Do not expect an amazing thrilling drama ride throughout the course of the game. As far as the story itself, it’s nothing we haven’t seen or heard of before in movies or video games. The story in Dead Island: Riptide picks up right after the end of the original game and continues on from there. Techland does a decent job at making the Island beautiful and lush and yet very dangerous and somewhat scary at times. The Dead Island universe was always about immersing players on a beautiful island that is overrun by the civilians who are now zombies that have become an unstoppable force of nature. If you’re interested in how to survive this zombie apocalypse adventure with your friends, or alone then continue reading down below. So how does the sequel fare against the original title? As always, I’ll be going over the presentation of the game, gameplay, trophies and of course the final word. Dead Island franchise combines MMORPG elements such as talents, leveling up, different qualities of loot and just any basic MMO principle you can think of really. Ead Island: Riptide is a direct sequel to the critically acclaimed zombie apocalypse Dead Island.