February 9, 2012 - Mediocre - Dead Island did a fantastic job of realising a world shot to hell, and gave you the freedom to react to it however you wanted. In comparison, Ryder White's zombie adventure is a restricted and stilted affair that occasionally reminds us why Techland's original game was so much fun.

February 3, 2012 - Mediocre - Conceptually, a more streamlined, shooter-based spinoff of Dead Island sounds like a great premise. Sadly, this new chapter doesn't offer a whole lot new aside from its emphasis on gunplay. The storyline does shed some light on the origin of the game's viral outbreak, but this reveal, too, is a letdown.