Going into this standalone expansion to the base game of Dead Island, I was expecting more of the same... and that's pretty much what I got. However, it did feel marginally better in some ways, with the pacing in particular feeling much snappier and (thankfully) ending much sooner than last time. I particularly enjoyed the simple addition of having the characters speak out of cutscenes rather than just give repeated quips for every scenario. Really helped to sell their personalities a lot more than the base Dead Island.

All in all, still a pretty decent time with some interesting gameplay scenarios and narrative moments.

6/10