"The zombie fad is back and the undead have been quickly engulfing the gaming scene. With gamers enjoying Left4Dead, Dead Rising, Undead Nightmare, and Call of Duty’s zombies mode, it’s easy to see how saturated the market is with the living dead. Techland is looking to add to this expanding list with their newest title Dead Island." - JPS
We might be in the age of remasters, but it doesn't look like the Dead Island 2 devs believe remaking the original game is the right move for the series.
but remakes require far less effort for these companies and they can still charge $70 for them!
Feel like everyone makes fun of Skyrim re-releasing like 18 times yet applaud these remasters elsewhere. Would much prefer NEW games
Making sequels really is the way to go. Otherwise we'll be stuck playing only the first entry, forever!!!
Josiah Motley of KnowTechie writes: "I love video game trailers. While I don’t believe they are an integral part of a game’s success (especially these days), there’s something about a well-produced trailer that really just reminds me why I like video games."
How so? Because it focused on a family that you see dying? (innocent question, haven't gotten a chance to play any Dead Island game yet)
More the tone of it - the tone of the trailer suggested something personal and dramatic, but the game was very much reminiscent of Left 4 Dead in that you were just there to kill zombies and nothing more
You play as a singular character there is no family involved at all in the game. Still a stand out trailer that I remember clearly from years ago.
Did you not like the game?
I remember going in expecting a L4D style of game, but the excessive camera swaying honestly made me feel ill, and it's rare for a game to do that to me, still don't understand why the need for anything other than maybe a subtle slight camera movement when doing melee attacks etc. Other than that i didn't really find the game that good. In all honesty i had more enjoyment out of DNF, and i know many people crap on that game.
It’s the music. It’s perfect. I agree with this for sure, it is well choreographed….unfortunately the game didn’t live up to the trailer.
Maybe not, but it was still a good game. I liked how they expanded things with Dying Light, but Dead Island was a great first attempt! I really liked all the Easter eggs and homages to other horror franchises sprinkled throughout. Sure it was a little cheesy and over there top, but it was a good happy medium between Far Cry and Fallout with zombies.
Have you ever seen any of the MGS 3 or MGS 4 trailers? Those blow this out of the water for me.
They require prior knowledge of the franchise, tho. You show this trailer to anyone, and I mean ANYONE, and they can understand what's going on and relate to the family dynamic almost immediately. No need to know who is Snake, or Fox Hound, or Raiden, or Metal Gear...
Kevin F. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Many of the best Xbox 360 games are playable on the Xbox One and Series X|S consoles. Some even with some enhanced visuals and performance. Unfortunately, not every game from the Xbox 360 library has received this glorious feat of being able to be played on more modern Microsoft consoles."
The Spider-man games will never happen. The xbox 360 Marvel Ultimate Alliance games have a better chance of happening than Spider-man titles but won't happen. The Xbox One Ultimate Alliance games delisted years ago
Yeah... you can totally forget about those entries that got delisted because of licensing issues. Those are not happening.
Almost all of the games people want to play are BC, and that's a hell of a lot better than having none available.
Almost all the games people want to play? Not true. Majority picks screw over the minority who have games collecting dust. Metal is right. Fans make it seem that it's all. 39/997 games from OG Xbox is NOT all. 568/2154 from 360 is NOT all. But you guys play it up like it is.
And from my count, there are 4,000+ PS4 BC games on PS5 that I see. And almost every VR game. Series X has no Kinect games or Kinect 2. But you played that up too. No more dancing.
As for the article, some of the BC games make sense. The others with Spider-Man aren't happening.
The reviews on this game are very mixed...
I don't understand why when it comes to Zombies people keep saying about saturation... There is saturation in about every area, but suddenly when it comes to the Living Dead it is a big issue!
I mean let's be honest.... how many RECENT and GOOD Zombie movies have there been?
There has only been 1 Zombie TV show and that has been recent!
And when it comes to games it has only been fairly recently that we have had a glut of them.... and some like L4D are not on every platform.
Most Zombie games have not been great, and most Zombie fans are still waiting for that definitive Zombie experience!
So why do the people who do not like Zombies, or have grown bored of them feel the incessant need to complain about there being too many?
Can't they just NOT play them?
Perhaps go play something else?
I personally am still waiting to play the ultimate Zombie game, and waiting for a few more Decent Zombie movies to come out (as let's be honest... most are shit).
Dead Island looks like a big step in the right direction... and I look forward to playing it... but I don't think it is the Zombie game I am waiting for!
EDIT: and I'm not talking about this thread... just in general people complaining about too many Zombie games!
Some people are forgiving on small bugs, or parts of the game like bad voice acting and bad storyline. But some guys however, are quite cynical about the bugs this game has.
Personally I'd rate it around the 8 mark, but reviews of 6 and etc for this game seem crazy... It's a gorgeous open world zombie RPG game, with the game mechanics and the style, that to me is deserving of at least an 8. Haters gonna hate though.
Fallout 3 with zombies is the way I sum up my thoughts on this game. And I loved Fallout 3 despite it's bugs. >.>
I need to choose btwn this and Gears 3. I think I'll pick this up when it gets cheaper since I'm more interested in the story/MP of Gears.