dead island 2
“Dead Island 2” is developed by Dambuster Studios and published by Deep Silver. It is an action role-playing game set in 2023. As the sequel to the 2011 game “Dead Island” and the third major work in the “Dead Island” series, it provides an immersive gaming experience.
The game’s story takes place in the quarantined city of Los Angeles, introducing a unique twist by exploring the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, roughly 15 years after the events of Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide. Dead Island 2 will be released on April 21, 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S platforms.
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Dead Island all update patch notes
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Added “Role Play” feature
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Players can now change their Killer character skin in the game’s main menu.
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All skins are displayed, even if they are not all immediately available.
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For more details on the different skin lines and their availability, check out the following blogs:
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Introducing the HELL-A Catwalk Collection – a premium character pack for Dead Island 2
- Introducing the Until Dawn Collection: a set of free skins for Dead Island 2
- Kill like no other with the Dead Island 2 “From Dusk” collection of skins and weapons – available through Amazon Prime Gaming
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Fixed an issue with joining co-op games
- Fixed issues encountered by players [0x1411] Error, this does not allow them to join the collaboration session.
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Fixed walking through walls
- Fixed an issue where players could walk through the walls of the Halperin Hotel under certain circumstances.
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Fixed missing NPCs
- Fixed an issue where some NPCs may be missing throughout the game.
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Fixed title screen issue
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from closing the title screen via “Exit” when the language was set to Japanese and in full screen mode.
- Fixed stuck geometry issue
- Fixed an issue where players were stuck and unable to open the lifeguard hut door when turning in missions to Burt and picking up the circuit breaker and wrench in Bel Air.
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Fixed “Fool’s Gold” reward issue
- Fixed an issue where some players did not receive Bloodrage weapons after completing Fool’s Gold missions.
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Fixed “Death Diary” issue
- Fixed an issue where “Death Diary” quest-specific Mutants and Butchers were sometimes unable to leave their associated containers, resulting in process blocking.
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Customer Co-op Improvements
- Fixed an issue where clients would jump unreasonably high on flat surfaces.
- Fixed an out-of-sync issue when zombies were stunned by Perfect Block or Dodge, which would cause teleportation, sliding, and positioning differences between clients.
- Fixed an issue with clients getting stuck in air vents.
- Fixed an issue causing enemies to assume an A pose after dying from a client pairing critical hit.
- Fixed an issue where enemies would not take any damage when hit by a customer with a plastic bucket or circuit breaker.
- Fixed specific danger warnings not being displayed to customers.
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Performance and stability improvements
- Fixed different in-game crashes including respawns during travel, loading screens, and missions.
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Other fixes
- Various improvements for ultrawide monitors.
- Various improvements to HDR.
- Several improvements to player animations.
- Adjustments made to improve the dynamic range and clarity of zombies and dialogue during combat.
- Other minor fixes.
- Stuttering problem solved.
- Fixed random crashes and low framerate issues.
- Various text fixes were added.
- Fixed audio related bugs.
- Graphic improvements added.
- Added general stability fixes.
- Game optimizations and improvements added.
- Other minor tweaks and fixes.
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Dead Island 2 gameplay
Dead Island 2 is an immersive action-adventure video game played from a first-person perspective. Set in the zombie apocalypse of Los Angeles, players begin by selecting one of six playable characters, each with their own unique skills and abilities. They must also choose between defensive abilities, either learning to block or dodge hostile attacks.
The game world is divided into 10 different areas that players can explore freely, but traveling between areas requires the use of area exits or fast travel points that are unlocked with progress. Players have access to ranged and melee weapons, which can be customized using mods to add elemental effects and perks that modify player statistics. The innovative “FLESH” system allows for procedurally generated zombie dismemberment, creating realistic wounds based on weapon type.
Weapons are classified by rarity, with rare and premium weapons being more powerful. Players can also use the environment to their advantage, such as using electric weapons to shock enemies standing in puddles. Weapons gradually degrade and can be repaired at workbenches in the game world.
Unlike previous games in the series, Dead Island 2 introduces a deck-building system rather than a skill tree. The Skill Deck is made up of four categories: Abilities, Survivors, Killers, and Souls. Ability cards unlock new active abilities, some of which can be used in berserk mode for devastating attacks. Survival cards can increase health and endurance, killer cards can provide passive combat abilities, and soul cards can unlock high-damage special abilities.
Additionally, players can equip “autophagy” cards, which provide additional benefits but inflict debuffs on the player, making them weaker. Cards are earned through quests, leveling up, and defeating special enemies.
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Dead Island 2 plot
The story of Dead Island 2 takes place approximately 15 years after the events of the original Dead Island game. Due to an outbreak of devastating and more powerful zombies, Los Angeles has become a quarantine zone, prompting the US military to implement strict containment measures.
With the city on lockdown, a group of six people known as “The Hitmen” manage to board one of the last evacuation flights before disaster strikes. These include resourceful conman Bruno, skilled mechanic Carla, retail worker Danny, firefighter-themed stripper Ryan, athletic survivor Amy and daring stuntman Jacob.
During the chaotic flight, an infected person found the plane, causing the military to shoot down the plane. The Doom Slayers miraculously survived the crash, but were bitten while trying to help other survivors. They sought refuge in the home of actress Emma Jaunt, who reluctantly took them in despite contracting the virus. Soon, Emma’s ex-boyfriend Sam B arrives, demonstrating his immunity to the virus, and discovers that Doom is immune as well.
Determined to escape the city, they set their sights on the Halperin Hotel, the nearest evacuation center, only to encounter hordes of infected people. They managed to obtain a radio and connected with Dr. Reuben Reed, a CDC physician who invited them to his shelter in Santa Monica, where he planned to use their Immunity to develop treatments. However, Sam warns the killers to be wary of Reed’s true intentions.
In order to reach Santa Monica, the Doom Slayers travel through the sewers and discover grotesque zombie corpses dumped by the army. They encounter Lola Conradt and her group of survivors, who throw them into a pit filled with zombies. In moments of primal rage, Doom Slayers unleash their inner beasts and eliminate the undead threat. Eventually, they arrived at Reed’s safe haven, the Serling Hotel.
Reed explained that the military required proof of immunity before rescuing them, requiring the killers to retrieve testing equipment from overrun CDC headquarters. After retrieving the device, they discover Reed’s connection to Conradt. The killers are then tasked with finding Reed’s missing daughter Tisha, who is investigating encrypted data exchanged by the CDC with a team of hackers.
Conradt provided the killers with information about the secret lab where Reed conducted experiments on other immune subjects. While confronting the infected test subjects, the Doom Slayers temporarily succumbed to their primal instincts and attacked Tisha.
To their surprise, Konrad resurrected them and revealed that they were part of a new species called the “Genshin”. Primordial beings possess the ability to absorb infections while remaining conscious, granting them extraordinary abilities, telepathic hive minds, and autophagosomes. Conrad warns the killers that Reed’s search for a cure is a hoax.
Back at the Serling Hotel, the killers confront Reed, only to find that he has escaped with Tisha to a laboratory on Hollywood Boulevard. They learn that Reed triggered a city-wide outbreak of autophagosomes and believe it to be a genetic mechanism designed to wipe out the human race.
The Doom Slayers received a single dose of the autophagosome treatment from Reed and discovered that Tissa was carrying the treatment because Reed injected her with primordial blood before she was born. Reed succumbs to the autophagosome, forcing the killers to end his life while Tisha escapes.
Doom reunited with Emma, Sam, and helicopter pilot Barton, and treated Sam, saving him. Doom chose to stay in the city, determined to find Tisha and help the other survivors. Emma, Sam, and Barton escape, while Conrat and her followers remain vigilant while the Doom Slayers brave another wave of zombies.
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