Dead Island 2 – Neighborhood Watch: Five Tips to Survive the Week

Summary

Between four days of deadly missions and a final battle for survival, Dead Island 2’s new Neighborhood Watch mode has enough to challenge the most hardened zombie apocalypse veteran. We spoke to FIshlabs Director of QA, Thomas Bark, and ace QA tester Ro Griffiths, to get their top five tips for getting through it in one piece.

Keep your eyes on the prize

A lot of players get lost on the streets of Hell-A, trying to fight and kill every shambler going. ‘Keep in mind that, for every zombie you kill, there will be another one coming’ says Thomas, ‘and slowly but surely, they’ll converge on you’. Instead, keep your focus on your mission, and skirt around groups if you don’t need to fight them. Get where you need to get to, complete your objective and grab your rewards.

Look after your weapons, they’ll look after you

If you chance upon a weapon that works for you, treat it nicely. Upgrade it, buff it and repair it when you get the chance, and don’t focus too much on finding specific weapons or perks. ‘I always invest in a small suite of weapons that I can keep with me going forward through the session’ says Ro. ‘Some will break, but if you’re upgrading and repairing them at the end of the mission, you can end up with some really powerful weapons that will get you through your daily missions and eventually the shelter defence.’

There’s no ‘I’ in team

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