Missions are almost uniformly of the “kill everything between here and the waypoint” variety. Whatever character you’re playing, it’s easier with partners. Alternatively, use firearms expert Purna to take it out from a distance while you run around in circles as bait, staying just out of arm’s reach. Pair up with another melee fighter however, and you can take it in turns to bop a thug on the back of the head until it goes down.
They’re properly annoying if you’re playing John the hand-to-hand fighter by yourself. Standing a foot above your average walker, thugs move slowly but a single blow from them will send you flying and knock off half your health bar. The thug, by the way, is one of the key enemy types that you’ll meet quite early on. Certain zombie types, like the thug, are much easier to dispatch in a group. The game is definitely designed for multiplayer and not just in that “everything is better with friends” way. He says things like “Yeah, now you’re dead!” after blowing up a horde of zombies, right when I would too. There’s also a new one, John the antipodean, ex-soldier who favours hand-to-hand combat. Those familiar with the original will recognise the four playable specialists: Purna the firearms expert, Xian Mei with her edged blades, Sam B the blunt weapon fighter and Logan, who throws knives. Riptide is the standalone sequel to 2011’s surprise zombie-smashing hit, Dead Island. You’ll be chucking explosives, jabbing things with electric shocks and swinging a whole plethora of melee weapons, all of which are improved by jamming nails through the end.
Dead Island: Riptide nods to all that and cuts straight through to zombie dismemberment fun. The relationships between people, straining to find some semblance of normality in a changed world. The human struggle to survive when all the odds are stacked against you. As a general rule, the best thing about zombie entertainment come from the characters.
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