Dead Island 2 gameplay shows off bridezilla zombie, has the vibe of pro wrestling
A new video of Dead Island 2(opens in new tab) shows off about 15 minutes of gameplay, highlighting the absolutely over-the-top gorefest(opens in new tab) that is its ranged and melee combat. It's full of campy-to-annoying dialogue and cheap laughs, but they're still effective. Honest to God more than anything it reminds me of the absolutely absurd tone of modern American Professional Wrestling.
The trailer follows «slayer» character Dani through an upscale LA neighborhood as she bashes, stabs, shoots, and otherwise splatters zombies while cracking a bunch of cheesy and/or annoying quips. (Sounds like something else we saw recently(opens in new tab).) Again, though, the approach to atmospheric violence, outrageous fighting, and campy dialogue more than anything reminds me of the absolute silliness that is wrestling.
It's a decent promise of variety, as the gameplay reveal promises «dozens» of different zombie types which are best dealt with using different weapons and skills. It also shows off the abilities of the protagonist «slayers,» who are seemingly immune to the zombie plague but have had their DNA mutated by it anyways. That lets Dani enter «fury mode» and grow claws and strength that can toss zombies across the room.
There's more than just splattering shown off, as the trailer dives into systems like the obligatory crafting of weird weapons: Katana with a flaming propane nozzle, electrified fist claws, etc. There are also what developer Dambuster calls «curveballs,» weird limited-use powers like meatbait, a «sack of blood and guts to draw zombies away from you.»
Naturally a crafting system means that you will spend far more time gathering garbage than the five seconds in this trailer that the protagonist spends
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