I just finished my second playthrough of Dead Island 2, and for some reason this game really resonated with me the way few other games ever have, and just like with the first playthrough, I’m kind of bummed that there’s nothing left for me to do in the game.
The story was the weakest part, but the gameplay, music, sound production, voice acting, “set design,” – everything-- was absolutely incredible, imo. Attention to detail is huge for me, and when I can read what it says on a tiny box of pills–that says passionate devs and quality publisher to me. I also LOVE how the zombie damage is depicted, with different weapons causing different wound shapes, and the guts jiggle independently of the body. Most satisfying zombie killing ever.
So what games did you yearn for more of when you finished it?
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT (link)
If you love old early 3d boomer shooters, deep-fried memes, and brazil, you will thoroughly enjoy this one. Looks like a string of trippy community maps some rando would patch together, but it’s actually well-made and executes the shitposting perfectly. It runs on quakespasm (source port for quake), and is pretty much a total conversion mod for quake.
Probably not the type of game you were expecting, but it’s really short and there are very few things like it. It’s cheap and can run on basically anything. Would recommend
What’s a boomer shooter?
Basically any game that relies on Quake, Unreal Tournament or Doom 92’ style mechanics and usually was released from the early 90’s to the late 00’s. TF2 would be an example of a 00’s game that would fit the definition, and DUSK might be a good example of a recent retro revival.
Motherfucker.