
2017 · PikPok · Adventure · First-person shooter
Into the Dead 2
Nintendo console exclusive
Journey through the zombie apocalypse in a race to save your family. Arm yourself with an arsenal of powerful weapons and do whatever it takes to survive. Maim, mow down, and massacre the Dead - anything to keep moving! In a world where no one is safe, how far will you go to make it out alive?
- Released
- 13 October 2017
- Platforms
- AndroidNintendo SwitchiOS
- Genres
- AdventureFirst-person shooterRacingShooterZombie
- Developers
- PikPok
- Publishers
- Versus Evil
- Series
- Into the Dead
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- ActionHorrorSurvival
- Country
- New Zealand
- Age ratings
- PEGI 18ESRB M
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Entry
- #2 in Into the Dead
About
Into the Dead 2 is a 2017 first person shooter video game developed by PikPok. It was initially released on iOS and Android, and it was ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2019. It is a sequel to Into the Dead and part of the Into the Dead franchise.
Keywords
- zombies
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Players control a character seeking to return to his family during a zombie apocalypse. Similar to endless runner games, the character automatically runs throughout most of the game and must dodge zombies. If players are captured by a zombie on a level, they can escape by either using a knife, companions freeing you, an ally freeing you[1] or using a weapon with a bayonet. After that, they are freed but cannot be saved again, unless they have a knife.
Players can unlock and upgrade a variety of weapons, including pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows, and grenades. Indestructible animal companions and power-ups are also available.
Development
Prior to Into the Dead 2's worldwide launch, PikPok soft launched it in Australia for iOS on August 9, 2017, and for Android on August 29, 2017. It was launched worldwide for both platforms on October 13, 2017. Versus Evil released it for the Switch on October 25, 2019. The original iOS and Android versions are free-to-play and have microtransactions; these were removed from the Switch version. Netflix released Into the Dead 2: Unleashed in March 2022 for their subscribers; this version also removes the microtransactions.
Reception
Pocket Gamer said the mobile version "offers pretty much everything you could want in a zombie shooter". Although 148 Apps said it had "a smooth framerate" and "nicely polished visuals", they called it an unambitious and unoriginal game designed to draw players into spending money on microtransactions to upgrade their weapons. While recognizing the mobile game's popularity, TouchArcade criticized what they felt were limited and repetitive gameplay and a high price on the Switch. Pocket Gamer named Into the Dead 2: Unleashed the best Netflix game at the 2022 Pocket Gamer Awards.
The Switch version received negative reviews on Metacritic. Reviewing the Switch version, Nintendo Life called the gameplay "pretty simple and repetitive" and said it "becomes a pretty mindless grind very, very quickly".
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Into the Dead 2 Bundle
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