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Dead Island: Ryder White

The Ryder White DLC is an expansion for Polish action role-playing survival horror game Dead Island. It expands a main story, but this time we can experience the events from a newly playable character…

20 31 January 2012

Dead Island: Ryder White is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Techland, released 31 January 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.

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What Dead Island: Ryder White is

Dead Island: Ryder White is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Techland and released in 2012. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Chrome Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Ryder White DLC is an expansion for Polish action role-playing survival horror game Dead Island. It expands a main story, but this time we can experience the events from a newly playable character perspective, Ryder White - one of the antagonists of main game. As a commander of Banoi Island Defence Force he tries to contain a zombie-infested island. He also has to find a cure for his infected wife, Emily. New content includes only a single-player campaign and is said to have a several hours of gameplay. It also adds two brand-new blueprints weapons.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Dead Island: Ryder White holds a critic score of 20 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 50 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3 hrs.

What it launched against

Dead Island: Ryder White launched on 31 January 2012, within three weeks of Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, The Darkness II and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, The Darkness II, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

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Quick answers

Dead Island: Ryder White — frequently asked questions

When did Dead Island: Ryder White come out?
Dead Island: Ryder White was released on 31 January 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Dead Island: Ryder White?
The main story of Dead Island: Ryder White takes around 3 hrs.

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