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| Ryan the Berseker using the Airstike |
Introduction:
When Dead Island 2 was introduced at Playstation's E3 Press Conference 2014 with one of the best Trailer i've seen yet i was really interested in this Game. The Problem i got was that i was hyped for the original Dead Island too because of its trailer. So for me personally i had to play Dead Island 2 to see if it is the hype worth.
Two Days before Gamescom i got a Invitation for a Presentation for Dead Island 2 from Deep Silver/Kochmedia in which they told me to show the new Features of the Game and a first look at the Unreal Engine 4 ingame. So at Wendesday i was going to Gamescom 2014 and one of my first appointments was the Presentation of Dead Island 2 by the Brand Manager of Deep Silver Pete Brolly. He told me that Yager is developing the Game and they are proud to give a first look at the Game to the Public at Gamescom.
Demo:
In the 1 hour Presentation he told us that there will be 4 classes: Speeder, Berseker, Hunter and Bishop. The Speeder a female woman is really fast and is using a Machette to cut of parts of the Zombies Body. She's swift and fast in movement. She also got a Special Move to hit one Zombie in it's chin with her Machete. Ryan the Berseker is using a Fireman Axe and is dealing high damage to all kind of Zombies. Mr. Brolly told me that the Game will play in California, US and that they are targeting 1080P/60FPS on Consoles.
The Demo started in front of a Gate in the near of Hollywood. When i looked on my left side i saw 3 other Players so it was a Coop Match. All players of the Demo got 12 minutes to kill as many Zombies as possible. I opended the Gate and ran trough a Electonic-Store and took Electonic Stuff to power Up my Machete. After i got 500 Parts of it my Machete craftet into a Electronic one. Now i would deal more demage and it looked awesome.
So i was going outside of the Shop and killed some Zombies with the new crafted Weapon. After 4 minutes a Event happened. A building have to be protected by human players. So all of us ran to this point and killed some of the normal/small Zombies. Suddenly 2 Big Zombies attacked us from behind and one of Players tried to kill them himself but he died very fast. The other 3 Players, including me killed the two powerful Zombies and revieved the fourth player.
After the Event ended the Players got 1 minute to kill the last Zombies to get their Highscore.
Very good Demo and Presentation of Mr. Brolly.
10/10
Gameplay:
For me Dead Island 2 is the biggest Surprise of Gamescom 2014. The Gameplay felt so fluid and fun that i cant really tell you how much i like this. You have to play it yourself and maybe beat my Highscore. I didnt like Dead Island 1 and Dead Island Riptide but for me Dead Island 2 felt so fresh trough the new crafting System and the Events that i am really surprised about myself liking this Game so much. The new crafting System feels fresh and Yager is bringing Fun in this Game. The Weapons looked awesome and especially the new Enemy-Types like the Suicide Zombie which explodes when he got near you and the Heavy Zombie which you can't kill by yourself without Skill is bringing the Dead Island Franchise to the Top of the Zombie-Shooters especially if you compare it to Dying-Light by Techland.
10/10
Graphics and Technic:
Dead Island 2 is using the Unreal Engine 4 and it shows how powerful this Engine is. The World and the Zombies looked very detailled and i didnt recognize any Framerate Drops or any other Technical Problems. The only Problem i got was that my Right PS4 Controller Stick was broken for last 2 Minutes and that i cant look left or right with my Character. If this Problem had'nt happen my Highscore would he higher then 148 killed Zombies. If you compare Dead Island 2 to Dying-Light it looks much better than it. Dead Island 2 is very colorful like you can see in the Gameplay Trailer. I love Comic-Like Visuals and so i love the Visuals of Dead Island 2. For me one of the best looking Games at Gamescom 2014!
9/10
End:
Like i said in the beginning i was excided to see if there are improvements at Dead Island 2 if you Compare to Dead Island 1 or Riptide and like you see in my Preview there are big ones. Dead Island 2 is so much fun to play and when i talked to a developer from Yager about their upcoming Game he told that they want to bring as much fun in this game as possible. My Problem with the original Dead Island Game was that it feels like it wanted to be serious. But with Yager's new Direction of Fun in Dead Island 2 it feels so much better then ever before. For me the biggest Surprise of Gamescom 2014 and if you get the Chance to play it try it out and make you're own oppinion. Must-Have!
10/10
Dead Island 2 is coming out in Spring 2015 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. A Collectors Edition is going to revealed in the coming Months.
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