<s>
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Riptide	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2013	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Techland	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
Riptide	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
to	O
2011	O
's	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
four	O
survivors	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
new	O
survivor	O
,	O
arriving	O
on	O
another	O
island	O
in	O
the	O
Banoi	B-Application
archipelago	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
overrun	O
by	O
zombies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Riptide	I-Application
received	O
a	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
cited	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
fix	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
's	O
problems	O
,	O
nor	O
add	O
anything	O
new	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
title	O
and	O
first	O
official	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
revealed	O
at	O
E3	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
2	I-Application
changed	O
hands	O
again	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
to	O
an	O
internal	O
studio	O
of	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
,	O
Dambuster	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Riptide	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
SteamOS	B-Application
under	O
the	O
title	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Definitive	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Riptide	O
takes	O
place	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
four	O
immune	O
survivors	O
:	O
ex-American	O
football	O
player	O
Logan	O
Carter	O
,	O
rapper	O
Sam	O
B	O
,	O
undercover	O
Chinese	O
spy	O
Xian	O
Mei	O
,	O
and	O
former	O
Australian	O
police	O
officer	O
Purna	O
Jackson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
international	O
terrorist	O
Charon	O
and	O
native	O
Yerema	O
,	O
asymptomatic	O
patient	O
zero	O
of	O
the	O
Banoi	B-Application
outbreak	O
,	O
the	O
survivors	O
land	O
on	O
a	O
military	O
ship	O
after	O
escaping	O
from	O
the	O
prison	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
saving	O
a	O
holdout	O
of	O
survivors	O
,	O
they	O
meet	O
Colonel	O
Hardy	O
again	O
;	O
he	O
tells	O
the	O
irate	O
immune	O
that	O
Serpo	O
's	O
organization	O
is	O
interested	O
in	O
weaponizing	O
the	O
Kuru	O
strain	O
that	O
caused	O
the	O
zombie	O
outbreak	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
Banoi	B-Application
,	O
a	O
nuclear	O
strike	O
against	O
Palanai	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
purge	O
the	O
infection	O
and	O
cover	O
up	O
the	O
evidence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
immune	O
find	O
the	O
military	O
base	O
was	O
overrun	O
and	O
contact	O
Serpo	O
;	O
he	O
tells	O
them	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
nuclear	O
strike	O
planned	O
,	O
that	O
Banoi	B-Application
is	O
fine	O
,	O
that	O
Hardy	O
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
trusted	O
,	O
and	O
agrees	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
helicopter	O
to	O
evacuate	O
the	O
survivors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
music	O
video	O
for	O
a	O
song	O
called	O
"	O
No	O
Room	O
in	O
Hell	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
by	O
rapper	O
Josef	O
"	O
J7	O
"	O
Lord	O
(	O
who	O
in	O
the	O
song	O
is	O
named	O
Sam	O
B	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
from	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
)	O
,	O
for	O
promotion	O
and	O
featured	O
Chamillionaire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
announced	O
that	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Riptide	I-Application
would	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
Zombie	O
Bait	O
Edition	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
include	O
a	O
statuette	O
of	O
the	O
bloodily	O
dismembered	O
torso	O
of	O
a	O
bikini-clad	O
woman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Riptide	I-Application
has	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Riptide	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
most	O
critics	O
praising	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
new	O
setting	O
,	O
but	O
criticizing	O
the	O
many	O
unfixed	O
issues	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
new	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aggregating	O
review	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
gave	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
62/100	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
61/100	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
57/100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
'	O
it	O
was	O
tempting	O
to	O
simply	O
paste	O
the	O
original	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
review	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
and	O
call	O
it	O
a	O
day	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
Mark	O
Walton	O
heavily	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
Dead	B-Application
Island	I-Application
:	I-Application
Riptide	I-Application
might	O
look	O
like	O
an	O
idyllic	O
zombie-fest	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
frustrating	O
mess	O
of	O
half-baked	O
ideas	O
and	O
repetitive	O
combat.	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
