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It’s sunshine and slaughter in this gameplay debut for Dead Island 2

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Dead Island 2 (3)

There’s more than one zombie game on the way that has players surviving legions of the undead while crafting exotic weapons from a boat oar, a car battery and the rotting corpse of a midget. A peculiar sub-genre to say the least, but one that has several fans. Dead Island 2 is indeed looking like the bomb that is about to blow up, which you can see in action after the jump.

Ah, good ol’ Los Angeles. I’ve been there a couple of times already, and it was readily apparent to me that the game would be set in the state of California when the debut cinematic trailer dropped and featured zombie athletics along Venice Beach. “In the debut gameplay trailer, sunshine meets bloody melee violence once again, this time in the sunny realms of California,” Deep Silver said in a PR release.

Dead Island 2 picks up the Dead Island and Escape Dead Island storyline several months after the events on the Banoi islands. The United States military has put the Golden State under full quarantine which, for some, is a dream come true with a promise of a fresh start. California’s newfound bloody paradise is an action-packed playground featuring the acclaimed, seamless multiplayer for up to eight players who cooperate, compete or simply coexist in a truly social, new-gen multiplayer experience.

Dead Island 2 (4) Dead Island 2 (1) Dead Island 2 (2) 

Unlike the sombre tone of the first game, Dead Island 2 looks like it’s going to have a far more cartoonishly violent reaction to the zombie apocalypse. And really, I’m quite fine with that. The game is looking solid, and hopefully this one can work some more magic in the co-op section, a feature that made an otherwise tame debut game rather special when you dragged some friends along with you.

Last Updated: August 12, 2014

30 Comments

  1. Too much zombies…. Where the hell did all the Glitter Vampires go?????

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    • Rinceable

      August 12, 2014 at 10:44

      SILENCE! But yes, with you on the zombie part 😛

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 12, 2014 at 10:46

      Imagine being swarmed by hundreds of Kirsten Stewards O_0

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      • Spaffy

        August 12, 2014 at 10:49

        They’d probably bore you to death.

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      • Jonah Cash

        August 12, 2014 at 10:54

        Does she have clothes on? Not too bad in that Road movie, although I did just watch the important part…. 🙂

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        • Hammersteyn

          August 12, 2014 at 11:21

          The one with the two other guys? Isn’t it a threesome between men then?

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          • Jonah Cash

            August 12, 2014 at 11:32

            Hahahahahahaha!!!! Nearly fell off my chair…………..

          • Hammersteyn

            August 12, 2014 at 11:43

            😉

  2. Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)

    August 12, 2014 at 10:35

    Can’t wait! Zombie carnage with 3 bros is the best!

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  3. Umar

    August 12, 2014 at 10:39

    Captonian zombie right there

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      August 12, 2014 at 10:42

      lol! Needs a gold tooth though?

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      • Umar

        August 12, 2014 at 10:44

        LOL Just spat my coffee out..Gold tooth and thick chain!

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          August 12, 2014 at 10:59

          Nuh!

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    • Rinceable

      August 12, 2014 at 10:44

      Damn sure he sold me some fish in Kalk Bay last week…

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      • Umar

        August 12, 2014 at 10:49

        I would NOT eat that piece of hake if I was you

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        • HvR - Still dislikes Random.or

          August 12, 2014 at 12:31

          Ma di sy ma se hake.

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    • Spaffy

      August 12, 2014 at 11:44

      Hosh ja ma se kinners

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  4. Viking Of Science

    August 12, 2014 at 10:43

    I’m Playing Dead Island and Riptide atm, It doesn’t have any sombre Feel, at least to me… It was only that trailer…. Regardless, It feels like Borderlands with Zombies, Especially Riptide, If DI 2 can capture more of that frantic combat, it could be hella fun.

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    • Spaffy

      August 12, 2014 at 10:50

      I’ve never got the hang of those games. Any good?

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      • Viking Of Science

        August 12, 2014 at 10:57

        Flawed in execution, but Fun nonetheless. Definetely buy if on sale, You can often buy the Franchise pack for under $10 on steam.
        Gameplay is a lot like Borderlands, but focused on Melee combat. The Weapons and crafting is fun. And the little bit of story there is, is essentially an amalgam of every Zombie cliche in a post Romero world…. I’d give it 7/10 for effort.

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  5. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    August 12, 2014 at 11:01

    I feel a stirring… I FEEL A STIRRING!!!

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  6. Christopher

    August 12, 2014 at 11:28

    Ah… A flesh start hopefully

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 12, 2014 at 11:43

      LOL!

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      • Christopher

        August 12, 2014 at 11:55

        Needs more cowbell though

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  7. VampyreSquirrel

    August 12, 2014 at 11:38

    Looks better than the first one… I’ll get it, somehow, at some stage.

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  8. Nikola

    August 12, 2014 at 11:49

    I loved the original Dead Island played a shit load of it awesome game but I feel like Dying Light is way better than this looks better, more innovations I think I would rather get that over Dead Island tbh….

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  9. Xcalibersa

    August 12, 2014 at 11:55

    As long as I dont need to level up to hold a screw driver

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  10. ZubSaber a.k.a Hans

    August 12, 2014 at 12:42

    Love how this game (and everyone in general) looks forward to a zombie apocalypse these days.
    I’d probably laugh at all the newbs crying for mommy, only then proceeding to lose my sh*t.

    It looks like a kitchen knife and an AA battery is all I need to kick ass. Seems legit…

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  11. Pieter Smal

    August 12, 2014 at 14:53

    Will the game be as frustrating as the first game? Will level design be better? I would like Zombies + Assassins Creed feeling to a game where you have more epic options for hiding, planning… and killing!

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