Unfortunately, visual errors weren’t the only glitches that I ran into during my time with Dead Island 2. For every gorgeous sky box, there is a visual glitch that turns the interior walls of a building invisible.Īlso read: Resident Evil 4 Remake Review – Controlled Chaos (PS5) However, for every spectacular slow-motion explosion, there is a mirror that strangely reflects everything else in the room besides the player character. Certain moments could even be described as breathtaking, given the high quality of the game’s environments and well-designed character models. The game’s general presentation and art style is smooth and engaging. This sort of attitude seems to have been applied across most of Dead Island 2 from the repetitive moment-to-moment gameplay to the game’s obnoxiously unfunny writing, to the game’s lack of visual polish.Īnd I do want to emphasize the word polish. It is very likely that someone on the development team noticed the fact that Dead Island 2 doesn’t take place on an island and brought it up at some point during the game’s production, to which they were probably told not to worry, it will all work out. I guess that Dead Central Landmass With Some Coastline doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. However, the reason that I bring up my issue with the game’s inconsistent title is because I believe that it somewhat serves as a metaphor for the game as a whole.
Instead, let us talk about what the game is, rather than what it is not: Dead Island 2 is called Dead Island 2, despite the fact that it does not take place on an island.Īfter reading that piece of seemingly arbitrary criticism, it may seem as though I have immediately gone back on my word regarding only judging what is in the game itself.
With that said, I’d like to try and disregard the existential issues that I have with a game like Dead Island being released in 2023 and focus my critique on the game itself, as it isn’t exactly the studio’s fault that HBO and Naughty Dog came along and blew everything else out of the water. Also read: 5 Heart-Breaking Moments from The Last Of Us That We Aren’t Ready To Relive
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