Dead Island

[Kaijuboy]

that makes a zombie outbreak seem like a real downer.

IMO this is my preferred way of having a zombie game as opposed to be some Marine going it to kick ass (not that it isnt fun, just overdone).

Awesome trailer and both Deep Silver and Techland are good developers, so this has a pretty good chance of actually being good.

 

[BuffyGirl]

Wow. That trailer, just wow. I am not sure yet how I feel about it, but I definitely want to play it!

 

[Something Sexy]

Game could suck but that was awesome. I will be watching this with interest.

 

[pixletwin]

Eh.. I dunno. That Coldpaly video is 100% backwards. This trailer is a mix of both reverse and forward footage so that the "End" is actually the middle of what actually happened. Like the movie Memento where the ending of that film is actually the middle.

Either way, great trailer. Only thing I dislike about it (and ALL trailers like it in general) is it doesn't use real time graphics i.e. when you play the actual game it won't look anything like that. So it's just smoke and mirrors.

I didn't say it was a rip off/copy.

But backwards footage aside, the music is even closely derivative of the Coldplay song. That's not a bad thing. It's one of the reasons why I REALLY like the trailer for this game.

 

[pixletwin]

off topic...but had to ask...

I'm confused, so in the coldplay video, he takes a long walk after what just happened? Or did he do that, then "go back" in time and do something different before the crash, in order to prevent what happened?

Nice song from coldplay...not sure why I never saw the video before.

I always assume he was either a) an a s s hole or b) in shock.

 

[Devil_666]

No I know, just saying it's also like Memento so really you can take your pic as to what inspired it. I agree with you, just saying.

Great trailer.

 

[pixletwin]

Except that the music is obviously in homage to the Coldplay song.

 

[pixletwin]

For those of you who have never seen'heard:

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[Devil_666]

True. But the set up is obvious in homage to Memento.

 

[pixletwin]

 

[Devil_666]

Is there any actual in-game footage yet?

 

[Chigger58]

Trailer was AMAZING!

I'm hoping it's like L4D but that they slow the zombies down. That game was too fast. You couldn't really do anything but mash buttons and the fun was sucked out of it for me.

The melee combat thing doesn't intrigue me too much but I'll be watching this one now.

 

[pixletwin]

The opening eye shot was obviously in homage to LOST.

 

[IrishJedi]

Of course Devin Faraci has to over-think it: https://www.badassdigest.com/2011/0...a-zombie-game-that-makes-you-sad-or-something

 

[Karma]

played forward

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[Devil_666]

See when it's played forward the original "ending" doesn't have the same emotional impact i.e. that slow-mo scene of the father reaching for his daughter (which is actually the middle part). In the original version, you SEE what happens to the daughter first so it makes the original "ending" moment more F'd up since you know it's the last time that dude will see his little girl alive and still human. 100% forward and 100% reverse, either way it doesn't work as well as the original which has both converging Memento style to the middle which becomes the ending.

The opening eye shot was obviously in homage to LOST.

 

[vareika]

Of course Devin Faraci has to over-think it: https://www.badassdigest.com/2011/0...a-zombie-game-that-makes-you-sad-or-something

lol ... this guy is bored, but I guess its his job. Way to much analysis. I like it for exactly the reason he stated that people wouldn't like it for. He says this isn't art and we only like it because of the emotional reaction...Um I have no emotional reaction to the unfortunate people in the trailer - I like it because it looks stylish.

 

[Devil_666]

I agree with him about non-game play ads. And I've mentioned it before. Back in the day you got to see what you would be playing. Then all of a sudden (starting with the PS1 IMO) video game commercials started using CGI/cut scenes for commercials and ads that obviously looked 1000x better than what you would actually end up playing. Never liked/still don't like that practice.

 

[wofford29]

Devin Faraci has been firmly planted among the top three internet deuches for some time now; but he's really been making a strong push for the top the past few years. He prays at the altar of Armond White, who has forsaken him with none of his talents yet all of his stink.

 

[Devil_666]

"Pegi-18"