Like a subliminal message trying to convince you how witty and well-shot a past cinematic was. The other is that sometimes, when a cutscene starts, a freeze frame from a previous cutscene very briefly flashes on screen. This only takes five seconds each time, mind – a world away from The Last of Us Part 1 and its epic 40-minute shader comps – so it hasn’t bothered me much. One is that the shader pre-caching takes place every time Dead Island 2 starts, a process that needs to happen just once on a Windows desktop. There are a couple of other peculiarities that seem to only be an issue on the Steam Deck, though neither will really spoil your fun.

I can still use the co-op mode’s Quick Join matchmaking, so that message appears to be much ado about nothing. There is a scary-sounding error message that appears every time I launch, with an error code that relates to an Epic Online Services malfunction, but closing the message permits the game to launch and run as normal. I have the Epic Games Launcher itself installed on my Steam Deck, and didn’t have any real trouble installing Dead Island 2 in turn. Both of these should allow you to get Dead Island 2 downloaded onto the handheld, still using your regular Epic account. Luckily, there are workarounds: you can either install the Heroic Launcher, or follow our handy guide on how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck. Let’s start by addressing Dead Island 2’s lack of a Steam version it launches on February 21st as an Epic Games exclusive, and since DI2 isn’t even listed on Steam right now, that’s unlikely to change any time soon. Manage cookie settings Liam took a look at Dead Island 2 to answer one simple question: was it worth the nine year wait? Watch on YouTube To see this content please enable targeting cookies.

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