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IGN - Dead Island - The First 45 Minutes of Gameplay

Join IGN Guides as editors Stephanie Lee and Destin Legarie give you a first look at raw Dead Island gameplay that starts from the prologue to the first safe house of the game, with full commentary...

Pozzle4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

Hmmm...I don't agree with the girl that the devs were right in removing the zombie children from the game. Of course it would be disturbing to shoot zombie children...but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be any kids in the game at all. A zombie apocalypse is MEANT to be disturbing. Shooting anyone (women, men, children, pets, etc) is a horrible thing, but it's what needs to be done in order to survive. It ruins any sense of realism if you're fighting your way through hoardes of zombies, yet none of them are under the age of 18.

So yeah, it does seem like the devs missed a big opportunity by removing the kids from the game. Especially when a kid was such a major part of the first trailer.

xPhearR3dx4632d ago

Trust me, once you dive into the game, you'll completely forget about the kids. It's great ^_^

malol4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

i think its their fault in the first place
while that trailer was GREAT and i loved it
they've Got to know that it'll spark some sort of a problem

but look in other games like DS2 for example
lots of damn babies in there to shoot at and they got away with it

BattleTorn4632d ago

Why would you want to shoot kids?

and if you need a zombie game based around protecting children, Dead Rising..

chadachada1234632d ago

It's not about "wanting" to shoot kids, it's about the immersion. In a real life zombie situation, you WILL have to kill zombie kids in order to survive, and it may completely suck. Leaving out all kids misses the chance at pulling a 28 Days Later by showing how crappy it is that you have to kill those undead children to survive.

jriquelme_paraguay4632d ago

"In a real life zombie situation"
LOLD

karl4632d ago

why not? they are zombies

i would shoot a baby zombie

just saying.. why would u shoot a grown up man?

JellyJelly4632d ago

I really want to watch this but her lisping doing my head in.

hiredhelp4632d ago

Disagree strongly. My GF has a lisp not cool to say shit like that maybe if you born with that kinda issue grew up with it youll think differntly.

JellyJelly4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

@hiredhelp - Ever heard of speech therapy?

hiredhelp4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

WTF you ignorant twat.

BattleTorn4632d ago

The guy didn't watch the DI debut trailer because it has a little girl in it? That's silly.

As for children-zombies being cut, ya rightfully so.

@Pozzle, only having adult-zombie ruins the realism?
I doubt anyone (nor you) will be playing this game and be thinking "geez where are the babies to kill? so unrealistic"

BakedGoods4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

Dude, give me a break. Of course no one WANTS to kill chilldren, but some people want REALISM.

In the original Fallout there were children--you could kill them. Was it for experience? No. For a quest? No. It was for the realism...since, you know Fallout's a @#$@ing wasteland--people die!

I'm personally tired of soccer moms telling us what's acceptable in a game. Children zombies add realism and a disturbing element to what should be a disturbing game. They're in movies, books and all other forms of zombie media--I see no problem with it in a videogame...unless of course, that's too disturbing for you BattleTorn.

Pozzle4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

Actually it IS something that has bugged me since Resident Evil 2. I mean...the entire population of Raccoon City had been infected, yet we only saw one kid in the whole game. Maybe I'm weird, but when I'm playing a game I notice stuff like that. It's the kind of stuff that pulls me out of a game.

That's not to say Dead Island won't be good. I'm still going to buy it. But I'm pretty annoyed that the devs gave into the complaints and removed kids alltogether. It seems that whenever devs are forced to give into complaints, the game they are making ends up losing something that could have made it stand out in the crowd.

IWentBrokeForGaming4632d ago

Zombie children would've been freaking awesome. Like the chapel chapter in Dead Space 2. Or even the crawling exploding babies from the nursery section? those worked well too!

Their class could be faster and quicker with attacks etc... it's totally workable if you ask me.

Like I've already seen in the game are walkers, runners, the dudes in the straight jackets remind me of tanks from L4D. So having child zombies makes a certain class of its own right?

IronFrogMan4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

I can picture it now.....DLC -.-

Also I don't want to totally spoil the game for myself so anyone that has watched it through and through does it seem worth the $60? I mean a lot of games are coming out in the next couple months and I'm in the process of getting a job coming out of school so I really want to get the best of the best this year..

xPhearR3dx4632d ago

I've played it for about 20 hours so far, about 53% through the game but I'm doing all the side quest and exploring. Well worth the money. You'll sink hours into this game.

IronFrogMan4632d ago

How is the weapon assortment shaping up so far?

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Dead Island 2 devs believe a Dead Island remake would be a “mistake”

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.

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Duke19422d ago

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

CrimsonWing69421d ago

Making sequels really is the way to go. Otherwise we'll be stuck playing only the first entry, forever!!!

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Dead Island's 2011 reveal is still the best game trailer of all time

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."

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Exvalos833d ago

Also the most misleading of all time

SDuck833d ago

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)

aconnellan833d ago

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

Ashby_JC833d ago

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.

Fntastic833d ago (Edited 833d 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.

BioShockGX832d ago

I still remember this misleading controversy

RickRoland833d ago

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.

brewin832d ago

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.

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EmperorDalek833d ago

I'm gonna heavily disagree with that.

CrimsonWing69833d ago

Have you ever seen any of the MGS 3 or MGS 4 trailers? Those blow this out of the water for me.

TricksterArrow833d ago

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...

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Top 10 Xbox 360 Games That Need to be Backward Compatible

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."

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Orchard1047d ago

Max Payne 3 needs to be on that list.

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autobotdan1047d ago

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

Vits1046d ago

Yeah... you can totally forget about those entries that got delisted because of licensing issues. Those are not happening.

MetalProxy1046d ago

Wait everything isn’t BC? You guys act like it is lol

porkChop1046d ago

Almost all of the games people want to play are BC, and that's a hell of a lot better than having none available.

ApocalypseShadow1046d ago (Edited 1046d ago )

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.

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