the not so open world zombie game that's Above average in a good way

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So after eight years of waiting globally the wacky zombie survival game Dead island 2 haa released and you might be wondering....... What are my thoughts on this game? Well after spending 40 hours and doing every sidequest and beating the main story this is what I have to say.

Gameplay

Now starting with the gameplay aspect of this game I love it! It's slow compared to the likes of games such as dying light and dead rising for that matter but that doesn't make it bad infact........ It's enjoyable! If repetitive at time but for the most part it doesn't overstay it's welcome and for about 20 to 30 hours of gameplay it definitely gets the job done. The variety in the way you can cut zombies with machetes knife's hammer's claws or use environmental hazards to kill the infected is very gruesome and fun! And me personally I'm a big fan of the Arsenal of weapons and the amount to pick from and mod through blueprints and so on there's even throwables called 'curveballs' in game and instead of Crafting them separately much like the original dead island the throwables In this game recharge overtime making it much less tedious to scavenge for resources. And finally the skill cards and well oh boy! They bring much flavour to an already extensive combat system with the 6 slayers having exclusive skill cards to themselves (I chose Jacob because of the minor hit damage with each swing) And autophage skills which buff your fury (which is unlocked later into the game) But nerds your health healing and stamina. Personally I recommend only having 2 autophage skills at a time considering applying three nerfs healing items and completely gets rid of health regeneration all together!

Story

Now the story is......... Not exactly good but it's not the main focus of this game (which is what I expected from the Likes of a dead island game) but it's charming in its own right and without spoiling it the last two missions where the most compelling story wise in my opinion. The characters aren't exactly that good either but my favourites would have to be Sam B and Emma but what I found interesting was the fact that the side quest characters were more funny or interesting than the main story characters! It's weird but it's charming in its own type of way the story is that you go onto an evacuation plane and an infected human gets on and the plane spirals into chaos and you have to pick between six slayers and then the plane crashes and you meet some survivors and help a survivor that's under some rubble and you fight hordes of infected until you get bitten and find out your immune. Now I would give a more detailed summary but trust me it's not that special at all and infact it's hardly the main focus at all.

Graphics and music

to put it simply it's a detailed game that's very beautiful and is detailed left and right considering it's put into 10 districts instead of unfocused open world game (like the originals) the sheer detail is impressive left and right and I found myself just walking through Hell-a admiring the set pieces and detail of each building but the music........ Is pretty forgettable in my opinion besides the Slayer themes which were pretty memorable but not perfect. To put it short the music if very forgettable.

Overall dead island 2 is the most above average game I've ever played and it's not trying hard at all but that's what makes it fun it's a 2014 game put into a 2023 engine with a Hollywood b movie quality story with amazing gameplay interesting set pieces detailed environments and not so open world zombie survival gameplay overall I'm giving dead island 2 an 8/10