Dead Island: Riptide is the epitome of a safe sequel.
Riptide is every bit a continuation of Dead Island and it shows. The moment you get through the Prologue, the game loses its creative shackles and goes back to its comfort zone. Gorgeous, luscious island, big hulking zombies, thick Australian accents. Riptide feels exactly the same as Dead Island, even down to the same issues the original game had. You may think that’s an obvious statement to make, but just because we're playing a sequel, it doesn’t mean that we have to play through the same game. Are there changes? Yes. Do they actually add anything and change the overall experience? Not really…
Carlos writes "We’re back once more to take a look back into the history of Xbox to unearth games that released many years ago, allowing us to celebrate their anniversary. This time around the game we’re looking at is Dead Island: Riptide."
Utomik - the “unlimited play” monthly subscription gaming service - expands its games library with several games from publisher Deep Silver, including Dead Island Riptide and Metro 2033 Redux with many more.
Microsoft is ending June with a bang, a lot of games are going on sale this week. But only if you have an active Xbox Live Gold membership.
