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If you can watch this from beginning to end, you have no soul.

Done. Can I get a proof of sale, or something? I've been looking forward to this game since the announcement screenshot of a faceless zombie all up in the player's face.

Well that was boring as shit.


What is this? Left4dead 3 or something?

No, Dead Island. Free-roam first person beat-em-up with a hint of DR2's weapon-crafting mechanic, and a side dose of the best gore effects I've seen for a while.

Meowth, on 19 February 2011 - 04:00 AM, said:

This.

Ding....dong. Ding....dong.

RohanSpartan, on 19 February 2011 - 01:57 AM, said:

So Jew's really don't have souls... shit..
I owe that hobo $12...

I am somewhat interested in this, only because I'm tired of L4D2 and am not in the mood to try Dead Rising 2.

Anyone heard of the MMO that Microsoft is making with undead labs. Its gonna be a zombie apocalypse MMO shooter thing. It sounds complicated, but awesome

I think I've heard of it Rawr, I know I read about a zombie survival mmo in I think in a EGM magazine. If its the same one, what I read about it sounds like a cool idea, the question is can they pull it off.

Edit: Yup, same thing

This post has been edited by bearkidney: 19 February 2011 - 02:18 PM

ChewySmokey, on 19 February 2011 - 06:51 AM, said:

HEY BUDDY, you actually should give DR2 a try, it's a pretty fantastic game especially if you have a friend to play with.

And about Dead Island, that stupid girl should have ran faster, why in the world was she so far away from her father. Did they send her alone to go get ice or something?

Junior Boomer, on 19 February 2011 - 02:15 PM, said:

Fine, torrenting it right now LOLOLOL
Nah, jk.
And she's obviously a child prostitute. Duh.

This post has been edited by DangerIce: 19 February 2011 - 05:16 PM

Boring? I thought it was awesome! The way the trailer is done is very original (at least to my humble knowledge ^_^)

I would be more excited if that was a movie. How many horror animations do we have? Like, none. (Resident Evil Degeneration, anyone =P)

But it's going to be a game. Chances are it won't be as awesome. But, here I am, hoping ^_^

This post has been edited by Lycan: 19 February 2011 - 05:48 PM

Rawrdinosaur, on 19 February 2011 - 07:30 AM, said:

Left 4 Halo

I really like that trailer.
Just how it is made.
the forward part and the bacward part meeting at the end of the video, in order to reveal how the whole thing about the girl happened (since it's start with the girl falling from a window and then cut to her, still alive running from zombies) it's truly well done.

Junior Boomer, on 19 February 2011 - 02:15 PM, said:

I'm sure you're right, when I see it in the bargain bin, I'll give it a shot, but there are too many games taking up my time to bother with DR2. Besides, Killzone 3 comes out on tuesday.

Chewy, get some gaming taste.

HAHAHAHAHA! Stupid child prostitute!

I guess I have no soul then.

SushiJaguar, on 20 February 2011 - 09:29 PM, said:

if thrusting both thumbs into a dude's eye sockets isn't "tasteful", then exuuuuse me princess.

Don't quote shitty game cartoon programs at me. Secondly, Killzone sucks, quite simply. All the focus on looks, none of the focus on interesting story, characters, levels, anything.
Killzone 1 and 2 were almost the same game, they were like riding a carousel at a snail's pace while being shot at with spud guns. Annoying, and boring after five minutes.

Wow, Sushi, You just pissed off the wrong people. *grabs bat*

What, seriously? You're gonna e-beat me? Whooo, lookit me shaking in my little booties. Come on, man. You're just another penny-farthing kid who's insane in the membrane and doesn't know how to kick it in the real world. Come back when you get some life experience and maturity, son.

I got enough maturity for your mom.

Too bad she only goes for the ones not wired into the net, eh? Of course, if you will chubby-chase.

This post has been edited by SushiJaguar: 21 February 2011 - 03:14 AM

I am with Sushi. Killzone had good gameplay and looks but in the end the story was a peice of shit.

SushiJaguar, on 21 February 2011 - 02:22 AM, said:

stuck up much? I just like killing people, either NPCs or online buddies.

Fenix341, on 21 February 2011 - 03:17 AM, said:

Yeah, the story is stale, but I can over look that when killing things is fun... sometimes.

hmm, back on topic?
I don't know, I would like to see some kind of gameplay demonstration sometime soon.

This post has been edited by ChewySmokey: 21 February 2011 - 04:04 AM

RohanSpartan, on 21 February 2011 - 03:11 AM, said:

You should remember where you're standing, ed.

A good majority of people here have both seniority over you and the good sense to know when to stop talking.

Consider that.

This post has been edited by Seg: 21 February 2011 - 04:13 AM

I'm not stuck up, but I prefer campaign modes not to be riddled with flaws that poke themselves in my face all the time. I mean, that helicopter battle? Fucked right up on the hardest difficulty.

I watched the trailer, didn't feel anything.

SushiJaguar, on 21 February 2011 - 04:19 AM, said:

oh, I see where you're coming from. I can respect that. My apologies. It is indeed sad that many single player campaigns get the shaft over multiplayer.

Fantastic. Utterly fantastic. The cinematography, plus being one of the first things I've heard of the game since it was announced, is just wonderful. It really has a subtle way of making you feel a pang of sadness but without knowing it until it had hit you. Plus, that final scene shown in reverse just topped it off. Just wonderful.

Yea, I just watched it again. Still brilliant.

This post has been edited by Gameking218: 22 February 2011 - 04:41 AM

there are too many zombie games already, we dont need another.

There is no such thing as too many zombie games.

Cinematography good? Sure, i'll give it that. I just hope the child death isn't just for the shock value and nothing else.

Apparently, Yappy, it's actually a side quest in the main game. And one of the four characters you play as is the father.

better version of the trailer!

still sucks.

I know people keep crying 'too many zombie games' but this game has been in development since 2007.

CaptainBaconMan, on 24 February 2011 - 07:52 AM, said:

who cares? im not buying it, im happy with my l4d and l4d2 and all those countless other zombie apocylpse games i got.

This post has been edited by the wii anonymous: 24 February 2011 - 02:06 PM

I want it.
It looks good.

Time to put on my rantin' boots!

I love how "It has zombies in it" immediately means "Oh, well, I have seen this all before! No one can ever create something new and interesting in THIS genre, no sir!"

Really, why mention a single franchise of games that for the purposes of naming we will call zombie apocalypse games? Let me ask, does Dead Rising play like Left 4 Dead? Do either play like the original Resident Evils that had zombies? Or even the newer ones? Just because it has zombies doesn't mean it's going to be identical to every other game, and even if it is, could one think that maybe they might improve on it? Make a better Left 4 Dead style game, which is unlikely, because why go through the trouble to make another L4D game when Valve has done two? I'm saying that having zombies in a game does not make it into a genre. Hell, lets look again at the Left 4 Dead series with a quick Google search, just to be fair. Survival Horror genre. Dead Island? Oh, weird, this says Horror Action Adventure! Hmm. Well, I'm sure another zombie game will be exactly the sam-oh, what's that House of the Dead? Rail Shooter?
You know what? This has to be wrong. I mean, I can't look at games like Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Killing Floor, Typing of the Dead, and Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse without seeing the same game! They are all so identical! Really!

Oh, and while I personally love the trailer, about the game? We still know next to nothing about the game being good or not. But the people they hired to make the trailer are really good! And I hope the game can live up to that.

This post has been edited by Gameking218: 24 February 2011 - 08:08 PM

*pats Game's back*

One day, you'll rule the world with iron sarcasm.

im sorry i criticise a game with the plain tytle of zombie game cause it ahs zombies, i have a billion other reasons. god you dont get it, its not jsut the aspect of zombies, tis the fact the game doesnt look like id like it. also, horror actiona dventure, not exactly my type fo game ether. god you people jump to conclusion that, altho i said i dont like it cause it ahs zombies, that i only dont like it cause it have zombies. of course i have other reasons -.-

also, do not speak to me about the grammer of this post, for i am fully aware of it

This post has been edited by the wii anonymous: 25 February 2011 - 04:19 AM

@the wii anonymous
Then why not say them? Just saying "I have reasons" isn't really helpful. That's like saying "Yea you're sick with a rare disease and we have the cure but you can't have it. Rest assured knowing that we have it". You need to actually give us the reasons, and by saying "tis the fact the game doesnt look like id like it" you gave us the most important one. If you really don't think you'll like the game then hey, whatever. That's the most important thing!

And rather than say "do not speak to me about the grammer of this post, for i am fully aware of it", why not just fix it? It's not too hard, even on the Wii.

theirs not exactly much information on the game right now so it's a bit hard to rule out as a game that is worth getting, better to wait until more is shown about it

Gameking218, on 25 February 2011 - 05:24 AM, said:

1, thank you for getting the point, some reasons are the fact the trailers too mushy, makes the game seem... less violent, and the fact that, well, a hotel doesn't actually seem like a good place to me for a "zombie Apocalypse." there are more, but i dont feel like posting them

2, i dont know how to fix it thats why (i suck at proper grammar, screw full sentences)

3, i used spell check in this post.

This post has been edited by the wii anonymous: 25 February 2011 - 11:46 PM

Seeing how I don't want to have to make a new topic for Dead Island crap, I'll just post it here. Technically it's not the "trailer", but it is still pre-game launch and demonstrates some stuff from the game that might be of interest.



Edit:
JB showed me a better video that actually has voices and people talking. It is nice, I have replaced the old one with it.

This post has been edited by Toastyjester: 01 June 2011 - 01:09 AM

This actually looks pretty good!

The gameplay seemed a little anti-climactic... wander aboot and kill zombies? sure the creating weapons thing is cool, but it doesn't really mean anything if I don't feel like I'm in peril or that its the end of the world. I need some atmosphere, dammit!

Well, think of it this way, Chewy. After the initial glut of zombies being everywhere because people are inevitably crowded together in popular places, making the infection chance one fuckton higher, people will spread out for survival and zombies won't be seen as often, unless something attracts them or drives them into that area. Of course, if it were an airbourne/waterbourne virus, then it could've easily been transmitted across the whole island. But that's unlikely, otherwise the only survivors would be the immune ones, and I don't think that a whole lot of people would be. Either way, the town environments look suitably apocalyptic.

I'd rather it didn't have the regular retarded hack'n'slash thing where everyone walks around with their weapons held at the ready ALL THE TIME. Plus, the kick attack looks way too Dark Messiah for my tastes. First impression of combat is pretty good. I heard that as you go through the game, faster and stronger zombies begin showing up, until they sprint like humans and can crush your skull in their hand. Sounds...eh. I like slow zombies in massive droves, personally. However, I like the first-person aspect, makes it easy to be sneaked up on if you're not careful, which is great. The combat itself seems a little clunky, and did I spot MMO-style weapon crafting? Baseball Bat of Swiftness or something? Delicate Baseball Bat? Wtf, guys.

The zombie's movements are realistic, which is good. The grapples look awesome and tense, and being able to decapitate them is beautiful. At least we get cars, which will be good for (I assume) avoiding the more dangerous beasties that appear at night. If they don't crank it up at night I'll be a little disappointed. Punching out the windshield is a nice touch, too.

MMO-type quests, more disappointment. Only because I thought it would be a bit more like Just Cause, but actually fun. Maybe they should just go the whole hog and make this a bloody MMO.

Realistic gore, always a massive bonus. Guns should take a fair bit longer to reload. Seems a bit unrealistic that random survivors know how to swap out a magazine as fast as a trained soldier. I really hope the weapon crafting doesn't result in "this weapon is the only one you should ever use ever" type stuff, like WoW where every bloody endgamer has the same bloody gear.