There are also projectile weapons, explosives, and electrical traps in action, as well as fights against different zombies types including walkers, shamblers and runners, the explosively-doomed grenadier walker variant, and a 'hyper mutated zombie' who is a big tall boy. By the end, however, they've switched her to a slower fighter, able to block attacks outright and manage crowds of zombies with ground pounds and sledgehammer swings.

In the early portions of the video, Dani is decked out with tools that make her a nimble fighter, capable of dodging attacks and skewering enemies with knives and swords. The demonstration goes into a lot of detail about Dead Island 2's combat, using the brawler character Dani as a starting point. I am undecided if I find the prospect an entertaining diversion or a mind-numbing waste of time, but a new, extended 14-minute demonstration might help you make up your mind.

Dead Island 2 seems destined to be a competent but unoriginal take on the zombie smashing genre.

Dead island 2 original trailer