The writing... well maybe I am not the target audience.
The writing in that trailer is fantastic compared to shit like Saints Row (2022) and Far Cry 6.
I recently finished Far Cry 6 (what a fucking slog), and the writing is so incredibly terrible I can't imagine who the fuck wrote that shit....and Ubisoft recently announced they're going to use AI generated narrative text in future? Only going to get worse. After playing the steaming pile of rancid fat filled animal shit that was that narrative anything in comparison seems brilliant. It's all "oh so random" humor of the worst variety that appeals to no one. Holy fucking shit balls what a God damn piece of shit that game was narrative wise, and don't let me even begin on the transgendered character who repeatedly talks about how difficult it was getting top surgery in a dictatorship (yes, really). What a fucking horrific pile of anal gloop.
Anyway, Dead Island 2 seems like it'll be fun but the early impressions I've seen make it out to be a bit janky and a bit slow. I'll certainly give it a go at least!
A bomba 10 years in the making
Something that hasn't been mentioned much in the press is Dambuster Studios started from scratch when they were handed the project. That leaked build from a couple of years ago is likely all we'll ever see from that project.