Nothing in common with the emotional CGI teaser.

Trailers of all-time, but unfortunately, the story in the final game had Techland reintroduced gamers to Dead Island with one of the greatest

Incorporate the risk of getting turned into a zombie into the gameplay to give players extra incentive to work together (while simultaneously keeping an eye on one another for signs of infection). Infection is a copout, and reduces your undead foes to run-of-the-mill melee enemies. Us a better reason to take care of NPCs beyond simple mission rewards.Īlso, make the zombies deadlier being immune to the Having them provide stat buffs or new items beyond the weapon crafting system. Help out hungry NPCs, tie gathering supplies into the core gameplay loop by Instead of assigning players random fetch quests to We hope Riptide sticks to its roots, and places an even greater emphasis on White DLC tried upping the action quota, and was worse off because of it. Thanks to its focus on visceral melee combat and deadlyĮnemies, Dead Island felt more like a survival horror game than your typical In some greater weather variation and a day/night cycle to change up the gameplay. Let us learn moreĪbout the back story and its characters by simply exploring the world, beyond listening to scattered audio files. Up environmental traps to take down zombies and looters alike. Safehouses by barricading doors and windows in our buildings of choice, or set We'd also like some new ways to interact with theĮnvironment beyond just looting abandoned suitcases. Mansion or abandoned military base to explore. Locations, with more interior areas as well give us the occasional creepy We hope Riptide's world features more unique Finally reaching Banoi's city is an awesome experience, but few While we had a blast investigating Banoi'sīeach front properties, mucking about in the underground sewers was a monotonous, Typical setting for an undead Armageddon, and the open-world format offered anĮqually welcome break from linear level design.įor Riptide, we'd like an even larger world to explore,Īlong with more location variety.

The massive island of Banoi stood in stark contrast to the

Much of Dead Island's success can be attributed to its Here's what we'd like to see in a sequel. Game wasn't perfect, but it gave us plenty of reasons to get excited for another Horror genre with its open-world structure, RPG-esque leveling and loot systems, Riptide beyond a title and a logo, but we already have a list of things we'dĭeveloped by Techland, Dead Island shook up the survival Deep Silver hasn't revealed anything about Dead Island

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