Review: Dead Island – Riptide

In 2011, Dead Island released during the crowded Fall season.  None was more skeptical than me about the game.  I was sick of zombie games, and I had no belief that the final product would be as gripping as its viral reveal trailer.  I simply couldn’t have been more wrong, and I became a fan of the franchise after picking it up during Steam’s Halloween sale that same October.  Two years later, Dead Island: Riptide released, and I was as frenzied as the zombie horde to give it a go.  Does it stack up to the original, or is this new entry as mindless as the zombies in the game?

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