This is a strange one, isn't it? Techland, the developer behind the original Dead Island, went on to create the rather enjoyable Dying Light after departing from publisher Deep Silver. Meanwhile, the former's getting a sequel in the form of Dead Island 2, but as Videogamer.com cleverly points out, we haven't seen or heard from the game in a quite a while. And the strangest part? It's sill supposed to be releasing this spring.
The title's official Twitter account hasn't tweeted since February, and the last time that we saw any fresh gameplay was back in 2014. Needless to say, the aforementioned spring release date seems increasingly unlikely, especially if we don't see something concrete in the very, very near future.
Given Dying Light's impressive success, we suppose that it makes sense to push back Dead Island 2. Techland's latest expands upon the formula that it had created with the first title, and it's a thoroughly fun zombie romp as a result, which leaves us wondering if there's really much room for said sequel in the first place.
Are you betting on it being delayed until later in the year? Were you even excited for Dead Island 2, or has Dying Light satisfied your hunger for the undead? Stumble and fall into the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via videogamer.com]
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Not interested in any Dead Island games, I just can't imagine fighting zombies without any parkour. I'll rather have a Dying Light 2.
@XFsWorld I feel much the same way. This game's in tough spot.
Dying Light was received well? Googles metacritic. Sees a "74". Lol, that's news to me. Looked and played pretty mediocre, but that's in my opinion. My main problem with the game was that it as drab, angsty, and not fun from a narrative standpoint. Tried to be deep, or somewhat intellectual when the concept itself is a little silly. Zombies. The color palette was kinda muted, browns and darker colors, which made me not enjoy dying light's world.
I'd rather play Dead Island 2 to be honest. It looks fun, light hearted, and hilarious. The type of game like sunset overdrive, which I enjoyed a lot. Dying light failed, because it took itself more serious than it should have.
@staticdash22 "74" is good, which means "well". Dying Light didn't fail, because it was actually a surprising success.
@Shellybird27 Like I said, that's news to me. Everywhere else I've gone, have said it's mediocre, okay, or solid. 65-75 is a mediocre game imo. 60 and below is flop. 76-85 is a good game, and 86 and above is can't miss. Of course all imo, but nowhere did I feel in my time with the was it a success. Generally unenjoyment, gameplay was alright, but story was garbage.
@staticdash22 Maybe I should clarify a bit. I'd agree on Dying Light's story, which is basically cliched garbage from start to finish, but I'd argue that the gameplay's actually really good, especially later on when you've got plenty of good weapons and skills. Co-op is great, too.
Like @Shellybird27 says though, it was a massive success, at least commercially. It's still selling really well, too.
In Sony Store Pre-order section Dead Island's release date is listed as 30/12/2015 which is kind of odd.
Well if dying light was supposed to be a more serious game?? With its awful acting and story etc. well then maybe dead island 2 are going the way of saints row and making it even more outrageous stupidity.
@staticdash22
I'm really looking forward to dead island 2!! But I swear it's due out this month????
Dead island 2 is being developed by yager who did spec ops the line which was severely underrated and they are actually marketing the new game as they should be rather than having people expect something completely different in tone and style to the initial previews (heck the reveal trailer for the game is one of the best I've seen) so no matter when it comes out i have good goes for it
@staticdash22 "65-75 is a mediocre game imo. 60 and below is flop. 76-85 is a good game, and 86 and above is can't miss" absolutely everything wrong with ratings and why they shouldn't be around any longer. The fact people actually value metacritic scores before buying a game is even more annoying than fanboys, day one patches, day one dlc and everything else that is wrong with video games nowadays.. Whatever happened to having your own opinion? Out-dated concept.
Oh, and "mediocre" means average, in a scoring context average is 50. Basic maths that my five year old nephew can tell you.
i totally forgot dead island 2 existed.
The day these open world zombie games get rid of things like durability, and just allow me to make things and enjoy them without thinking to myself I should save this weapon for stronger enemies, it the day I fully enjoy these games. Dying light was entertaining though.
Totally uninspiring zombie game riddle with terrible story, open world gameplay and bugs (with pretty cool gameplay) its affecting a totally uninspiring zombie game riddle with terrible story, open world gameplay and bugs (with pretty cool gameplay).
@BigDaddyT0101 Dying Light / Dead Island on PC let you do that (among a lot of other things)
@Faruko
I seriously dont get why everyone knocks dying light for the story.. it is an open world zombie bashing game which I think deliberately doesn't take itself too seriously. it's a b movie in game format, bad story, bad acting, overly dramatic characters.. the same thing I like seeing in old cult horror zombie flicks. it's not the type of goofy slapstick I saw in the dead island 2 trailer but there are, in fact, myriad forms of comedy aren't there? I mean, were you guys expecting Stephen Spielberg's Dying Light? it's a fun game, and it sounds like it's a lot of those same overly dramatic critical characters reviewing this game
@loch006 please watch the language -Tasuki-
@loch006 While i want to agree with you, the problem is that cheesy doesnt have to mean bad, far cry 3 = cheesy, interesting story, one could say bad but it has its own charm and it knows what it wants to be and what it is, Dying Light = bad, it tries to be something its not and by that standards it fails
thats my problem, i like my cheesy bad story, but when it knows what it is and what it wants, not when it goes the entire round ending being bad because it tried to be something its not
@Dannyboy1996 Dead Island 2 was supposed to be released during Spring 2015, not April.
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