This game was not even on my rader, but this trailer has got my very interested! Fallout with zombies?
10:23 Sep 3rd 2011
The Defiant Biscuit
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I’ve booked the 9th off partly because of this game and partly because I want to see the doctor about getting a vasectomy, hopefully the former will be less painful. I hope the game has some decent RPG elements in there like health, attack power, weapon proficiency etc. I heard it has a quest system but not sure if that would be level based (i.e. main and sub objectives) or it would be more open ended like Fallout.
16:04 Sep 3rd 2011
cramtheman
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Read somewhere today,probably the new Edge magazine,that the quests are quite basic.Im waiting for the reviews on this one along with Resistance 3 but more than likley will end up picking at least one of these titles up.
00:31 Sep 4th 2011
huntervp
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i am not gone to buy this day i feel like this is gone to be OK and the are bigger fish to fry coming out this month plus i think it will go down in price quick after the first couple of weeks
13:27 Sep 4th 2011
linton
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Iv preordered it from amazon, only £30. So if it's no good I should be able to get a fair wack of that back to go towards gears 3.
13:40 Sep 4th 2011
Robosaurus
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I was a bit on the rent/buy fence but it has already dropped to £30 in a few places so it's worth a punt for that. Apparently there is a good 20+ hours of single player content and I'm sure I heard somewhere it has drop in/out co-op as well.
If only there was some sort of website or forum where you could arrange multiplayer sessions with like minded gamers…….
09:29 Sep 5th 2011
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Post edited 09:33 – Sep 5th 2011 by spuddy09
IGN had me at "Fallout 3 with zombies" and it's got to be worth a punt for 30 quid.I wasn't really a huge fan of the story( or lack of in left 4 dead) it just left me cold.So hopefully this might go some way to filling that void.
PS. Don't kill me with your cyber mind bullets over the L4D comment it just wasn't for me but I did always respect the fun you all had on your undead nights.
09:56 Sep 5th 2011
cramtheman
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Count me in..just seen the review up on Gametrailers and i really look the like of it so im off to pre order it today.
09:19 Sep 6th 2011
almostg
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ive been really out of love with gaming and not even looked on here for a month or two
im really hoping this is what kicks me back into it
especially with this coop mode
i'll be balls deep in that
10:30 Sep 6th 2011
cramtheman
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I see that Edge have given this a 3/10 and there are alot of mixed reviews floating around.Im still up for this game and its only £29.99 from Amazon so i dont mind taking a punt on this title.
11:21 Sep 6th 2011
ShatnerzBassoon
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Edge review today gave it a 3, most of the stuff they highlight does sound pretty gamebreaking so think I'm gona give it a miss now. Apparently the day one patch doesn't fix any of the stuff they found broken either :-(
12:44 Sep 6th 2011
Brother Brown
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I've dived in and ordered it on 360 and at just under £30 i can always trade it back in.
It can not be as bad as Brink can it? ( i took a day off work for that bag of poo. )
13:00 Sep 6th 2011
MaGe1974
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Post edited 13:01 – Sep 6th 2011 by MaGe1974
Having read a number of pre-release reviews, it seems like this one is really splitting the critics.
The whole concept does suggest a slightly different approach to whole zombie fest with a more considered story / quest approach inserted but it also seems like the whole thing is broken in places. A 37 bug fix patch release planned for day 1 does not fill me with too much confidence.
Having said that, if you can look past the initial problems it does sound like people will have a lot of fun with it (shame about only having online co-op, but then that's what MLG is for – establishing links between Evil Deaders since 2010!)
If anyone does take the plunge, let us know your thoughts… Still on the fence about purchase here.
13:18 Sep 6th 2011
ormsbix
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Post edited 13:21 – Sep 6th 2011 by ormsbix
ShatnerzBassoon said:
Edge review today gave it a 3, most of the stuff they highlight does sound pretty gamebreaking so think I'm gona give it a miss now. Apparently the day one patch doesn't fix any of the stuff they found broken either :-(
Edge can suck my balls!! I canceled my subscription with them yesterday after they didnt send my mag almost 2months on the trot!!! I feel that they are the diva's of the game press and they just go to the extreme on there reviews just to get attention. Too many times has that mag put me off games when months later i give it a try and love it. This will be a buy for me but not just yet.
15:02 Sep 6th 2011
Lucien21
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I hear the game is buggy as hell.
This game would have vanished into nothing if it wasn't for that superb backwards trailer.
Unfortunatly it seems to have hyped the game up to somehting it's not living up to.
Shame.
16:08 Sep 6th 2011
DiscoBeaver
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Dead Island seems to be one of those strange beasts which really shows that Game critics dont always get things right.
Ones mans trash is another mans treasure so to speak.
I didnt really have any intention to pick this one up on day one as i've been stung by that too many times…..I'm scowling at you BRINK!
Hopefully after the christmas season there will be a couple of forum members in the same place and then we can get some co-op on the got for dead island. Still want to play it but theres just waaaaay to much coming out over the coming months.
You're so wise… Like a minature Buddha covered in hair!
17:25 Sep 6th 2011
Jim
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I like the look of it.
18:56 Sep 6th 2011
Rumours
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It looks like It has a boomer re-modelled as well from left 4 dead hours of bloody fun =)
19:43 Sep 6th 2011
ShatnerzBassoon
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Just been looking through all the videos on Steam, the co-op sounds great and it looks amazing… the copy Edge reviewed was pre day one patch which apparently resolves 37 known issues so I would love to hear what anyone who picks it up thinks post patch before I throw thirty quid at it.
22:10 Sep 6th 2011
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Its really interesting for me as well. If we could get a group to play it co-op, I could be convinced…
There are 14 days left…
22:48 Sep 6th 2011
huntervp
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so what i am seeing of it is a mix of far cry 2 and borderlands which looks pretty good it seems to be a game what will be more enjoyable as a group
hearing the island is pretty big i am on the edge of buying this but if a certain imorted game gets here by Friday it has no chance until after the flood of games this winter
so what people are 100% picking it up on day one as that might tilt it as well what console
09:07 Sep 7th 2011
Lucien21
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Giant Bomb has a quick look up.
Check out the bit where he breaks a zombies arms and it still comes at you trying to headbutt you with two useless arms flailing about.
I had this on pre-order. I looked at the reviews and I still think its worth a go. RPG zombie killing and drop in drop out co-op is always good. Then again I did pre-order brink and failed to cancel it due to hopeless optimism.
12:32 Sep 7th 2011
Brother Brown
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Dont what it is but some thing about the clip Lucien posted reminds me of Far Cry.
How many of us are getting on the 360?
12:46 Sep 7th 2011
DrunkRogue68
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I'm starting to like the look of this, but day 1 purchase? I don't think so
I will be waiting for some of you guys to post reviews of the game on here, secretly hoping that it's as good as i a hoping.
20:08 Sep 7th 2011
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for those of us on PC, who want a few more quid off Greenmangaming.com have a promo on it at the moment for the download version.
They have an extra 20% off the £29.99 with the code READY-UPDEA-ISLAN used at checkout making it £23.96
If you use my refer code below, once you create an account and make a purchase of at least £5.00 you will get £5.00 credited to your GMG account as well.
So it doesn't look as though Im hogging the love, you can then create your own referral link, and post it below so we can spread the £5.00 credit love!
08:01 Sep 8th 2011
The Defiant Biscuit
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Ok spent a significant amount of time with the game last night and I’m learning to like it. I don’t consider it Fallout with zombies, close enough but lacking a lot of polish and fine tuning which is what I expected with Techland. Cutscenes look weak, sounds are all over the place, controls are just about competent and graphical bugs are common as pregnant chavs outside my local Bargain Booze. Likewise there are no tutorials (I never knew I could use med-packs until four hours in), visuals such as characters or locations are very much cut and paste and there loads of fetch quests whose status never really update in the quest tab.
But its good. Oh boy is smashing the head of a zombie in with a machete fun. Dare not try the online until the patch is released but so far, if you can pick this up around the £25 mark you should be ok.
12:39 Sep 8th 2011
cramtheman
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Mines just arrived in the post..gonna be spending the whole afternoon on it.
13:46 Sep 8th 2011
Brother Brown
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Let us know what version you went with and what you think of it so far.
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