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Dead Island |OT| Island of the Dead
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Dead Prince
Banned
who knows. but if anything it might unlock based on the time it gives you.SalsaShark said:
Dinosaur Tamer
Member
legbone said:
Patch notes have been posted a few pages ago.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
vehn said:
Usually 3am-11am.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
12:00am estvehn said:
my steam says 3 hours but that would mean 12:30am est which doesn't make sense so probably 2 and a half hours from now
vehn said:
Midnight EST
11 PM CT
9 PM PST
Regarding the patch
I have my steam set-up to always notify me when something finishes downloading and I never received this notification so it hasn't been patched yet. Plus the file size is the same too.
Hopefully when it unlocks the patch is less than 50mb.
SomeOneInaHat
Member
Has there been any word on input lag on the mouse for the PC version?
Sutton Dagger
Member
SalsaShark said:
So now you're essentially an honourary Australian, still 3 days to go here
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
wow that is some epic amount of tearing. yiiiiikes
edit: Joystiq says this game isn't fun, dtoid video review says that is "tons of fun." that's really helpful.
edit: Joystiq says this game isn't fun, dtoid video review says that is "tons of fun." that's really helpful.
darkressurection
Banned
2 Hours Left! I am pretty excited after watching a lot of the videos that have come out.
Neuromancer
Member
I like Joystiq enough as a news site, but their reviews are frequently off the mark I find.Big Ass Ramp said:
A buddy and I got our hands on 360 copies today, and played system link for about five hours.
It doesn't say anything about system link in the manuel, so getting everything going was a hassle. But eventually we found out that you can connect with another person while both playing solo (a prompt comes up saying that another player is close-by if you'd like to join them)
It plays a lot like a Bethesda game, in that you're working on usually one plot-related quest and picking up sidequests along the way. And there's a lot. Combat feels a lot like Condemned, but I haven't noticed much variation between weapon types. Quests are fun and varied, and it presents a really cool setting where you're engaging with people amidst the chaos constantly. It feels a lot like what a Walking Dead game should be. Everything looks fantastic and it's a real joy to explore the island, which is huge. You seem to unlock different sections as you advance the main plot. They make it super-easy to get around the island, whether it's by vehicle or fast travel, you're never really far from a fast option to another spot so nothing feels tedious.
That's all I got for now. We're about 5 hours in and still having a blast. I'll post more impressions later tonight if I can get more time in
It doesn't say anything about system link in the manuel, so getting everything going was a hassle. But eventually we found out that you can connect with another person while both playing solo (a prompt comes up saying that another player is close-by if you'd like to join them)
It plays a lot like a Bethesda game, in that you're working on usually one plot-related quest and picking up sidequests along the way. And there's a lot. Combat feels a lot like Condemned, but I haven't noticed much variation between weapon types. Quests are fun and varied, and it presents a really cool setting where you're engaging with people amidst the chaos constantly. It feels a lot like what a Walking Dead game should be. Everything looks fantastic and it's a real joy to explore the island, which is huge. You seem to unlock different sections as you advance the main plot. They make it super-easy to get around the island, whether it's by vehicle or fast travel, you're never really far from a fast option to another spot so nothing feels tedious.
That's all I got for now. We're about 5 hours in and still having a blast. I'll post more impressions later tonight if I can get more time in
darkressurection
Banned
So, is anyone else going to attempt to play a firearm-based build? I know ammo is supposed to be sparse, but I am interested to see how viable it will be.
Dinosaur Tamer
Member
Sounds good castlegar. So how difficult is the game so far and are there any options regarding difficulty? I am somewhat concerned the game will be too easy in Co-op. And what use is open world survival horror if encounters don't pose a challenge? I want to be taking a risk when wandering of to explore or doing some sidequests.
Phonomezer
Banned
castlegar said:
Thanks for making the wait that much harder
old manatee
Banned
darkressurection said:
It sounds like ammo is really rare, so I'm hoping if I play it single player, hard, and specialize in guns, it'll be more survival horror than action rpg. The hoops I have to jump through to get my fix this generation.
Any word on controller vs. mouse and keyboard? info. on this game is still surprisingly hard to come by.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Hmm, I still have Deus Ex to beat... Should I rent this today?
Square Triangle
Member
I was surprised by the hype this game has received. I had a ton of canceled reserves today because we weren't doing a midnight launch and we have a Meijer a block away.
Neuromancer
Member
Personally i get screwed up trying to play multiple games at the same time.Deadly Cyclone said:
Neuromancer
Member
Zeds, man, people love zeds.Square Triangle said:
Big Chungus
Member
Sad that noone wants to use my referral links..
Guess i'll have to wait for a price drop.
Really wanted to play tonight.
Guess i'll have to wait for a price drop.
Really wanted to play tonight.
This is Steam's screw up though, same thing with Dead Island and Space Marine, yet i recieved both keys in time and activated fine
NA for sure
and it shouldnt matter, what restricts the unlocking of the game is Steam itself, the only regional stuff that changes depending on where you buy it is if the game is censored or something
this is just Steam thinking im from pseudo-australia or something
OR adding some sort of extra release schedule for South America that games just dont speak about, cause its always NA/EUR/AUS and i always get the NA release since South America is still America. Always thought they managed it like that.
The M.O.B said:
NA for sure
and it shouldnt matter, what restricts the unlocking of the game is Steam itself, the only regional stuff that changes depending on where you buy it is if the game is censored or something
this is just Steam thinking im from pseudo-australia or something
OR adding some sort of extra release schedule for South America that games just dont speak about, cause its always NA/EUR/AUS and i always get the NA release since South America is still America. Always thought they managed it like that.
Dead Prince
Banned
heh. i have work in the morning so i'll be sleeping before this game unlocks.
Wish they add minutes to the countdown too.
darkressurection
Banned
Steam just goes by what the publisher has them do, so if the pub wants a certain region to unlock at a certain time, that is what Steam goes by.SalsaShark said:
darkressurection said:
but the keys said NA
im pretty certain its Steam controlled. Reason why i didnt get the Deus Ex key in time for NA release was because they gave me the key on time for the European release. So holding on to the Steam key was the way of doing that, still in this case they gave me the keys right away ready for NA release.
Im sure that if i would to connect with a US proxy or something it would say "1 hour left".
wilflare said:
Im guessing this is the case
but see, the trouble now is: games dont mention this anywhere
not on steam, not on wikipedia, etc. There's not such thing as a "SA" region release listed anywhere. Up until pretty much.. today, we always got games on the NA release :/
this is fucked up
I wish Steam/Valve shed some light in this unlock time zone issue, sometimes I've gotten the EU unlock timer and I'm in America and other times the timer just doesn't make sense for either time zone and fucks up everything.
I think it was for Borderlands that my timer was completely fucked up and it would unlock in 3 more days or something, I had to go through a VPN to get it to decrypt and play but I was forced to use it every single time I wanted to play until it came out in EU because otherwise Steam went from "Play Now" to "Pre load complete"
Someone needs to let Gabe know that Central/South America is STILL America! get your times straight!
I think it was for Borderlands that my timer was completely fucked up and it would unlock in 3 more days or something, I had to go through a VPN to get it to decrypt and play but I was forced to use it every single time I wanted to play until it came out in EU because otherwise Steam went from "Play Now" to "Pre load complete"
Someone needs to let Gabe know that Central/South America is STILL America! get your times straight!
Neuromancer
Member
How do you know who's supposed to be good at what? I remember one of the girls is supposed to be good with guns but other than that I don't really know.Concept17 said:
That said I usually pick characters based on looks so I'd probably go with Logan regardless.