Speaking in an interview with
Eurogamer, game director David Stenton and creative director James Worral explained that
Dead Island 2’s Los Angeles is divided into several districts of varying sizes, some of which are smaller and some “expansive”, offering various side quests and activities. Progression, however, will be linear- new districts will only get unlocked as you progress through the story, though players will have the option to go back to older districts whenever they want.
“We’ve divided L.A. up into a series of districts,” Stenton said. “Some of them are really expansive, some of them are a little bit smaller – the one that you played today is one of the ones on the smaller side. You can travel between the districts as they unlock, according to the story progression. There are all sorts of side quests of various different types that go on within those districts.”
