Summary

  • The Xtreme Low-End PC Mod can help improve performance on older hardware for a more enjoyable gaming experience.
  • The Skills Leveling And Gameplay Overhaul Mod extends the game's lifespan by allowing players to level up to 100 and enjoy buffed skills.
  • The Better UI Immersion Mod modernizes the game's interface, removing clutter and providing a more immersive experience.

Dead Island: Riptide is an action role-playing game developed by Techland. Riptide seamlessly extends the narrative established in 2011's Dead Island, featuring the return of the initial quartet of survivors alongside a fresh addition. These characters find themselves washed ashore on another island within the Banoi archipelago, similarly plagued by a zombie infestation.

Michael and fighting enemies in Dead Island 2
The Biggest Changes Between Dead Island & Dead Island 2

Dambuster Studios' Dead Island 2 changes a few things from Techland's 2011 original game.

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Although this is an older game, it has been kept alive by a very active modding community. Many of the best Dead Island: Riptide mods almost completely overhaul the game, adding to the replayability factor of this popular title.

1 Xtreme Low-End PC Mod

Helpful For Lower-End PCs

Dead Island Riptide Xtreme Low-End PC Mod

Even though Dead Island: Riptide is an older title, there are still players who are using older hardware, and this was always a resource hog of a game. To overcome performance issues on older hardware, the Xtreme Low-End PC Mod should be able to help.

Amy and mod blueprints in Dead Island 2
Dead Island 2: The 8 Best Mods To Put On Your Weapons

Dead Island 2 gives players a range of weapon mods that make their zombie-killing tools even more effective.

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This mod cuts down on the visual effects. Many of these effects can put a significant drain on a GPU, so this mod turns off certain graphics features like depth of field, motion blur, chromatic aberration, post-processing, and bloom.

2 Skills Leveling And Gameplay Overhaul Mod

For Advanced Players

Dead Island Riptide Skills Leveling and Gameplay Overhaul

Few old games retain a following over a decade later, but Dead Island: Riptide is one of them. However, how many times can a person replay the same game without getting bored? Well, extending the base game using a mod or two can help here, and the Skills Leveling and Gameplay Overhaul mod is a good example.

By installing this mod, players can then continue leveling past level 60 all the way up to 100. A lot of the base skills are buffed as well, making Xian and Perna more powerful as they level over the usual 60 cap. The mod also incorporates some community-requested quality-of-life changes.

3 Dead Island Classic Color ReShade Mod

A Great Mod For Improving The Visuals

Dead Island Riptide Classic Color ReShade

As an older game release, Dead Island: Riptide is starting to look a little long in the tooth. However, there are several community-developed mods that aim to overcome this problem. The Classic Color ReShade mod falls into this category.

This mod uses ReShade to bring additional visual effects to the game. It aims to make the game more colorful and patch in some modern visual effects. These include HDR graphics and sharper shaders. On a powerful PC, these new visuals can transform the game, making it look much more modern.

4 Better UI Immersion Mod

A Modern UI For An Old Game

Dead Island Riptide Better UI Immersion

Trends in game UI have changed over the years, and developers have learned new tricks to unclutter the game window but still provide all of the information and input that a player needs. The Better UI Immersion mod aims to bring these features to Dead Island: Riptide.

This mod removes the annoying crosshair, and also indicators for poses. Popups triggered by achievements are also blocked completely. Radar can be removed as well, along with other indicators such as targets. The stamina bar can optionally be moved to the top left of the screen.

5 More Zombies Mod

Adds More Zombies & Improves Their Behavior

Dead Island Riptide More Zombies

This mod does a lot more than the name suggests. Yes, it adds more zombies, but it also gives some options over how these new zombies act and react. Many of these settings relate to zombies spawned as part of player quests, such as doubling the number of spawns.

Other options include changing how many zombies can attack the player at the same time, and how far zombies will run or chase the player. Additionally, the number of zombies that spawn for random encounters can be optionally increased.

6 Apocalypse Mod

Hard Mode For Veteran Players

Dead Island Riptide Apocalypse Mod

This mod brings a lot to the table, especially when it comes to cooperative gameplay, which can be very easy in the vanilla game. What this does is increase the overall difficulty of the game and adds a layer of strategic complexity.

Zombies are much tougher to kill, and most NPC enemies have been rebalanced to be much more of a challenge. Resource spawns and loot have also been reduced. This means that it is more important for players to work together to overcome their goals as a team.

7 Better Purna Mod

Introduces Quality Of Life Changes

Dead Island Riptide Better Purna Mod

A pretty simple mod that beefs up Purna to make her much more useful to the player characters. This is basically a quality-of-life mod, but a clever one that applies these changes intelligently.

Sam B, John and Payuna in Dead Island Riptide
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When it comes to hacking and slashing zombies, some characters in Dead Island: Riptide are a lot more effective than others.

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This mod increases backpack inventory slots to 50. It also raises the amount of ammo that she can carry. With this mod, Purna can carry 600 rifle ammo, 100 shotgun ammo, and 175 pistol ammo. Additionally, after level 22, she will have more health, which is also increased from a maximum of 250 to a maximum of 600.

8 Dead Island Definitive Edition FOV Fix

Especially Useful When Playing Widescreen Resolutions

Dead Island Riptide Dead Island Definitive Edition FOV Fix

This is a straightforward mod that does something that most modern gamers will need. The original Dead Island game was released at a time when widescreen monitors were quite new, and struggled to display well at widescreen resolutions.

This mod aims to fix widescreen play by tweaking the Field of View (FOV) for the main game camera. This helps to make the game look better in widescreen by adjusting the camera view to something more suitable for these resolutions. A must-have mod for playing the game today.