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Dead Island Review at CalmDownTom

Welcome to The Royal Palms Resort Banoi, remember to keep your luggage near you at all times and if a zombie smiles at you, it’s not because they think you look hot in that bikini.

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Shield4606d ago

I'm lovin this game. I don't scare easily but playing Dead Island at night with my surround headset on totally freaks me out!

ftwrthtx4606d ago

How can anyone give a broken game a 9?

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4606d ago

incase you didnt get the memo buddy every new game on launch is "broken" in some way or other.

Pintheshadows4606d ago

I haven't experienced the game being broken. I have experienced the game being incredibly underwhelming and a bit sh*t.

ftwrthtx4606d ago

Not this bad. I lost over 6 hours of game play and some players lost more than that. There's no excuse for that and I have NEVER had a game quit saving. That is beyond broken and inexcusable.

Didn't you get that memo?

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4606d ago (Edited 4606d ago )

youve never had a game not save your progress like its supposed to? where have you been for the last 8 years of gaming sir?

All I can say is youve obviously never played any of the elder scrolls series.

RDR had save game problems on launch, thats right the GOTY 2010 had problems upon launch.

F1 2010 had game save problems

Starcraft II had save problems

Rome: Total War wouldnt save properly upon launch for most

Shogun total war wouldnt save properly upon launch

Dead Rising had saving issues upon launch

borderlands had save problems

Witcher 2 had save problems

The list goes on...

And if any of those games didnt have save problems for you that doesnt mean they didnt.

clearly youve never recieved a memo at all...

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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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Duke19404d 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

CrimsonWing69403d 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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Exvalos815d ago

Also the most misleading of all time

SDuck815d 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)

aconnellan815d 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_JC815d 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.

Fntastic815d ago (Edited 815d 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.

BioShockGX814d ago

I still remember this misleading controversy

RickRoland815d 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.

brewin814d 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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EmperorDalek815d ago

I'm gonna heavily disagree with that.

CrimsonWing69815d ago

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

TricksterArrow815d 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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Orchard1029d ago

Max Payne 3 needs to be on that list.

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autobotdan1029d 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

Vits1028d ago

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

MetalProxy1028d ago

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

porkChop1028d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1028d ago (Edited 1028d 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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