And as such, this final version of Dead Island 2 feels like a normal and modern game, one with multiple interesting systems at its core. But against all odds, Dead Island 2 is surprisingly promising in a way that goes completely against what its rocky development implies.īut to be fair, Dambuster Studios’ version of the game has only been in development for around four or so years, meaning that the same dated husk of code hasn’t been transferred from developer to developer over the last decade through an undoubtedly damned pile of hard drives. It’s a hellish fate reserved for cursed titles like Too Human, Aliens: Colonial Marines, and Duke Nukem: Forever, games so bad that their memories only serve as cautionary tales. In fact, due to the increase in skills, the last boss fight ends up being the most anti-climactic of the whole game, with little attention needed to take down the final big bad enemy.Dead Island 2 has gone through enough teams and years in development to make it seem destined to underwhelm. Despite the level scaling of regular zombies, if the player has completed some side quests and explored Hell-A a little, they’ll find their fury mode too overpowered to make the end game as spectacularly bloody as it could have been. While it adds a new dynamic to the combat, it also has the unfortunate effect of making the endgame extremely anti-climactic. This lack of balance is particularly notable during the end game when the final skill set is unlocked. This might have been to encourage continuing on with side quests and other missions after the final boss is beaten, but for those who aren’t completionists, the pacing of these unlockables is slightly off. Certain abilities and cards are locked until so close to the end of the story that by the time they are available, they seem almost pointless.
If there’s any criticism of Dead Island 2’s combat gameplay, it's that some of it comes just a bit too late.
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