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Dead Island (PS3)

GENRE/STYLE:

Action/Action/RPG Adventure
RELEASE DATE:

06/SEP/11
TOP TRAITS:

Zombies, hordes of zombies, survivors

players 27

followers 1

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POPULARITY: PS3 PLATFORM

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Dead Island (PS3) by: c-rad543

“best rpg ever played. probably just as fun as black ops. ”

created 13/OCT/2012

gredius played Dead Island on 02/AUG/12

“Played With my Firends Theo Some coops Mission and powned some zombies xD”

created 03/AUG/2012

gredius played Dead Island on 28/JUL/12

“Exploring The Island and kill some noobs xD”

created 28/JUL/2012

guuthulhu played Dead Island on 15/MAY/12

“My good friend and I marathoned through the rest of Dead Island. We were at the tail end of the city when we started at about 2 and finished the game five minutes before midnight. It was great fun,...”

created 16/MAY/2012

guuthulhu played Dead Island on 08/MAY/12

“Spent a good 10 hours marathoning through Dead Island. We're still in Act 2 and have been doing a lot of side-quests. Plot-wise, we got our packmule-lady back from her kidnappers. I'm level 30,...”

created 09/MAY/2012

Dead Island (PS3) by: Kerflagerizm

“Honestly, not the worst zombie game... But definitely FAR from the best. Oh no, your a person on vacation who wakes up to the zombie apocalypse happening on a small island resort... Because that makes this game totally different from all the...”

created 30/OCT/2011

Roxas-UrBoxas was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“Are you referring to the fact that the zombies are called "walkers" in this game? I haven't played it... So I don't know...

In any case: Walkers is a common and acceptable term to describe zombies - The Zombie Survival Handbook uses the term and so does The Walking Dead graphic novel and television series. I've also heard the term in a few B-Movies I've watched on Netflix recently... So what's wrong with a game using the term?

They're typically known as the shufflers as well. The slow moving noisy ones that can alert the others and are nothing to worry about on their own however in large numbers they become next to impossible to evade in a city setting.

Frankly if someone were to call something a "Walker" I'd probably think of Zombies first... Then those annoying as hell enemies in Resonance of Fate that killed me all the time in chapter 8... Then maybe Star Wars I guess...

Could be worse: At least they still are zombies unlike Resident Evil which started so strong then slowly became entirely blasphemous to the entire Zombie formula and became it's own strange hybrid of animal, insect, leech, and whatever the hell the black goopey stuff is in the 5th installment...”

Kerflagerizm was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“I know, I watch "the walking dead" and I can accept that they use the term walker. It just feels like in the world/situation that the characters are put in are completely oblivious to pop culture over the last 60-70 years. and that's not my real beef with the game, it's just my little nit pick.

On a side note, zombies actually originated in 1932, from a film called "white zombie" in which the "zombies" in question were simply just voodoo practitioners... So if you think about it resident evil sort of just went back to the start.”

Kerflagerizm was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“actually, this being where I got my info from for the origin, there some other good stuff in here too... http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/zombies”

Roxas-UrBoxas was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“Interesting fun fact... Voodoo practitioners... I think I recall hearing that once upon a time. How does that apply to resident evil and the new stuff they have in the fifth installment?

Las Plagas from Res Evil 4 had one puppeteer controlling a slew of minions, which could be compared to voodoo on some kind of level... But I fail to see the goopey black stuff and what that has to do with anything.

I think the difference may be the fact that the game is called Biohazard in Japan. With a title like Biohazard it kind of means they can do anything that is related to a biohazard anywhere they want which can involve zombies or any other kind of genetic crazy messed up thing they imagine.

When I think Resident Evil I think of an evil that happens in your living space or in your community which for the most part the first three handled that idea VERY well. It was set in places that you'd see most anywhere and could imagine or relate to. Police stations, empty streets, office buildings, homes, sewer systems, business buildings... All stuff that you can see or imagine on a regular basis with ease.

Then we went to Europe in the middle of absolutely nowhere with five old fashioned farming community houses that apparently sustained two thousand biological freaks and their masters and for some reason was connected to a giant beautiful castle with a modernized bridge leading to it!

Then we decided Africa had a problem and decided to go on a safari and all of a sudden they weren't zombies anymore, they were still evil, but I couldn't relate to the location and it didn't feel like a place I would consider a residence for myself or for the people in that area.

I guess in some self reflection and ranting I kind of dislike the name of Resident Evil since the fourth installment and that's around the same time I discovered it was originally called Biohazard...

P.S. Now that I think about it, Child's Play with Chucky was a serial killer who had his spirit put into a doll... Wonder if we can draw up some more crazy conclusions...?”

Roxas-UrBoxas was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“Augh... Where are my manners... This was about Dead Island!

At least they're zombies, and at least they have a name that kind of fits in with the lore - Unlike "Boomers". :D

It's a shame FPS games make me nauseous and give me a bit of motion sickness because I'd probably play that game and find some solace in a game trying to keep the zombie in zombies.

Is it at least enjoyable? Despite some minor naming choices, terrible button mapping, and bad fluidity in timing? I personally know that bad button mapping is workable and can possibly not correlate too much in making a game horrible, but that timing issue is a GIANT no-no to me and typically destroys a game entirely.

Honest opinion? Or do I just take your original above post as what I just asked? Haha!”

Kerflagerizm was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“I've been trying really, really hard to enjoy the game, but it's just not doing it for me. If it was in 3rd person it may be more enjoyable, and ya it is the 1st person that is killing the game for me. Although it was nice for someone to try a first person zombie game that wasn't a rail shooter or nazi zombies, I still feel the need to give it a fail.”

Roxas-UrBoxas was the last to comment - about 1 year ago... show previous hide previous

“Well, good to know I'm not missing out at least. Haha!”

Dead Island (PS3) by: kamikazeo

“When i played this game, it remind me of Left for Dead for PC. The difference is, this game is RPG+Action+FPS game styled. It's fun, bloodied and quite detailed graphics. You never get bored by looking at those bikini clad babes throughout the...”

created 26/SEP/2011

Kyoka was the last to comment - about 1 year ago...

“Have yet to try this one out. Looking for a more satisfying zombie game currently”

Darrell-Leon played Dead Island on 20/SEP/11

“Continued mine and Quantum's game for a while... made good progress on the Jungle.”

created 25/SEP/2011

Darrell-Leon played Dead Island on 16/SEP/11

“Played Dead Island with Quantum until late. Good gaming session before she disappears for over a week.”

created 19/SEP/2011

Darrell-Leon played Dead Island on 15/SEP/11

“Played Dead Island with Quantum, Joker and Magpie for a short while. Magpie's connection issues caused us to progress very little. Found it very frustrating.”

created 19/SEP/2011

Darrell-Leon played Dead Island on 13/SEP/11

“Carried on my coop game with Quantum for a bit, turns out twisty town streets with 20 infected chasing you is harder than it looks. Played to early hours of morning til I passed out. Good times!”

created 15/SEP/2011

Darrell-Leon played Dead Island on 11/SEP/11

“Played Dead Island for some time with Quantum, a female member of my clan as 2 player coop. We make an awesome team... zombies didn't know what hit them... except maybe my boot to their face and her...”

created 15/SEP/2011

Darrell-Leon played Dead Island on 10/SEP/11

“Played coop with a couple of friends, thought I'd be Logan so I can progress towardss the complete Act 1 with all characters trophy. The two girls I played with, one couldn't even figure out how to...”

created 15/SEP/2011