After 9 waiting periods, Dead Island 2 is finally available for consoles and PC. And right now he’s defying the odds, outperforming some Arles women in video games.
Who would have thought that one day Dead Island 2 would come out and not in a deplorable state? Still, Dambuster Studios succeeded, the third studio to take on the project. Developers who will be relieved by the big news that has fallen. The zombie game offers a high-flying performance.
The Arlesian Dead Island 2 is selling like hot cakes
At the moment, dead island 2 received a 75% rating on Metacritic for press. Against an average of 6.2 for players. An average that nevertheless calls into question because there are several marks between 0 and 5 with comments from people who must not have played it. As for the Burning Shores of Horizon Forbidden West DLC, which has been destroyed by a fringe of players for a very sad reason.
But for the time being, these negative results – not to be compared with lukewarm but well-founded opinions – have not had any harmful effect, quite the contrary. Dead Island 2 has passed just three days after its release more than 1 million copies. Dead Island 1, which launched in 2011, had to wait a week before handing out the same number of copies. A visibly impressive achievement that helps stave off the bad luck of lengthy and chaotic development a la Duke Nukem Forever – which wasn’t even a good game – in contrast to this sequel, which also does very well at this level.
Other numbers related to Dead Island 2 have been shared by the publisher, like the number of hours played, dismemberments or zombies exterminated under a wad of ultra bloody blood.
- 11 million total hours played
- 28 million total player deaths (twice as many people as in Los Angeles)
- 45 million zombies cut in half
- 756 million dismemberments
- 1.1 billion zombies slaughtered
A new game+ under consideration
If it could disappoint on certain points, Dead Island 2 lived up to its promise with its FLESH system. A system that allows you to finish off zombies quickly by breaking them into multiple pieces directly or bit by bit by damaging skin etc. And the launch is just the beginning for this new episode.
In fact, on unknown dates, new content will be added via the Expansion Pass. During an interview, the teams also left the door open to a very popular feature. A New Game+ to restart a game while keeping your most valuable gear.
Some of you are asking us about a New Game Plus. The development team is investigating the matter, so keep an eye on Dead Island 2’s social media for updates.
Over GamesRadar.
Dead Island 2 is available on the Epic Games Store for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.
