It's hard to find a zombie game that's worth playing these days. Over the last few years, game developers have been putting zombies into every possible game format you can think of. First person shooters, check, third person shooters, check, twin stick shooters, done. Seems like a game can't come out without a zombie mode attached to it.
Then there are games that are built from the ground up with zombies in mind, and even though they aren't tacked on game modes, you'll find that there's plenty of zombie games and few of them are worth playing. We can tell you that "Dead Island" is one of the few worth your time.
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.
"It's hard to find a zombie game that's worth playing these days."
Of the top of my head:
Dead Island
Plants VS Zombies
Dead Nation
The Walking Dead Series
Left for Dead Series
That wasn't so hard.
No where in the article does it quote anyone saying "Dead Island Riptide is not a sequel". Last we heard from the developers(around announcement) they said the game was.
How is the game not a sequel? It takes place directly after the events of the first game, with all the same characters one new character, and the same zombie outbreak but on a ship and several other islands. You can even import your character stats from the first game. Aside from putting a "2" after Dead Island, I don't know what else would qualify it as a sequel, but it sure sounds like one.
L4D2=L4D1.5