Dead Island 2, the long-awaited sequel to 2011's Dead Island, is releasing later this week across PC and consoles. We now have the first comparison videos, showing the game running on last-gen consoles, current-gen consoles, and PC.

　　As most of you will know, the game has been long-overdue with it being delayed, and even canceled, at different development studios altogether. Luckily, we finally received a release date earlier this year. With this in mind, we didn't expect that Dambuster Studios' sequel would turn out decently enough, but as can be read in our review, we're quite pleased with Dead Island 2. "For being a game that has been in development hell for over ten years, Dead Island 2 turned out alright, thanks to the wacky atmosphere and characters, fun combat, and acceptable quest quality", Francesco de Meo wrote in his review.

　　But how does this game look and perform on the different platforms? What about the current-gen consoles versions versus the last-gen console versions, and how do console versions stack up against the PC version? YouTuber 'ElAnalistaDebits' put the game to the test on each platform and going by these comparisons, we're looking at a solidly optimized Unreal Engine 4 title across all platforms, despite offering some subpar reflections and lacking ray tracing.

　　We've included all three comparison videos below for you to check out with the first one being the PC vs current-gen consoles comparison video. The second video is the PlayStation comparison video, and the last comparison is the Xbox comparison.

　　On PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, Dead Island 2 runs in 1800p resolution at 60FPS, whereas the Xbox Series S version runs in 1080p at 60FPS. Meanwhile, the PC version runs in 4K resolution at 60FPS and benefits from slight visual improvements. Interestingly, there's only one display mode for all console versions.

　　As expected, the PS5 version benefits from enhanced visuals compared to its PS4 and PS4 Pro counterparts. Also, the old-gen PS4/PS4Pro versions run in 1080p and 1440p respectively at 'only' 30FPS. Despite some minor framerate drops on PS4/PS4 Pro, the old-gen PlayStation versions run pretty great and show impressive visuals.

　　What we wrote about the PlayStation 4 versions, also applies to the Xbox versions of Dead Island 2. There's a difference in resolution, however, on Xbox One as this version runs in 900p, whereas the base PS4 version runs in 1080p. Comparing the Xbox Series S version to the game running on Xbox Series X, we see somewhat lower texture resolutions on the Series S and the lack of dynamic shadows generated by light sources.

　　Dead Island 2 launches later this week on April 21 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4.