GB:The first Dead Island was long on good ideas but short on skillful execution, and while there's still a truly great game lurking in there somewhere, Riptide is not it. It's a shame Techland didn't take this opportunity to take a step back and figure out how to properly evolve this formula before iterating on the franchise again. Maybe that truly improved Dead Island will still come along someday, but in the meantime, Riptide feels like a game that didn't really need to be made.
Carlos writes "We’re back once more to take a look back into the history of Xbox to unearth games that released many years ago, allowing us to celebrate their anniversary. This time around the game we’re looking at is Dead Island: Riptide."
Utomik - the “unlimited play” monthly subscription gaming service - expands its games library with several games from publisher Deep Silver, including Dead Island Riptide and Metro 2033 Redux with many more.
Microsoft is ending June with a bang, a lot of games are going on sale this week. But only if you have an active Xbox Live Gold membership.
Was anyone really expecting a good game after that mess they called dead island?
I never played the first so I was hoping this would be like a definitive version of the game with more features and improved gameplay...oh well.
Funny, I remember saying the same thing about L4D2 and that game was loved (I even heard tales of some folks marrying the game).
You know, more of the same.
But Dead Island does it and it gets raked over the coals.
Hmmm?
The real tragedy here is Techland worked on this for 1 1/2 years and never addressed any of the first games shortcomings, they just add some things that could have been dlc or an expansion.
Capcom has done it right with Dragons Dogma. They fixed many of the originals problems then added a whole new area with all new enemies, weapons, etc. and it only took them a year.
WTH Techland, this reeks of cash grab. No buy for me and I got the first one.