Dead Island: will it be the most controversial trailer ever made?

Polish developer Techland reckons its forthcoming shooter, Dead Island, is a fresh spin on the zombie apocalypse genre – and it certainly knows how to drum up internet debate

[SasanovaS1987]

i believe the trailer was brilliant. i never connected with a character this much just from watching a trailer. im amazed. really. like wow

[Nitrowolf2]

This trailer is just freak'n awesome and i agree, there is some sort of a connection that goes on. They had the right music to give the right feeling. I swear this is like a really really god movie trailer that just makes you want to see more.

idk y but i want the game to be about this family.

[kingjoker34]

well if it does revolve around this family it kinda spoiled it lol, i mean the only person who is not zombified is the mother right?

[SasanovaS1987]

nah, i think it will be something like left 4 dead...you have 4 different people from 4 different backgrounds, all telling their story or something...would be kinda interesting..its like your playing 4 different story lines

[Nitrowolf2]

@kingjoker34

yeah it kind of just gives out a huge spoiler, like SasanovaS1987 said it will prob be like that, although i can't imagine the mother surviving with just a knife and in a room thats filled with zombie. Guess its safe to assume she dies also.

But it would neat t have a Heavy Rain sort of feeling.

[Nitrowolf2]

plus this is just mainly about the outbreak i think or how it went for one family, in the background you can see more people fending off zombies (at the start)

[360degrees]

I thoroughly enjoyed this trailer as well....I like to consider myself a horror film connoisseur, and have watched everything ranging from Nosferatu to more recent titles like 28 Days Later etc......and I would consider this trailer "Movie" worthy let alone "Video Game" worthy...a brave choice on their part to show the realism of the situation by initially beginning with the death of a child, and backtracking to show the desperation of survival itself...I suppose this game is now officially on my "Radar"

[xAlmostPro]

Indeed the trailer was fantastic!

My only worry though is that, will they be able to make a game that makes you feel just as emotionally connected? they set a very high bar with this trailer.

Judging by the facebook details on the game also, it doesn't seem very "fresh" it seems like a more serious version of dead rising(with a similar name).

The details say its an open world zombie game set on an island resort with rpg elements. Based on that and this trailer it does seem like it will be a serious take on the dead rising thing, which to be honest im all for! :)

Im sure the facebook also mentions co-op which is awesome if they also allow online co-op :D

We'll see, i hope they do a great job with the final game.

[Cyb3r]

Let the hyping begin

[kramun]

Fantastic trailer. I'm not sure how good the game is going to be, but that is a great trailer.

[Acquiescence]

when you know that the final product isn't going to be anything like it.

[distorted_reality]

The trailer is the best of the year so far by a long shot imo, and I don't know if anything will beat it. There is no reason at all for this to be controversial - people should just enjoy it for what it is, a brilliantly written trailer for what will more that likely be a mediocre game.

"I'd say being a parent does make me more sensitive to images of child death. Which doesn't feel that unhealthy IMO"

Fair enough.

But death by zombie?? Come on. Let's be serious here. I can understand people being upset by seeing images of child death in any realistic scenario - but being eaten by a zombie? How could anyone form an attachment in their mind between a little girl that gets eaten by zombies and then thrown out of a window, and their own little girl?

[whydoyouask]

That's why people find it so controversial, video game trailers aren't like movie trailers and run a lot more risk at not representing the final product.

It's like yeah, the trailer is cool and all, but they should have at least released some game-play footage beforehand so people don't become disenchanted.

Although, movie trailers don't exactly tell the truth, but you can be pretty sure that those scenes in the trailer would actually be IN the movie.

I'm pretty much guaranteeing that the actual game will NOT be anything like this trailer. NOTHING.

That's why it's controversial.

[distorted_reality]

Um, that's not controversial, that's standard practice. The controversy revolves around the whole kiddie death thing.

[whydoyouask]

@distorted_reality

That's why? People actually care about that?

[rlm41]

Damn I wish this was still Xbox360 exclusive.

[Scarfy]

ugh... why? Have you not realised that exclusives only matter at the start of the generation, when people are on the fence over which console to buy in to..?

[Scarfy]

In fact, I'd almost go as far as to say that non-first party exclusives are sort of redundant now.

[Shinuz]

Damn i wish this was a pc exclusive :P

[Parapraxis]

I thought it was a melee action game, not so much a shooter.

[bozebo]

it will be when we see gameplay and it turns out to be crap

[SwampCroc]

nice look trailer.... hoepfully it doesn't center just around this family... but either way good debut

[Kee]

Nice trailer. I don't see the controversy though...

[Shinuz]

me neither and i'm a father of 3 kids.

[HarryPS3]

Brilliant video and the music that has been put under it fits it perfectly.

[BabyTownFrolics]

Dead Island: will it be the most controversial trailer ever made?

Holy shit is that one of the worst titles I've ever seen on N4G. First off using the future tense about something that already exists. then in an attempt to drum up interest call the trailer controversial when there is no controversy about it, unless you consider near universal praise for its quality controversial. then to question whether or not another trailer could come along that would more "controversial" when controversy is based upon the content and the circumstances in which that content finds itself. Its just a poorly worded and intellectually weak title.

sorry for the rant

[Mr Tretton]

No, I agree.

[RedSoakedSponge]

We really need an RPG zombie game that is an FPS. I wanna feel i am the character sneaking around trying not to disturb the undead due to lack of ammo (unlike Left4Dead which is full on action). Iv always wanted a Resident Evil kind of feeling game, but in the 1st person perspective. Maybe this will be the one! (considering there last game was a FPS, it would be a good bet. Survival Horror RPG FPS FTW!!! lol

[danielle007]

The trailer was absolutely stunning. It was the first time a trailer has made me want to cry.

I hope the game has a serious tone. All of the zombie games today are much more on the silly, over the top side. It would be nice if this game was serious, and made me care about keeping the people alive.

[GiantJedi]

Did they say anything about what type of game it's gonna be? (third person, fps, rpg, etc...)

[BabyTownFrolics]

4 player coop fps (with a focus on melee) survival horror zombie open world

[NaiNaiNai]

its RPG style FPS I believe, its like left 4 dead, in the way you have to survive with 4 other people. *players*

but what I've read up on so far, it has a character creature, custom weapons, no time limit, so you just have to survive.

Kinda like a GTA with zombies.

which I've been waiting years for.

[GiantJedi]

Wow that sounds awsome ecspecially with this awsome trailer I can't wait to see some gameplay.

[Jdq7pr]

That sounds incredible. Um...multi-platform...right?

[NaiNaiNai]

yea, pc, ps3, 360.

I saw a old build of the game and it looked pretty good.

[NaViTo]

That really was an epic trailer! AWESOME.

[Mr Tretton]

wow, easily one of the best game trailers ever.

Now this game has A LOT to live up to.

[Jdq7pr]

I believe that's the best trailer I've seen for like ever. It looks awesome, nice way to narrate the plot with the reverse effect, it's gruesome and sad (poor family), etc. Wow, I loved it. It's sad there wasn't any gameplay, though. Still, great trailer.