Dead Island: Definitive Edition
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Dead Island: Definitive Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Techland, released 31 May 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 29 hrs to finish.
What Dead Island: Definitive Edition is
Dead Island: Definitive Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Techland and released in 2016. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The island of Banoi is a lush, tropical paradise in the South Pacific where its flagship Royal Palms Resort serves as the ultimate getaway for vacationers with money to burn. However, all good things must soon come to an end - and the picturesque resort falls into madness, carnage and chaos after a mysterious and contagious zombie outbreak claims its once peaceful atmosphere. Cut off from the rest of the world, only four individuals who strangely find themselves immune to zombification have the power to protect the remaining survivors from the horrors of the island, to discover what's really going on and find a way to escape before their own fatal ends.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 29 hrs.
What it launched against
Dead Island: Definitive Edition launched on 31 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch and Doom. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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