Dead Island (the thread)

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Never heard of this game until tonight and watched the teaser trailer, which left me speechless both times I watched it. The games concept sounds very promising, you rely less on guns and more on actual survival. It's also said to have a leveling system of some kinds, which makes it sound like a serious version of Dead Rising with a dash of L4D, which I'm sure a lot of people will welcome with open arms.

If the game is anywhere near as incredible as the trailer, then I think survival horror has found it's new messiah.

[maxlords]

Looks ok cinematographically. Who knows what the actual game is like tho....gameplay will make or break a game like that for sure.

[Steve W]

That's a really good trailer. Great music, good emotional impact. Nice way to separate their title from the thousands of other zombie games out there.

[jcalder8]

Hopefully this will live up to the trailer. This is my favorite trailer since the first Gears of War one.

[WCP]

I've seen some other footage of this game, and it doesn't look anywhere near what it looks like in the trailer.

Don't believe the hype.

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New footage or old footage? Because from what I understand, it was considered dead for a few years and just recently resurfaced.

[kupomogli]

Nice trailer, but need to see how the gameplay turns out.

[megasdkirby]

The animation seems a bit odd, but it was very, very good overall.

If it can focus on the horror, the survival aspects, and dark atmosphere, this may be an instant "get" for me. I'm tired of games being labeled as "survival horror" and then end up being more action that anything else. Like when you compare the first Resident Evil to the others in the series: the first felt more like a survivial horror game, thanks to it's ambiance and suspense than the others that followed: the player did not know what was happening in the first game, so it felt...dark...and for me, a bit evil. The rest were...like an action horror movie. But I digress.

I hope this game delivers. I haven't had an actual "survival horror" game in quite some time.

[Swamperon]

The trailer is amazing but as everyone is saying, the gameplay will have to match that. It's certainly got me interested though.

[The Shawn]

Wow! I hope the gameplay holds up to the cinema. Never been moved by an opening zombie scene before...

*me blows nose and get's an axe.

Edit: Jeez, I just can't get over that intro. I've watched it a dozen times! Very well done. The score is quite touching also.

[Oobgarm]

This looks incredible, hope it lives up.

Also hope it can differentiate itself from Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead somehow outside of a different setting.

[portnoyd]

There is no chance at all of this living up to the trailer, which was good, not great.

[WCP]

New footage or old footage? Because from what I understand, it was considered dead for a few years and just recently resurfaced.

I'm not sure. The bottom line though, is that anybody thinking the game is going to actually look a lot like that trailer is kidding themselves. There is no chance it ends up actually looking like that. Maybe if it was a launch game for PS4 or something.

[Leo_A]

After reading this thread and then watching the trailer, I don't get the excitement over it.

It sure didn't appeal to me at all.

[miaandjohnrule]

After reading this thread and then watching the trailer, I don't get the excitement over it.

It sure didn't appeal to me at all.

This.

[CDiablo]

For all those wondering, there are gameplay pics on some sites and it looks like a Dead Rising clone to me.

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I'm not sure. The bottom line though, is that anybody thinking the game is going to actually look a lot like that trailer is kidding themselves. There is no chance it ends up actually looking like that. Maybe if it was a launch game for PS4 or something.

It was more than likely the footage from it's original build, which was way back in 2008, so it more than likely looks completely different in 2011. Nobody is saying it's going to look like it does in the trailer, but the trailer does leave a lot on what we could expect from the game.

[WCP]

Nobody is saying it's going to look like it does in the trailer

Nobody is really saying it specifically, but I think that for some reason, there are people that in the back of their mind think the graphics might look close to the trailer, and I think those people are fooling themselves to believe that. I wish it looked that good, believe me....

I remember coming into this generation with the Xbox 360 back in late 2005 thinking that it might be capable of some amazing things... In fact, I remember when I first got my hands on Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter in early 2006. When that game first starts, it has an intro that was really amazing, and I remember thinking that before the 360 was actually released, I actually thought that graphics like that (in game) were possible, and it really disappointed me to come to the realization that graphics like that just weren't going to happen in this generation.

I think at this point, we are all aware of what the PS3 and 360 can achieve and what it can't achieve, but for the peeps that are peeing themselves over this trailer, I think they are trying to live a dream and think that it might actually be close to the trailer. No chance.

[The Shawn]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/03/dead-island-preview/



Looks and sounds even better to me.

I could care less if the in game graphics were the same as the opening trailer. I never really thought they would be. I was referring to the plot line and game mechanics.

The Author of the review campares it to a mix of L4D 2 and Borderlands. With a leveling up system and different player classes. Sounds like win.

[Gamingking]

I'm definatley looking forward to this.