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Alexa will let you call out to Zombies in Dead Island 2

Alexa will let you call out to Zombies in Dead Island 2
Shaun M Jooste

Shaun M Jooste

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Amazon’s Alexa is finally being put to good use as far as us horror gamers are concerned. With Gamescom 2022 officially underway, the tech giant opened the show with news that you’ll be able to speak to zombies in Dead Island 2. The best part is that you don’t need to call out Alexa’s name when you do so.

Besides making the announcement on the show, Amazon made sure to mention it on its latest blog. The Alexa feature will be built-in within Dead Island 2, so you won’t need to worry about connecting to additional devices. It would be odd calling the personal assistant on your phone while hacking away at zombies in the game.

Another bonus is that you don’t need to say Alexa’s name every time you want to activate the feature. Can you imagine walking up to the undead and saying, “Hey, Alexa, Zombie I’m going to kick your a…”? It would be really awkward, so Amazon is making sure it’s not necessary.

So, how will it work, exactly? Apparently, you can speak directly into your microphone and Dead Island 2 will acknowledge it via Alexa. You can chat with NPCs and ask for directions, which is the main purpose. It gives you a better interaction with the characters, but we don’t know which questions will work at this point.

Alexa will let you call out Zombies in Dead Island 2

My main issue is what will happen when you ask something the NPC doesn’t have an answer to. Will we have to deal with them saying, “I don’t understand your question” for every instance? Here’s hoping Alexa knows all the answers by the time this is fully implemented.

In other news, you can check out the latest Dead Island 2 trailer that appeared 8 years after the first.

Shaun M Jooste

Shaun M Jooste

I live in South Africa, Cape town, as a father of two children. I've been gaming almost all my life, with plenty of experience writing reviews and articles on the latest titles. With 15 years of experience in local government performing Facilities Management functions, I moved towards becoming CEO of my own company, Celenic Earth Publications, which serves to publish author's books, including my own. I'm a published author of horror and fantasy novels, while I also dabble in game and movie scriptwriting.

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