Here are some highlights and lowlights of Dead Island Riptide from the early parts of the game after the single-play prologue. We discuss some of the issues of the game as we move forward. Regardless of these there are some fun and funny moments to be had in the game,…

Alan moves on to the the drive-in theater, where a young woman prepares for a curated film festival late at night. But Mr. Scratch has already been by and has infected her in some way. To help her, Alan has to turn on the generators so he can get some…

We enter Daviik’s compound under the guise of joining “The Exchange”, his mercenary network. We quickly begin taking out the compound’s defenses in search of the security system codes that hold the Ebon Hawk in place. As we make our way towards the hanger with the codes found on a…

Dead Island Riptide begins as a single-player segment. The prologue gives us a little reminded of our previous adventure. Our team is captured by military-types led by a man who wants to experiment on us, as we are immune. Imprisoned and experimented on in the belly of a warship, Mei…

The nameless hero continues to explore the mysterious island where he and another stowaway by the name of Sara have washed ashore. She stays behind at an abandoned cottage and he continues on, discovering a shield and a tomb along the way. Finding a home and a split in the…

With the help of the newly acquired T3-M4 droid Bastila and our man make their way inside the Sith base. Their goal is to obtain departure codes which will allow them to get past the Sith’s auto-targeting lasers. Meeting Canderous, after defeating a Sith Governor, furthers the plan. You will…

Alan heads to the Mount Redtooth Observatory looking for answers. There he finds a scientist and a telescope looking to the skies for an answer. He’ll have to help repair the telescope before they can look for those answers though. What he finds is more madness from Mr. Scratch and…

We return the prototype swoop accelerator to Gadon at the Hidden Beks base. And now it’s time to race, with the caveat that the accelerator could overheat and explode at any time! Luckily the race is easily won with some Jedi-style reflexes. However, Brejik decides that his prize, Bastila, will…

Our hero awakens after the shipwreck on the shores of a mysterious island. Sara, the other stowaway is still alive. The nameless hero finds weapons out of common branches and they set out inland to find shelter, food and medicine. He battles over-sized vultures, stingrats and wolves along the way….

Our hero along with Mission and Zalbar have successfully entered the Black Vulkar base. They systematically make their way through the complex, taking out the swoop gang as the go. Soon they are confronted by Kandon and his bodyguard. A fierce firefight follows and our crew now has the prototype…

Taking place immediately after the events of Dead Island, Riptide follows the same crew from the original. As their helicopter lands they are taken into custody by a military force. A man by the name of Frank Serpo seems to have the command of these soldiers though he isn’t a…

After your near-death and then near-death again experiences, you emerge from the Camarilla meeting in a back alley. There you meet Smiling Jack, an ancient vampire, currently in the guise of a grizzled biker. Jack finds the whole “game” quite amusing, but he takes care of his own kind. He…