In this video, Tom Morgan gets to grips with every single console version of Dead Island 2 available, from the lowliest of the low with Xbox One, right up to the latest power juggernauts – PS5 and Xbox Series X. And guess what? There’s not a bad version amongst them.
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cant see yourself in mirrors?
This game is so fun. I remember playing the original in middle school with my friends when it came out. Some of the best times I’ve had in gaming and we’ve all been looking forward to this game since! And it released in an overall good state and the game is fun as hell!
Looks fun. Was kinda underwhelmed with Dying Light 2, think I may like the more light hearted gory focus of this one.
I wonder why Series X has worse shadows
Wait a sec, so if I and all my mates are still running base PS4s we can’t play co op?
can wait to see the steam deck performance
I’m impressed by last gen Xbox performance, how old is the Xbox One now!!
Awesome vid. Glad that they got it to 60fps on the SeriesX & PS5.
Kudos Dambuster studios! You delivered a fully competent and fun game against all the odds stacked against you! We'll be watching your career with great interest.
All Dev / Majority of em should do this..! BRAVO!
developers doing a great job
It's extremely rare for a game to be polished on initial release date.
What an absolute garbage "game".
900p 30fps is a huge positive? Lol for sure.
This game looks great, it looks like so much fun just mindless fun, I think this is what we all need, just a hack and slash zombie game
That is the most realistic blood ive ever seen in a video game.
So is fov solider on last gen or not
2:28 woah, that looks absolutely disgusting, especially those intestines. I have not seen anything like this in any videogame before. That is impressive.
This game needs a PSVR2 update 💪🏼💪🏼🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
traurig das Next Gen es auch nicht mehr in 2160P schafft.
This is what happens you actually spend money to make money. Serious, competent, rigorous optimization work and QA processes that truly listened to. I don't personally know the studio structure, but most studios DO NOT have a QA team, they are purely contract workers that work highly separately from the core teams. I've got a feeling that is not the case here.
I've personally done a little bit of QA work in the industry and I've got to tell you, in contract positions, you simple aren't listened to. Bugs become mistakes made by the QA team and many systems & mechanical issues are simply chalked up to be "part of the developer's vision" and hence untouchable despite internal testing indicating that no one's enjoying the feature or it's simply broken. I've done a few total months and this could different from studio to studio however.
Is there a contest for game developer of the year? Because if so, Dambuster Studios should win. Absolute legends.
FULL body dismemberment but the pool float does not burst.
Shame on you, DI2!
One X is the best Microsoft console since 2013
My last xbox not for nothing, my support for Microsoft is ended, for me remain only PlayStation and Nintendo.
Still isnt good
I was hoping to see a 120fps mode for series x and ps5 hopefully it can be added in a later patch
So here’s the curious thing about the performance of this game. The last game they made was home front revolution which was dreaded with bad performance at launch. Now with this game they’ve done a complete 180.
We’ve got to stop calling ps5 and Xbox sx ‘next gen’.
i don't understand how doubling frame rate for resolution trade is a good thing. i can tell no difference in 60fps vs 30fps and i have played many at both and tried to tell the difference. give me higher resolutions all day long
I hope that DI2 does well enough to allow for more entries into the series. I really loved the originals, and this one looks amazing. Let's hope we don't have to wait another 9 years or so to see another.
As much as I like ray tracing I think it hurts most games on console. If it isn’t 60 it’s usually not worth it . I’d rather have 60 with the best cube maps then 30 and ray tracing .
Seems pretty polished!
How can they pull off 900p on xb1?! Sick
It Still looks like a cartoon arcade game.
Firstly 👍thanks for the video,
Second, Remember Sonic and streets of Rage? Nobody Bitched about 80p's and whatever i's
Games are about playability not technical masterclasses like the bs we get now.
Bring back 32bit
Why is it so hard for devs to give the option of uncapped framerates for those with VRR TVs?? Otherwise- looks well done.
Looks washed out on ps5 heeelp😢😢
It looks like the whole game is all about spamming the attack button.
Series S is a disaster…
Honestly even with out any raytracing effects, the lighting is incredibly detailed and beautiful. I would say it's honestly among the best looking fully rasterized games ever made
Problem is theres hardly any zombies compared to Dying Light amd others. The workd is detailed and graphics are amazing but wheres the fun in an empty game.
Bro FSR 2 is broken and will crash any PC if enabled
10:20, spoke with the lead designer, and it was done so they could detail the maps more compared to an open world game