Publisher Deep Silver finally released a trailer at Gamescom on Aug. And you know what? It’s not exactly my cup of tea, but I’m here for it. If anything, Dead Island is more like a zombified, modern-era Elder Scrolls.

Campaigns clock in at around 30 minutes, levels are essentially a series of sprawling corridors and everything resets after your session is done – there’s no progression system whatsoever.ĭead Island exists on the opposite end of the spectrum – you’re exploring massive open areas, fulfilling quests, upgrading items, leveling up your characters and so on.

In Japan, you can even find genuine, Valve-approved Left 4 Dead arcade cabinets. Left 4 Dead never tried to be anything more than an arcade-style shooter. I found the comparisons to be rather pointless – while both series are first-person shooters with four survivors facing hordes of zombies, the similarities end there. At the height of its fame, some looked to Dead Island to be the “Left 4 Dead killer” with its much larger scope – it touted a large open world, a cohesive plot, greater realism and deeper melee combat. Dead Island 2 was originally slated for 2015, but faced numerous delays and was eventually handed off to a different developer entirely to be reworked from the ground up. The series debuted in 2011, with standalone expansion “Dead Island: Riptide” being released in 2013 and mediocre spin-off “Escape Dead Island” launching in 2014.

Details have finally been trickling in for Dead Island 2 after a very long wait.

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