Or, to put it more accurately, they’re basically Dying Light without the parkour. And while neither this compilation nor these updated games are worth buying if you already own them, obviously, for those who’ve fallen behind on their zombie hunting, the Dead Island Definitive Collection is a solid though not perfect compilation.įor those unfamiliar with the two main games in the Dead Island Definitive Collection (I’ll get to Dead Island Retro Revenge in a bit), Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide are open world, first-person action games in which you fight zombies on beautiful tropical islands using a combination of melee attacks, guns, and kicking (the latter of can not only be used to stomp downed zombies, which saves wear and tear on your weapons, but also to briefly stun charging ones).īut while Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide also have such RPG elements as looting, crafting, side quests, random encounters, and weapon wear, the combat controls make them feel closer to first-person shooters/smackers with adventure game mechanics (see Deus Ex: Human Revolution or the Borderlands games) than RPGs with shooting and/or smacking combat (such as Fallout 4). ![]() ![]() In anticipation of Dead Island 2 ( PlayStation 4, Xbox One) possibly coming out this year, Deep Silver are releasing the Dead Island Definitive Collection ( PlayStation 4, Xbox One) which includes 2011’s Dead Island and its 2013’s stand-alone expansion Dead Island Riptide, their respective add-ons, and a new side-scrolling arcade game called Dead Island Retro Revenge (digital versions of Dead Island: Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition are being also sold separately, but Dead Island Retro Revenge is only available in the Dead Island Definitive Collection).
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