Offscreen Teleportation: Largely played straight, as sometimes zombies will seemingly come out of nowhere and make a mad dash for you. Other times averted, where at some points they may literally spawn right in front of you, especially during some quests. Occasional issues with rage mode. It can kill you, though you still take damage. It might also mean instead of being able to fight you have your hands up to your face and cannot fight: ala what happens at the harbor: a side effect of the virus? Improvised Weapon: Like the first game, you can mod your weapons to give them status effects or damage over time effects.

Shovel Strike: Early in the game the player can gain access to a fairly powerful shovel as a quest reward. Since they are also likely to have a handful of useful mods for it at that point its quite a potent weapon for the early missions and sidequests. The survivors decide to travel to the city of Henderson, in hopes the nearby army base can offer help. With no intact bridges or working boats, the survivors instead investigate a tunnel to reach a pier. A researcher, Dr. Kessler, reveals that the zombie-creating virus mutation was created by exposure to chemical weapons which were stored in the tunnels. The immune clear the tunnels and fight their way to Henderson. In Rodrigo's shop. He is the trader north of Stan's House (the doctor's house for ER) in southeast Henderson.I’m accustomed to game companies marketing towards men. But rarely is it quite so blatantly i.e. "Here are some tits!" It’s a mistake to ignore the legions of female gamers out there, who enjoy their zombie killing just as much as the guys. It’s an even bigger mistake to outright annoy them. Believe me, I know this. I’ve got first-hand experience of being caught-up with a video games "controversy" on Tomb Raider, and so I know that marketing and the way we speak about and depict our characters and games is important. Industry and player debate about how we go about this is also valuable. The Virus: The kuru disease hinted at being behind the infection came from Palanoi, mutated by old army supplies store on the island. recording #2 is also quite easy to find. You'll easily come across it in the Bungalow with the power cables (for the early-on quest Electrifying) in Mataka Village. Crecente, Brian (15 January 2013). "Dead Island Riptide's bloody torso statue sparks anger, confusion". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02 . Retrieved 27 April 2013. Hold the Line: There are various missions focused around defending a base from waves of zombies, complete with being able to set up defenses and arming your fellow characters.

Death from Above: A new move is the ability to take out zombies by jumping on top of them if you're above them. Its best used sparingly or when there are only 1-2 zombies however, as you're vulnerable for a few seconds after executing this move, during which time the others will happily maul you until you get up. Degraded Boss: The first Wrestler you fight is a named King Mook main quest boss with tons of health, and is pretty much a full boss fight. Subsequent Wrestlers, while still very tough, have less health and are much closer to the other Elite Zombie enemies in terms of how much damage they can take. Dead Island Riptide Zombie-Killing Bliss With Some Rough Edges". Game Informer. 2013-04-22. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25 . Retrieved 2013-04-22.Escape Dead Island, which takes place 6 months later, seems to show that Xian Mei is still alive and human, which does give some hope for the other player characters... We deeply apologise for any offence caused by the Dead Island Riptide Zombie Bait Edition, the collector’s edition announced for Europe and Australia. For the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island. No Celebrities Were Harmed: That guy on the cover remind you of anyone? No? Read the Expy and Shout Out tropes for a big clue. If this statue had been reminiscent of Venus de Milo or the statue of David, and posed in a beautiful, creative way, perhaps I could have even admired it. But as a hunk of flesh plopped into a lifeless pose and trussed up in a string bikini, I seriously have to question the thought behind it. Dead Island: Riptide - Review". Game Trailers.com. 2013-04-22. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26 . Retrieved 2013-04-22.

I was glad to see Deep Silver apologising for this rather large misstep, although I was a little perplexed by the fact that they seemed to use the fact that players apparently do this in the game (or at least have the option to) as some kind of get-out-of-jail card. I’ve done some horrendous things in games. I don’t particularly want to see them immortalised in statue form. Just before the ending...well ends, a radio broadcast indicates Banoi and Palanai are on the road to recovery with rumors of the infection being quashed. This gels with the first game where late in Australian biohazard can be seen stationed around Moresby and quarantine zones set up.

MCV's Ben Parfitt writes: "With the industry's attitude and representation of gender very much one of the hot issues of 2012, the reaction to the announcement is understandably likely to anger the more proactive parts of the games community." Celebrity Survivor: Two of the playable characters are former rap star Sam B and former American football star Logan.