Dead Island 2 is much better than I thought after reading reviews in Steam. I've played 2 times: 1st time in co-op, and 2nd was 100% solo walthrough.
The graphics are amazing. Realy beautiful and cinematographic views.
The optimization is good in the early stages, then it gets worse, but still OK.
The plot is okay. It's just a straight zombie odyssey with some twists and turns. The NPCs are not as empty as some people say.
I enjoyed the combat. Yes, it's not as deep as Dying Light, but it has some variety for different builds. And yes, it's pretty monotonous, but the blood, slashed zombies and everything exploding around makes you forget about it. Also, the card system is pretty nice.
What disappointed me a bit was that there are 6 different characters in the game, and the difference between them is 2 passive (rather insignificant) cards and numbers in the stats.
The exploration is interesting at the beginning, but closer to the end it becomes boring and pointless. Why? Because it's always a locked door/box and the keys are in some named zombie that doesn't appear now but later when there are no quests on that map. And the reward is an epic weapon with your level cap.
Music? Music is realy great. I didn't even turn on my own in the background.
The DLCs are good too. Especially HAUS.
Overall it's an 8/10 from me. It was fun. Nice for relax gaming :D

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Pretty cool game. Not sure if the characters are meant to be a joke of how LA celebs and influencers act or if it's self insert by devs. Either way game itself is pretty darn fun and if you find good weapons and buy good weapons there won't be alot of time were the zombies are bullet sponges. Story is a cliffhanger. Gore system is amazing and it's a fun slasher where the map is diveded into open sections which is nice tbh and is pretty old school.