A very pretty game
Gloriously gory zombie violence
Fun traps
100% hitting zombies all the time
Combat lacks snap or huge variation
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The zombies in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dead Island 2 don't just die, they perform. They rupture and break, pinwheeling through the air with shattered bone fragments jutting at ugly angles from limbs. Jaws flap loosely, hanging lopsided on a last strip of skin, while eyeballs swing from sockets, rolling around rotting cheeks on a shred of nerve as they stare at the ground. Best of all they melt, with acid based weapons sloughing flesh and muscle from bone like an angry candle under a blowtorch. As their mass drips away they eventually loseℱ the structure and power theꦚy need to walk, collapsing like a bundle of sticks when they try to take a step they no longer have the physical mass to complete.
Release date: April 21, 2023
Platform(s): PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox One
Developer: Deep Silver Dambuster Studios
Publisher: Plaion
I have to be honest, only melting zombies and that alone became a bit of a problem for me in the midpoint of the game. It's so gloriously wet and horrible that I ended up with an arsenal of acid-only weapons, perfecting the art of stacking the damage just enough to melt them away rather than killing them outright. The only thing that stopped me completely playing this as a 30-hour zombie liquefying simulator was the presence of acid resistant enemies. FINE. I'll use something else…
Overall, enjoying Dead Island 2 requires you to accept it's 95% hitting zombies with sticks – and the remaining 5% is choosing the stick. It's a game of simple pleasures, then, but one that does well to maximize what it does w💝ith it. I admire how much restraint it shows at first to meter out your options. You start with little more than a basic attack and a block, with most of the early weight carried by little more than the game's good looks and sheer novelty of just how much mess you can make with a few cadavers and a plank.
| Genre | Horror |
| Platform | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC |
| Description | All the latest Dead Island 2 news, from release date to new gameplay details |
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