
The idea was good, and still a little bit exciting during the time of the modern era zombie-mania’s earlier days. Instead, Dead Island was a game about smashing the skulls of shambling husks of humanity with a electrocuted machete, which in fairness, was absolutely fine. The game itself however was not anything like that trailer, containing none of the emotional overtones. That was mainly thanks to the now-infamous trailer’s impact. Two of those games spawned from Techland’s original Dead Island game, a much-hyped zombie-slaying RPG set on a resort island in Banoi. Then there are the lazy and frankly devastatingly terrible ones such as Escape Dead Island. I’ve probably reviewed a more than a dozen zombie-themed games in the last year or so alone (willingly) and had ones that reaffirm everything I love about them like Dying Light and Zombi, games faithful to what made many fall in love with the undead in a totally non-illegal way.



Smash heads, crack skulls and slice em up with visceral melee combat and true story-based 4-player co-op in a sprawling open world just waiting for exploration.

Dead Island: Definitive Collection contains Dead Island: Definitive Edition, Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition and a brand new stand-alone 16-bit game Dead Island: Retro Revenge.ĭead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition are fully remastered versions of Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide including all released DLC and patches.ĭead Island: Retro Revenge is a brand new stand-alone 16-bit game set in the style of a classic side-scrolling action / endless runner within the Dead Island universe.
