Gamereactor: Dead Nation Review

Dead Nation may not be overly original, but they have managed to give their zombies a bit of character as they still wear traces of their pre-undead lives. They range from footballers, cops, paramedics, and this is a bit amusing. The isometric view gives you a fast and adrenaline filled action experience that entertains.

[N4GAddict]

I was expecting a higher score. It still sounds great to me though

[ipwnall]

What a vague review. Looks like a review for the beta.

Whatever it may be, real or fake, I know my money's going to HouseMargue. After the excellence that is SSHD, I trust them completely.

[DORMIN]

Dead Nation doesn't even have a release date and there is a review out?

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EDIT:
http://www.vgreleases.com/p...

The expected release date is December and there is a review in October with the beta still going on?

I'm finding this hard to believe

[JUDALATION]

the co op is by far the best reason to get this game... you can play online and to top it off... its just 15 bucks! nuff said!

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

7 is a good score coming from Gamereactor.

Most games reviewed in this site have 7 and 8, barely there are 9 and 10.

http://www.gamereactor.eu/r...

[PSFan100]

I think 7 sounds like a fair score, it is a PSN game after all, it's hardly going to have the quality to sell at 40£ in a shop or take on dead rising 2.

[seij555]

DR2 sucked for me.

[PSFan100]

If you didn't like dead rising why would you like Dead Nation? The simple fact is you can do more things in DR2 it has better graphics, more weapons, online modes, story cut-scenes, co-op and probably lasts longer.
I'm still going to get Dead nation though and RDR: undead nightmare pack, i just love killing zombies

[Lyr1c]

Well.........The story is different, the gameplay is different, the atmosphere is different.......The games are completely and thoroughly different.

I kind of feel insulted that you would ask that question solely because the games both involve zombies. That's like saying:

"You're not allowed to like Left 4 Dead, because you don't like Dead Rising."

Also, DR's graphics were nothing amazing..I actually think Dead Nation's are better. Half of the weapons in DR were useless, and the combinations were made for pure gimmick. You don't know if Dead Nation has story cut-scenes and Dead Nation has Co-Op as well.

Either way, Dead Rising 2 was nothing special. It successfully kept my attention for 5 hours, after that, it became shallow.

[PSFan100]

@Lyr1c
I get your point that they both play differently, but you can't deny that both of the games core element is to kill a mass amount of zombies. The enemy is the same in both games, therefore has a massive similarity. Also both have an arcade style(killing mass amounts of them), they're hardly resident evil 1, survival horror style, with limited ammo.
Story, (most of) gameplay, can be considered down to an opinion (good or bad) but I cannot agree that Dead Nation looks better then DR2 (it's technically better). I've played DR2 for 30+ hours (as i get trophies)i'm still enjoying it. Anyway do you really think this game deserves higher then a 7 (based on look and knowledge of what you can do in the game)? i guess we'll see which is better when DN comes out.

[Lyr1c]

In regards to Dead Nation, It looks to me like an 8-9.

I know what you're saying, but just because the core theme is similar, doesn't always mean that you'll get a similar experience.

[Daver]

They release their review of the game when the game itself doesnt even have a release date?

[DeathGazer]

Kinda early, no?

We don't even have a release date yet.

[callahan09]

Gamereactor are weird.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Well, most games in Gamreactor have 8 and 7 of score.

[Noobasaurus_REX]

and disagreed everyone in the first couple of seconds -_-
edit: Now I get disagrees?

[Panthers]

This is a PS3 only story so of course you are going to see disagrees on everyone.

[Noobasaurus_REX]

All I was saying was that when I got here people only had disagrees on comments above me that made sense, then I got loaded with disagrees. y'know what I mean?

[All_4_One]

Uhhh, is there even a release date yet?

7/10? That`s too bad, it looks way better than that. I guess I`ll wait for more reviews.

[gaden_malak]

7/10 is by no means bad, especially if the site only works in whole numbers.

[All_4_One]

No, a 7 is not bad at all. However, with weak "cons" such as linear gameplay, and unoriginal story, I have to question where the minus points came from because those are not legitimate cons for a $15 downloadable title.

They didn`t even mention co-op play, and they don`t even have co-op play listed on the right side under game info.

It`s just a lame review which is why I`ll wait to see what others have to say.

[callahan09]

Exactly, All_4_One. It's a poor review. Uninformative. Like all GameReactor reviews. Not sure why a site like this even exists. Who exacly out there in the world gives a crap about their criticism?

[gaden_malak]

It's an intriguing review considering the game has no real release date.

[despair]

yea like I'm gonna trust these guys, from the review it sounds like they reviewed the vids and small time they had with the game at shows etc, they don't give any details on the story or how long it last, anything on Multiplayer or in depth analysis of the games features. The vid they post is just a trial at probably Gamescom or some thing like that.

[Bathyj]

I'm not seeing why its marked down to a 7.

Unoriginal story? Um yeah, so? Its zombies, not high art.

Too linear? We basically just want to go from A to B and shoot and blow things up on the way. If I wanted to play Zelda, I would. Hell even GTA, an "open world" game involves following an arrow 90% of the time.

I'm yet to play it of course, but from the looks of the videos, I'm hoping for a high 8, or even a low 9 if its really fun.

[Unicron]

Um, release date?

If this, Xmen, and Contra make it before Xmas, I'll be psyched.

[OhReginald]

Wow it looks like these people just played the game at a event ( if that), and reviewed it on the spot.

[Adolph Fitler]

Some of these jackasses seem to review these downloadable gems like they are a full priced title with a huge development team. Bit of a joke really....thats why I ignore any 1,2,3,4 or so reviews, and look at every review that I see on N4G...It's one of the highlights of the site, that they get all reviews up and pretty quickly to boot.

Being a House Marquee (SSDHD) developed, zombie themed title, this is a day one buy for me. Even if a review never came up, and the game was released now, I would start downloading immediately. Day one purchase for me.

[Thabo]

Limbo huh? Good

[Lyr1c]

Yeah um..No.

[Si-Fly]

Preferred the LBP version of Limbo ;)

[Benke]

http://www.gamereactor.eu/n...

"Yesterday we published a translated review of Housemarque's Dead Nation (due out soon on PSN), but today we pulled it offline. Due to internal miscommunication a preview code was treated as review code. We extend our apologies to both readers, developer and publisher for this mix up. A separate text will be written once the full game is available for review."

[petter]

Same link as Benke above.

[chagrinFra]

http://www.gamereactor.se/r...
She did write that review, seem little odd chose. Hope DN will be better that 7/10