woooooooooo  

Beat the game. Was really fun, but really buggy.  

I got the game and is pretty fun.
I'm on 360 willing to play with people that have mic's  

So I've played it and it almost feels like it's Fallout 3 with zombies. I'm not talking about the gameplay though, I'm talking about the engine and basic functionality. Everything down to looting every container you find and the horrible animation(mostly human animation). Even the way the camera zooms in on the NPCs when you initiate a conversation and the grating voice overs.

Still seems like it's going to be fun however(open world + zombies? Hell ya!)

Also it took a little while to figure out how to actually start the game. It kept telling me I had to be connected to Xbox Live(I cancelled it) and I thought it was online only until I finally figured out the settings. They should have at least detected your connection and adjusted that automatically.  

Dusty play analog controls. Made the experience ten times better. Hit start menu and change it under options.  

The game is awesome but something happened when I was %80 into the game and I had tO start all over again  

Sorry for bumping this thread after being dead for one year, but I don't like making multiple threads when there is already one with the subject at hand.

Anyone want to play Dead Island on Playstation 3? Microphone and new character are preferred. :0  

Honestly i think it was a rather good game, it seriously reminded me of the Fallout 3 engine too.

Posted by Dusty

So I've played it and it almost feels like it's Fallout 3 with zombies. I'm not talking about the gameplay though, I'm talking about the engine and basic functionality. Everything down to looting every container you find and the horrible animation(mostly human animation). Even the way the camera zooms in on the NPCs when you initiate a conversation and the grating voice overs.

Still seems like it's going to be fun however(open world + zombies? Hell ya!)

Also it took a little while to figure out how to actually start the game. It kept telling me I had to be connected to Xbox Live(I cancelled it) and I thought it was online only until I finally figured out the settings. They should have at least detected your connection and adjusted that automatically.

This.  

Is it worth buying?  

Posted by Jester Lapse

Is it worth buying?

I'd say only if you have friends actually willing to play with you. The problem on top of that though is that enemies scale to levels, so it's ideal to play with friends at the same level as you. It can be pretty hard to organize play with others(ideally you'll all want to start a new file together and then schedule times to play afterwards).

It's not really a pick-up-and-play type of co-op.

But if you're not looking for online you might enjoy it still; I got pretty bored of it after I got to the city. After you get to the city it becomes way too dangerous to just casually explore anything so you tend to just start grinding missions. Take a mission, go exactly where you need to, complete objective and get reward. At least in the first part of the game you could go wherever you want with the only resistance being stray walkers. Once you get to the city though you have infected/zombies EVERYWHERE and the main challenge becomes actually getting to the objectives without dying. If you enjoyed Fallout you may like it on its own, though imo it's a bit dumbed down and doesn't have lasting appeal.  

Posted by Jester Lapse

Is it worth buying?

I personally loved the story line. The ending shocked me, as well.  

Posted by Dusty

I'd say only if you have friends actually willing to play with you. The problem on top of that though is that enemies scale to levels, so it's ideal to play with friends at the same level as you. It can be pretty hard to organize play with others(ideally you'll all want to start a new file together and then schedule times to play afterwards).

It's not really a pick-up-and-play type of co-op.

So sorta like Borderlands in the co-op concept?

Posted by BboyEatsbacon

I personally loved the story line. The ending shocked me, as well.

When I read reviews a lot of it is around bugs and the cut scenes being stiff x-x It honestly sounds like a good game concept, I just don't wanna go spend some cash on a big fat buggy game lol  

Posted by Jester Lapse

So sorta like Borderlands in the co-op concept?

Never played Borderlands, but the co-op is basically where one person hosts and your load your character into their world. This includes their current storyline progress, mission status and so on.

Posted by Jester Lapse

When I read reviews a lot of it is around bugs and the cut scenes being stiff x-x It honestly sounds like a good game concept, I just don't wanna go spend some cash on a big fat buggy game lol

It is pretty glitchy, and imo combat is very clunky. Cutscenes are horrible(most of the game implies you are on your own, then one or two cutscenes show the entire cast appear out of nowhere) and just poorly done. To top it off the voice acting actually made me cringe. I hated listening to even the main characters talk.

The redeeming factor here is that it's literally just a miniature sort of Fallout-type RPG where they shove you in a world with lots of people that have favors to ask of you... with zombies everywhere. There's cars which are fun to drive, but kills from using a car get little XP and eventually zombies get so strong you can't even kill the normal walkers with a car(which is stupid, I think).

If you're curious and have a console, rent it or something I guess. It's a game that had a ton of potential I feel, but was just shoddily executed. Worth a rent though.  

Posted by Dusty

Never played Borderlands, but the co-op is basically where one person hosts and your load your character into their world. This includes their current storyline progress, mission status and so on.

Yea that's how borderlands it. Well it seems interesting enough, I'll check it out. Thanks ~