Is Dead Island: Riptide a bad game? No, not at all. They’re most certainly worth wading through for the most refined, innovative melee combat system I’ve encountered this year there is seriously nothing this year that’s made me more giddy than waiting, fire axe cocked, as a zombie bumrushes me, knowing that at the precise moment I can unleash the fire axe and behead the poor fella instantly. Sure, the glitches and graphical issues are pretty frustrating, but they’re not on Fallout: New Vegas levels of table-flipping rage.
Through all the problems though, I still consider Dead Island an absolute must-play of this year. Since the main game remains the same for both versions, I'll defer to our original review for each and focus more on the technical aspects, since that is the only portion given a major overhaul. They do this endlessly, mocking the player's inability to escape the constant loop of killing zombies to level up so you can kill higher level zombies. Neither is particularly interesting in what it does, as NPCs stand in place and repeat the same two-second animation.
No matter who you choose, a majority of the action in-game revolves around first person melee combat where you swing various objects to whittle away a zombie's health, gain experience points to level up your skill tree, collect items to craft/repair weapons, and collect special items to fulfill side missions. In both games, you select a character with his or her own special focus, be it sharp and blunt weapons, or firearms. Gameplay in the first game has been changed in some ways to better match the advances made in Riptide, and while appreciated, both also share art assets such as the icon when you hold X to open a door, or the audio for a character's biography. The second picks up directly after the first, as you escape only to end up on another tropical island without the resort aesthetics. In the first game, the setting was a tropical resort getaway for the young and rich. In both Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide, you take the role of one of four survivors who are immune to the zombie virus infecting the tropical island. Underneath the shiny new textures and engine lies the same game you may have already played a couple years ago.
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