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TGH: Dead Island Review

TGH Writes: Announced in 2006, it’s been nearly five years for Dead Island to finally be released. By taking elements and queues from other games, Techland hopes to achieve the ultimate zombie survival game. Giving players the freedom and cooperative experience that other zombie games fail to give. So should you book your stay on Dead Island? Or should you check somewhere else? Find out in this review of Dead Island.

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ShadyDevil4607d ago

I would have to say the score is pretty fair based upon all the complaints about the title. The game is fun and everything but it feels like the launch was rushed. Great game though.

lpfisher4607d ago

This thing is so broken... BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN!!!

ferelinstincts4607d ago

Despite the games flaws, I am enjoying it. :)

BlackTar1874607d ago

Only thing that annoys me is i need a block button. I also hate the health system it feels like to me they give you more health at the same rate they increase the dmg . Kinda stupid.

Also why do they charge so much for a respawn. Just annoys me after hat i love the game so far.

Im not bad at games so i just think its annoying that getting hit from every angle at any given time is unavoidable it seems and then your dead and you spawn in a circle of zombies. and at least for my charcter the health you find is 1 bar come on and then med health packs are like 3 bars and thats 1 hit.

Like i said i love the game but something are def. annoying.

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4607d ago

If you get surrounded by zombies your screwed, no sh*t sherlock.....

Thats the idea though....its meant to be challenging and tough because they are trying to make you care more about surviving than wacking your way through 20 zombies at a time a la L4D/Dead Rising.

It charges you so much because you died....its the games way of saying, "learn from that mistake and imrpove upon that or we will take your money" It would be boring if there was no consequence for death.

Lesson learnt here...dont get surrounded by zombies.

BlackTar1874607d ago (Edited 4607d ago )

okay dude your so high and mighty and so good at video games.

In the slums getting surround by zombies is almost if not 100% unavoidable if you plan on killing any at all.

but i guess your so good you never have this problem.

don't respond if your just going to be a Pri*k. Valid comments you make it so a zombie can hit you 3 times from behind with in 1 second of you spawning there is something not 100% there. Make safe spawn zones or don't charge 2k in fines. Cuz you know spawning in front of a straight jack thing and it kicking you for -4 bars is pretty fair and something your able to learn from.

Lesson leanrt lol whatever you say.

MARKUS_MAX1MUS4607d ago

Why thank you for the compliments! much obliged!

its 100% avoidable, well your backing me up on this one, im all high and mighty am I not?

backwards + A/x/s = dodge...

"Valid comments you make it so a zombie can hit you 3 times from behind with in 1 second of you spawning there is something not 100% there"

Im not really sure where your going with this....

played 26 hours on steam and havent once spawned into a situation I could not handle...but of course the skill and effort required to hold back and press A

...But as you said, im high and mighty =)

BlackTar1874606d ago (Edited 4606d ago )

bro i'll work you on any game you play. Your not that good. Send me a friend invite and ill blow past you in any ps3 or 360 game or BF3 on pc. ANy day. Scrub.

you know pressing A and back when they run behind you isn't going to stop you from getting hit right? Is there a reward on steam for beating the whole game without dying maybe its called the Full of sh*t reward.

But then you just dodge left and right unless you used up all your stamina swinging the Epic hammer well then you put on god mode and tuff it out. Your ridiculous.

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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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Duke19407d 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

CrimsonWing69406d 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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Exvalos818d ago

Also the most misleading of all time

SDuck818d 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)

aconnellan818d 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_JC818d 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.

Fntastic818d ago (Edited 818d 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.

BioShockGX817d ago

I still remember this misleading controversy

RickRoland818d 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.

brewin817d 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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EmperorDalek818d ago

I'm gonna heavily disagree with that.

CrimsonWing69818d ago

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

TricksterArrow818d 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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Orchard1032d 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.

MetalProxy1031d ago

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

porkChop1031d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1031d ago (Edited 1031d 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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