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Dead island 2 developers5/31/2023 Still, fans might not look back so fondly on the original game if Dead Island 2 hits expectations. The gore in our preview is probably the most viscerally fun we've ever experienced in a zombie game - a weird, guilty sentiment, but a relevant one nonetheless. Of course, it’s not something that the developers over at Dambuster Studios are interested in. The core way that he found to get around that issue while researching was to add "VFX" or "special effects" to his searches, something that means Dead Island 2 is very much harking back to cinematic gore that you'll find familiar.Īfter all, Evans-Lawes "definitely didn't want to give myself PSTD", and the results are a resounding rebuttal of the idea that such real-life reference was needed. (Image credit: Deep Silver) One of the developers behind Dead Island 2 wants to evoke the dual glee and disgust of over-the-top gore in 80s horror films, making it so gross that we find. Dead Island 2 takes aim at Los Angeles culture, the rich, and influencers By Tomas Franzese MaGetting stuck in development hell often doesn’t bode well for games. We got the chance to chat to the game's developers last week, too, and one of the questions we put to them was just how an art team can go about getting the level of gore that Dead Island 2 offers up to look just right.Īfter all, the idea of putting in research for the sorts of flaying and flesh-rending on show gives us the total heebie-jeebies, something that was thankfully laughed off.ĭan Evans-Lawes, Technical Art Director at Dambuster confirmed that he "personally ha no desire to watch people dying in real life, you know what I mean?"
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