Critical Gamer writes: Three days ago IGN revealed the world premier of the cinematic trailer for Dead Island, a game trapped in development limbo for going on four years now. While the trailer showed absolutely no gameplay, it quickly went viral due to the subject matter and presentation. For those out of the loop the trailer can be seen here (suitable only for those aged 18 and above).
What is most striking is the different reactions the trailer brought out in people based on their situation or beliefs and the assumptions made afterwards about the point to it. The point of a trailer is to garner interest in a product that is to be released sometime in the future and, in keeping with Hollywood blockbuster trailers, game trailers have become increasingly cinematic in order to get attention and as a result focus less on what it is actually like to play.
We might be in the age of remasters, but it doesn't look like the Dead Island 2 devs believe remaking the original game is the right move for the series.
but remakes require far less effort for these companies and they can still charge $70 for them!
Feel like everyone makes fun of Skyrim re-releasing like 18 times yet applaud these remasters elsewhere. Would much prefer NEW games
Making sequels really is the way to go. Otherwise we'll be stuck playing only the first entry, forever!!!
Josiah Motley of KnowTechie writes: "I love video game trailers. While I don’t believe they are an integral part of a game’s success (especially these days), there’s something about a well-produced trailer that really just reminds me why I like video games."
How so? Because it focused on a family that you see dying? (innocent question, haven't gotten a chance to play any Dead Island game yet)
More the tone of it - the tone of the trailer suggested something personal and dramatic, but the game was very much reminiscent of Left 4 Dead in that you were just there to kill zombies and nothing more
You play as a singular character there is no family involved at all in the game. Still a stand out trailer that I remember clearly from years ago.
Did you not like the game?
I remember going in expecting a L4D style of game, but the excessive camera swaying honestly made me feel ill, and it's rare for a game to do that to me, still don't understand why the need for anything other than maybe a subtle slight camera movement when doing melee attacks etc. Other than that i didn't really find the game that good. In all honesty i had more enjoyment out of DNF, and i know many people crap on that game.
It’s the music. It’s perfect. I agree with this for sure, it is well choreographed….unfortunately the game didn’t live up to the trailer.
Maybe not, but it was still a good game. I liked how they expanded things with Dying Light, but Dead Island was a great first attempt! I really liked all the Easter eggs and homages to other horror franchises sprinkled throughout. Sure it was a little cheesy and over there top, but it was a good happy medium between Far Cry and Fallout with zombies.
Have you ever seen any of the MGS 3 or MGS 4 trailers? Those blow this out of the water for me.
They require prior knowledge of the franchise, tho. You show this trailer to anyone, and I mean ANYONE, and they can understand what's going on and relate to the family dynamic almost immediately. No need to know who is Snake, or Fox Hound, or Raiden, or Metal Gear...
Kevin F. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Many of the best Xbox 360 games are playable on the Xbox One and Series X|S consoles. Some even with some enhanced visuals and performance. Unfortunately, not every game from the Xbox 360 library has received this glorious feat of being able to be played on more modern Microsoft consoles."
The Spider-man games will never happen. The xbox 360 Marvel Ultimate Alliance games have a better chance of happening than Spider-man titles but won't happen. The Xbox One Ultimate Alliance games delisted years ago
Yeah... you can totally forget about those entries that got delisted because of licensing issues. Those are not happening.
Almost all of the games people want to play are BC, and that's a hell of a lot better than having none available.
Almost all the games people want to play? Not true. Majority picks screw over the minority who have games collecting dust. Metal is right. Fans make it seem that it's all. 39/997 games from OG Xbox is NOT all. 568/2154 from 360 is NOT all. But you guys play it up like it is.
And from my count, there are 4,000+ PS4 BC games on PS5 that I see. And almost every VR game. Series X has no Kinect games or Kinect 2. But you played that up too. No more dancing.
As for the article, some of the BC games make sense. The others with Spider-Man aren't happening.
Are you kidding me? This guy didn't watch the trailer because he has a daughter? So what? Every point Ian D made in his post was completely valid. It's ridiculous. The Dead Island trailer is a cinematic work of art. I made my girlfriend watch it and she thought it was as beautiful as it was emotional. Videogames trailers are better than movie trailers anyway, and with the continuous advancement in CGI, they're only going to get better. Geoff should duct tape a big pair of hairy ones under his tiny shaft and finish the trailer; more towards when his daughter -- I mean the random little girl -- is eating away at her father's neck. Oh wait, he might turn that part off, too, because he's a father.
Sites don't have much to write about this days I guess, there has been over 10 articles about this trailer :/
yet again another site talkin about the daughter dies? but she was killed by the zombie and she was already dead? thats some double jeopardy? the following for every site SHUT THE FCK UP ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE DEAD ISLAND TRAILER
He watched it all. He is a liar. They set that up for hits and sensationalism. He needs to run a comb through his hair and shave that god-awful hobo beard.
It's a trailer. It's not real. It's not even real people, acting that they are dying... it's completely fabricated from every possible angle.
If zombies existed, they would eat/kill children and there would be zombie children. This faux outrage is baffoonery in its most rarified form.
It's this sort of thing that sickens me, not fake children dying in a fake world, where nothing is real.
The only valid point they could potentially argue, is that it doesn't show any gameplay... but, almost every game has trailers that present things without gameplay.
OH come on were not going to cry over a bunch of Pixels are we ? when i seen it i was shocked that it was a little girl BUT at the same time i was like finally a video game thats not afraid to cross that line were kids can't be in our games it really added a nice amout of emotion and made me more intrested not because a little girl died but because of there struggle as a family vs a pack of blood thursty zombies.. that trailer is a work of art imo and obviously it's not a game for kids to be playing.this is a must have game for any zombie fan.