$11.99Dead Effect 2 Implants, plasma guns and endless hordes
A fast sci-fi shooter on a monster-infested colonist ship, built for co-op friends to clear together. You pick a hero, stack guns, gear and implants, then blast zombies, cyborgs and drones through story missions, survival runs and boss fights, with PvP when you want to turn on each other.
Is Dead Effect 2 worth it?
Dead Effect 2 is worth it if…
- you like co-op games where you and co-op friends clear missions together
- you like loud, fast-paced shooters with loot and upgrades between rounds
- you want co-op plus the option of PvP matches against each other
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Clear the ship side by side
The whole campaign and every special mission can be played in cooperative multiplayer, so you and co-op friends move through the ESS Meridian as a unit. One of you holds a doorway with a shotgun while the other triggers bullet time, drops a force field, or pulls aggro with a fresh implant. Missions are short and round-based — Biohazard, Survive, Lone Wolf, Infestation — which makes it easy to run one more, swap roles, and jump back in.
Loot that keeps both of you busy
Between fights you each build a very different killer. There are over 100 upgradable weapons, from pistols and shotguns to plasma guns, bows and swords, plus 300-plus gear pieces and implants across sets from Regular to Mythical. Finish a full set for bonus abilities, then pick from 30-plus powers to suit your habits. You might go heavy armor and melee while your partner runs dual pistols and healing support, and the ship keeps paying out the credits to fund it.
Straightforward shooting, then PvP
The shooting itself stays simple and brutal: fast corridors, dark corners in maintenance rooms and oxygen gardens, and waves of zombies, soldiers, mutants, cannibals, mechanical dogs and drones. Boss fights break up the grind with bigger targets to focus down together. When cooperation curdles, player-versus-player mode lets you settle who actually carried the mission. Twenty-plus hours of missions and side tasks give a regular duo plenty of evenings.
What else should you know?
Can you play the full campaign in co-op?
Yes. The story campaign and all special missions support cooperative multiplayer, so a duo can run the main missions, return for side tasks, and tackle Biohazard, Survive, Lone Wolf and Infestation together.
How does character building work for a team?
Each player trains their own hero with weapons, gear, implants and special abilities. Gear sets grant extra powers when completed, and implants raise performance, so two players can specialize — one tanky, one fast, one support — instead of running identical builds.
What are you fighting on the ship?
The colonist ship holds zombies, soldiers, cyborgs, mutants, cannibals, mechanical dogs and drones, plus several boss fights. Missions mix story objectives with wave-based survival, so expect close corridors and repeated enemy types rather than stealth or puzzles.
