Dead Island 2: Zombie Smashing Playtime isn’t forever

A classic open world adventure with a huge playing area Dead Island 2 not become. This is also reflected in the playing time, as the developers explained in an interview.

Instead of a freely accessible world, you can expect two separate areas in Dead Island, which, however, are not completely linear. Away from the paths you can very well do some additional things and discover one or the other secret. Nevertheless, the zombie adventure will not accompany you for 100 hours.

Dead Island 2: Zombie snack instead of marathon

As art director Adam Olsson pointed out in an interview wccftech As mentioned, the main story and a few side activities will take players around 20 hours to complete. On the other hand, if you explore everything and complete all the side quests, you should spend a few more hours in Hell-A.

However, Dead Island 2 does not have to be completely over with the credits, because the zombie sniping is designed to be replayable. So you can start again after a first round with another of the six playable characters. You can also try different playstyles with the deck building system.

As a result, Dead Island 2 should be even longer overall – at least for all those who like to defend themselves against zombies a little longer. You can find out how well it’s been playing so far in our in-depth Dead Island 2 preview.

It will still be a few weeks before you can lend a hand yourself. Dead Island 2 will be released on April 21, 2023 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S.