Dead Island???!

Wow no thread on Dead Island? It launched today and looks like a mix of L4D and Resident Evil. Its a survival horror more RPG than FPS. Reviews seem to be solid and the gameplay looks good as does the game for a source based engine game (i think). Anyone playing? Verdict? Yay or Nay?

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/829/829562/

 

Not source, it uses propietary Chrome 5.0 engine. The game looks more RPG than anything, because from what I have read, it is not very solid of a game, but decent and quite not the survival horror per se.

I am interested because I like Zombie games, but I am a bit weary about getting this one right now. Specially after the whole PC fiasco with the wrong version on Steam.

 

Update: Wrong Dead Island Released on Steam - PC News at IGN

Good thing I didn't pre-load the game on steam and start playing at Midnight. What a mess. At least they corrected it..

Edit: Ryzeki..you beat me to it. I just read on the steam fiasco. I linked it for other members to read. I am on the fence too.....

 

Yeah after an update or two, it will be a nice multiplayer game.

I am not very "demanding" when it comes to multiplayer games because with friends, everything is fun lol but not when you have so many issues and not exactly a solid game.

 

I got it because its 4 player co-op and I like to make co-op videos. Deagleson already bought it so it tempted me a bit, then when I say it on sale for 33% off I had to bite.

However I have not got my key yet ><

The largest "meh" from my team so far is that they do not like how its so melee focused as borderlands players they like guns and the option to use guns & melee.

 

Well, what do you expect.
Its not like an island resort packs enough gun to win world war 3, just saying. xD
But there are some weapons scattered around.

@ ViciousXUSMC
My copy unlocks this friday (Blasted EU, im not even part of it. rawr) so if you wanna try the coop out let me know.

 

It's fun, I only spent $36 because of a promo code so I couldn't pass up. I've been playing both single and co op campaign, although co-op was messing up for a while so we eventually gave up playing together. The combat is amazing, it feels nice how zombies react to every single blow of a melee weapon, I have yet to obtain some guns though.

 

Are you still going to make that Deus Ex playthrough. Actually looking forward to your playthrough. I am around 60% done, great game.

 

I do not have Deus EX yet but yeah I want to do it.

Need to finish Bastion and then Deus EX is my next single player game.

 

Visuals on this game is WAY better than any Source game and anything Valve has done. Source is outdated and pathetic.

 

Was watchin a friend play it. For some odd reason the gameplay seemed so choppy, even he said so. He was getting like 55-60 fps on his laptop. Whenever he turned or moved there were what seemed like microstutters all over the place.

 

Supposedly after some tweaks it looks pretty good, still console portish, narrow fov, awkward mouse/movement etc.

I think that choppy issue has to do with netplay, there is a way around it and it should be patched.

 

i read that this game is a must for people who want to coop, but people who want to play SP this might get REAL boring REAL fast.

I will not be buying it. I am a lonely man

 

Just like borderlands

But with the rpg elements it may not be half bad in SP.

 

Chrome engine... That's the same one used for Sniper Ghost Warrior is it not? I think that engine runs pretty well.

 

Borderlands with zombies! I never played borderlands

 

Just Watch Us

Let's Play Borderlands 4 Player Co-Op - YouTube

on that note I am trying to get us all to play Dead Island next.

Me and Deagle have it, Jeff said he is not thrilled about the game but would play it just to play with the group, and I think Jenna wants to play this game just has no money for it so if I can find a way to get it for her we should be good to go for the 4 player co-op playthrough of Dead Island.

My biggest two worries was getting Deagle to play cross country and if Jennas computer would handle it. But this game supports LAN so we can play via Hamachi and probably soon Game Ranger will support it and the requirements seem nice and low so Jenna can play it.

From what I read on the forums for this game its really fun co-op,

 

too scary for me and too melee. I refuse to kill zombies without a sniper rifle.

 

I happen to be a sniper in borderlands (and we happen to be doing the zombie dlc right now)

 

No worries. :3

Its not GameSpy (aka should die), but Steamworks for the netplay.

 

I have gone from drooling with anticipation, to waiting to get this when its discount. Such a shame...

 

If anyone is going to get it Amazon has it for $39.99. Since it uses steam works you can just enter the code in steam and get it.

Amazon.com: Dead Island: Video Games

 

I have this game, have been playing singleplayer, and it is awesome. Yes, there are bugs, but those should be patched soon. The gameplay for killing zombies is really just great though. If you can get it for $40 or under (easy if you look around a bit), then I would highly recommend it.

 

I bought it as a preorder on Steam for 45 euros, and i get free DLC + lame preorder weapon.
Probably could get it a little cheaper, but at least 45 euros (340kr) is cheaper than what my local GameStop wants, 66 euros. (499kr)

 

I saw a couple of videos of Co-op gameplay...it looks nice but, yes, there are some bugs here and there. I will be waiting until they sort some things out and then will get. I hope it plays somewhat well in my aging dv7...

 

Guess we Europeans + others who gotta wait until Friday got lucky.
Would hate to see my progress be corupted by a fix to patch the game from buggy dev mode to retail. D;

 

By now, if you've got yourself a copy of Dead Island, then you probably know that the digital copy released to Steam was not the release build of the game. Deep Silver has apologized to zombie slayers for this PC muck-up, and a correct version of the game is now available on Steam. In addition, Deep Silver has something planned to "make up" to North American fans affected by the day one PC issues, and they'll release details on that soon.
The Bloodbath DLC is still on schedule as planed, and pre-order fans will still receive the DLC when it launches. Finally, there is an activation bug for "The Ripper" due to the version update, this will be fixed in the next game patch. Check out the patch notes below. Note that the update may cause incompatibilities between the incorrect version of Dead Island and the fixed version. If you have a problem select New Game -> Select the same character as you were using before, then at the "Chapter Select" option you can jump to the last chapter you were playing.

Complete list of improvements:

Multiplayer and Matchmaking improvements

Maps are now correctly synchronized when player joins during map loading
Games now filter correctly in lobby
After joining a coop game enemies now spawn correctly
User guidance improved. (Quest guidance, UI, shop)

Additional interface polishing

Map tracking now works correctly after loading checkpoints
Health and stamina bars of enemies now display correctly in coop.
Locations of invisible NPCs are no longer shown
More than one player can now use the same ladder simultaneously
Focus on items in shops is not changing after operation (sell, buy)
Additional Interface polishing
Fixed displaying gather rings near some door
Player death behavior improved

Respawn position now saved when playing in cooperative mode
If player dies whilst inside vehicle, menu will now be hidden
Save game mechanics extended

Added distinction between quest checkpoints and other saves
Minor animation fixes

AI animation now displays correctly after fast travel or travel through portals
AI improvements

Improved enemy awareness (zombies)
Enemies reaction to fire adapted
Enemies are now able to successfully reach player on some arenas
Shooting enemies no longer spawn infinitely
Balancing changes in difficulty, majorly for second playthrough

Item level will be calculated correctly when playing in second playthrough
Kick interrupting reload now adapted, after clip wis inserted reload is treated as successful
Health regeneration is now disabled during grab.
More HP for all escorted NPCs
Removed all instances of Butcher during escorts
Purna can gain bonus rage from both “Grim Inspiration” and “Inspiring Kick”
Only "Walker" type enemies increase the extra XP of the "Combo" skill from Xian’s Survival skill tree
Pause Option added

Added information about players requesting pause (Coop)
Looting rules improved

Thrown items now cannot be picked up by another player for 5 minutes.
Items from just-opened containers cannot be picked up by another player for 5 seconds.
Minor graphical glitches fixed.

Rectified occasional graphical glitch with NPC's hands bend
Animations now display correctly when trading
Stomper animation now displays correctly when same target is hit by another player
Sound bugs fixed

Volume of pickup's engine has been increased
Quest bugs removed

All side quests in Laboratory can now be successfully completed
Potential walkthrough blocker removed when quest "Knockin' on Heaven’s Door" is completed before talking to Dominik during "On the air" quest

 

Man I am on the fence. I did NOT like dead rising at all and really I hate console FPS/RPG and this has that "look" written all over it. I really love zombie/survival games though so I would like to say I am going to buy this. I dunno...

 

I loved Dead Rising and I was scared of even playing it. But Dead island seems weak.

 

Have you played dead island? I passed on dead rising because it seemed too arcadish. Dead island's atmosphere's great. it'll make you feel isolated, hunger for survival, etc.

 

Tell me about it, I'm currently in this quest that gives me anxiety and, I guess a little bit of fear, and I need my pals around.

 

Does anybody want to play Dead Island Coop this weekend?

 

I noticed this too. With my settings I was right around 60 but it looked more like 30 to me, just enough of a stutter to drive me crazy.

I found a post on the steam forums about removing the keyboard repeat when holding a key down, and wow it is butter smooth now. I heard if you use a controller it works fine but kb & mouse it has this issue.

Anyway, disabling the repeat function works for now. I really don't want to have to go back and forth all the time with that as a permenant fix tho.

 

Does anyone know how to increase the critical chance on a weapon? My friend gave me a weapon that someone gave him that had 100% critical chance on it and just wondering how is it possible.