Feature only included in Xbox and PC versions.
"Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver are today very happy and proud to announce that "Dead Island 2" (their multimillion copy selling first-person action RPG), is now available via Steam." - Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver.
"Deep Silver, Dambuster Studios, and PLAION are today very happy and excited to announce that they have just released the second expansion (“SoLA”) for "Dead Island 2" (the said expansion is availableright now for PC and consoles via digital stores)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
In a late night surprise, it appears that some users are reporting that Dead Island 2 has been stealth dropped on Xbox Game Pass.
Weird
I can't be arsed talking to the wife let alone a robot
The xbox fans can take this one. Don't get the idea taunting a brain dead zombie.
Me: “Alexa tell that zombie he’s a bitch”
Alexa: “a few things share the name light, which one did you want?”
So you don't need an Echo, just any mic or headset. You also don't have to use a wake word. You just say what you want to do.
"In Dead Island 2 specifically, which is set to launch on February 3rd, 2023, you’ll be able to use your voice to access 'in-game features like navigation (by saying ‘where is the nearest workbench’)' and 'manipulate zombie hordes (by saying ‘hey zombie’),' according to an Amazon blog post."
Being able to set waypoints by voice is useful. Saves time from going through the menu. Not sure about the zombie manipulation because they haven't explained what that even means.
I don't know, it could be a useful feature depending on how devs implement it. I could see it being used in an RPG where you read a dialogue choice out loud, or say the name of a spell to use or switch to it.