PlatformNation: Dead Island released for many people yesterday, and if it wasn’t for a certain trailer, you probably would have never known. Generating mixed reviews (Stay tuned to Platform Nation for our review in the coming days), the zombie slaying game is being accused of being rushed, lacking story, and trying to take on too much. And while praises for the game exist (such as its open world, multiplayer, fun factor, and length), it seems the negative vibe is the one felt most with this game.
We might be in the age of remasters, but it doesn't look like the Dead Island 2 devs believe remaking the original game is the right move for the series.
but remakes require far less effort for these companies and they can still charge $70 for them!
Feel like everyone makes fun of Skyrim re-releasing like 18 times yet applaud these remasters elsewhere. Would much prefer NEW games
Making sequels really is the way to go. Otherwise we'll be stuck playing only the first entry, forever!!!
Josiah Motley of KnowTechie writes: "I love video game trailers. While I don’t believe they are an integral part of a game’s success (especially these days), there’s something about a well-produced trailer that really just reminds me why I like video games."
How so? Because it focused on a family that you see dying? (innocent question, haven't gotten a chance to play any Dead Island game yet)
More the tone of it - the tone of the trailer suggested something personal and dramatic, but the game was very much reminiscent of Left 4 Dead in that you were just there to kill zombies and nothing more
You play as a singular character there is no family involved at all in the game. Still a stand out trailer that I remember clearly from years ago.
Did you not like the game?
I remember going in expecting a L4D style of game, but the excessive camera swaying honestly made me feel ill, and it's rare for a game to do that to me, still don't understand why the need for anything other than maybe a subtle slight camera movement when doing melee attacks etc. Other than that i didn't really find the game that good. In all honesty i had more enjoyment out of DNF, and i know many people crap on that game.
It’s the music. It’s perfect. I agree with this for sure, it is well choreographed….unfortunately the game didn’t live up to the trailer.
Maybe not, but it was still a good game. I liked how they expanded things with Dying Light, but Dead Island was a great first attempt! I really liked all the Easter eggs and homages to other horror franchises sprinkled throughout. Sure it was a little cheesy and over there top, but it was a good happy medium between Far Cry and Fallout with zombies.
Have you ever seen any of the MGS 3 or MGS 4 trailers? Those blow this out of the water for me.
They require prior knowledge of the franchise, tho. You show this trailer to anyone, and I mean ANYONE, and they can understand what's going on and relate to the family dynamic almost immediately. No need to know who is Snake, or Fox Hound, or Raiden, or Metal Gear...
Kevin F. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Many of the best Xbox 360 games are playable on the Xbox One and Series X|S consoles. Some even with some enhanced visuals and performance. Unfortunately, not every game from the Xbox 360 library has received this glorious feat of being able to be played on more modern Microsoft consoles."
The Spider-man games will never happen. The xbox 360 Marvel Ultimate Alliance games have a better chance of happening than Spider-man titles but won't happen. The Xbox One Ultimate Alliance games delisted years ago
Yeah... you can totally forget about those entries that got delisted because of licensing issues. Those are not happening.
Almost all of the games people want to play are BC, and that's a hell of a lot better than having none available.
Almost all the games people want to play? Not true. Majority picks screw over the minority who have games collecting dust. Metal is right. Fans make it seem that it's all. 39/997 games from OG Xbox is NOT all. 568/2154 from 360 is NOT all. But you guys play it up like it is.
And from my count, there are 4,000+ PS4 BC games on PS5 that I see. And almost every VR game. Series X has no Kinect games or Kinect 2. But you played that up too. No more dancing.
As for the article, some of the BC games make sense. The others with Spider-Man aren't happening.
The mixed reviews kind of pushed me away from a day 1 purchase. Still going to get it but will wait for a price drop and some bug fixes.
'And it’s exactly this reason that I think Dead Island was doomed before it ever released: we fell in love with a clip, not a game'.
You fell in love with an advert, that's all it was... an advert, it did it's job to get people to watch it, and a lot of people got excited by it.
This game would still have a lot of attention without that trailer, not as much, but still a lot. Borderlands, a lot of people know of that, I don't even remember a trailer for it, but I still knew about it and got the game.
Dead Island was always going to be hyped, the trailer helped get the hype up, but people set unrealistic expectations on it. Hence where all the bullying comes into play. People fell in love with the advert but not the product, that's how everything works, I don't see why it's a big deal with Dead Island...
The trailer was 6 months ago, it showed no gameplay, and showed what's in the game, it was us that got the wrong end of a stick.
I don't care about no trailer, perhaps it's everyones fault for letting them get hyped over a trailer rather than waiting for gameplay videos.
Sorry for the rant, but Dead Island is always talked about the trailer, and people feel hard done by and start critisizing the game.
great game! great game! great game!
I can't stop saying this!
You know when they say a game has resonance... and you can't stop thinking about it when your not playing.
This is where i am, I can't stop thinking about stuff I wanna find, and how much I wanna be online playing co-op!!
This game was never a day one for me. I never thought it was a sure thing. After reading a lot about it, though, it turned out to be a day two purchase. :)
Popping it in right now...
Thank God the trailer caught my attention! If I would have missed out on such a great game, I would hate myself. Amazing game people.