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Dead Island |OT| Island of the Dead
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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Beat it today on PS3. I never downloaded the patch either. After it was released, I just stayed offline because I did not want to have my trophy progress erased. Thankfully, I did not run into any save issues. The only real issues I had was some stuttering/pauses here and there and how the game would sometimes spawn you right in the middle of mobs. Other than that, it was an enjoyable experience.
On the plus side, I really enjoyed the inventory management and weapon modifications. These added a nice layer of RPG depth to the game that fit like a glove with the survival aspect. Also, there is a lot to be said for the pacing, the sheer brutality of the zombies and combat in general. While it does start to wear a bit thin by the time you get to the prison, it is still quite satisfying all the same.
Overall, I think it is a flawed gem that has some incredible potential. Despite the lack of polish, this game has a great foundation to build upon and a lot of room to grow into something truly great. I'll give it a solid 7.5, which to me equates to being very good, but not without it's share of flaws and lack of polish.
On the plus side, I really enjoyed the inventory management and weapon modifications. These added a nice layer of RPG depth to the game that fit like a glove with the survival aspect. Also, there is a lot to be said for the pacing, the sheer brutality of the zombies and combat in general. While it does start to wear a bit thin by the time you get to the prison, it is still quite satisfying all the same.
Overall, I think it is a flawed gem that has some incredible potential. Despite the lack of polish, this game has a great foundation to build upon and a lot of room to grow into something truly great. I'll give it a solid 7.5, which to me equates to being very good, but not without it's share of flaws and lack of polish.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Darkgran said:
Supposedly a work around is to go to your configuration and change from digital to analog and exit the menu and it saves. I haven't tried it myself but its what some peoplehave stated.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Yeah...that save thing is a goddamn annoyance in an open world RPG. What the hell were they thinking there?
Other than that, I'm having a blast. It's about time they started playing around with the genre a bit.
Other than that, I'm having a blast. It's about time they started playing around with the genre a bit.
Finally finished it at around 25 hours, pretty much just rushed through the last 2 Acts. I didn't play co-op at all and I finished at level 35.
+ graphics, they were amazing at times
+/- combat. It was fun for a while but not deep enough to last 25 hours, it got old very fast.
- quests. Everything was a fetch quest, an escort, or a kill ___ number of zombies. They were awful.
- launch day. The game ended up working fine but I will not excuse the launch day BS. It's simply unacceptable to send out a fucking dev build, and then cause further problems with the patches.
- relatively empty maps. The areas were massive but very little of it had anything to explore or anyone to help. Most of it was just there.
It was a pretty damn boring game overall. Not much to do in the huge world, and the quests that were there sucked. The last Act drags on forever too. I'd probably give it a 4 or 5 if I was actually reviewing it.
+ graphics, they were amazing at times
+/- combat. It was fun for a while but not deep enough to last 25 hours, it got old very fast.
- quests. Everything was a fetch quest, an escort, or a kill ___ number of zombies. They were awful.
- launch day. The game ended up working fine but I will not excuse the launch day BS. It's simply unacceptable to send out a fucking dev build, and then cause further problems with the patches.
- relatively empty maps. The areas were massive but very little of it had anything to explore or anyone to help. Most of it was just there.
It was a pretty damn boring game overall. Not much to do in the huge world, and the quests that were there sucked. The last Act drags on forever too. I'd probably give it a 4 or 5 if I was actually reviewing it.
It's a damn fine game. In Act II now and when it rains it's really moody.
I recorded a little bit ... it went horrible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_A0QAHmSj4
I recorded a little bit ... it went horrible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_A0QAHmSj4
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Think I'm done with this game... just kind of too bored to continue. Honestly, it's funny that the bugs didn't stop me from playing, but what actually ended up being the last straw was the soundtrack and fake zombie noises while you're in the city. It's so annoying and grates on my nerves. I got a headache from it. Plus the game just (imo) wasn't fun anymore.
kyo_daikun
Member
slasher_thrasher21 said:
Going to have to try this, been playing offline alone and its been ok but im feeling more and more like I should be playing this online with my mates.
ii Stryker said:
Save issue won't be fixed until the second patch according to the tweet.
After reading people here say the patch made things worse for them on the PS3, I hope the same isn't true for the 360 patch. I'll be pissed if the 50+ hours I put into this game was ruined due to some patch.
MarshMellow96
Member
Is it just me or is this totally unavailable in the UK?
jim-jam bongs
Member
MarshMellow96 said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/sep/12/top-20-video-games
It's on Steam too. Could be sold out?
MarshMellow96
Member
jim-jam bongs said:
PC isn't an option, unfortunately.
It's literally sold out everywhere online. Amazon have the 360 version in stock on the 30th, apparently.
How strange.
PistolPete
Member
So my 360 version locks up when loading my game. Am I screwed? Tried updating and that didn't help.
stuminus3
Member
Seems hardly worth putting the % share the PC version has on their charts considering the game seems to be doing big numbers on Steam which they don't have access to.jim-jam bongs said:
My motion sickness from a few days ago went away so I can play this game as much as I like now, woo!
that's cool and all, but I certainly don't. The situations are too easy, and things get significantly hairier with 4 players and enemies at 2x health and shit. And of course, with other survivors, it feels fluid, like you're actually trying to survive with some other real people instead of limp A.I. characters that for some reason want you to do everything for them
SlasherJPC
Banned
Alright so I'm almost 13 hours in, level 24, Act 2
. Solo-ing with Logan and aside from a few odd quirks, I'm absolutely in love with this game. As for anyone thinking its easy by yourself, just wait till you get to the city. It gets much harder and much more intense. Act 2, for me has been a zombie fans dream. I've never felt more overrun at times and truly had the urge to run as I have in this game. I am terrified running through the streets and turning corners becomes something of a worry and sometimes there is just so many of them.
My only issues so far and its a minor one is that there is a cutscene late in act one where suddenly it just shows all the survivors together. No mention of them knowing each other or working together the entire time and suddenly boom, they're there. I guess they just couldn't figure out a proper way to have all the characters meeting in the story considering you can co-op this the entire time. I mean it could have been easily rectified somehow via a begining cutscene, like perhaps they all wake up in the same room, which I'm guessing at this point you just have to assume? Who knows.
Then of course there is some odd performance issues and glitches though I have yet to experience anything majorly bad. Just some item menu issues from time to time, and a couple quests not registering at first but then working out just fine. I did also get the new patch last night and things seems just fine, now the respawn time is 7 seconds instead of 5 I noticed. I have not had any saving issues as of yet.
As for the quests and structure of the game. While I realize that alot of the quests are similar. Go here, escort this, bring this item here, get this for me, etc. For some reason I think it feels extremely appropriate in this situation. I mean what would you be doing in a real life zombie apocalypse so to speak? Helping others survivor. Getting supplies. Protecting people. Killing zombies. I just think it messes well within the context of the game and its setting.
For me, this is a zombie game that I absolutely love and adore. I have been hooked since I started playing and I already wanna play as another character. Its a shame people are having worse issues with the game because underneath it all is a great concept and idea and I can only see better zombie games coming from this very idea. Be it another dev brings out something similar, or techland brings up Dead Island 2, imo this is a staple in the zombie genre.
just made it to the town hall
My only issues so far and its a minor one is that there is a cutscene late in act one where suddenly it just shows all the survivors together. No mention of them knowing each other or working together the entire time and suddenly boom, they're there. I guess they just couldn't figure out a proper way to have all the characters meeting in the story considering you can co-op this the entire time. I mean it could have been easily rectified somehow via a begining cutscene, like perhaps they all wake up in the same room, which I'm guessing at this point you just have to assume? Who knows.
Then of course there is some odd performance issues and glitches though I have yet to experience anything majorly bad. Just some item menu issues from time to time, and a couple quests not registering at first but then working out just fine. I did also get the new patch last night and things seems just fine, now the respawn time is 7 seconds instead of 5 I noticed. I have not had any saving issues as of yet.
As for the quests and structure of the game. While I realize that alot of the quests are similar. Go here, escort this, bring this item here, get this for me, etc. For some reason I think it feels extremely appropriate in this situation. I mean what would you be doing in a real life zombie apocalypse so to speak? Helping others survivor. Getting supplies. Protecting people. Killing zombies. I just think it messes well within the context of the game and its setting.
For me, this is a zombie game that I absolutely love and adore. I have been hooked since I started playing and I already wanna play as another character. Its a shame people are having worse issues with the game because underneath it all is a great concept and idea and I can only see better zombie games coming from this very idea. Be it another dev brings out something similar, or techland brings up Dead Island 2, imo this is a staple in the zombie genre.
ILOVEASIANS
Member
Moaradin said:
I think I'm about half way through Act 3 and it's been my favorite so far. It made me want to keep playing after all the awful experiences I had in Act 2.
Phonomezer
Banned
ILOVEASIANS said:
Yeah, Act 3 is far better than 2.
Act 2 was good (the setting was amazing) but getting ANYWHERE was such a pain in the arse. If you're playing as Xian you can just sprint everywhere, but anyone else has endure the endless encounters.
Sutton Dagger
Member
So I created a couple of the secret developer Mod weapons, but they are essentially useless given the price of repairing them. What's the point?
BrLvgThrChmstry
Banned
Derrick01 said:
Looks like we shared the same experience. I especially agree with the 'quest' and 'combat' statements. Everything wore thin very quickly. Completed in jsut over 25 hrs but it felt a helluva lot longer than that.
Sutton Dagger
Member
maomaoIYP said:
Ohhhh
For those interested, the best place to get champagne (to trade for diamonds needed for the dev weapons), just travel in and out of the 'abandoned house' in the city, there are two fridges in the house that sometimes give you champagne.
Bought this after watching the Giant Bomb quick look. The customization and the optional analog combat sold me. I'm only an hour or so in so perhaps after 20+ hours I'll feel differently, but right now I'm absolutely loving the shit out of the combat. I can see how it might get old but right now it's awesome. Got the biggest "Holy shit are you fucking kidding me?" gaming moment I've had in quite some time the first time I really fucked up a zombie with an oar and the blood and guts started flying.
Kicking is really useful so far, especially if you lure the zombies out into the water and then kick them square in their undead foreheads. I got a pretty good laugh out of the fact that they can't even attempt to swim and end up just drowning themselves.
Kicking is really useful so far, especially if you lure the zombies out into the water and then kick them square in their undead foreheads. I got a pretty good laugh out of the fact that they can't even attempt to swim and end up just drowning themselves.
Playing this with friends is awesome fun, solo it's definitely OK, but not nearly as good as with 2 more people.
Last night when playing though (360), we got the title updated installed - anyone know what the update consisted of? Tried a quick Google while the game restarted/loaded etc, but couldn't find anything good..
Last night when playing though (360), we got the title updated installed - anyone know what the update consisted of? Tried a quick Google while the game restarted/loaded etc, but couldn't find anything good..
AgentOtaku
Member
Gotta hand it to Techland with the PC patches.
Bought and played last night with no problems. Only thing I had to do was force Vsync in CP.
Right away dudes were seemingly showing up in my game instance. Really fun and smooth!
Set it to offline though just to get my bearings and will probably leave the game open from now on.
Bought and played last night with no problems. Only thing I had to do was force Vsync in CP.
Right away dudes were seemingly showing up in my game instance. Really fun and smooth!
Set it to offline though just to get my bearings and will probably leave the game open from now on.
Sutton Dagger
Member
I'll be playing tomorrow, come into the Dead Island Steam group chat and we will set up a game.
Phonomezer
Banned
How do you do it? I wouldn't mind trying it out for the medkit achievement!
BrLvgThrChmstry said:
Yeah when I went to check my time played I was honestly expecting closer to 40 hours. The last half of the time I spent felt like it dragged on forever, from about the middle of Act 2 to the end and that was with me rushing through most of Acts 3 and 4. I only did a couple of sidequests in each of those.
stuminus3
Member
I'm really enjoying the always-on drop in/drop out multiplayer. I find myself usually using the side quests as an excuse to explore around an area, and jumping in whenever I'm in a main quest area and the game tells me someone else is nearby. I wish Borderlands worked like this.
One thing I'd like to see though is for the "someone is nearby" notifications to give you more information about what exactly you're connecting to - it'd be perfect if they could tell you how many other players are on that session, and what quest the host player is currently tracking.
One thing I'd like to see though is for the "someone is nearby" notifications to give you more information about what exactly you're connecting to - it'd be perfect if they could tell you how many other players are on that session, and what quest the host player is currently tracking.