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Dead Island Review (360/PS3) - Gamer Euphoria

Sean from GamerEuphoria writes:

"The main story line and side quests are ten plus hours of game time and replay value in on offer in the shape of replaying the game as different characters. There is also a number of collectables to pick up that offer back story on the world of Dead Island which adds a few hours of game time for any players into collecting their objects. Dead Island would be a perfect home for some downloadable content further down the line which will of course add to the game time. Dead Island is brutal and beautiful and is the perfect way to see out the summer either alone or with three other friends."

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WolfLeBlack4614d ago (Edited 4614d ago )

I've been sitting on the fence about Dead Island after hearing some pretty mixed views on it. Might just have to see about picking this up down the line, now.

Son_Lee4614d ago

Play it for yourself. I can tell you right now that it is Fallout 3 with zombies, but I think the fun factor is higher. Oh, and it's easily the scariest game this gen by a MILE.

Cpt_kitten4614d ago (Edited 4614d ago )

the fallout 3 comparison is really, looks like l4d to me

i don't think games were you can defend yourself are scary ever, amnesia was freaky because you couldn't defend yourself

nice comparison though helped me a little

Caleb_1414614d ago

Scariest game this gen? Unless this is the only game you've played which has a little bit of horror in it you've got to be kidding me

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4614d ago (Edited 4614d ago )

You should NEVER let conformisim or reviews decide what is a good game and what isnt, play it yourself! Rent it for gods sake man!

What is good and what isnt is subjective, For instance everyone raves about Halo and I think its shite, Everyone raves about Uncharted and I think its alright, Everyone raves about The Dark Knight and I thought it was alright, Everyone raves about Inception and I thought it was shite.

People say the latest AVP game sucks, I thought it was great, People say COD sucks but I think its good social fun with my firends who are mostly casual gamers, People say Crysis 2 sucked but I thought it was great, People think Mass Effect 2 is great while I think the first was much better.

Just form your own opinion dude and for what it matters I think it looks fantastic

- Mostly melee only

- ZOmbies are hard to take down

- THeres eerie moments of silence to create tension and build encounters up

- The environment is fallout sized and it has RPG depth with 4 player co-op

- The soundtrack is very good

- Great atmosphere

- Individual characters with different skill attributes

- Build your own weapons

- Hundreds of melee weapons

- you can drive cars over zombies

- 20+ hours of content

- Open world

- Good difficulty curve, challenging

- good survivalist elements

And Son Lee what makes it scary? I can understand how its horror but that doesnt necessarily mean scary, id say Dead Space 2 is more scare inducing!

Ares844614d ago

@Son_Lee

Obviously you never heard about Dead Space....

dkgshiz4614d ago (Edited 4614d ago )

Eh...its not scary at all to be honest. Very entertaining though. Condemned series is really the only series this gen to at least give me a couple jumps. Also Dead Space 2 was really good. Plus the bikini clad women zombies in this game just make it that much less scary. Still really good game. The atmosphere is like Tahiti which is tropical and nice. Not really scary at all.

GamerEuphoria4614d ago

I can think of games that have more scares, Dead Island only really has jump scares and even then they come in short supply

WolfLeBlack4614d ago

Normally a single review doesn't make me consider a game, but the crew at GamerEuphoria are a good bunch and Sean does good work. His tastes usually seem to match mine, so I might just have to see about picking it up.

Had a quick blast a friends a few days back; not a scary game by any means, but a fun one :)

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Son_Lee4614d ago

Yes. Scariest game this gen, easily. Dead Space provides cheap thrills and has a creepy atmosphere - I love both games equally - but let's be honest. You have ammo up the wazoo in those games. In Dead Island, you don't. You fight in close-quarters combat 90% of the time. Weapons break, you need to level up to get stronger. The sense of survival and urgency is much more apparent than in Dead Space.

Graey4614d ago

i'll have to give this game a shot. I love zombie games/movies so much. something about surviving post apocalyptically that appeals to me.

GamerEuphoria4614d ago

I dont think your the only one ;)

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Dead Island 2 devs believe a Dead Island remake would be a “mistake”

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.

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Duke19406d ago

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

CrimsonWing69405d ago

Making sequels really is the way to go. Otherwise we'll be stuck playing only the first entry, forever!!!

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Dead Island's 2011 reveal is still the best game trailer of all time

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."

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Exvalos817d ago

Also the most misleading of all time

SDuck817d ago

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)

aconnellan817d ago

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

Ashby_JC817d ago

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.

Fntastic817d ago (Edited 817d 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.

BioShockGX816d ago

I still remember this misleading controversy

RickRoland817d ago

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.

brewin816d ago

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.

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EmperorDalek817d ago

I'm gonna heavily disagree with that.

CrimsonWing69817d ago

Have you ever seen any of the MGS 3 or MGS 4 trailers? Those blow this out of the water for me.

TricksterArrow817d ago

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...

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Top 10 Xbox 360 Games That Need to be Backward Compatible

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."

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Orchard1031d ago

Max Payne 3 needs to be on that list.

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autobotdan1031d ago

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

Vits1031d ago

Yeah... you can totally forget about those entries that got delisted because of licensing issues. Those are not happening.

MetalProxy1030d ago

Wait everything isn’t BC? You guys act like it is lol

porkChop1030d ago

Almost all of the games people want to play are BC, and that's a hell of a lot better than having none available.

ApocalypseShadow1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

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.

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