
Naturally, getting there involves helping anyone you can along the way, so it’s going to be another long day in paradise…ĭead Island 2 lets you choose from one of six zombie-slaying protagonists, each with their own backstory, attributes, and skills.

When the plane crashes, you’re left to dust yourself off, grab whatever weapons you can, and make haste to the closest safe house – a safe house that just happens to be the abode of horror star “Emma Jaunt”. before an infected survivor makes short work of that plan. As one of the protagonists, you’re on one of the last flights out of L.A.

The dead roam the streets, eating whoever they can get their hands on, while the military has evacuated whatever survivors they could. The game starts off with yet another outbreak that has rendered Los Angeles inhospitable to the living. The question is has the wait been worth it, or does the game require some extra re-animation time?ĭead Island 2, despite retaining the name, does away with the island setting and transplants its action to another larger, sunny location – California.

With multiple delays and three studios brought in to develop the game, it looked as though Dead Island 2 was going to be stuck in development hell and become a zombie itself.īut now, Dead Island 2 has breached the waves and waded ashore. Dead Island 2’s road to a gaming platform of your choice has been filled with unexpected detours, just as our hero’s journeys from the first Dead Island games were to salvation.
