Useless Island 2 is one thing that I’d assumed was vaporware in spite of everything this time. Years of delays and a number of developer modifications are by no means a great look, and I wasn’t certain the sport would ever see the sunshine of day. Towards all odds, developer Dambuster Studios is nearing the end line, and the sport releases subsequent month. I received to take an early peek on the sport and, I’ve to say, it felt fairly good to be again on Useless Island. Though the sport is about in Los Angeles, which isn’t an island. I suppose you possibly can’t simply rename the franchise, huh?
Useless Island 2 begins with you selecting from a number of over-the-top major characters with totally different stats and gameplay focuses. I picked Carla, a tough-talking Latina, however there’s an entire vary to select from. No matter who you go together with, the airplane the protagonist is using crashes as a result of zombies getting onboard. Shortly afterward, our hero meets up with a star and her posse after which makes an attempt to assist a few injured survivors. The celeb and her group quickly bail when a ton of undead crash the social gathering, however not earlier than inviting the protag to her mansion.
Your hero finally ends up getting bitten earlier than making a beeline for the celeb’s mansion. As luck would have it, they’re immune, they usually’re capable of get to the mansion earlier than the sport sends you off to seek out the authorities to flee from LA. I used to be curious to see how Useless Island 2 would work, as many of the DNA of the opposite video games ended up in Techland’s Dying Gentle collection. Suffice to say, LA isn’t an open world. Identical to the unique video games, it’s set in zones that it’s important to traverse whereas doing major quests, aspect quests, and coping with zombies. It’s a shocking alternative, nevertheless it positively finally ends up feeling far more like a Useless Island sport than Dying Gentle.
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What’s in your head?
As all the time, it’s as much as you to scavenge melee objects which will be upgraded. You’ll use these to fight the undead in vicious vogue. To place it mildly, Useless Island 2 might be probably the most ugly zombie sport I’ve ever performed. The quantity of element within the gore is basically one thing else. Rattling close to each a part of a zombie’s physique will be realistically destroyed: legs get sliced off; faces take a dizzying quantity of injury. After hitting a zombie within the face repeatedly, you possibly can see it break into a number of tiny wiggling zones. Or perhaps their jaws will fall off or swing from their skulls.
The melee fight is extra impactful and disgusting than in all probability even Dying Gentle presents. As all the time, you could have your default weapon swings or heavy swings. You can even block assaults as Carla, though different playable characters have a dodge. For those who time your blocks nicely (which is kind of simple because the system is lenient), you’ll launch right into a counter-attack animation that may typically kill an enemy outright. As Carla, at the very least, I used to be benefiting from this to wipe up zombies.
Weapon varieties have various finishers, though the one which sticks in my thoughts probably the most is the bare-handed one the place you set your whole fist via a zombie’s face. It’s nasty. You can even make the most of environmental results comparable to hearth, electrical energy, and water. Seize a automobile battery and throw it within the pool for a simple zombie fry. And also you’ll naturally be therapeutic up by grabbing all kinds of snacks and power drinks as you discover.
I used to be uncertain, however I had a blast taking part in the early a part of Useless Island 2 and I wish to get again to the wanton carnage. Though I don’t know what number of occasions I can take seeing these damaged faces.
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