*** Official Dead Island Thread ***

[Tefal]

"With the all-new Chrome Engine 5 powering Dead Island, the game will use the latest installment of Techland’s acclaimed proprietary game engine, allowing the player to experience the tropical island paradise in graphical splendor with diverse environments like lush forests and detailed city environments."

lol and from the eurogamer review rather than a publisher press release

Graphically, it's a bit of a dog.

The Chrome 5 engine conjures up the same jagged Duplo jungle foliage as it did for the wretched Sniper: Ghost Warrior, and constantly struggles with textures, edges and frame-rates. Character models are downright disturbing, with marionette animations and distracting staring bug-eyes. The zombies, at least, are supposed to look horrible but even they're blighted by crude skins and spurting blood that looks like it's been added in MS Paint.

 

[ThundyCat]

You buying this game Mr Toaster?

 

[Tefal]

I was going to when it was a zombie survival horror game but now it's dead rising 3, nah.



Got project zomboid instead, now just waiting for an mp update for it

 

[Jono]

Well I preloaded it.... maybe see some of you in it

 

[AWPC]

Dead Rising2 Off The Record is far more polished & only £12.99 to pre-order if you look around its out in 5 weeks & a far better prospect......

 

[B&W]

what time does this unlock,not that i have bought it.

 

[cplhardnut]

Midnight

 

[grant666uk]

Just about to try this vpn thingymabob and see if I can unlock it.

 

[~>Dg<~]

was interested in it but ziombies look to slow repetitive will wait after seeing few reviews

 

[muggs]

i bought this game for zombies, however i bought it more for the exploration factor, cant wait for farcry 3 too

 

[elrasho]

I think if you liked borderlands and left 4 dead this will be great for you, me and two other mates are getting it... I'm expecting some very late gaming nights from Friday lol Games like this are so much fun when playing with friends.

 

[Tefal]

I think if you liked borderlands and left 4 dead this will be great for you.

because it's nothing like either of them?

 

[elrasho]

because it's nothing like either of them?

RPG element of Borderlands and Zombie killing from Left 4 Dead.... yes Gameplay wise its not the same but it a mixture of those two games and Fallout I'd say

 

[Tefal]

have you watched the 30 minutes of game play footage?


it's first person dead rising but somehow even more tedious.

 

['Wes]

It's nothing like Borderlands, and Left4Dead just because it has zombies and the odd weapon here and there? Why not link Resident Evil to it?

 

[anty1]

Apparently the game is having problems with multiple monitors.

 

[oxygene]

Got project zomboid instead, now just waiting for an mp update for it

Just dug up a vid of that game. Is it any good? I tried Fort Zombie a while back, and while its the kind of premise I enjoy it didnt pull it off well. How does this compare?

 

[arknor]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2101559&page=4
worlds most laziest console port?

 

[mrk]

So a massive pile of merde then!

 

[arknor]

atleast someone on the steam forume has a sense of humour

Its not a dev build the game is exactly as its supposed to be. Y is how you activate your super powers. The debug code is really hidden messages to your character from the rest of his/her race back on planet Techland. This explains your character's immunity to the zombie disease, they are not human. The static at the menu is just your universal translator trying to hone in on our vocal frequency...

i think "Y" activates noclip as ive saw people posting screenshots taken with noclip on