I find turning music off and just hearing ambiance is betterKunohara said:
BTW, they finally stickied the tool: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2114535
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Dead Island |OT| Island of the Dead
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BTW, they finally stickied the tool: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2114535
PumpkinPie
Banned
I think I'm going trade the game in soon, I don't have a lot of free time for gaming these days and I find Dead Island to be too frustrating for me (especially playing exclusively on solo). I enjoyed it at first but as I get further into the game there are just too many bad things adding up for me.
So I just fucked myself over royally.
I'm playing Logan, and I'm really digging the throwing mechanic.
But I get to a mission where I have to protect a building, and meanwhile waves of Infected keep coming. So I do what I normally do: Start throwing my weapons, hoping for a boomerang, running forward to kick anything that's not dead and recover anything I've thrown.
But the Infected keep coming. And before I know it, I'm overwhelmed. I die like four times, and I'm getting frustrated so I just say fuck it, and turn the console off.
That's when I remember: I hadn't recovered any of my weapons.
Oh fuck.
So I turn on my system. Sure enough, they're GONE. I have my shitty hammer that's my backup melee weapon, and that's it.
My two green and one blue machetes, modified for Shock? Gone. My multiple cleavers, that had worked wonders and been fully upgraded? Gone.
Oh and to add insult to injury I'm checkpointed at the beginning of that mission, so I have tons of screaming Infected coming right for me. That I have to fight. With one shitty hammer.
So that's 12 hours down the drain.
Fuck.
I'm playing Logan, and I'm really digging the throwing mechanic.
But I get to a mission where I have to protect a building, and meanwhile waves of Infected keep coming. So I do what I normally do: Start throwing my weapons, hoping for a boomerang, running forward to kick anything that's not dead and recover anything I've thrown.
But the Infected keep coming. And before I know it, I'm overwhelmed. I die like four times, and I'm getting frustrated so I just say fuck it, and turn the console off.
That's when I remember: I hadn't recovered any of my weapons.
Oh fuck.
So I turn on my system. Sure enough, they're GONE. I have my shitty hammer that's my backup melee weapon, and that's it.
My two green and one blue machetes, modified for Shock? Gone. My multiple cleavers, that had worked wonders and been fully upgraded? Gone.
Oh and to add insult to injury I'm checkpointed at the beginning of that mission, so I have tons of screaming Infected coming right for me. That I have to fight. With one shitty hammer.
So that's 12 hours down the drain.
Fuck.
TheVampire
Banned
Patryn said:
Oh I was going to suggest cheating or modding to help get past that bit but then just saw that your on console.
Guess you are fucked then.
Marty Chinn
Member
Heh, anyone playing without ever modding weapons?
KingHenrik30
Member
Put a good couple of hours into this game over the weekend only to come the conclusion - I'm bored. Just seems like the same thing over and over with no real story or anything. I guess I wanted this game to be more like Dead Rising and less like Far Cry 2. Ehh, whatever. This one's going back for Shadow/Ico collection at the end of the month.
As a huge fan of Fallout and zombies in general i'm LOVING this game more than I thought I would. I'm playing solo as Logan and am 61% through the main story and level 23 or 24 I forget. It's starting to get a little hairy going it alone but IMO that makes it more fun. It is very repetitive but it's fun.
I went into co-op tonight for the first time ever and some kid level 34 threw a machette at me and cursed me for no reason just after I entered. I picked it up and left the game and sold it since it was to high leveled for me to use lol back to solo.
Also locally I had a hard time finding it and lucked into a second shipment the end of release week. First time that's happened in awhile.
I went into co-op tonight for the first time ever and some kid level 34 threw a machette at me and cursed me for no reason just after I entered. I picked it up and left the game and sold it since it was to high leveled for me to use lol back to solo.
Also locally I had a hard time finding it and lucked into a second shipment the end of release week. First time that's happened in awhile.
Marty Chinn
Member
Concept17 said:
I just never needed it. Early on I was always missing something to create a modded weapon, so I just got used to not having to do that. I'm about 64% in and haven't modded a weapon yet.
Neuromancer
Member
Dude sorry to hear. That royally sucks.Patryn said:
Sorry if this has been brought up but is there an issue with the mission where you bring back Juice Crates?
Ive got 4 crates loaded up from the gas stations and drove back to the safehouse, but theres no prompt for the mission to end/continue and the quest tracking arrow keeps going back and forth
Ive got 4 crates loaded up from the gas stations and drove back to the safehouse, but theres no prompt for the mission to end/continue and the quest tracking arrow keeps going back and forth
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
You're missing out on some great fun. Watching zombies electrify is pretty damn hilarious and satisfying. The Magic Wand mod is nuts and watching my buddy get it to proc is awesome, especially when it has a bowling ball effect on other zombies.Marty Chinn said:
bucknuticus
Member
Well me and my buddy finished the game tonight, cant see I really feel like going back through to play it again. Probably try and sell it here this week, game was fun. But it has a good deal of issues that were frustrating to deal with.
DualShadow
Member
Flunkie said:
I generally only go for head shots when I use them to try and make them last longer.
Also it would be nice if you could upgrade your mod once you got a better mod of the same type.
Flunkie said:
Not anywhere as bad as knives, which have durability less than 20.
I just keep a katana or wakizashi for the occasions when I get swarmed with infected. Otherwise a fire axe or any other 2 handed axe is usually much better both range wise and damage wise. With Xian, a critical hit can easily break 5000 damage.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
I believe they said they were working on patching that in.Wallach said:
When do 2 handed axes start to pop up? Just got into Act 3 and haven't seen any yet.
Can't get engaged into this game. Same problem as with Borderlands, they just can't make it interesting enough for me to go on all of these fetch/kill quests, and i'm not too big into loot. It's a decent attempt, though, and four players kicking the shit out of a fallen zombie is hilarious.
Yeah, when I got to the quest where...zkylon said:
Some lady in a house that was surrounded by zombies tells me to get her teddie bear or she can't sleep.
I said, "fuck this game." It's also so stupid how they're trying to force the whole depressing fake (first) trailer mentality when it's all pretty non-serious and stupid.
Add motion sickness, which I'm usually real strong against, and terrible graphics.
krameriffic
Member
Machetes are better all around weapons for that purpose. Unless you want to be a douche and just dupe the shit out of your Wakizashi.Flunkie said:
jim-jam bongs
Member
zkylon said:
It's funny, I loathe Borderlands and love this. It definitely has the same careless approach to story and quests but I think I just dig the setting and the combat enough that it doesn't bother me the same way. Really enjoy the weapon crafting and loot in general, I get a kick out of upgrading from a Defective to a Flimsy something-or-other.
Phonomezer
Banned
Katanas are great, I love Zed's Demise!
Sutton Dagger
Member
Wallach said:
Use the 360 microphone with the controller.
Phonomezer
Banned
Papercuts said:
Check the vendors in
the city
Frankenstrat
Member
Anybody try out the Fist of the Dead Star mod? Looks like loads of fun.
SlasherJPC
Banned
maomaoIYP said:
YES! Agreed! Awesome looking weapon!
I completed the game last night and I have to say the final area is extremely rushed. I loved the Resort and Jungle... the City, hated it. Couldn't wait to get out, especially hated the speakers on the rooftop sidequests. I completed all Side-quests with Xian and played a little multiplayer here and there and I was lv 39 when I was done.
Another glitch with one of the Achievements... my main Character is Xian and after I completed ACT I with Sam, I went to see what characters I had to complete ACT I with and it listed Xian & Purna and not Logan? I didn't even start a character with Logan and he's not listed... had to complete ACT I 2x with Xian... not that I mind.
So After I reach lv 50 and complete ACT I with Purna I just have to wait until 10/4 to load it up and get my 100% ( Yeah I know I can do this offline, but I'm a stickler for timestamps )
Another glitch with one of the Achievements... my main Character is Xian and after I completed ACT I with Sam, I went to see what characters I had to complete ACT I with and it listed Xian & Purna and not Logan? I didn't even start a character with Logan and he's not listed... had to complete ACT I 2x with Xian... not that I mind.
So After I reach lv 50 and complete ACT I with Purna I just have to wait until 10/4 to load it up and get my 100% ( Yeah I know I can do this offline, but I'm a stickler for timestamps )
Anerythristic
Member
"Come here, check this out." "It's this way, over here." "Where are you, where did you go?" "Quick I need your help, where are you?"
I just bought this game and I really like it. I just can't stand co-op, unless the person actually wants to stick to your ass it's to easy to get distracted and wander off in an open world co op experience and it seams like Borderlands the game adjusts enemy difficulty and strength or am I wrong? I'm babysitting most of the time.
I just bought this game and I really like it. I just can't stand co-op, unless the person actually wants to stick to your ass it's to easy to get distracted and wander off in an open world co op experience and it seams like Borderlands the game adjusts enemy difficulty and strength or am I wrong? I'm babysitting most of the time.