Escape Dead Island

Making and release

Escape Dead Island was developed by Fatshark.^[2] The game stars Cliff Calo, a privileged man investigating rumors of a zombie-infested island.^[1] Cliff's quest involves proving something to his media mogul father.^[1] The game presents a third-person perspective, unlike the first-person view of previous Dead Island titles.^[1]

Escape Dead Island lacks many franchise trademarks like loads of loot and handmade weapons.^[1] The game provides a pistol and shotgun with ammo that is not scarce.^[1] Stealth options include sneaking up behind zombies and stabbing them with a screwdriver.^[1] The game includes a "shove" move to push zombies off ledges.^[1]

The final hours force the player into closed arenas with multiple zombies.^[1]

What the cited sources add

Tim Turi of Game Informer gave the game a 2/10, criticizing the frustrating mission structure and poor textures.^[3] Turi described the plot as having all the fun of a so-bad-it's-bad '80s horror flick.^[2] Justin McElroy from Polygon declared it "the worst game I've ever finished"^[4] McElroy wrote that the game fails as a stealth game, survival horror game, and action game.^[1]

McElroy noted that the game's zombies cannot even gravity, as they do not fall off ledges.^[1]