Of course, it’s a game about the zombie apocalypse, and so much of this is to be expected, and in truth, the gore-filled ultra violence is some of the most satisfying around, there’s just so little else here to break it up, it soon descends into tedium. Yes, some enemy types, such as suiciders and thugs require more intelligent means of destruction, and a little more skill, but for the most part you’ll be swatting away normal undead, which are only made into a real threat due to weight of numbers. In order to get off the island, a goal made all the more urgent thanks to imminent nuclear strike, you’ll need to help the locals so you can secure your safe passage away from the area. Soon you meet a group of survivors, and after repelling an attack on the camp (which uses a horde mode style mechanic) the game gets back to business. Quickly after the game’s opening aboard the military vessel, you find yourself on the new island of Palanai, another in the Banoi archipelago. You traverse a large, tropical island using makeshift weapons to brutalise the undead, scavenging for money, materials and food, and performing tasks for fellow survivors. Riptide is, right from the off, more of the same zombie-killing we experienced in the first game. However, it also doesn’t take long to see that little has changed. Controls seem more fluid, the engine runs a little better and there’s a bit of extra overall polish.
Upon first firing up Riptide it didn’t take long to realise that the game played a little more smoothly than the first. However, as all good outbreaks go, things don’t stay under control, and the immune protagonists are once again tasked with escaping the zombie-infested tropics. The group are being experimented on by the company, which intends to turn the zombie infection into a weapon. Joined by newcomer, Aussie soldier, John Morgan. The four immune survivors of the first game land on a military ship, only to be taken into custody by an army-controlling private corporation. Now Riptide is here to deliver more of the same, but can it refine the formula?ĭead Island: Riptide returns to the tropical setting of the original, and events take place immediately after the first title’s finale. Sure, it was repetitive, often glitchy and had one of the worst endgame battles I’ve seen in recent times, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Although Dead Island hay have failed to fully live up to the hype generated by that awesome trailer, the mixture of Borderlands and Left 4 Dead still made for an enjoyable open-world zombie-masher.
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