's just simple and fun enough to play through to the end
UA-camrs have a lot of bad opinions on games especially recently. Pretty much every review I’ve watched has been filled with negativity because the game wasn’t a groundbreaking masterpiece.
I'm sure he meant lackluster when compared to a game of the year game. Yes the game can still be fun
People praising this game use the same argument as the MCU fans do “it’s fun if you turn your brain off”.
Yeah, i guess it could be fun if i didn’t think about the lackluster gameplay, mediocre story and voice acting, terrible melee and shooting systems, a total 10-12 hours of content, forgettable characters, horribly boring enemy ai, bad music, and more, all for the exaggerated price of $70
@@lisan_al_gaibb if you are going to be one of those “if it’s not groundbreaking, it’s bad” people, at least try a little harder to hide it
He always spouts hyperbolic shit in his videos 😂
I played the PAX Prime 2014 build by Yager all those years ago. This looks almost unrecognizable, but I mean, this is nearly two console gens later, so it should! It bluescreened midway through my demo, so I can see why this was such a mess to finish.
Both Dead Island games became a lot of attention because their marketing trailers were outstandingly creative
>Lackluster response
>1 million copies in 3 days.
Alrighty then...
Dying light 2 5 million copies in a month…dead island 2 only 2 million after almost a year. Yeesh.
@@knightslayer6161They sold 1 million in 3 days and 1 million more after a year?
Damn.
“Drowning in the shallow end of the sales pool” bro it sold a million copies in 72 hours 😂
its like gman got offended because they poked fun at streamers.
@@thejag4161 but gman seems like one that would be annoyed with Amanda's antics in game.
That isnt a lot for a triple a title anymore tho 😂
@@allthingscod221 don’t know what planet your from, but here on earth… 1 million copies in 3 days is very impressive.
@@RobsRemixes thats pretty standard for most triple a games anymore. Sorry about your brain damage tho😢
This game looks like one of those games that you buy for like $10 on a steam sale with some friends and have a blast and a laugh with
Why are you describing Dead Island 1?
That was my reaction to the game as well and if it just being a fun blast to play was it’s goal, then all the power to it, but it doesn’t change that I’d be waiting for a sale cuz it sure ain’t worth $70-90 at launch.
so dying light 1 and 2 lol
You just described 99% of the zombie games
@Motivated Dad i have to agree. That game has not aged well considered it still looks beautiful, but the Physics are still so rage inducing. Dead Island 2, while needing a bit of polishing, feels so much better and is overall so much better than the first 2 games. I love those 2 games, but damn they are annoying at times. So is DI2, but its refreshing.
You don’t by this game for the story you buy it for the gore
I love a good serious zombie game, but I think it's refreshing to see a more casual and fun experience where there's little to no consequences and you can just hop in for a bit of instant dopamine. Yeah it's less mature and dialogue can be a bit clunky, but it's obviously not the focus. Gave me the same fun and satisfaction that the original Dead Island did when it came out.
It's about what I expected. It's more Dead Island but with great visuals and an improved combat and gore system, possibly the best gore system I've seen in any game. I think the problem is that, because of the long wait, people were expecting something mind blowing. Something to consider is that 9 years doesn't mean this version of the game was developed for 9 years. The game switched through different devs until they landed on this one. I'd say they did a pretty good job considering the circumstances surrounding this game. I'm looking forward to any possible expansions and updates.
Exactly they basically reprogrammed everything from scratch in 2018 they still had the concept art and Story lines but considering they switch studios 2 Times in the span of 9 years makes this game actually decent enough and after being done with over 95% of doing everything including location journals and challenges and listening to all of it and fully embracing this game i will buy the hell a physical Edition not only is it cheaper with the dlc and added content normally 130 down to 100 but also do i like the sticker, patch the map and the few cards so ID say if u look for a new game to play alone or with friends and just turn off youre brain without needing a years Long education to play the game it feels nice doing something as simple as smacking zombies left and right eve tho i really want a more challening expierence like to play trough the game in Hard or expert diffuculity making loot ammo scarer and the curvebull not infinite so we actually have to restock them. So basically i give this a solid 4/5
i think the reveal trailer with Jager got everyone way too hyped. didnt even know it had 3 different devs until this review. i was disappointed when playing it cuz it feels like it lost the spark it had in the trailer but now i know its cuz it went through the ringer. still goofy fun zombie game.
yeah i've played an unhealthy amount of the first game and more of the same is the best I was hoping for considering the development gauntlet it went through lmao
It actually was cancelled and scrapped by the first studio or two that handled Dead Island 2. The ones that released it here built this from scratch. So the claim you can see two or three dev studios in it is just nonsense coming out of anyone's mouth. I got the impression this streamer was just trying to find reasons to hate it. But most of the stuff he railed on would also rail on the first game since it basically followed in its predecessor's footsteps.
people who were expecting something amazing just don't know how game development works, yes 10 years is a long time but 3 different studios? imagine all the scrapped work and the amount of times they had to build from the ground up again.
I was one of the poor saps who's been waiting for this game for nine godforsaken years, and after beating it, I gotta say that I don't really know how to feel.
I love the combat in this game, and it's almost zombie game nirvana as you said, but for a game that's been in development since 2014, it does feel a tiny bit short of what I was hoping it would be. I was really hoping there'd be more meat on the bones, no pun intended, but I don't think I'd put this on the same level of disappointment as something like Duke Nukem Forever or Aliens Colonial Marines. The best way I can describe my feelings surrounding this game is that I'm extremely happy it came out and that I finally got to play it, but I just hope there's more on the way for the game, as I love the core gameplay and just felt the desire for more.
It wasn't in development since 2014 though, it switched from developer to developer for 3 times or so rebooting nearly the whole thing again when Dambuster Studios picked it up, apparently in 2019 so like, 4 years of development plus the challenges the global pandemic brought.
@@marcelosoares7148 Oh, gotcha. Still, it’s just the aspect of waiting nine years that kinda hurts the most.
At least it was better than Dying Light 2 which was poor compared to the 1st one.
Nicely said! I feel the same way too especially the desire of wanting more from this awesome game. Hopefully we can get that through maybe some DLC in the future.
Seems great that it has you wanting more at least.
One thing I have to mention is the absurd amount of boxes locked behind random keys/cards you have to find and it's not exactly clear where to find those.
I have played with a friend through the entire story quests and some of the side quests and found maybe 2-3 keys/cards for those lockboxes and going back to each zone to unlock them instantly put me off from doing them.
Each zone seemed to have atleast 20-25 of those and the disappointment of exploring to be greeted with "requires janitor from whatever key" was easily one of the most annoying parts.
My only real complaint; I was like was is this Resident Evil??
"In the first game where it was so easy to get overwhelmed an killed". That is pure bullshit. Ive played Dead Island four times over and you could take out entire mobs of zombies with kicks, kicking was insanely broken.
The butcher and the screamer were already on Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide respectively.
He prob just forgot about them, likely hasn't played them in quite some time.
There's probably going to be some mod in a few months that doubles the amount of zombies and messes with the level scaling right in time for the price cut
probably, but to me this looks like an overall inferior package compared to Dying Light 1 or 2.
and with DL1 having 5+ years of content added to it post launch and DL2 also just recently having overhauled it's gore system, I do wonder if Dead Island 2 will be able to keep up with DL2 or even DL1.
@@DatAsianGuy No it won't. But I hope in the end devs make a really fun game with something to actually do in it. They have a really strong base on which to built upon.
@@DatAsianGuy dying light 2 is legitimately dogshit and i regret buying it at a MAJOR discount
@@edu7979 what makes it dogshit looks decent to me
@@DatAsianGuy Nah, just by being an EGS exclusive, this game is gonna be forgotten until it releases on Steam or it gets a good sale price.
I remember how that one e3 trailer build had leaked and it was looking pretty good, and back in that there were little go karts on the beach and every character had their own unique fury mode
In previous Dead Islands we fought survivors too, shame they didnt do that here.
It added more layers to the game
@DudePerfectOfficial child exploitation
I found it to be really enjoyable start to finish and played as Carla as well. My only real gripes are with the ending and the inventory limitations. Sometimes I'd zone out and then realize my inventory is full when I want to grab something, or be out of fuses for locked doors because I used all 3 already. Compared to the original, I still think it's a massive improvement. Trying to play the original feels terrible with the floaty, but heavy movement and the wax figure designs of characters. In defense of the special infected, I think their introductions are all superior to the original too. It's not winning game of the year by a longshot, but it's the most consistently fun (and easily the best performing) game I've played in awhile that I didn't forget about or drop before the 5 or 10 hour mark.
Each Special unlocks a difficulty spike you beat Becky now here's 50 or so crushers outside.
@@ExeErdnaglad to hear, I think I'll look forward to getting it soon enough. Over dying light. Kinda loved dead island over the other said game anyway.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the ability drop kick zombies off ledges or buildings is one of the most satisfying things in gaming.
It's right up there with high-skill-ceiling advanced movement (grappleshots, bunnyhopping, rocket jumping etc)
I think making the “who do you voodoo b---“ as the only returning character for the sequel kind of tells you all you need to know. If you found that amusing back in the day, you’ll probably like this one.
Sam b is chill tho
You mean if you only liked the least generic person that was in the first game you would enjoy this game ?
@@choddiemaster yes
But he acts nothing like the original to me which sucks
@@Pointman11111 nah everything about him is off not just a 10year gap everything is off in general
I really appreciate when you say a quote or reference to something, you show a short, quick little clip of it. I dont know every reference ever so this is expanding my horizon of meme knowledge lmao
In dead island 1 the NPCs took the apocalypse more serious lol the dodge spam makes it feel like doom eternal light
If you don't like to dodge that much just block instead.
lol i just noticed that when playing it but i'm mostly use fire weapons now, they're a lot better and fun compared to the first one.
Fun fact, early explorers of America considered California to indeed be an island at first. Though it’s disappointing that this is so easy, the first game had a poignant sense of dread and fear from how long it takes to get powerful weapons and the enemies being powerful even on normal, with some consequences to death.
Shallow end of the sales pool? I don't know when you filmed this, but they just announced on Monday the game sold over a million units in 72 hours.
Awesome review mate, love the references, especially Seinfeld ones :)
Just finished the game today and it was tremendously "fecking!" FUN :)
street fighter 2 - in stitches laughing.
I mean a lot of people wanted the first game with better graphics and this is basically it lol Woulnd't pay full price for it but it looks fun and most importantly it seems to run well which is more than you can say about a lof of stuff coming out right now lol
I guess you can't argue about that but I feel like the combat is a bit of a downgrade compared to the previous ones.
@@wealthybone2990 I don’t it feels more real in terms of how zombies get injured. But it definitely needs more NPCs in the world .
@@gamingforever9121 I mean the gore and the way you kill zombies is an upgrade but still and yeah definitely could use more zombies around I kinda was expecting like dead rising of zombies.
@@wealthybone2990 people complaining about a zombie game in 2023 bit ridiculous considering it’s a genre that peaked a decade ago!
@@gamingforever9121 so you cant complain about a game because its genre is not so popular? Dumbest comment i have seen in a while
Truly the best Dead Island 2 ever released.
I totally agree.
Im sure a better Dead Island 2 has been released somewhere else.
@@How2hit Yeah, Dying Light 2.
@@Eagle3302PL more like dying light 1
Ok
I have to say, after literally putting over 300 hours into just one save on dying light, the combat and killing kinda perfectly satisfies me, I personally enjoy it.
15:22 Butchers where in the previous ones as well and they were fucking terrifying, I still remember the first encounter in DI1. Screamers were in Riptide, can't remember if they were in 1.
17:34 Dropkicking was in DI1 as well
I remember old butchers could heal themselves on their own which was a real pain in the neck
yeah this guy doesnt remember or just didnt play DL1 that much, you can tell because his expectation for an amazing story was cute
its weird they never make real life humans as the survivors anymore in zombie games. probably why l4d still feels amazing with their characters
Did i ever tell you about the time when my buddy Keith...
Because they were considered "boring" back then so now ever playable character always gotta be unrealistically quirky, sarcastic and self aware like they are really hard trying to be the next Deadpool or Rick Sanchez or something
Your normal humans also didn't die from a single bite from a zombie, or being tossed around by a tank enemy. Video game logic entails that you can't really have a action zombie game without some story explanation as to why you aren't turning from a single bite.
@@TheoRoose1776 I’m pretty sure he meant normal in the sense of less quirky and weird characters.
You know if you want real life human interaction you can go outside from time to time
I went with Bruno who has the lowest health pool so playing solo this was quite tough and thankfully he is one of the few slayers who doesn't have over the top quips.
which is very surprising since looking at him made me think that all he would say is "ayo fr skrr"
@@Donerbrt Oh yeah I was honestly expecting him to toss out some fake rap lingo but he's pretty much 85% whisper quiet talking for most of the campaign.
One of the things that endeared Bruno to me was when in certain particularly stressful sections of the story he would try to count down from ten in order to calm down. He really comes off as someone who really doesn’t like being blindsided, which I can relate to.
he's modelled on lil pump so i just couldn't do it.
@@QuentinKarentino But you're in first person for the entire game, if anything I want my friends to pick the other characters so I can see what they look like.
The kick not using up stamina was a thing in the original too until they patched it out. I remember kicking zombies into shallow water, especially the big brutes (it's been a while and I don't remember their names anymore) so drowning would do most of the work for me when I was a newbie. You could also throw weapons while dealing good enough damage without using up their durability. If anything, this sequel makes me wanna go play the original again.
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@@riks081 Ah yes, thank you. Since you're here, what do you think about the remaster? I personally dislike most of the changes, especially the intro to the game, it feels like they ruined the atmosphere.
Playing as Jacob felt like a comedy zombie movie made playing dead island 2 even more enjoyable!
I'm about 30 hours into this and loving it so far. I knew exactly what I signed up for. The game has sold over a million copies in 3 days. I had a feeling it wouldnt be liked by critics but the fans would love. Everyone I know has loved it. I'm sick of games with so much bloat. At times you just wanna sit down and switch off and just have fun. This is that game.
Thanks for writing down my exact thoughts! Dead Island 2 is exactly what I wanted and expected from it and that’s pretty rare today…
Exactly
@@amanchoosesaslaveobeys6510 I'm a little bit further into it again and it's still great. I like the progression system. There's always something new to unlock!
Say what you want about this game's characters or whatever, the FLESH engine is second to none. The dismemberment in this game is some of the most realistic I've ever seen.
true
Bro got hurt by the UA-cam plaques
That Kramer edit was an absolute chefs kiss!
It's more dead island and I'm enjoying it so far. Bashing zombies is still a lot of fun in this
Also, you managed to pick the one character that already looks like she's annoying as shit. Jacob however is the one I picked and so far I like his lines. Plus he genuinely seems like a good guy
He makes the game genuinely more enjoyable
Yeah Carla seemed to be one of the worst picks, next to Dani. Was watching Kevduit play and when Michael calls Carlas bite disgusting she says “Actualky it’s really cool and badass”, the line and its delivery gave me an uncomfortable feeling lol.
Ryan, Amy, Jacob, and surprisingly Bruno all seem pretty normal, for California anyway. They react somewhat accordingly to the situation, are down to earth, and pretty decent people.
Jacob's just trying to get back to his brother. A simple but real mission for someone stuck in zomb LA
@@archbishopofthecrusades9579 nah dani is the best. dani>>
@@actioncat5333 that's Ryan. Jacob genuinely doesn't have a massive reason to live so I feel he fits best as he finds new purpose helping others. Especially when he self monologues talking to his mum, as someone who doesn't have a mother it felt a lot more authentic.
"Dead Island 2 is one of the zombie games of all time" coming from a UA-camr of all time is 110% scientifically accurate
Damn son.
LA is one of the zombie cities of all time
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@@WH250398 that’s a comment bot
@@bgggsht that’s a comment bot.
From what I've seen, I describe this game as "Zombie Bullying Simulator 2.0"
The game hating on streamers is great. Modern video games always appeal to streamers and that’s why the majority of them suck. The game itself is decent, but it’s corny and mindless zombie killing which is exactly what we wanted
I just wish Sam B looked like Sam B or at least sounded like Sam B
I loved this game. It is dumb and simplistic like the original Dead Island. And it is EXACTLY what I wanted.
Shame ot is so short though, but I enjoyed my time with the game.
I kinda like how it's short because it makes it more bareable playing as each character
1m sales in 3 days, youre right, those are truly some abysmal sales
I usually like gmans reviews but it sounds like he didn’t like it before it even came out this game was a blast all the way through
I totally agree. That really put me off as well. "dumb fun" isn't for every single person, but it's legit. and it will always be loved by the audience that is looking for that.
Mindless, sure. But Saint's Row 2022 is soulless. not this!
Dead Island 2 more like a mighty barbarian. Plenty of soul, and looks freakin' awesome. Just not as much brains. And thats what so many of us like!
Yes I agree. Stupid things are fun for stupid people
Tbh, for me this only had one deciding factor if it was a good successor to Dead Island
It was if the firearms also have modifications. Because that would mean they kept the best part of the original, the wacky blueprints
It does indeed have that
@@angryjoe98 that's all I fucking wanted in dead island 2
They kept it but idk about wacky blueprints.
They have some somewhat interesting mods and they have in game effects, but they really didn't take it to the extent I was expecting. You have the elements, damage/force/attack speed buffs, and then maybe 10-15 "zombie buffs" that do things like spread elemental damage, increase fury gained on kills, health gained on kills, etc etc.
Nothing really too crazy, and it makes a lot of weapons just feel the same.
@@LetsShitPost There are some absolutely crazy combos you can have that far surpass the modding in DI1. You can have explosions on headshot kills with rifles, or elemental explosives on crits with melee, giving all nearby enemies the same elemental effect etc. Playing around with these mods was really fun, mixing and matching the perfect build.
@@AussieGG Yeah but dead island 1 is what like 13 years old now? You'd think they'd have more to offer than what's available. By the mid game you've seen most of whats interesting.
I'm just bothered by the fact this game doesn't take place on an island...
Dead Inland.
Imagine GTA having no T or A
I think it’s metaphorically on an island in that it was essentially isolated and cut off by the rest of the USA if I’m not mistaken? I’m pretty sure the virus is contained to just California for the time being.
@@tydendurler9574 I mean you have to buy most of the vehicles in the Online
To be fair america is a island so make sense be called dead island
7:51 it’s kinda cool to see a first person game where you can block with your gun, not gonna lie
10:20 that reference made me spit out my drink. Well played!
I'm glad everyone has different tastes, because I'm really having a blast with this game. As a huge fan of the first game, I really feel at home here and I enjoy it much more than Dying Light 2. It's this type of mindless game you sometimes need.
I'm glad I got this game for free, I've been enjoying it quite a bit but I couldn't imagine forking over $60+ for it. It's definitely "wait for a 50% off sale" kinda game
Off topic, but I always love your title cards for your videos. Everyone is always smiling. Like there's nothing wrong.
yeah i like them too
I played as dani and I really enjoyed it through the entire game I have currently did all the side quests and am currently working on the lost and found missions, I love this game, I hope it gets dlc and I really hope others love it as much as I do
I completely cleared Dani as my first run outside of the last 15 or so challenges. I can tell by the way they ended it that they are probably planning something like Riptide was for the original Dead Island. They just ended it on the same open ended note.
You have to use melee weapons because there aren‘t enough guns and ammo around. In Los Angeles. Yeah, right.
All I can hope for is that modders get their hands on the game and make re-balancing changes or mods that entirely make the game like the original with that classic tough difficulty. Sucks since the game looks so excellently violent, brutal, and entertaining.
Exactly, the overall length of this games life will depend on mods. Deep Silver would be extremely smart to lean into the modding community hard right now.
Oddly enough I found the original easier than this one
I found that recently most games that have came out in the past 3 years have been a "wait for a sale" type game
Loved the first one, had no idea this was out. Cheers Gman!
Absolutely loving this game! One of the best games I’ve played in recent memory
Lol this game is repitive AF
"They maybe should have appealed to streamers more, then the game wouldn't be drowning in the shallow end of the sales pool"
This game sold 1 million units in 3 days and is number 1 in the UK release chart on its release.
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I've been having a blast every moment of this game... EXCEPT whenever my character talks lol. Holy shit they don't shut the hell up, maybe we treated silent protags too harshly.
sounds like you need to pick characters better
@@lotus2001 Bruno is almost silent from what I've seen
you do realize you can skip the cutscenes.
@RED PK184 if only that was the default option
Anyone know if the old melee system got ported into this?
In rip tide and the first game you could change to a melee mode where holding attack would put your weapon into a sort of ready mode, and the way you'd swing the camera in this mode would make the weapon attack a certain way.
It made the 10+ playthroughs I've played of them actually more enjoyable
Unfortunately I havent seen that in the options, I looked for it myself. Youd think with this much better gore system they would have implemented it but I guess not.
@@tonypajamas7773 Major missed opportunity.
That sucks
@@MadjGB Happy to report it still feels great with normal controls but yeah definitely a niche thing to be missed.
I feel you man. That was the most unique part of Dead Island 1 on the PS3 to me. Took a little getting used to, because the camera would lock onto the limb you aimed at, but it was extremely satisfying to pull of percise dismemberments or breaking arms etc. You could really manipulate the animations and that made the combat extremely replayable. So I can understand that if you don't even have more than two attack buttons, the combat might feel stale in DI2 at some point. Even if the gore system looks as good as it does.
If they didnt bring that then its not a dead island game. The Analog melee swinging was the only way to take full advantage of the physics engine. You could time the perfect swing and decapotate 5 or 6 normal zombies in one single swing.
Love your channel very funny and enjoyable
It sold over a million copies in 3 days, I think it's doing just fine with gamers.
the mansion has bullet proof windows, emma says it as some point early on, thats why the zombies cant break the windows
I gotta say, the fact that it feels like an older game is a major plus for me. I hate deckbuilding in any game and the price should be cut in half, but other than that, it looks fantastic! This is coming from somebody who played the crap outta Dead Island and Riptide, so the familiarity is delightful :3
Anything that brings me back to the feel of 6th and 7th-gen console games is automatically gonna catch my attention (like Evil West or most of the more recently remakes like DAH and SpongeBob: BfBB, haha). Yes, my opinion is certainly skewed by these rose-tinted goggles, but I’m not blinded by them. Most people today will probably say that most modern games just suck compared to the simpler times that this game harkens from, and that’s a sentiment that I can get behind!
For instance, moving throwables to a cooldown system instead of having to find or craft them individually is a good bit of streamlining that I’m completely in favor of! Just an extra injection of arcade gaminess here and there, as constant micromanagement and fiddling with menus is just so unappealing. Anything that cuts down on that is more than welcome.
Your comment about not settling for mediocrity is certainly fair and agreeable, but… You can’t really have gone into this expecting to be blown away. A sub-AAA studio making a sub-AAA game is par for the course. Again, they really should’ve priced it more appropriately, but if you buy it on a deep sale (something a reviewer isn’t expected to wait for, to be fair), I’d say it looks like good value and good fun :3
agree my friend. i hate the micro management of modern games . dying light 2 sucks with it.
look at you deciding the price on games. i’m glad you’re not in charge
@@lotus2001 Look at Mr.Moneybags here! Go ahead and pay your $90 for what amounts to an interactive B-movie. That _totally_ sets a great precedent :)
Haha, as a single person, I can really only speak for myself. I assume you're just one person as well, so as separate people, we likely have different situations going on. Differing opinions, y'know. Dead Island 1 was priced as a budget game, and it lived up to that quite well! G-man up there seemed a tad harsh on this game, and the main reason I can see for that is that it costs as much as a full AAA game. If they want people to pay that much, it may as well be judged to the same standards, right?
But it just wasn't going to meet those same standards. So logically, seeing as it's not a flagship sort of gaming experience, it shouldn't be priced like one. But you pay all that up front and justify the cost to yourself afterward. You're your own person.
@@Toby_Kat the base price is 70 as with most modern triple a games, not our fault you wait for every game on a sale.
Ur spot on man, 7th gen was way better for sure too, devs had way more passion for the games they created back then, it shows going back and playing some of them which I still do. And ur spot on about crafting, its the single reason I could never get into any of the Far Cry games..90% of the gameplay consists of collecting crafting items in which you then have to merge in a very poorly designed UI menu specifically for crafting and you'll be in thus menu all fkng game making useless shit. It kills the flow of the game and takes me out completely. I always thought the far cry formula is a very cheap, played out, and its like they think theyre shit smells better than it really does cuz they never seem to switch the formula even once. So yeah Im excited asf for DI2, it doesnt look boring asf.
That zombies arm at 20:26 was wild. Would play this just for the gore effects alone.
I actually think the "warcry" is a leftover from when Techland was working on it. There's a similar implementation for it in both Dead Island 1 and Dying Light 1 called "man-up"
The PC version of Dead Island 1 had interesting stuff in it, including some debug options. From Wiki:
'"Gender Wars", an unlockable skill for the playable character Purna which increases her combat damage against male opponents, was referred to during development as "Feminist Whore". Although changed throughout the game before release, the original name could still be found in debug code on the PC version. Publisher Deep Silver described the line in question as a "private joke" made by one of the developers, and regretted its appearance in the final product.'
I remember playing this game and the hero said "That's it! You're dead on this Island!" and proceeded to dead island'd the bad guys
He got dedied
Truly one of the games of all time
@@Literallyryangosling777 Will this stupid meme ever die out?
@@DarkGhostPepper truly one of the memes of all time
@@Literallyryangosling777 Truly one of the most annoying uninspired comments of all time
I am a huge fan of dead island and riptide, and this game feels more of the same which is what us Dead Island fans wanted. The big issue for me is the epic games store exclusivity deal so I will either be waiting for this on steam or getting it on console. It doesn't seem worth 70$ at all.
I'm confused by your statement that no one is playing this, when it's sold 1 million copies in less than three days.
Please stop giving the Homefront devs open world games.
I probably just have a skill issue but I thought that special infected like the Slobbers and Screamers brought some real challenge to encounters. If I saw either I knew I'd have to ignore the fodder zombies and charge straight for them, cause if I didn't they would seriously mess me up with caustic artillery or crippling screams that summon more and more zombies. I always saw the normal zombies as being more fodder to enhance the effectiveness of the special infected that will be the real threat during any combat encounter. And personally I think they did it very well.
Dude the screamers are the fucking worst.
For all those zombies just whip out a ranged weapon like Peggy with the mutalator mod on it to dismember limbs. Then shoot the legs or arms on tough enemies. Limb shots are auto crits and that rifle that you get from a sidequest becomes a beast by endgame if you upgrade it to lvl cap. You can two shot crushers by plinking their legs. It two shots most baddies due to it getting crits around 14k or so constantly.
Why do I feel like this game is nothing like the original idea that they had for it