Dead Island 2

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Dead Island
Dead Island	2011
Dead Island: Riptide	2013
Escape Dead Island	2014
Dead Island: Epidemic	2016
Dead Island: Definitive Edition	2016
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition	2016
Dead Island: Retro Revenge	2016
Dead Island 2	2023

Dead Island 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, open world, RPG and survival horror game in the Dead Island series.

Initially announced in 2014, the game was set to be released earlier but due to various issues during development, it went through multiple developers, to finally land under Dambuster Studios. It was then announced to release in February 3, 2023, and then delayed to April 28, 2023, and then moved a week forward to April 21, 2023.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Ultimate Edition also available.
		Ultimate Edition also available.
Humble Store		Choice between Epic Games Store activation and Steam key. Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Ultimate Edition also available.

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[4]

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\DeadIsland\Content\Movies\.
Delete or rename BootAMDLogo.mp4, BootLogo.mp4, BootLogo_4K.mp4, BootLoop.mp4, and BootLoop_4K.mp4.
Go to <path-to-game>\DeadIsland\Content\DI2\Movies\.
Delete or rename Intro.mp4, Intro_4K.mp4, DeadIsland2_Titles.mp4, DeadIsland2_Titles_4K.mp4.

Notes

Will still have to manually skip through all the Legal and Autosave information.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\DeadIsland\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\DeadIslandSteam\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/934700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\DeadIsland\Saved\SaveGames
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\DeadIslandSteam\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/934700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use Lyall's fix to remove pillarboxing in cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		70º-100º. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, Temporal Low, Temporal High.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2 ^[5]. DLSS can be modded in.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		^{[citation needed]}
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX
Ray tracing (RT)		^{[Note 2]}
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Use Flawless Widescreen
Install Flawless Widescreen. Open the program at least once, and exit. Download the FWS plugin. Unzip the archive in FWS install directory. Launch FWS and adjust FOV slider as desired. Run the game.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		^{[citation needed]}
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		^{[citation needed]}
Surround sound		Microsoft Spatial Audio API is supported.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Not changeable through ingame menus.
Royalty free audio		Has streamer mode which block licensed music. The licensed title sequence music is not blocked, however.^[6]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		3	Co-op

Issues fixed

Opening the inventory or trading menu might crash the game when using FSR 2

Turn off FSR 2^[7]

Other information

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		User profile, see vorpx forum post for introduction.

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12	^[8]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Play Steam version without Epic Online Services

Delete & edit folder and file^[9]^[10]
Before launching the game for the first time, go to `<path-to-game>\Dead Island 2\` and delete `EpicGameLauncher`. Open `DeadIsland.ini` and change `NoOperation=0` to `NoOperation=1`.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-9590 Intel Core i7-7700HQ	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i9-9900K
System memory (RAM)	10 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	70 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon R9 390X Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Radeon RX 6800 XT Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/934700/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (934700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ No mention of ray tracing support in any of the technical specs, reviews, videos or interviews

References

↑ Gematsu - Deep Silver Dambuster Studios takes over Dead Island 2 development - last accessed on 2021-01-15
↑ Eurogamer - California Dreamin': Dead Island 2 embraces the slaughter - last accessed on 2021-01-15
↑ MCV/DEVELOP - Sumo Digital takes charge of Dead Island 2 - last accessed on 2021-01-15
↑ Dead Island 2 is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech - last accessed on 2023-04-21
"And, after five CPU changes, we were met with the following message. So, as you can clearly see, Dead Island 2 uses Denuvo. The game’s executable file also hints at the inclusion of Denuvo (as it’s around 438MB in size)"
↑ AMD FSR 2 Games List - last accessed on 2023-03-14
↑ Dead Island 2 Technical FAQs - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ Dead Island 2 Inventory Crash Fix PC - last accessed on [unknown]
↑ Dead Island 2 - Technical FAQs - last accessed on 2024-05-11
"Dead Island 2 supports DirectX 12 only – it does not support DirectX 11."
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/934700/discussions/0/4368004468485657992/#c4368004468485672669
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3230687385

[Proton_path_note-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/934700/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (934700) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/934700/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (934700) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note-7] No mention of ray tracing support in any of the technical specs, reviews, videos or interviews

[1] Gematsu - Deep Silver Dambuster Studios takes over Dead Island 2 development - last accessed on 2021-01-15

[2] Eurogamer - California Dreamin': Dead Island 2 embraces the slaughter - last accessed on 2021-01-15

[3] MCV/DEVELOP - Sumo Digital takes charge of Dead Island 2 - last accessed on 2021-01-15

[4] Dead Island 2 is using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech - last accessed on 2023-04-21
"And, after five CPU changes, we were met with the following message. So, as you can clearly see, Dead Island 2 uses Denuvo. The game’s executable file also hints at the inclusion of Denuvo (as it’s around 438MB in size)"

[6] AMD FSR 2 Games List - last accessed on 2023-03-14

[8] Dead Island 2 Technical FAQs - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[9] Dead Island 2 Inventory Crash Fix PC - last accessed on [unknown]

[10] Dead Island 2 - Technical FAQs - last accessed on 2024-05-11
"Dead Island 2 supports DirectX 12 only – it does not support DirectX 11."

[11] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/934700/discussions/0/4368004468485657992/#c4368004468485672669

[12] ttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3230687385

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Developers

	Deep Silver Dambuster Studios^[1]
Former (2012-2016)	Yager Development^[2]
Former (2016-2019)	Sumo Digital^[3]
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	April 21, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	75
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, RPG, Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Zombies
Series	Dead Island