Dead Island

[C.J]

Will the game be any good? Hope so, as the trailer has grabbed me.



I love zombie games (L4D / Dead Rising), so I'm hoping this one will be even better.

 

[silentsnake]

Hmmm, gameplay needed. Cool trailer though

 

[Gally]

Just watched the trailer, mental!

 

[sneeks]

Looks fun.

 

[VeinAST]

Mate just sent me the link for this trailer. 4 player co-op so should be good fun.

 

[Dredz06]

id buy it based on that trailer

 

[Matt W]

Looks scarey!

 

[Silent_Scone]

flol at some of the comments for that video. I recall this being canned a while back must have been taken over

 

[fearless]

That's sad, they were having such a nice holiday :dapprove:

Good trailer.

 

[Plummer]

Trailer makes me want this game!

 

[Damo_Sport]

http://uk.ign.com/videos/2011/02/16...-forwards-announcement-trailer?_cmpid=ign1161

Forwards version

 

[Dyewitness]

Looks epic

 

[CrippsCorner]

That's one of the best trailers I've ever seen!

 

[Scutch]

Bloody hell.

 

[Scutch]

Bit more on the gameplay aspect:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/d...&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;3&mode=previews

 

[Mr Burns]

Not usually one to care about video games, but that looks impressive.

 

[Scutch]

Well, that trailer was worth while then :

In what may prove to be most misleading trailer of all time, it seems that Dead Island is aiming to be a light-hearted zombie basher along the lines of Dead Rising, rather than the sombre heart-wrencher that the trailer implies.

A number of American previews turned up at the weekend, but perhaps the most revealing was IGN's, which attempted to sum up the game in just three words. Those words were: 'Silly. Wacky. Goofy.'

It turns out the game is a first person hack 'n' slash with a focus on action rather than drama. Left 4 Dead is also an influence, with a four-player co-operative mode. You pick a class when starting the game and remain immune to zombification for its entirety.

Instead of the haunting piano music from the trailer the real game has a heavy metal soundtrack.

It's all starting to sound as if the team making the game had no idea what the ones doing the CGI trailer were up to, and vice versa.

Perhaps most damning is the news that the holidaying family from the trailer aren’t even in the game.

'It shows no one is safe,' said a Techland developer to website Kotaku. 'Some people made it out, but some didn't and the family dies. That may be difficult to accept.'

Judging by the letters we're already starting to get in about it in the Inbox, we suspect Techland are going to need to do a massive U-turn on all this if they're to keep people on board.

 

[Damo_Sport]

so the trailier is the complete opposite rofl!!

 

[VeinAST]

Balls-up

 

[C.J]

^ Wow, that's a shock!

The trailer looked so good

 

[silentsnake]

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/2591/Dead-Island/p1/

Cheeky little preview, doesn't look too bad imo.

 

[BatFastard]

Just seen the trailer to this, one of the best ive ever seen for a game! Shame it is out the same time as gears and probably won't live up to the hype

 

[chriscummins7]

This is out next month. Anybody going to be getting it? I personally can't wait.

 

[Nickson]

First trailer looks pretty good.

Subsequent reviews aren't as good as far as I can see. Might be good. Might be a flop.

Will definitely be buying it though

Release date: 09/09/2011 for those interested

 

[chriscummins7]

Aye, hope it's like L4D... more playable than sim.

 

[Addicted]

pre-ordered from GreenmanGaming.com with voucher READY-UPDEA-ISLAN for £23.98, also 8% quidco

 

[silentsnake]

£23.98

 

[chriscummins7]

That for PC?

 

[Dredz06]

unfortunately yes, cheapest ive found for consoles is £34.97

 

[Addicted]

That for PC?

yep, instantly received my key and have activated & preloaded on steam.

Oh and i forgot to mention, the first DLC comes with this copy too

 

[Spiezels]

Fantastic trailer.

 

[clancy]

been looking at gameplay, looks good better than dead rising which i really didnt like.

gonna wait for it to be released and read reviews though. theres a few games coming out soon i wouldnt mind buying

 

[Silent_Scone]

This is available tomorrow, already preloaded it on Steam!

 

[BatFastard]

Think im going to give it a miss. What I have heard is that is nothing like the trailer at all.

 

[Spiezels]

Just watched the gameplay... Videos look good by the gameplay looks abit s**t.

The terrible aussie/English accents would also do my swede in.

I'm out!

 

[VeinAST]

Think im going to give it a miss. What I have heard is that is nothing like the trailer at all.

Old news?

 

[silentsnake]

Got 9/10 so it sounds good to me.

 

[Dan-]

I got this http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/men/fhm-magazine.html

 

[chriscummins7]

Mine got dispatched today, should be here soon. I can't wait! ShopTo had to stop taking pre-orders so it's going to be popular!

 

[Wilkeh]

What's this game? 4 Characters? Zombies? Hand to hand combat? I've never seen a game like this before... oh wait... what's this game I have in my hand? Left 4 Dead? I wonder what it's like.