Dead Island...

[Decitron]

Looks pretty sweet.

[peacemaker_sanad]

Yep it looks decent but the CO-OP portion worrys me, you know, lone-wolfers, sel-fish team/squad mates, etc etc.
All in all i'm getting this game, yep anything but a (FPS/TPS) shooter!

[Decitron]

some E3 screenshots

http://www.dead-island.com/forums/members/300/albums/dead-island-e3-2011-screenshots/

[TrgaDaBest]

I remember watching that trailer... Hot shit... Yeah this game looks interesting, I may get it once I know more about it

[Decitron]

20 minute gameplay video:


kind of reminds me of farcry and fallout

a couple things:

-i'd like the option to take off the XP indicator
-the truck didn't seem to take structural damage from hitting about a dozen zombies
-don't like the stamina meter, i'd like the option to remove it from view.
-not crazy about the slo mo executions
-i like that you can be knocked down

[DeadCamper]

I love the slow mo executions, they remind me of Killing Floor. That's badass.
I don't like the constant comments your character makes whenever she kills something though, I'm sure it'd get old over time.

[Decitron]

Apparently the different classes of zombies are very close to those in Left4Dead

The Ram=The Charger
The Drowner=The Spitter
The Suicider=The Boomer
The Butcher=The Hunter

[BeazelWeasel]

There's only so many zombie variants one can come up with.


Before it gets ridiculous, anyway.

[Felixlynch777]

Decitron is now Tobias Funke!

[Twintower415]

[Felixlynch777]

This was released, it seems a bit of a technical mess. The PC version was a real blunder. A shame reallyas I was looking forward to some Co-op fun with fellow SFA members. I'll rent it I think and see. From wiki:

Dead Island has received mixed to positive critical reception since its release, according to Metacritic. Metacritic scores were 81/100, 70/100 and 73/100 for the PC, xbox360 and PlayStation 3 versions respectively. Metacritic users responses were also mixed with 6.2, 6.7 and 6.0 on the respective systems. The Italian PlayStation Magazine has given the game a rating of 8.5. praising its outdoor environments, realistic combat, and co-op mode but criticizing the indoor graphics and lack of split-screen multiplayer. IGN gave the game an 8.0, criticizing the game presentation, glitches, various bugs for the consoles, and texture loading, but praising the atmosphere and overall feel of the game and stating that the game's pro-points are significant enough to outweigh its cons.[35] Game Informer gave Dead Island an 8.5, saying, "If you’ve spent your time planning for the zombie apocalypse, Dead Island is the best option so far to test how long you’d last." Official Xbox Magazine (UK) gave the game a score of 7.0, stating that while it falls short of its potential, there is more than enough to make up for the in-game issues, while the US version gave it 8.0. CVG awarded the game a more negative score of 6.5, stating "This budget zombie thriller ain't too pretty but could manage to capture a cult following."[38] However, Edge magazine gave Dead Island a 3/10 score referencing a very large number of gameplay and technical issues.[31]

The PC version of the game has initially received many negative reviews from magazines and websites due to an accidental release of the development version of the game on Steam. This included features such as no-clipping and the ability to toggle third-person perspective.[39] Rock Paper Shotgun also noted that the code revealed references to Xbox 360 version.[40] The developers, Deep Silver, released a first-day patch seeking to address as many as 37 issues.[41]



Some strange controversy as well:


Originally one of the unlockable skills for the playable character Purna which is called "Gender Wars" was to be titled "Feminist Whore". The original name could be found within the debug files on the PC version.

Publisher Deep Silver had commented on the title found on the game and said to Kotaku


"The line in question was something a programmer considered a private joke. The skill naturally has a completely different in-game name and the script reference was also changed [...] In the end that code was made a part of the product and signed with our company name. We deeply regret that fact and we apologize to all our customers or anyone who might have been offended by that inappropriate expression."

[20]

There have also been widespread reports of the console and PC versions of the game randomly wiping progression including time played, items collected, missions completed, and character levels gained. Techland has indicated that the cause is not yet known, but stated this may be avoided by not connecting the system to a network while playing.

[palto1826]

I will buy this game right here and now if I can buy they version with the skill still named "feminist whore"

[DeadCamper]

Lol yeah, read about it in the kotaku newsletter. Anyone who would find it offensive lives in a small, sheltered little world.

[BeazelWeasel]

^ Tell that to the fat feminists that call Fat Princess an anti-feminist game because carrying around a chubby princess means that fat women are nothing but objects to be carried around by men. lolol
Seriously, if you google "Fat Princess feminist" you'll see so many search results I didn't even want to post every single one of them.

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=fat+princess+feminist

[DeadCamper]

Dude, I know. Those are exactly the kind of people I'm talking about. Shot in the streets they should be.

[Felixlynch777]

Yeah I don't understand how some could find this offensive. But then again feminists can be some crazy, stupid and ignorant people at times.

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