In my hands-on time with the game, I visited several areas, including the disgustingly wealthy Bel-Air, a dilapidated but probably once five-star hotel, and a formerly proud movie studio. That took some mental remapping of what this game is going to be, and while I do find the smaller scope disappointing, it's not without its benefits too. Action-RPGs, especially zombie-centric ones, have so often utilized an open-world setting over the past 15 years that it was, for a good while, jarring to see that Dead Island 2 isn't actually the latest in a long line of them. Alternatively, if you have your eyes set on another big game this month-perhaps one with lightsabers-check out the gallery below of April's biggest games.It wasn't until two hours or so into my seven hours with Dead Island 2 when I finally understood that the linear nature of the game wasn't just part of the tutorial, and that Dambuster Studios' game wasn't going to eventually swing its proverbial doors open and reveal to me the sandbox I was looking for. We have plenty more to show you about Dead Island 2, so be sure to check it out in our guides hub. If time is of the essence, you can always fast travel, too. But we highly recommend making some time for the side missions, as they're some of the best parts of the game, and they're usually how you'll come across Dead Island 2's best weapons. On the flip side, if you merely wanted to speed through the story and skip most side attractions, you could feasibly do that in about 12-15 hours. If you wanted to complete all of these, your playthrough would run you closer to 30 hours or even a bit more, similar to our Dead Island 2 review playtime. There are 24 main missions in the story, alongside 33 side quests and another 15 tertiary missions collectively called Lost and Found.

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