A new Dead Island 2 gameplay showcase has revealed you'll be able to utilise zombie abilities via a Fury Mode — at least for a brief time — after being bitten. You're technically not a zombie, but you can then go on a bit of a rampage, clawing away at other members of the undead with your hands. The footage also reveals a large focus on parkour ala Dying Light 2, but unlike Techland's effort, there will be a big focus on guns alongside melee weapons. Check out the gameplay showcase above.
Across the 15-minute presentation — of which most is dedicated to a live-action trailer — it's revealed how you'll be able to customise your weapons with crazy mods and use them to down "big, small, smart, and noisy" zombies. Elsewhere, some "mad" characters are teased for the story set in a "zom-pocalypse". The showcase doesn't pull back the curtain anywhere near as much as we would have liked, but Dead Island 2 still seems to be shaping up nicely ahead of a 28th April 2023 launch on PS5, PS4.
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It blows my mind that this game isn’t out yet, whenever I read stories about it I think I have gone back in time.
Has a chance to be better than dying light 2, but I highly doubt it will be.
Unpopular opinion but I liked DI and DIR a lot and for some reason thought Dying Light was meh. Probably one in a million. I'll keep an eye on this one.
Copying dead rising 4s Frank rising dlc lol
I hope this is good but I can see the jank from a mile away
Hopefully 6 billion light years in development will give us a fun open world to kill stuff in.
@Pikki
More games should allow us to play as a Zombie. Stubbs was good back in the day
@Would_you_kindly And just like that DLC, you're using these abilities to combat the undead still. So you're a zombie with morality apparently...
Probly will enjoy this more than Dying Light 2, what a disappointment that was.
The good: guns as weapon options, work benches, electricutions, and IF ammo is plentiful and craftable.
The bad: a release date almost halfway through next year.
The ugly: if release is delayed again, if crafted weapons wear too quickly, are a pain to repair, and can only be repaired 2 or 3 times.
Damn the melee combat looks satisfying
@Pikki @SolaceCreed Being able to play as a zombie for the entire campaign would be dope!
Especially if the zombie campaign has different cutscenes and plot.
All I want is a triple A gta style, mixed with a base builder.
State Of Decay was on the right track with exactly what the zombie genre needs to be. Just alot more polish, and flushed out, would be perfect, with a hint of project zomboid but better graphics and third person.
But this game does look like alot of fun.
@Pikki Actually the enhanced weapon idea was from Dead Island which DL copied and improved a bit on. Hoping for more combinations in DI2.
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