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Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:45 am
by lars63
The video looks pretty good
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:05 am
by SoM
off to play some L4D2 or watch some zombie movie
looks nice tho
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:12 am
by obsidian
Looks lovely. In game screenshots look good too, reminds me a bit of the jungles in Crysis.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:15 am
by Captain
This will either be a huge success or an epic failure. Would be nice to see some gameplay footage soon.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:03 am
by mrd
What a fucked up video

Damn, have I been in a cave for 10 years? Those graphics look pretty fuckin' slick.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:17 am
by feedback
Zombie panic was somewhat bleak, it just wasn't fun.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:38 am
by Eraser
Damn, that's a pretty intense video.
I was greeted by YouTube with a trailer for Rage btw. I was surprised.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:20 am
by MKJ
zombies are the new ww2
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:29 am
by Captain
MKJ wrote:zombies are the new ww2
Welcome to 3 years ago.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:31 am
by MKJ
i know rite
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:27 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
Captain Mazda wrote:This will either be a huge success or an epic failure. Would be nice to see some gameplay footage soon.
Yes. Your logic makes perfect sense. It could never end up being just a relatively successful game, so the devs better get ready for some seppuku if it doesn't sell $1 B in the first weekend.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:36 pm
by Mat Linnett
I had been following this quite closely up until a year or so ago when they kinda dropped off of the radar. To see them come back with such an epic trailer is great.
As far as I remember, they were very excited about their procedural zombie damage system.
Oh yeah, the guys making this are also the team behind Chrome and Call of Juarez.
Chrome was one of those games trying to emulate the success of Halo, and was pretty good, if a little rough around the edges in that Eastern European way, but the original Call of Juarez was fantastic.Again, a few rough edges, but it gave us one of the most memorable characters in gaming with Reverend Ray. It's just a shame they watered him down somewhat when they released the prequel, Bound in Blood.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:43 pm
by Ryoki
Wow, that was a great trailer.
The no guns and ammo, instead scavenge melee weapons idea seems pretty good. As does the Crysis meets L4D meets Dead Rising look it has. Should be awesome
Memphis wrote:We may not need more zombie games, but we certainly need more good ones.

Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:56 pm
by Transient
MKJ wrote:zombies are the new ww2
Definitely, but zombies are fucking awesome. They need to be integrated into every genre if you ask me. Cooking Zombie. A game where you play as a ravenous undead who uses human ingredients to make the best dishes on some walking dead game show. Wii Zombie Tennis. Instead of a tennis ball you use the wiimote to whack a human brain across the court (the net is made of human flesh, naturally). Give me time, I'll think of more. I could be on to something here...

Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:05 pm
by Plan B
Very promising trailer, going a step beyond by trying to accomplish emotional involvement.
I hope they put as much heart into gameplay.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:11 pm
by SoM
is that a PC release first? or consoles ?
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:55 pm
by Mat Linnett
Development started out on the PC if I recall correctly, so in that respect, the PC might be considered the "lead platform".
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:51 pm
by o'dium
Ingame pics look a bit hit and miss, but the actual idea behind it is fantastic... Stick some guys on an island and just let them make their own adventure. Like it.
The trailer was also amazing... This may just make me like Zombie games again, IF (and thats a big IF) the engine is half decent and not as flimsy as it looks...
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:15 pm
by Κracus
What I'm wondering is if you're standing outside on the street right in the open, how difficult is it going to be to sit there and survive. Is it going to be like easy as pie or is it going to be hard as hell.
Until I see gameplay, it's just a cinematic... although one that makes me depressed...
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:29 pm
by SoM
leadpipe, duh
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:46 am
by Captain
GONNAFISTYA wrote:Captain Mazda wrote:This will either be a huge success or an epic failure. Would be nice to see some gameplay footage soon.
Yes. Your logic makes perfect sense. It could never end up being just a relatively successful game, so the devs better get ready for some seppuku if it doesn't sell $1 B in the first weekend.
Competing against the L4D franchise will take more than a relative successful game.
PS. Fatty.
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:19 am
by Eraser
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:34 am
by Don Carlos
Just about to post this

Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:50 am
by Don Carlos
Re: Dead Island.
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:54 am
by MKJ
this actually looks quite awesome :[