Message from a Dead Nation

Housemarque’s CEO Ilari Kuittinen tells CasualGaming.biz how Dead Nation was conceived, the advantage of implementing a meta-game and why Super Stardust HD is running at twice the original frame rate when played in 3D.

[The Hunter]

Any news on the Voice-Chat patch??

[alojuanjo]

No :(

[AntoineDcoolette]

Yeah, the lack of voice chat totally killed the enjoyment of playing this with my friend.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

If i remember correctly, that was to be included in their first patch they release for the game..

[aaronobst]

On the upside it had local multiplayer, something games developers must think is illegal nowadays

[Paradise Lost]

Hopefully soon

[DA_SHREDDER]

im not playing it till it comes

[Reborn]

I paid for it, but waiting for the voice patch.

[TardcoreGamer]

Can't wait for the DLC! Hoping they include some kind of closed area style mini game. Still trying in vain to beat this game on morbid difficulty. One of the best in the dual-stick genre for sure.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

I got stuck on the 4th lvl and gave up on Morbid lol.

[insomnium2]

I played morbid as co-op. The enemies are much tougher in co-op but I still think it is slightly easier on co-op. There are times when you seriously need to plan out how to get through some of the later levels. Great experience and a GREAT effin game! Those blade handed big guys are a bitch on morbid. One single slice and it's game over.

Voice patch would be good. No need for me personally but that was clearly lacking in co-op.

[TardcoreGamer]

Same here!..here's what you gotta do bro. start over from the beginning. You gotta stagegise more this time..DO NOT buy the SMG or SHOTGUN! not at all. Max out grenades, flairs, mines, tnt and your rifle first. flamethrower is great. so is the blade cannon which you'll need for the very last push-through on the final level. using a flair/blade-cannon combo is great as is a flair/shocker combo. It's better to take your time; using power shots going thru, but sometimes its ok to race thru the harder levels towards the end. I hope this helps. have fun

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Thanks that helps.

[insomnium2]

€xactly tard!

You absolutely MUST NOT buy the SMG and you MUST buy all the upgrades (quantity atleast) for anything you can distract the zombies with.

I personally bought the shotgun since it's so great against the jumpers. You should try to buy different weapons with your partner and concentrate your upgrades in one place instead of buying everything and not having money to upgrade them.

Flamethrower is good but there is no need to upgrade it for a long time. Once you ignite a zombie the fire will spread among all the zombies that are next to each other. The flames will stun them and give you time to shoot them with the rifle to conserve ammo.

Don't waste your blade cannon on the bigger enemies! Use it only on big piles of enemies (it's good to use the flare to get a nice bunch with one blade).

Also you should go all out with using your weapons. Don't spare the blade cannon in vain but use it. Same with the rocket launcher. You can always buy ammo at weapon shops so all you do is make things more difficult for yourself if you don't use them :)

HAVE FUN!

[dragonyght]

no Voice-Chat is a totally a turnoff

[Rhezin]

why don't you call a friend and play the game? I haven't played this game online once, because this game is WAYY TOO fun with couch co-op, although it's getting kinda old for me. I want some of that DLC they're talking ab00t.

[BoNeSaW23]

I Will buy once voice chat is patched in.