In a preview of the game, IGN touched on the game's ‘FLESH’ system, or 'Fully Locational Evisceration System for Humanoids', which “procedurally shreds zombies with each strike” and makes the game a truly gory experience. We caught a glimpse of that ourselves in the trailer. a b Trans, Edmond (April 26, 2023). "Dead Island 2 Guide – 8 Essential Tips To Help You Survive". GamesHub . Retrieved June 11, 2023.

About 14 years after the events of Dead Island, [12] the US military are forced to put Los Angeles under a full quarantine restricted zone due to a new and stronger zombie outbreak. Wilson, Iain (April 26, 2023). "Is Dead Island 2 open world?". GamesRadar . Retrieved June 11, 2023. He also added that Yager is aiming for such location realism with Dead Island 2 that a team of designers went to California to 3D scan the vegetation found in the US state. Finally, we reached the end of the fairly combat demo area and were tasked with protecting a group of people behind a gate from the approaching zombie hordes. This is just one example of the Events that will be featured in Dead Island 2. Matulef, Jeffery (July 15, 2015). "Dead Island 2 is no longer being made by Yager". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015 . Retrieved July 15, 2015.

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Moyse, Chris (April 18, 2023). "Review: Dead Island 2". Destructoid. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023 . Retrieved April 18, 2023. At Gamescom 2014, Deep Silver demonstrated gameplay footage from an early version of the game. According to the presented content, the game was to be set in California, including landmarks such as the Santa Monica Pier and Hollywood, as well as many locations in San Francisco. Furthermore, Deep Silver stated that the game was to feature four playable characters, [13] though only two were shown at the Gamescom Demo. It was originally planned to feature eight-player cooperative multiplayer. [18]

Dead Island 2 shifts 1m copies in its first weekend of release". Eurogamer.net. April 24, 2023. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023 . Retrieved April 24, 2023. Northup, Travis (April 18, 2023). "Dead Island 2 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023 . Retrieved April 18, 2023. Parker, Lewis (April 18, 2023). "Dead Island 2 review". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023 . Retrieved April 18, 2023. In March 2016, UK-based studio Sumo Digital announced that it had taken over development. [22] In August 2017, Deep Silver reiterated that the game was still in development, making a similar statement again in July 2018. [23] [24] In August 2019, THQ Nordic announced that development of the game had changed hands to Dambuster Studios, an internal studio of Deep Silver. [25]Calvin, Alex (March 10, 2016). "Sumo Digital takes over Dead Island 2 development". MCV/Develop. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016 . Retrieved March 10, 2016. Once in a while, the story behind a game’s development is more epic than anything being shown on screen. This is one of those occasions. Work on a sequel to 2011 zombie adventure Dead Island began in 2012, but the project has since been through at least three development studios on its tortured route to release. German studio Yager had three years on the project before publisher Deep Silver passed it on to Sumo Digital for another three years until it washed up with Dambusters, Deep Silver’s own in-house studio. It’s a credit to everyone involved that it actually functions as a finished product, albeit one that shows the scars of its troubled gestation. Set in California, the game is full of light, with palm trees wafting in the breeze as you take on a sea of zombies. The section we got to play was a small section of suburban Los Angeles, full of residential homes now occupied by a growing community of the undead. a b Kollar, Phil (2014). "Dead Island 2 - New developer Yager reveals what it calls 'the smallest MMO in the world.' ". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014 . Retrieved June 17, 2014. Good, Owen (June 9, 2014). "Dead Island 2 announced, planned for Spring 2015". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 . Retrieved July 3, 2014.

In Dead Island 2 the world of Hell-A including its enemies and loot adjusts to your character's level. While you may come across a weapon that surpasses your current rating the enemies you face and the weapons you find will be at the same level as you unless you are under-leveled for the mission. This means that grinding to level up is unnecessary as the game will level up with you. Simply play the game complete all story and side missions and you won't find yourself underpowered. a b Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 6, 2020). "People are playing a five-year-old build of Dead Island 2". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.Each player character has their own voice and their own dialogue," he said. "So you might get one character who's particularly driven or energised or upbeat. You might get another character who's a little bit more of a cynical individual. Some characters are quite low key, subtle. We've written those characters to reflect broad playstyles." Dead Island 2- Official E3 Announce Trailer | PS4". YouTube. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015 . Retrieved May 6, 2015. Elsner, Philipp; Aschenbrenner, Vali (April 17, 2023). "Dead Island 2: Release mit USK-Freigabe in Deutschland, aber nicht uncut". GameStar (in German). Webedia. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023 . Retrieved May 2, 2023. O'Connor, James (May 20, 2020). "New Saints Row And Dead Island 2 Are Not Planned Until After March 2021". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021 . Retrieved May 19, 2021.