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Dead Island |OT| Island of the Dead
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brandonh83
Banned
Game is way better than I had personally anticipated. I knew I would like it to some extent but after a few hours of play I'm just flat out addicted to this shit.
My only problem is that the music, while not bad, seems to play during inappropriate moments. I go into a dark building and it's still playing this upbeat music. So I turned the music off and all of a sudden its far creepier-- obviously.
But whatever, game is awesome as hell and I'm actually digging the quest structure. I did find the analog combat to be kind of convoluted, which is strange after some of the praise I've seen. Pretty great of them to make both styles optional I guess.
My only problem is that the music, while not bad, seems to play during inappropriate moments. I go into a dark building and it's still playing this upbeat music. So I turned the music off and all of a sudden its far creepier-- obviously.
But whatever, game is awesome as hell and I'm actually digging the quest structure. I did find the analog combat to be kind of convoluted, which is strange after some of the praise I've seen. Pretty great of them to make both styles optional I guess.
Revolutionary
Member
Ha! I knew I wasn't crazy. I felt like I was the only one that didn't see any difference whatsoever in a majority of the settings. The water looks the same, higher quality objects load in at the same distance, etc.jim-jam bongs said:
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
I was having fun with this game on 360, but I can only play for 30 minutes before I catch motion sickness. >:|
The leveling system seems...slow? Maybe I was just running through it. Made it to the section where you
and I was only at lvl. 2.
How fast does Rage build?
The leveling system seems...slow? Maybe I was just running through it. Made it to the section where you
get the car parts
How fast does Rage build?
Pretty much knew I would be skipping every single cutscene and dialogue as soon as I saw the playable characters. I know I'm not missing anything.
The city is so much harder then the resort. I feel like I'm barely making enough to repair my modded up weapons. Not to mention those runners come in nearly endless waves now and that makes defending very tricky. I'm fairly certain I kind of screwed myself with my stats. Once I saw the skill trees I knew I wanted a bunch of stuff from the survival tree... I'm at level 21 and I don't have a single point in anything but the survival tree.
They really need to patch in keyboard chat for gamepad users. I'm playing this on my comfy couch and I don't have one of those 360 mics so I'm pretty much screwed communication wise.
The city is so much harder then the resort. I feel like I'm barely making enough to repair my modded up weapons. Not to mention those runners come in nearly endless waves now and that makes defending very tricky. I'm fairly certain I kind of screwed myself with my stats. Once I saw the skill trees I knew I wanted a bunch of stuff from the survival tree... I'm at level 21 and I don't have a single point in anything but the survival tree.
They really need to patch in keyboard chat for gamepad users. I'm playing this on my comfy couch and I don't have one of those 360 mics so I'm pretty much screwed communication wise.
Lasthope106
Member
Holy shit! 35k people playing this on Steam. I thought this game was going to be ok, but that shit is bananas. Are the bugs with the pc version fixed? The dev version removed?
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
Varna said:
Jump on the cars to avoid the runners.
Sutton Dagger
Member
This is my last post in this thread, don't want anymore spoilers. If you have a PC, get this game and join the Steam group. See you online.
kingofthedead45
Member
vaelic said:killed a zombie chasing me and this is how he ended up
Ahl shit it looks like somebody took a vacation to the wrong island.
Drewsky said:
Save file issues.
Mediocre frame rate and rampant screen tearing.
Also came across the worst extreme stuttering in
the city
Oh and the game booted me out to the xmb screen suddenly.
It's a fun game when it works, but even the Fallout games aren't this buggy.
Lasthope106
Member
What the fuck! Amazon run out of keys! Anywhere else where I might get this on the cheap for pc?
Phonomezer
Banned
Lasthope106 said:
Awesome. I had a lot of people on my friend list asking me if it was any good or not. Today most of them are playing it. Word of mouth is strong with Dead Island.
Varna said:This works a good number of the time. Except when they kind of clip into each other and are able to knock me off.
EDIT: Why is it some normal zombies are able to knock me back like the bigger ones? Seems kind of random.
If they charge you, it'll knock you back afaik. So try to move to the side if one comes running at you. Best thing to do though unless a bunch are running at you is to kick the one charging you. It'll stop them and knock them off balance.
HOWEVER, I've noticed that if you time it perfectly, you can one hit kill most zombies by chopping their head when they charge you. It seems to do a LOT more damage if they're charging you full bore and you time it perfectly. It's hard to do though.
Varna said:This works a good number of the time. Except when they kind of clip into each other and are able to knock me off.
EDIT: Why is it some normal zombies are able to knock me back like the bigger ones? Seems kind of random.
If you run out of stamina, any zombie that hits you will knock you down.
Dead Prince
Banned
machete is good stuff. i might have to try out analog again. didn't like the feel of it.
Lasthope106 said:
I'm still not even sure if I feel like they deserve that number or not. The game's picking up a bit in Act 2 but between the awful and boring Act 1, the launch garbage, and general sucky performance and console FOV I'm still pretty sour on the game.
PC version is working fine for me now but we still have to rely on community fixes for things the Devs should have fixed, especially since they claimed it wasn't a console port.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Just got to Act II, currently at level 16, and just got my first firearm! I'm enjoying this game quite a bit!
MustacheBandit_
Member
just beat this game and loved every second of it! didn't experience a single crash, hickup, or bug (PC version). I did have to tweak it a bit by enabling vsync and also fixing the FOV to 82.5 (90 was too weird looking). there was a ton of content and i loved the variety of missions as well. hopefully a trainer comes out soon because I would love messing around in the world with godmode weapons on game+ mode.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Baha said:
Still $39.95 or something with that code. Plus, no tax!
Small Mailman
Member
What's the deal with the EDGE review? How could they find it s much worse than everyone else is?
Could a few people just tell me if it's long enough or addicting enough, or does it run out of steam pretty fast?
Could a few people just tell me if it's long enough or addicting enough, or does it run out of steam pretty fast?
MustacheBandit_
Member
Small Mailman said:
EDGE just being "edgy"
no one else have this issue?
when I open the game lobby chapter 2 games show up(I'm on ch.2 right now), but then suddenly disappear after about half a second, leaving only chapter 1 games to join into. This leaves me to just randomly clicking join hoping I get into a games with at least a couple people.
Is this the case for anyone else?
when I open the game lobby chapter 2 games show up(I'm on ch.2 right now), but then suddenly disappear after about half a second, leaving only chapter 1 games to join into. This leaves me to just randomly clicking join hoping I get into a games with at least a couple people.
Is this the case for anyone else?
Beelzeboss
Member
I really wish you could toggle Analog and Digital combat without having to go in the options.
I love the analog combat but it just isn't as fast for groups of zombies. Also I seem to have trouble hitting zombies on the ground with it.
I love the analog combat but it just isn't as fast for groups of zombies. Also I seem to have trouble hitting zombies on the ground with it.
Neuromancer
Member
I'm pretty sure Edge considers a score of 5 to be average, so a 3 just means worse than average to them. I don't agree with the score but of couse they're entitled to their opinion. (I've not actually read the review yet.)Small Mailman said:
So their average is close to the actual average on their scale? Oh no, how horrible! They don't use the 7-10 scale, ban them now!Gez said:Edge reviews should really be banned from Gamerankings and Metacritic. Fine everybody is entitled to their option, but these guys just trash everything in sight.
Case in point
