Let’s step back into the way back machine for a minute. It’s 2014. West Africa is being ravaged by the Ebola epidemic, Sochi, Russia, sees the start of the XXII Winter Olympic Games, and gamers the world over get their first taste of Dead Island 2. Yes, the first trailer for this game was released in 2014. Since then? Radio silence on the follow-up trailer or release date front. Until now.
It’s only taken 8 years, but we finally have a new trailer for Dead Island 2, and it looks bleeping epic. Gasmescom’s Opening Night Live showcase introduced us to myriad new and upcoming titles, but one of the most surprising, and now highly-anticipated title, is Dead Island 2. With a throat slash here and a pink mist cloud there, the game pole-vaulted into our heart once more. You know, like the protagonist did to that one undead guy with the pointy end of his gun?
Well, he’s not actually the protagonist. His name is Jacob, and we now know that he’s one of six playable characters that we’ll get to cause carnage with when the game comes out. ‘When’s it being released?’ I can hear you thinking. You’ll be excited to know that those of you who thrive on shoving pointy-ended objects through zombie skulls will be able to do that and so much more from the 3rd of February next year. That’s no time at all, seeing as we’ve been sharpening our pointy objects for 8 years.
As for the trailer, I’m not going to give you a dramatic play-by-play as I did for the Callisto Protocol trailer; there’s simply too much going on and we’d both be stuck in the fantasy on this page for three hours. Needless to say, it’s got blood, it’s got gore, and it’s got Finish Him’s so realistic and detailed that you can practically smell the rotting corpse flesh from the other side of the screen.
If you hate zombies, love realistic gratuitous violence, and want to engage in such displays in an environment so beautiful you simultaneously don’t want to burn it to the ground, you’ll be more than happy with Dead Island 2.
I’m off to sharpen up on my sharp-shooting and prepare for the digital slaughter of the century. Feel free to check the article we did 8 years ago about the original Dead Island 2 trailer.