Funnily enough this trailer has its own wiki page
But eventhough the trailer was simply about zombie setting and not showing the gameplay, the game itself was great.
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Deep Silver Dambuster Studios now in charge of Dead Island 2 development
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Funnily enough this trailer has its own wiki page
But eventhough the trailer was simply about zombie setting and not showing the gameplay, the game itself was great.
Axis Animation! nice one, they've done so many trailers for games I've seen. I bet that DI trailer really propelled them into the contacts of clients. Happy for them.
This game has gone through 3 different developers. Techland will probably finish the sequel to the game the left this series to start, Dying Light, before this game sees the light of day
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Man, what a fucking mess this game's development has been. They should have just paid Techland whatever it took to keep them on board and it would have been out 5 years ago and probably a huge success.
I'm trying to remember if Sumo Digital ever tweeted or made announcements about the game's development.
"Two Sumo developers, including the co-founder, briefly talked about Dead Island 2 on the Game Informer Show yesterday. They sound pleased about the project. They said, " There's a lot of great stuff in there. When THQ Nordic are ready to show it, I think you'll like what you see."
I've seen the game recently and I agree. There's no denying it's been kind of a rough road but I think fans of the original won't be disappointed.
It's not my place to comment on that, but you can be sure that development hasn't started from scratch with the current shift. I'm certain there'll be more info from official side about the status of the project, now that the word is out.
It was a type of bomb made during WW2. The name is self explanatory there
I have tinkered around in coding a couple of my own simple games and I couldn't imagine trying to finish someone else work on something as complex as this. And then for it to happen 3 times....
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Honestly, I remember seeing a teaser for this at E3 2012....maybe 2013? I mean it was when little big planet 3 was a thing
Honestly, I remember seeing a teaser for this at E3 2012....maybe 2013? I mean it was when little big planet 3 was a thing
Dead Island 2? Is this a thing?
First one had a great trailer, but a overall bland gameplay. Dying Light was better IMO.
First one had a great trailer, but a overall bland gameplay. Dying Light was better IMO.
Dyling Light stole their thunder and drunk them milkshake through it. Hot take, it was generation leap over what Dead Island was trying to do
I've had Dead Island 2 preordered for like 5 years. Best Buy emails me once a month to remind me and I chuckle everytime.
I'm really excited for it still and glad it's still being worked on. Don't know much about the studio though.
Playing through DI1 again on PS4 now, and while it's rough on MANY of it's edges, it still had a lot of cool ideas at it's core. Dying Light never completely pulled me away from wanting a second DI game, and the trailer for the sequel looked awesome.
Really hoping they nail it and it ends up enjoyable. DL2 is actually worrying me a little as it seems heavily focused on human enemies and less about zombies. We'll see, but if they both turn out great then more for me! :D
Playing through DI1 again on PS4 now, and while it's rough on MANY of it's edges, it still had a lot of cool ideas at it's core. Dying Light never completely pulled me away from wanting a second DI game, and the trailer for the sequel looked awesome.
Really hoping they nail it and it ends up enjoyable. DL2 is actually worrying me a little as it seems heavily focused on human enemies and less about zombies. We'll see, but if they both turn out great then more for me! :D
Hot take: Dying Light 2 is probably going to make Dead Island 2 superfluous. It's been far too long, and the iron is stone cold. I'm surprised THQ hasn't cancelled the project yet.
Nah. DL2 is more focused on humans DI2 is pure zombie fest. DL2 is dark and serious DI2 is mindless fun. DL2 heavy story focus with branching paths etc. DI2 4 co-op multiplayer. The franchises are going in 2 different directions that's why they both will have a place on the market.
The time to release this game was around three years ago. Before open world zombie games got completely played out and before THQ outed themselves as enablers of utterly disgusting behavior with that 8chan AMA. Now, five years on and on its third developer you couldn't pay me to touch this piece of shit even if by some miracle it turns out to be any good.
It might mean the story arc follows the factions. I doubt we will be fighting many humans really in comparison. World war z is really good fun too
Wasn't there a Dead Island 2 already, pretty sure I remember playing a sequel to the 1st.
I enjoyed the games but always played solo, wouldn't mind playing a new one now with some people.
I enjoyed the games but always played solo, wouldn't mind playing a new one now with some people.
