Dead Island

Wow

This game has been in the works for years. But jesus, fuck. That was amazing.

Apparently, it's going to be sandbox-style, too, which, I think, is pretty fucking cool. First person 'shooter' where you're stuck on an island infested by zombies and are able to pick up nearly anything and use it as a weapon. Also, word has it that it will be melee-heavy, rather than having a shot load of guns at your disposal, and that should make it fun, scary and really fucking tense. Really looking forward to this.

That trailer was amazing. It shows no gameplay - but it was so well "shot."

Either way - This is going to be another game that I NEED. And I try and only get into a few games a year... This year is going to be ridiculous for me! lol

FUUUUUUCKIN' Christ... INTENSE!!

By the way, I never really play video games, so I'm very easily impressed by them.

Does anyone know what piece of music they're playing over this? Or if it's an original score?

I've been wondering that myself. I must've seen this trailer 50 times by now, and the song still doesn't get stuck in my head for more than a couple of minutes. It think that's a good thing.

CAN'T WAAAAAIT.

I need a game system. This is the first year of my life I've ever been without a console. /cry.

Have they ever done any kind of study as to why that Uncanny Valley thing only really applies to robots in real life and not 2 dimensional computer generated characters?

Also, just thinking about this one and the post in PA about it, there really should be some sort of NSFP thing so it's not being dropped on parents of little kids without them knowing. That'd be like sending the 2 girls 1 cup thing to your grandmother without bothering to tell her anything about it except "Watch this!" It's just heartless.

It definitely applies to computer generated characters. Just look at The Polar Express. Creepy.

It doesn't apply to things like this trailer though. Half the emotional resonance is because you almost forget that these are not real people.

Well, this animation is very well done. In Polar Express, their not-quite-right facial features made them look like living dolls. These guys seem to have gotten past the uncanny valley, which is incredible.

Also, found this at IGN. They added words to the song in the trailer. Fucking hilarious:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/02/23/dead-island-literal-trailer

Here's the trailer music without any of the sounds effects if interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CzcOcBb_ms

Also, you guys should watch this, it's hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-SQc6LA2E&feature=fvst

My girlfriend and best friend, who also has lady parts, watched this trailer with me and they both got teary eyed. Then they got overly excited and demanded to watch it again.

Should I be ashamed for having responded in the same manner, despite my lack of lady parts?

oh I got tears in my eyes as well. Stupid family looking all happy in the end. Plus tears of joy, how could I not.

Rented this from Redbox. Completed Act I and brought back the game. Didn't want to play any further since I still plan on getting the game. I like what I played though. I'm sure there are a bunch of things I passed up because I was mainly sticking to the story missions and only did a handful of side quests. The maps are pretty big and dense so it's real easy to get lost. I played a bit of Act II which takes place in a town and if I got lost real easily. That can either be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the situation. A lot of people say it's Borderlands meets Dead Rising and that's pretty spot on but the game reminded me of Far Cry 2 more than anything else.

It's definitely got it's problems though. NPC's are dead-eyed mannequins and the voice-acting leaves something to be desired. Running back and forth from mission objective to safehouse can get a bit tedious and there are a couple of bad glitches like one where a stair I'd just gone down basically turned into a greasy slip-n-slide that I couldn't get up and had to struggle for about 5 minutes before I finally got myself to the top. The weapon degradation system might annoy some since a lot of weapons become useless after 10-15 hits and it cost money to repair them but you're always tripping over new weapons and you're never more than 20 yards from a container with some cash in it. On that topic, I found it kind of annoying that you have to hit the X button twice with every container, once to open it and again to take whatever's inside. It just gets kind of tedious. Enemies also level up with which some might see as a problem but I didn't mind and the autosave system is kind of buggy as sometimes when loading a game I'd find that I was a level below where I left off and some missions I complete were marked as still active. Some graphical problems too like pop-ins and late textures.

But for all it's problems it really is a good game. A diamond in the rough or whatever. If I ever started to get bored or annoyed by some bug the game would send a bunch of running zombies my way and I'd quickly forget all the games problems as I went into panic mode. My best experience came when I was being chased inside a building by a mob of maybe 10 zombies. I turned a corner into a dead end and, low on health and out of option, had to turn around and basically reenact the hallway fight scene from Oldboy with a ball-peen hammer. It was pretty epic.

Despite how much I like the game, I don't think it's worth the full $60 (Although I say that about a lot of games these days) so I'm waiting until the price goes down to around $40.

EDIT: Forgot to say, I played this on my 360 and plan on getting it for my 360 because I've heard a lot of bad things about the PS3 version, how it has really awful screen-tearing problems and framerate drops. I you plan on getting this, get it for 360.

i really like this game. it's doing to survival horror what condemned should have done, but it's also breaking tons of survival game rules.
-there's almost no dark
-your line of sight is only restricted by where you're standing
-it throws RPG shit in there, that not only works, but is fun

can't wait to get this. I am SO late to the party jiust got a PS3 last week! I have Resident Evil 5 and i want to beat that first, but this game looks SOOOO rad.

This is one of the few games I've been looking forward to. But I never pay full price for anything. So I'll be waiting for it to drop a little.

It's selling really well. Already hit one million and is expected to hot two million by the end of the week so you might have to wait awhile.

I may just give in and get it soon. I have at least $30 of credit coming my way from trading in some old textbooks and games.

Just ordered this. Can't wait.

I saw this at Redbox too. Too cool that they're renting out games now. If only I had a bank account and/or a debit card.

Anyone played this all the way through? Sounds awesome. Price dropped yet? How much are games at Redbox anyway, and do you only get them for a day? Isn't that Redbox's schtick?

mike,
gamefly, and while you wont be able to get dead island from them for a week or so because it just came out, a membership there will get you new games three days after they release, and the chance to buy them (new, since you are the first one to get it) for fifteen bucks off.

i havent paid full price for a game in three years.

You see that Netflix will soon be doing video games? Well, actually the new mail company Qwikster. I wonder how it will work. If you just sign up for 2 disc at a time and you can choose from either games or movies?

Yeah, again my inability to open and maintain a bank account fucks me everytime. I usually go to Gamestop and swap a couple games out that I don't play anymore. I used to hoarde games just so I could say I had them but I'm broke these days, if I go a couple weeks without playing a game I usually trade it in.

I got Portal 2 when it came out and spent a solid week playing it. I wanted to play the co-op but I have no friends. I didn't have Xbox Live at the time and I traded it in. I just read a review in Gameinformer PRAISING the co-op mode, of course. I just got the original Portal on XBL, or rather the "Still Alive" version, I guess it has like 14 other testing rooms. I'm at GlaDos (or however it's randomly capitalized) and I don't wanna beat her because I don't want it to be over. Also, I have no idea what to do after you incinerate her first morality core.

I may go pick up Dead Island today from Gamestop, assuming it's not sold out. I'm usually not a sandbox guy but you get 7 days to play it and bring it back for full credit, another thing I like about GS, so long as you buy it used. They usually have used copies the day after it comes out.

He got really offended, I don't know if I'm buying his reaction as authentic.

Fuckin Polocks.

That Netwich comic makes alot more sense now.

Is this to compete with Gamefly?

if i were to use my rental account alone, and never buy thats

48 games a year for 450 bucks.

you cant beat that with a stick. thats what buying 7 games retail costs.

Yes - I know - makes absolutely no sense.

You've got that down to a science. I can only imagine how much easier my life would be if I could plan that far ahead. I'd save alot of money, that's for sure.

I've always seen myself receiving a game from Gamefly (even that's a possibility, I rarely check my mail) and never sending it back and I don't notice until 2 years from now when my $14.95 introductory price has already expired and I've already spent $400 on a game that may or may not still be in the mailbox.

That's why I like Redbox, they cut you off after $20 and you just keep it. Needless to say I've paid $20 for the last 5 movies I've rented and I don't even have the cases for them.

Maybe it's just me but I don't see any Gameflyers going through the hassle of switching. I wouldn't. I am pretty loyal though. And lazy.

That comic makes complete sense now, thanks for clearing that up P. I had no idea, reading that comic was a complete WTF moment.

we shall see, i guess, but for me it's a big deal to have that purchase button, and to have that price be enough of a break to where clicking it will feel like my membership is "paying for itself"

Absolutely. But if they're gonna jump in to this, I'd imagine they'd try to 1-up that feature.

I can't imagine what with, but when services like this compete, we usually win. I'm all for it. You can get pizzas for $5 anywhere because of competition like this!!

Then again if the new service is gonna have movies AND games, that's a pretty big 1-up in itself. Not enough to get me to change services, but enough so that if I didn't already have one, I'd take the service with both. Right? Assuming the prices were competetive and pretty evenly matched.

http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/explanation-and-some-reflections.html?ln...

Qwikster will be the same website and DVD service that everyone is used to. It is just a new name, and DVD members will go to qwikster.com to access their DVD queues and choose movies. One improvement we will make at launch is to add a video games upgrade option, similar to our upgrade option for Blu-ray, for those who want to rent Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 games. Members have been asking for video games for many years, and now that DVD by mail has its own team, we are finally getting it done.

It's an upgrade option - so it will also be more expensive then their already raised prices. So who knows what the details on that will really be.

Sorry on thread jacking your thread Justin!

Yeah, sorry dude.

I'll go buy Dead Island and review it here to make up for it.

EDIT: i'll put together a review, too. now i feel guilty

While we were off topic, someone could've at least told me what to do after you incinerate the first morality core.

Just sayin.