DEAD ISLAND SIMPLY AMAZING TRAILER

[McLovin']

YouTube - Dead Island: Official Announcement Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg&hd=1)

Don't know how the game will turn out but that is one epically well done trailer.

[Bunny]

It is an incredibly well done trailer but I have doubts that the game will be as good.

[Yeargdribble]

That trailer was really amazing, though the spots for DoA Paradise were also incredibly clever and I loved them.

That aside, why is it that children are so much more prone to the uncanny valley than adults?

[Jiro]

That was kinda cool, I liked it. If the game is balls I will be disappointed

[Iceglow]

I too have seen the trailer before comming here. It's an announcement trailer but yes epicly done. I'll agree with IGN it's quite possibly the best trailer of 2011 so far. From the game I'm hoping for something what looks as good as Resi 5 whilst playing more like a silent hill, less gunning and running more paranoia/suspense though from the axe work it could end up playing more Dead Rising than anything else...not sure if that'll be good or bad.

[Jiro]

From what I saw it gave me theimpression of some sort of mytant hubrid between dead rising and l4d

[Dreddz]

People moan there are too many zombie games yet not one proper one has been made yet. Dead Rising and L4D emphasise killing zombies but where is the game that emphasises the survival aspect. I'm hoping Dead Island is that game.

[Madame Adequate]

When challenged, nobody can actually LIST all these zombie games that make it an overdone genre, let alone which makes a first-person survival-based zombie game commonplace enough to be called generic. So yeah, they're all just buttranged because it's not whatever sequel they were hyping themselves up for it to be.

The trailer itself is pretty good, but I feel like it's a little pretentious with this backwards out of order stuff. I have no problem with that in itself, it's just that the trailer works even better (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxO1YUHVmrg) when it's all cut together in order.

I still want to know what these parents were doing letting their child out in the middle of zombies everywhere :colbert:

[Shoeberto]

When challenged, nobody can actually LIST all these zombie games that make it an overdone genre, let alone which makes a first-person survival-based zombie game commonplace enough to be called generic. So yeah, they're all just buttranged because it's not whatever sequel they were hyping themselves up for it to be.

The trailer itself is pretty good, but I feel like it's a little pretentious with this backwards out of order stuff. I have no problem with that in itself, it's just that the trailer works even better (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxO1YUHVmrg) when it's all cut together in order.

I still want to know what these parents were doing letting their child out in the middle of zombies everywhere :colbert:
I think it's more the idea of zombie culture flooding everything in recent years. Books, merch, games, movies, etc. A lot of creators are trying to put their own spin on the concept and it's leading to some burn out.

Also, the trailer sucks in forward motion! It kills the emotional impact of the whole thing. The hand grabbing scene was pretty powerful in the way it was originally done.

[Vyk]

There's a bunch of b-class zombie movies coming out lately. But nothing hollywood or theatrical since Zombieland that I can remember. And there's a lot of XBLA games that are zombie killing madness. But as far as full-bred games, since Resident Evil left zombies behind, I think its just L4D and Dead Rising, unless I've missed something. I don't keep up on things though. But yeah, there hasn't been a really good zombie fiasco for a while (considering I hate L4D and Dead Rising just bores me after a while xD). So I think I'm with Dreddz

[DMKA]

I don't think I get it...what's so amazing about that trailer?

No, I'm not trying to be an ass/killjoy, I'm asking a serious question.

[McLovin']

I don't think I get it...what's so amazing about that trailer?

No, I'm not trying to be an ass/killjoy, I'm asking a serious question.

it's just well done. Plus it's kind of a mindfuck since you don't really know what's going on till you watch it again and then it makes more logical sense.

[Slothy]

I don't think I get it...what's so amazing about that trailer?

No, I'm not trying to be an ass/killjoy, I'm asking a serious question.

As a trailer it's filmed, for lack of a better term, in an interesting way. As a game trailer, it gets the same meh I'll give any pre-rendered trailer that shows absolutely no gameplay.

[Psychotic]

Trailer was poncey.

Game, however?

Dead Island will feature open world gameplay, played from a first person perspective, with up to four-player co-operative play. The focus will be on melee combat, incorporating customizable weaponry and RPG elements.

Sold.

[Levian]

Trailer is amazing! Doesn't necessarily apply to gameplay, but I'm allowed to be hopeful. :]



Dead Island will feature open world gameplay, played from a first person perspective, with up to four-player co-operative play. The focus will be on melee combat, incorporating customizable weaponry and RPG elements.

Eww, first person. Everything else sounds great though.

[Vyk]

Trailer was poncey.

Game, however?

Dead Island will feature open world gameplay, played from a first person perspective, with up to four-player co-operative play. The focus will be on melee combat, incorporating customizable weaponry and RPG elements.

Sold.

Well there goes my interest in the game. Oh well

[Jiro]

It sounds interesting to me at least. We'll see if it does what it says it will.

[DMKA]

Eww, first person. Everything else sounds great though.

Agreed.

[Clo]

The game itself seems awesome.

[Iceglow]

I don't think Paul's snippet post provided enough of a base material for some of the lazier people here to see how Dead Island will hopefully work. So here's a preview article from IGN: Link (http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/115/1150368p1.html)

I will say now, if this works as well as we're all now hoping...oh sweet Jesus! Mother of fucking cock!

[edczxcvbnm]

I don't know how this can be considered a good trailer. It tells me one thing and one thing only. There are zombies about and it takes place on an island...possibly with a resort involved. As a game trailer, I still don't know what type of game it is or at least the characters that I will be controlling and their story.

This is just a throw away scene with throw away characters that tells me nothing about anything. I think they should have extended this by 3 more minutes and submitted it as an animated short. That is something cool. As a trailer to get me interested about the game it is a total failure. It filled me with enough questions to the point were it is immediate overload and I don't care.

[Vyk]

oh sweet Jesus! Mother of fucking cock!

Yeah I wish that's how it made me feel. Everyone else will get to enjoy at least I suppose haha

Dead Rising Hawaii!

Lame

[Iceglow]

oh sweet Jesus! Mother of fucking cock!

Yeah I wish that's how it made me feel. Everyone else will get to enjoy at least I suppose haha

Dead Rising Hawaii!

Lame

Wow did you read the article? To start with this game is first person and DR is 3rd person. Also Dead Rising has a hugely awesome but incredibly camp atmosphere throughout where as this game is aiming more for gritty realism. How is this looking like it in any way would be DR Hawaii?

[Psychotic]

Dead Rising Hawaii!

Lamehttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/photobucketamazingness/emot-psyduck.gif

[Vyk]

Because the idea is to melee zombies. And yeah. I read the article. Like I said, everyone else will be able to enjoy it. Everyone else enjoyed Dead Rising. The first person thing just makes me think Left 4 Dead, which I also hated, and also everyone else loved. Don't mind my bitterness :P

[Jiro]

The trailer has lyrics now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5c9BzohM4). You may or may not enjoy this.

[Iceglow]

The trailer has lyrics now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5c9BzohM4). You may or may not enjoy this.

Yeah was gonna post that myself but figured I'm starting to look slightly overzealous about the idea of smacking zombies up with a baseball bat...Also:

Shaun of dead island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yR9WsSTAqvg)

[Psychotic]

Because the idea is to melee zombies. And yeah. I read the article. Like I said, everyone else will be able to enjoy it. Everyone else enjoyed Dead Rising. The first person thing just makes me think Left 4 Dead, which I also hated, and also everyone else loved. Don't mind my bitterness :Phttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/photobucketamazingness/emot-psypop.gif

[Clo]

"Dead Island will feature open world gameplay, played from a first person perspective, with up to four-player co-operative play. The focus will be on melee combat, incorporating customizable weaponry and RPG elements.
There is an experience system and a skill tree system."

Sounds awesome to me.

[Bolivar]

Zombie bandwagon.

[Iceglow]

More info (http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/115/1153496p1.html)

[drotato]

Dear God.... That was so wrong, on so many levels. o. o


But it looks like a good game. (:<