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A brave player ofDead Island 2has uncovered a hidden piece of dialogue in the game that can only be overheard by visiting a particular location in the middle of the night. Released earlier this year,Dead Island 2makes a departure from previous entries in the franchise by taking place in the city of Los Angeles, giving players a large map to explore in search of hidden lore and valuable loot.
The release ofDead Island 2in April 2023, over a decade after the series' last installment,Dead Island: Riptide,was widely anticipated by fans. Originally announced in 2014,Dead Island 2managed to survive years of development hell, and its long-awaited launch was greeted with broadly favorable reviews from critics and fans, selling over two million units in its first month.
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Even months later, players are continuing to discover secrets in the game. Reddit user u/jonatanthecuban recently posted a video he had captured of a secret dialogue exchange between NPCs at a bar in the game’s Venice Beach area. According to the user, this conversation only triggers when traveling to the region at night, meaning that finding it requires players to risk exploration in the total darkness. While this hidden dialogue is not practically useful likesome of the unique loot inDead Island 2, it still offers a reward for players willing to thoroughly explore the game world.
The dialogue itself consists of a group of NPCs discussing what they plan to do upon escaping the zombie-infested city, with one saying he intends to seek refuge with family in Samoa. Another character questions the wisdom of retreating to an island, given the possibility of becoming trapped on a “dead island” ifthe zombie Autophage virus spreads there, but the man responds that he hopes “the archipelago’s future will be dead island free.” This is the third time in the conversation that the game’s title is dropped, a fact that is immediately referenced by a third NPC, who asks “what do you guys keep saying ‘dead island’ for?”
The dialogue makes several tongue-in-cheek, meta references to theDead Islandfranchise itself, leading many users in the comments of jonatanthecuban’s post to speculate that the conversation could be hinting at future installments in the series. In particular, the very pointed line about the future of the Samoan archipelago seems like a not-so-subtle bit of foreshadowing forthe potential setting ofDead Island 3or perhaps DLC content. No official announcement has been made about the future of the series, so it remains to be seen whether this speculation will bear any fruit, but players ofDead Island 2are free to seek out this secret dialogue to judge for themselves.
Dead Island 2is out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
