Dead Island 2’s best moments are also its most ridiculous. Discovering that you can acquire superpowers. Setting your feet on fire and dropkicking a horde of zombies into a pile of gasoline cans. Finding an axe that’s basically a flame thrower and a pistol that’s actually a rocket launcher. These are the kinds of moments that make Dead Island 2 feel special.
It shouldn’t be surprising that Dead Island 2 functions best as an absurd game. Most of Dead Island 2’s marketing has centered on its parody humor, silly characters, and over-the-top gore. By the time you actually finish Dead Island 2, though, you may be surprised to find that the game just isn’t ridiculous enough. For all its obvious attempts at embracing chaos, the fact of the matter is that Dead Island 2 spends too much time trying to be a much more conventional game.
Specifically, Dead Island 2 too often feels like Dying Light.
It shouldn’t be surprising that Dead Island 2 functions best as an absurd game. Most of Dead Island 2’s marketing has centered on its parody humor, silly characters, and over-the-top gore. By the time you actually finish Dead Island 2, though, you may be surprised to find that the game just isn’t ridiculous enough. For all its obvious attempts at embracing chaos, the fact of the matter is that Dead Island 2 spends too much time trying to be a much more conventional game.
Specifically, Dead Island 2 too often feels like Dying Light.
- 4/25/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
On the surface, Dead Island 2 and Dying Light 2 look and play like very similar games. Not surprising since they both can trace their roots back to 2011’s Dead Island. After working on that game, developer Techland went off down their own path to create the spiritual sequel Dying Light, followed by Dying Light 2. And then Deep Silver gave Dambuster Studio the Dead Island reins (following a long and complicated development cycle). However, looks can be deceiving.
While Dead Island 2 and Dying Light 2 share many similarities, they also sport many differences. These include tone, weapons, and the zombies themselves. Here are but a few we’ve noticed to help you decide which game is right for you. Don’t worry; spoilers will be kept to a minimum.
Dead Island 2 vs. Dying Light 2 Differences: The Protagonists
While they share certain qualities (heroes with impressive stamina and skill trees), the protagonists of Dead...
While Dead Island 2 and Dying Light 2 share many similarities, they also sport many differences. These include tone, weapons, and the zombies themselves. Here are but a few we’ve noticed to help you decide which game is right for you. Don’t worry; spoilers will be kept to a minimum.
Dead Island 2 vs. Dying Light 2 Differences: The Protagonists
While they share certain qualities (heroes with impressive stamina and skill trees), the protagonists of Dead...
- 4/24/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Dying Light 2: Stay Human is finally here, and the only thing more epic than this open-world RPG that takes hundreds of hours to properly complete has been the discourse over whether or not this game was worth the wait.
It’s not exactly surprising to see a major new release prove to be divisive, but what’s fascinating in the case of Dying Light 2 is the idea that there seem to be quite a few people out there who just don’t know which words to use to describe how they feel about this game. Even those who have already devoted quite a bit of time to the title usually won’t hesitate to tell you about every one of its problems. Between those conflicted reviews and the straight-up negative ones, it’s easy to understand why you would walk away from the Dying Light 2 discourse under the impression...
It’s not exactly surprising to see a major new release prove to be divisive, but what’s fascinating in the case of Dying Light 2 is the idea that there seem to be quite a few people out there who just don’t know which words to use to describe how they feel about this game. Even those who have already devoted quite a bit of time to the title usually won’t hesitate to tell you about every one of its problems. Between those conflicted reviews and the straight-up negative ones, it’s easy to understand why you would walk away from the Dying Light 2 discourse under the impression...
- 2/9/2022
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Dying Light 2 is filled with weapons, items, and equipment of varying quality and rarity, but some of the game’s most interesting gear belongs to a tier best described as “Easter eggs.”
While Dying Light 2 features some of the most amusing, subtle, and creatively diverse Easter eggs that I’ve seen in a game in quite some time, the game’s best Easter eggs are often those that reward you with some special weapon or piece of equipment that produce effects that simply can’t be replicated. Some of those rewards are little more than memes, but some of these special items are powerful enough to pretty much break the game.
So while the hunt for Dying Light 2‘s Easter egg equipment continues (and we’ll be sure to update this article as new items are discovered), here is every Easter egg weapon and item that has been located so far.
While Dying Light 2 features some of the most amusing, subtle, and creatively diverse Easter eggs that I’ve seen in a game in quite some time, the game’s best Easter eggs are often those that reward you with some special weapon or piece of equipment that produce effects that simply can’t be replicated. Some of those rewards are little more than memes, but some of these special items are powerful enough to pretty much break the game.
So while the hunt for Dying Light 2‘s Easter egg equipment continues (and we’ll be sure to update this article as new items are discovered), here is every Easter egg weapon and item that has been located so far.
- 2/8/2022
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
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