The trailer for Dead Island is amaaaazing

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2011 23:50

That's excellently done.

First I've heard of it.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Well if it showed gameplay maybe. It's a pretty enough trailer I suppose but that doesn't mean a good game.

But then I'm not a big fan of Dead Rising either.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Who knows what the game is like. Apparently open world with RPG elements. Blah blah.

But that trailer as a stand alone short film surpasses most of The Walking Dead.

EDIT: URGH, the embedded version is spammed up with ads etc. I would click through if I were you.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2070

For as much as they interest me after four years of nothing but the fucking things, zombies may as well be vying over who gets to use the Olympic stadium.

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:17

To be fair to dead island it was in development long before it became old hat. Original gameplay was said to be based on an open world environment where you would use any object as weapons and whack the Zombies to pulp similar to the brutal melée combat of the condemned games. Which to me sounds like proper zombie survival but that was the concept 4 years ago. There's a gameplay trailer somwhere from 2008.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2070

Runcle wrote:

To be fair to dead island it was in development long before it became old hat.

Yeah that's fair enough actually.

Still, I'm definitely bored to horrible tears with zombies now.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

I'm not, I'm just tired of zombie shooters or comedy zombie run and gunners. I want to get back to scary zombies in a Resident Evil stylee. Slow, terrifying shit backing you into a corner and hiding in your cupboards (for some reason).

Mind you, when I finally get time to get Dead Space 2 that'll probably scratch that itch, from what I've read!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:14

This has had enough of an impact that it's actually trending on Twitter at the moment (in Canuckland at least). The game's going to have a lot to live up to after this...

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:13

Just watched this... How clever! I like it a lot (The trailer that is)

I'm looking forward to seeing what the game looks like.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

this has been in dev for like 5 years, does it have a firm release date yet?
ill probably buy it regardless as i liked Call of Juarez lols

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

I think this is the most mature video game trailer I have ever seen, in the sense of being intelligently done and provoking thought and emotion.

And for a friggin' zombie game too! Mind, I love me some zombies.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

Loving this new trailer from E3

sdg · **Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2011 13:09

Still looking brilliant! The Autumn release schedule is going to bankrupt me

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Meh. Was interested, now sceptical.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Wullie wrote:

Meh. Was interested, now sceptical.

Seriously, how can you fuck things up so much from one trailer to the next?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

What, by showing how the game will actually look and play? What did you want: a more theatric but ultimately pointless trailer?

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

It just makes it look like a fairly generic zombie hack-em-up, it's going to have be really good at that to be any better than L4D or L4D2.

The first trailer promised some characterisation behind the slaughter, the second trailer looks like a teenager's wankfest.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2011 17:42

If we're all honest with each other.. Did we really expect anything different?

I hoped for it, but didn't expect it.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22396

It looks like it could be an open world fps zombie survival game, which has a certain appeal

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

It just makes it look like a fairly generic zombie hack-em-up, it's going to have be really good at that to be any better than L4D or L4D2.

The first trailer promised some characterisation behind the slaughter, the second trailer looks like a teenager's wankfest.

especially when I didn't buy L4D2 because it was more of the same.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

TheVision wrote:

If we're all honest with each other.. Did we really expect anything different?

I hoped for it, but didn't expect it.

Well it's got to appeal to the console demographic I suppose *

* Sorry :DD

But seriously though, Deus Ex came out eleven fucking years ago, and now with the most powerful computer and console hardware on the planet, this is the shit we're being implored to buy?

Games have gone backwards in a lot of ways, they really have.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2011 17:58

Meh to the new turn of trailer events. Far more interesting - Lave! Were you deliberately channelling the mental voice of Jason Schwartzman as evil Gideon in Scott Pilgrim with that 'amaaaazing'?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Well, trailer one looked awesomes, trailer 2 looks "meh". What the fuck were those purpley sparkly things coming out of that one zombies exploding head? It looked like some sort of SFX for the magic weapon in some wanky orcs and goblins and elves bollocks.

Yeah, the gameplay's generally going to be a "hit the zombies with the sharp things" type effort with a zombie film, but trailer 2 could have expanded on the idea of there being a decent plot and characterisations in it. I have no idea what teh game's about, now, other than zombies. What's the structure? What're the aims? Etc.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5410

I'm not so convinced by the second one, though I loved the first.

I expect this will be one of those games that plummets in price quickly.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

This is brilliant. I mean, it's ok to weigh your own expectations on the basis of a flashy video you don't like the look of but now you're anticipating its commercial failure even though its months from release and there has been little detail leaked or reported on? This has gone too far people. TOO FAR!

I'm like Gilly though. I've never played a open world FPS zombie game with an emphasis on melee attacks so I'm looking forward to seeing what it's all about.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:44

I'm expecting a cross between Resident Evil, Left 4 Dead and Condemned.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

The original trailed didn't show me anything at all. It was just a pretty video. At least this one actually goes some way to explaining what the game might be like.

Getting hopes up for something different on the basis of the first trailer seems completely silly.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Apparently this came out today (in the US), and also apparently it's a mess on consoles, but even worse on PC:

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The PC version of Dead Island has caused a considerable upset, with the potential discovery that it may be a port of the Xbox 360 developer build. This is different from a straight console port, since it's actually a temperamental in-development version, not final code.

The discovery was made by a Steam user digging through some code, discovering a line that labeled the game as an "Xbox Live Submission Project Version." Techland has responded to Eurogamer on the matter, claiming it's "investigating" the issue.

The most tangible result of this situation is that Dead Island can be broken with one keystroke. Simply pressing "Y" turns on a no-clip mode, allowing players to pass through object and ostensibly walk off the island.

People are already having fun with the controversy, labeling the game "Dev Island" and recording video of themselves abusing the broken system. So, if you thought the game was a mess on console, apparently PC users allegedly have an even sloppier build to work with.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:04

Yeah, but I bet it looks better.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:32

Oh my.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Do we think they submitted the wrong version by mistake, or just couldn't be arsed to finish it?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22396

Zardoz wrote:

Yeah, but I bet it looks better.

More features in the PC version it looks like. No Y button on a console.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:41

Trooper wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Yeah, but I bet it looks better.

More features in the PC version it looks like. No Y button on a console.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:45

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22396

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Yeah, but I bet it looks better.

More features in the PC version it looks like. No Y button on a console.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:50

I read the review on IGN or something that started with “Dead Island is Fallout with Zombies....”

That’s me out then.

Seriously, I’ve heard bad things about this. I think I’m just going to watch the original trailer again and dream of what it could have been like.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Apparently this came out today (in the US), and also apparently it's a mess on consoles, but even worse on PC:

Quote:

People are already having fun with the controversy, labeling the game "Dev Island" and recording video of themselves abusing the broken system. So, if you thought the game was a mess on console, apparently PC users allegedly have an even sloppier build to work with.

Those crazy kids, always getting up to their hijinks.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:58

This goes straight into the pile of 'wait until it's been patched to fuck and only a tenner'.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 17:59

What will they think of next!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 18:00

myp it wrote:

This goes straight into the pile of 'wait until it's been patched to fuck and only a tenner'.

Like my demonstration simuloid.

Ramsea · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 963

Craster wrote:

Do we think they submitted the wrong version by mistake, or just couldn't be arsed to finish it?

It's got to be a mistake surely? How can something this bad get through any sort of quality control/testing.

Pretty shoddy and definitely wont be getting my money.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Trooper wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Yeah, but I bet it looks better.

More features in the PC version it looks like. No Y button on a console.

Awesome - it's coming out on SNES!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

Confirmed my worst suspicions. TBH I knew it was going to be wank when I first saw the gameplay footage.

I can live with the PC version being the worst piece of shit from a collection of pieces of shit, in the meantime I'm happy with my superior Deus Ex HR experience :nerd:

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Trooper wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Yeah, but I bet it looks better.

More features in the PC version it looks like. No Y button on a console.

Are you sure ?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

Is that a COD BLOPS joypad? God lord man, you're obsessed with that game!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Ian Fairies wrote:

Is that a COD BLOPS joypad? God lord man, you're obsessed with that game!

It is , I am , and it was a birthday present (i would not have spent my own money on it)

tossrStu · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1326

Ramsea wrote:

Craster wrote:

Do we think they submitted the wrong version by mistake, or just couldn't be arsed to finish it?

It's got to be a mistake surely? How can something this bad get through any sort of quality control/testing.

Pretty shoddy and definitely wont be getting my money.

From what I've heard it's some sort of foul-up with the version on Steam -- the boxed retail version IS the final code.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

I'm going to wait for them to release some patches to fix the bugs but I will be getting this purely for the online co-op campaign.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 16:01

@nickachu: nah.

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