Riptide wisely starts the player at level 15, skipping the fun and moving right to the pain.
Dead Island: Riptide is the followup to Dead Island, an intriguing and deeply flawed open-world zombie game.
After the break, we've got some playtime with Riptide 2 and a video tour of the device.
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When we are 100 yards from shore, we stop swimming, caught--by design--in a fast-moving, northwesterly riptide, buoyed by our thick wetsuits.
We made it across without difficulty, but on the return leg we got caught in a riptide near East Chop lighthouse and started taking on water.
Previously out of reach over at the chipmaker's CES space, we got to exclusively handle it and play some Riptide GP 2 (another first).
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Dead Island: Riptide will be released on April 23 (US) and April 26 (Europe), published by Deep Silver, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Dead Island: Riptide is determined to stymie fun at all opportunities.
Melnyk and I start in for shore just before reaching the invisible line drawn out from the Montauk lighthouse, where the riptide can get unbearably strong.
Dead Island 2 (rumored to be Dead World) is some way down the line, but Riptide joins Metro: Last Light and Saints Row 4 in a surprisingly strong lineup.
For example, the Windows RT version of TegraZone advertises games like SoulCraft, Riptide GP, and Great Big War Game, but also contains starter guides and tips for new Windows RT users.
Android tablets purchased at GameStop come loaded with valuable extras including a hand-picked selection of free games, like Sonic CD and Riptide, the Kongregate Arcade gaming app and a free issue of Game Informer Digital.
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Neither issue's a deal-breaker, but it's a little disappointing that something this physically big, not doing any serious local processing, can only manage half the battery life of something like Apple's iPad playing a game like Riptide GP.
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