Dead Island

[Christopher.]

Iv changed my mind, i no longer like it

Trading it in for F1

[Darren S]

Iv changed my mind, i no longer like it

Trading it in for F1

It comes and goes for me - rarely have I been so indecisive about a game yet continued playing it. At some points, it's great - and others just way beyond frustrating. It's still a MUCH better multiplayer game than single-player though - regardless.

D.

[Christopher.]

I know exactly what you mean Darren.

[jam.]

Jesus this game is tedious. It was fun, for the first five-ten minutes, but theres only so much zombie whacking you can take before you get so bored and frustrated you start to question your life. This is probably a good thing in honesty, but shoddy game.

I was just doing the 'Last Chance on The Wall' side mission where you have to hang posters around Moresby of some guys missing daughter, or his location - one of the two. Got to the second poster place, cleared every zombie in sight. Went to collect the cash one of the dead zombies (oxymoron?) had kindly left for me, but unkindly, said zombie had died next to a manhole - so when I pressed square I went into the sewers. When I came straight back up ALL of the tw*tting zombies I'd just spent ages killing had magically respawned. F**k sake.

However, there seems to be a nifty little glitch I've noticed - If you have a gun without ammo, you can pick up and throw a gas bottle and you'll get 15 bullets for you to shoot the bottle/s to bits. Zombies will just walk though the explosion though., so it's only really worthwhile if you like (semi) pretty explosions. Saying that, it probably isn't a glitch and is completely intentional. Which is a bit odd.

What an infuriating game.

[silentsnake]

Gonna trade this in I think. Nothing else takes my fancy at the minute though

[Darren S]

I'm 22 hours in and 53% through the story. The idea of spending around 40 hours in total to complete it however, fills me with dread.

For one, I am completely impartial to the fate of my character now as he dies far too often. Swung that katana 5 times already? Oh dear, you're out of stamina and can swing no more. And you haven't got the stamina left to run away either.

Damage models. WTF were the developers thinking? Typically 250-350 damage from a headshot with a standard pistol. 5,000 damage from a grenade. Yet 26,000 to 31,000 (the highest I've yet seen) for stomping on a zombie head? Of course - my character's thigh muscles have more stored kinetic and explosive energy than 6 hand grenades.

As an action-RPG (ARPG) type game, Dungeon Siege III is much better (and enjoyable). Alternatively, the best zombie killing action still lies with L4D2, imo.

D.

[chriscummins7]

I had a 40k head stomp at level 36

[chriscummins7]

Also, f**king 22 hours and only 53%? I completed it in less. About 17 IIRC!! WTF have you been doing!?

[Cliotoby]

Im not sure if i want to get this. Seems appealing but then the videos ive seen seem to suggest it will be utter s**t. As though theres no real story behind it.

[Darren S]

Also, f**king 22 hours and only 53%? I completed it in less. About 17 IIRC!! WTF have you been doing!?

Wandering about - doing the side quests. Getting blue-prints for upgrades and collecting the coloured skulls, etc.

D.

[Nickson]

Just bought the 4 pack on Steam in the sale..

Need to get rid of 3!

Anyone fancy them at £11.25 each? (:

[Darren S]

Just bought the 4 pack on Steam in the sale..

Need to get rid of 3!

Anyone fancy them at £11.25 each? (:

Lol - you'll be struggling!

D.

[Nickson]

Lol - you'll be struggling!

D.

It's not that bad is it?

[jam.]

Yes. I only held onto it for as long as I did so I could trade it in for Uncharted 3 when it came out.

Frustrating mess of a game in the end, that could have been amazing.

[VeinAST]

Traded mine in for MW3! £25 down the drain

[Russ_16v]

Big old bump for this one.

Was looking at purchasing last year, but decided against it, but now it's got so cheap Iv made the plunge - as new condition off Ebay for £11.

Not bought for the 1 player, just for multi-play, so 2 mates have also purchased it - from what I gather from reading this thread and other reviews, one player is good, but gets a bit annoying/tedious due to the issues listed throughout this thread, but as a multi player where you just want to explore the landscape and kill Zombies it's pretty good.

Is that somewhere about right?

Edit - and is the Island fully accessable from the start on multi player? Anywhere good to scope out?

[Jamie16v]

Below average game, don't believe the hype. Much rather play L4D with mates.

[VeinAST]

Russ, could've saved you the hassle. It was one of the worst games I've played.

[Jonnio]

The island is split into various areas, resort, city, jungle, prison. You can run around where you want, once you have got to that area in the story.

Play it with your mates and blitz it lol. There's nothing really interesting to go out exploring for really.

[Russ_16v]

Had my first play on it last night, and I find it pretty good!

Ok, the game play (ie storyline) is basic, but for just running around and killing zombies i think it's actually pretty good - liking the lack of fire arms, make the game more 'realistic' (well as realistic as a game with zombies in can be lol)


I suppose iv bought it only with the want of having a laugh with some mates on line, if I had gone with the hype of it I may have been disappointed, but as said for a bit of a f**k around I think it's good

if that makes sense lol