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Dead Island PC Performance Analysis

DSOGaming writes: "Dead Island has already met a huge success – even though it was released a few weeks ago – as Techland has managed to offer a great mix between Far Cry and Dead Rising. It is a fun game that needs to be played, even if you don’t funky all those zombie games out there. We were really curious to see how the game would perform as it shares the same engine with CoJ: The Cartel. Would it suffer from all those issues? Well, time to find out how the PC version performs with a modern-day PC."

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gamernova5343d ago

Seriously? DDR2? I went to best buy and even all their crappy PC's had DDR3. Come on guys... >.>

john25343d ago

Having tried both DDR3 and DDR2, I can assure you that there are no differences between them, especially when it comes to games (performance wise).

decrypt5343d ago

They used a GTX 295 and call that a modern day PC. GTX 295 is atleast 3 years old by now. Also SLI is bugged at the moment, hence only 1 GPU is being used.

Which essentially means it was performing like a GTX 260 would. GTX 260 by todays standard would be considered a very low end GPU, yet it manages to run the game in 1080p maxed out at 60fps - 90fps. This is enough evidence for people who keep saying "oh PC gaming constantly needs upgrades". Consoles run the same game in 720p, 30fps or lower.

ProjectVulcan5343d ago (Edited 5343d ago )

The machine is clearly rather old, but in a way thats a good demo for the 'have to upgrade every few months' crowd.

It obliterates this console game @ 1080p on max settings with only modest GPU performance.

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x8005342d ago (Edited 5342d ago )

This article is telling you ppl that say, you need to upgrade every time a game comes out. well this guy is useing 1 GTX 295/Dualcore CPU/DDR2 and maxed out and getting 60fps locked!now how is that for an upgrade?

decrypt5342d ago

Funny part is the 295GTX is running on a single GPU and outputting those numbers. Once SLI gets fixed results will be even better. This basically buries the upgrading myth and pisses all over it.

Sarcasm5342d ago

Doing a performance analysis with such old hardware is actually good. Good because people with older hardware can gauge their performance and people with newer faster hardware will see if that old POS PC can run it, surely their higher end parts will run it without breaking a sweat.

I would consider my PC med-high by today's standards with Extreme being an i7-990X and Dual GTX590 or 6990s.

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Dead Island 2 devs believe a Dead Island remake would be a “mistake”

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.

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Duke191154d ago

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

CrimsonWing691153d ago

Making sequels really is the way to go. Otherwise we'll be stuck playing only the first entry, forever!!!

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Dead Island's 2011 reveal is still the best game trailer of all time

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."

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Exvalos1565d ago

Also the most misleading of all time

SDuck1565d ago

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)

aconnellan1565d ago

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

Ashby_JC1565d ago

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.

Fntastic1565d ago (Edited 1565d 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.

BioShockGX1564d ago

I still remember this misleading controversy

RickRoland1565d ago

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.

brewin1564d ago

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.

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EmperorDalek1565d ago

I'm gonna heavily disagree with that.

CrimsonWing691565d ago

Have you ever seen any of the MGS 3 or MGS 4 trailers? Those blow this out of the water for me.

TricksterArrow1565d ago

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...

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Top 10 Xbox 360 Games That Need to be Backward Compatible

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."

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Orchard1779d ago

Max Payne 3 needs to be on that list.

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autobotdan1779d ago

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

Vits1778d ago

Yeah... you can totally forget about those entries that got delisted because of licensing issues. Those are not happening.

MetalProxy1778d ago

Wait everything isn’t BC? You guys act like it is lol

porkChop1778d ago

Almost all of the games people want to play are BC, and that's a hell of a lot better than having none available.

ApocalypseShadow1778d ago (Edited 1778d ago )

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.

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