The game features a system named 'FLESH', which stands for 'Fully Locational Evisceration System for Humanoids'. Each weapon can be further customized with mods, which add elemental effects, and perks, which can alter the player's stat. Players can pick up both ranged and melee weapons. As the player progresses in the game, they will also unlock fast travel points, allowing them to travel to different locations quickly. While the player can freely explore each zone, they must travel between different zones through Zone Exits. The game's world is divided into 10 different zones. They also have to choose from one of two defensive abilities, either learning to block hostile attacks, or dodge them. Each of them has their own unique skills and abilities. At the beginning of the game, players have to select from one of six playable characters as their player avatar. Dead Island 2 takes place in Los Angeles in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Like its predecessor, it is an action role-playing game played from a first-person perspective. Dead Island 2 received generally positive reviews from critics and had sold over 2 million units by May 2023. Sumo Digital was subsequently removed, with Dambuster, an internal studio of Deep Silver, taking over in 2019. Yager Development was originally hired to develop the game in 2012, but was removed from the project in 2015 and replaced by Sumo Digital the following year.

The game was released on 21 April 2023, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.Īnnounced in 2014, Dead Island 2 spent more than eight years in development hell due to multiple changes with the studios working on it. Set about 15 years after the events of Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide, Dead Island 2 differentiates itself from its predecessors by taking place in the city of Los Angeles, which has been quarantined due to a zombie outbreak. It is a sequel to the 2011 video game Dead Island and the third major installment in the Dead Island series. Dead Island 2 is a 2023 action role-playing game developed by Dambuster Studios and published by Deep Silver.

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