The first thing that catches your eye is the city. It looks fantastic. Looking at the city from the skyscrapers, I believe that it's alive. Well, or once it was. Multilevel, you can climb anything and there are many places you can go inside. You feel absolutely free in it. This can create a lot of fun situations. It's also pleasing that this isn't a hackneyed New York. It's a city with its own Middle Eastern character. The survivor shelter is reminiscent of the Metro series. Cozy, but not so stereotypical. Perhaps it seemed to me so because I'm not a Turk ;)
In general, this is a advanced Dead Island with more freedom of movement. Which makes the game very driving. The only one negative, I want to quickly skip the chatter in the screensavers and hit the run.