2023 Preview: Dead Island 2 is set to conclude one of the most fascinating development stories in recent years.
’s Dambuster Studios and set in a quarantined Los Angeles, rather than an actual island, Dead Island 2 looks polished, detailed and over-the-top – exactly what’s needed to power a great co-op action sandbox – and hands-on reactions have been just as positive.
While this gruesome level of detail may sound gratuitous, the director insists it has strong ties to gameplay. “It’s important in the sandbox to be able to dismember legs and arms, to knock jaws and eyeballs out,” he said. “This also ties into the elemental aspects of combat, where you could be fighting against a firefighter who is immune to fire, for example, or an electrician who is immune to electric shocks.
passed on the sequel, German studio Yager took on the challenge and was at the helm when the game was first announced in 2014. was brought in to steady the ship. But by 2019, Deep Silver announced that development had moved a third time to Dambuster, though one VGC source suggested that team was already working on its own third Dead Island game that was simply switched out.
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