Dead Island 2 and the Sin of Level Scaling

Dead Island 2 is an interesting game that almost fully embraces arcade-level sensibilities, but falls a bit short thanks to a reliance on the most horrific sin of modern game design - level scaling.
0:00 Intro
0:36 Dead Island 2 - The Positives
4:11 Dead Island 2 - The Negatives
11:07 Suggestions to improve the game
14:04 Verdict
Synthwave Music By Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

[@Milos89kv]

Oh man I totaly forgot about Soldier of Fortune. Thanks for the reminder, great game.

[@sodone4593]

Damn your reviews should be labelled as ASMR videos. Your voice is perfect for it 😂

[@cipherapox]

I’m glad u said it right! I enjoyed ur playthrough regardless. Thank u kind Sir!

[@Mordrukk666]

Hey thanks for watching the streams Shawn! After weeks of Dead Island I'm so stoked to start Boltgun

[@anubis.6256]

Good review bro. You have convinced me to only buy this game if it's on sale. Just from the footage in the review I could feel the tedium of the gameplay setting in.

[@Mordrukk666]

Thanks bud, and yeah I'm definitely more curious to see if the gore system gets implemented into similar games with a bit more substance

[@mrguermo1]

Love your voice

[@se7ensenses]

I don't know why the game industry insists on making players put HOURS into the game before they let you loose and have fun. But 4+ hours to unlock the block ability in a melee combat focused games is ridiculous!

[@Mordrukk666]

Exactly! For a game like this, it would've been so much better to have given the player a lot more utility from the getgo, instead of gating those aspects arbitrarily. I really hope devs start looking to these newer retro games (like Blasphemous or Boltgun) for how to hook player engagement from minute 1

[@Life_YT_]

When are you going to do you next live stream

[@Mordrukk666]

Most likely Sunday

[@JesterofMayhem98]

I got this game for 3 dollars

[@JesterofMayhem98]

I got this game for 3 dollars