IGN " Dead Island is NOT like it's trailer, Silly. Wacky. Goofy. Oh, and fun. "

[Cafe]

Serious. Somber. Disturbing. These are words I would use to describe Dead Island's amazing debut trailer.

You saw it, right?

Today I got to see about 15 minutes of Dead Island in action. What words would I use to describe the gameplay?

Silly. Wacky. Goofy.

Oh, and fun.


The game has a very different tone than the somber trailer. It's fast and arcade-like. The plaintive piano and strings of the trailer are replaced with video game heavy metal. You can be clawed, bitten, and mauled by zombies and then be in perfect health a moment later. Tools and equipment can be jammed together to create ridiculous weapons, like an electrified machete. Is an electrified machete cool? Of course it is! But the macabre giggles it coaxed out of me are quite different than the quiet unease I felt while watching the trailer.

[Move BRICKS]

That's good to hear. Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead showed the industry that if you're going to be making a zombie Survival Horror game it needs to have a certain degree of humor involved in it. Because surviving the zombie apocalypse, as badass as it may seem, probably wouldn't be fun at all.

I hope this game doesn't flop. Kind of a no name developer in Techland but maybe this will be their breakthrough game.

[Cafe]

That's good to hear. Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead showed the industry that if you're going to be making a zombie Survival Horror game it needs to have a certain degree of humor involved in it. Because surviving the zombie apocalypse, as badass as it may seem, probably wouldn't be fun at all.

I hope this game doesn't flop. Kind of a no name developer in Techland but maybe this will be their breakthrough game.

Well, I was hoping for a lil more realisim than say, Dead Rising, but Left for dead was ok.

[ИATAS]

that sucks.

that trailer was probably the greatest game trailer I've ever seen.