![]() Have a runner coming at you? Target its legs to cut them off and slow that zed right down. What the combat lacks in weight it more than makes up for in glorious sound and impressive kill animations against the oncoming horde. Sledgehammers crunch through skulls and bladed weapons cleave through groups with ease. Unsurprisingly, the melee combat in Dead Island 2 is a feast for the senses. Thankfully, you get to that pretty quickly and, wrench in hand, will be covered in the gore of a few former passengers from your ill-fated flight. Let’s be real here, though – you’re just here to smack some zombies. Once you’ve chosen your slayer, what follows is a pretty traditional intro sequence to drip feed the mechanics and get you prepped to survive. While seemingly small, these differences can have a large impact on whether you approach an encounter by charging in or drawing out foes a few at a time. Amy the Paralympian sprinter (who just HAS to get out of town for Nationals) gets a damage boost when taking on isolated undead. Each player character offers slight variations on their approach to melee combat through their innate skills.įor example, Carla is a street smart stunt rider that offers up a damage boost while close to multiple zombies. I suppose though that in a game where zombies are running rampant across a major metropolitan center of America’s eastern seaboard, we can allow some creative license.Īfter a plane crash somewhere in the hills of LA - or Hell-A, if you’ve seen the marketing - you’re offered a choice of six decidedly different individuals to facilitate your escape. The sequel to the 2011 Dead Island, the third entry in the series really stretches the idea of what an island is this time around - last time I checked, Los Angeles was decidedly landlocked. As it turns out the answer is yes, and your soon-to-be slayer quickly realizes they need to get the hell out of LA. Dead Island 2 asks and answers a simple question: could my day get much worse? Zombies, plane crashes and a particularly nasty bite on your forearm topped off an expansive hands-on preview session.
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