Dead Island facts and opinions.

Ok, so I am starting this thread so people can tell me what they think of Dead Island and discuss improvements that could be made.

This game isn't as good as i expected it to be, they have had plenty of time to make a good game and I don't think they have fully achieved it.

I will first say how much i am enjoying the game but I keep coming across mistakes and its getting boring.

Mistakes:

On one quest there is a car infront of a building which you move to get inside, if you come back to this building later the car has respawned there which is a bit weird.

This happened out of luck but I threw a propane tank at a zombie and it landed on the road, in the cutscene after a car drives right threw it.

AI animations are poor when getting in a car, they grab the window rather than the door handle and they walk right through the door into the car.

You have a stamina bar which runs out when punching but not when kicking, so you can kick the living sh*t out of the zombie and not feel the burn.

Hittest+sound=non existant. You may not get what I mean so I will explain, say for example, I have a machete and I hit a fire extinguisher, there is no sound of the hit and your weapon basically goes through the items. I am not entirely certain this is completely correct though.

Beach balls! Every resort has a beach ball but what happens when you kick it... its like kicking a rock. It moves about 5 metres and doesn't bounce. What happened to phsyics.

When zombies hit a car you are inside, it doesn't effect the car but it hurts you. Hmmm.

Things I dislike and should be improved:

When cutting a zombies leg off it instantly kills them, I think that they should carry on limping towards you. What happened to removing the head or destroying the brain, now we can kill them by taking limbs off.

There are vending machines around that give health, you have to pay to get items from them. I'm sorry but if I was in need of health and there was 20 zombies waiting outside for me I would just break the vendor.

Vehicles don't damage or run out of fuel. I would love to feel like I was in a horror film where the car doesn't start once in a while so you have to leg it out of there. Vehicles may damage but I have been crashing into zombies, fences don't dont break, gates that stay still and I have not suceeded.

The workbench is a great addition to the game where you can repair, upgrade and create new weapons. Well here is where the money comes into play, you have to spend money to repair your items and upgrade them. Money you ask... so did I. What happened to fixing a broken stick with duct tape or glueing the hammer head back to the handle. Well for lazy people this is great but for people who want a challenge and want to find items to fix their weapons it isn't. Upgrading is exactly the same, you pay money.

Did I mention that energy drinks are your source of health? Crazy, I know... because the first thing I would do in a zombie apocolypse would be to take a sip of red bull.

I know I keep saying zombies but I guess the term "Infected" would be better.

I'm not going to complain about the game because I couldn't make anything near as good as this but these are my opinions.

Hope you enjoy reading this and I would love to hear anyone else's thoughts on the game.

Ok, so I am starting this thread so people can tell me what they think of Dead Island and discuss improvements that could be made.

This game isn't as good as i expected it to be, they have had plenty of time to make a good game and I don't think they have fully achieved it.

I will first say how much i am enjoying the game but I keep coming across mistakes and its getting boring.

Mistakes:

On one quest there is a car infront of a building which you move to get inside, if you come back to this building later the car has respawned there which is a bit weird.

This happened out of luck but I threw a propane tank at a zombie and it landed on the road, in the cutscene after a car drives right threw it.

AI animations are poor when getting in a car, they grab the window rather than the door handle and they walk right through the door into the car.

You have a stamina bar which runs out when punching but not when kicking, so you can kick the living sh*t out of the zombie and not feel the burn.

Hittest+sound=non existant. You may not get what I mean so I will explain, say for example, I have a machete and I hit a fire extinguisher, there is no sound of the hit and your weapon basically goes through the items. I am not entirely certain this is completely correct though.

Beach balls! Every resort has a beach ball but what happens when you kick it... its like kicking a rock. It moves about 5 metres and doesn't bounce. What happened to phsyics.

When zombies hit a car you are inside, it doesn't effect the car but it hurts you. Hmmm.

Things I dislike and should be improved:

When cutting a zombies leg off it instantly kills them, I think that they should carry on limping towards you. What happened to removing the head or destroying the brain, now we can kill them by taking limbs off.

There are vending machines around that give health, you have to pay to get items from them. I'm sorry but if I was in need of health and there was 20 zombies waiting outside for me I would just break the vendor.

Vehicles don't damage or run out of fuel. I would love to feel like I was in a horror film where the car doesn't start once in a while so you have to leg it out of there. Vehicles may damage but I have been crashing into zombies, fences don't dont break, gates that stay still and I have not suceeded.

The workbench is a great addition to the game where you can repair, upgrade and create new weapons. Well here is where the money comes into play, you have to spend money to repair your items and upgrade them. Money you ask... so did I. What happened to fixing a broken stick with duct tape or glueing the hammer head back to the handle. Well for lazy people this is great but for people who want a challenge and want to find items to fix their weapons it isn't. Upgrading is exactly the same, you pay money.

Did I mention that energy drinks are your source of health? Crazy, I know... because the first thing I would do in a zombie apocolypse would be to take a sip of red bull.

I know I keep saying zombies but I guess the term "Infected" would be better.

I'm not going to complain about the game because I couldn't make anything near as good as this but these are my opinions.

Hope you enjoy reading this and I would love to hear anyone else's thoughts on the game.

Drumlegend

I'd like to also add that if you leave the playable area it spawns you back to the safe house. Kind of annoying if you were doing a quest.

My car is smoking a bit now after ramming down 20 zombies. It seems running zombies over damages the car more than ramming into a big boulder

Dead island has a LOT of problems but its good old fashioned gaming. And I really am enjoying it

Aye, its gory as hell and very addictive XD

Aye, its gory as hell and very addictive XD

Drumlegend

I was playing it at 9pm and before I knew it, it was 2.30 am and I wasn't even near bored. I kept thinking "Just one more mission" and I love games like that. Addictive is and understatement

[QUOTE="Drumlegend"]

Aye, its gory as hell and very addictive XD

seanmcloughlin

I was playing it at 9pm and before I knew it, it was 2.30 am and I wasn't even near bored. I kept thinking "Just one more mission" and I love games like that. Addictive is and understatement

are the missions fairly diverse?

It's really a shame that it's debut was a let-down, but after working out the minor issues I was having, the game is pretty fun, a good game to pass the time till the games on my wishlist release. I've yet to get a car, I'm still running on my own 2 feet...

I'm playing as the Chinese girl, since i like slicing and dicing :D but 1 thing that is getting on my nerves is the weapon degradation, i mean c'mon... they degrade WAY too fast. I personally don't get bored when my weapons don't degrade, similar to what I did in FarCry 2, I'll get a mod that prevents weapon degradation as soon as it's out.

I also hope they fix the animation... I can see my character running literally like a monkey when I look at her shadow.

I didn't bother with Multiplayer yet seeing as how people have been saying that there are cheaters in the game already that have infinite cash and whatever else they could get their hands on... (kinda ironic that I'm complaining about cheaters online when I'm ready to cheat with the no-weapon-degradation... LOL.)

Oh and I'm also not really fond of the "Bring me Alcohol" and "Bring me Water" quests... I get it when you do it once, but when you find and give over 10 bottles of alcohol and water, it's ridiculous.

Dat gore...

The game has polish issues millerlight89

I lol'd.

Great game, will play the **** out of it. I love the atmosphere. The playable area is a bit limited, but whatever.

are the missions fairly diverse?

mrbojangles25

They are. But mowing down zombies all the time makes them feel like they are similar. But your objectives are varied a lot. From going to get necklaces to getting food for your little colony. They are very different but to some they might feel similar cos of the constant zombies. i love it though :P

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are the missions fairly diverse?

seanmcloughlin

They are. But mowing down zombies all the time makes them feel like they are similar. But your objectives are varied a lot. From going to get necklaces to getting food for your little colony. They are very different but to some they might feel similar cos of the constant zombies. i love it though :P

Aye, its gory as hell and very addictive XD

Drumlegend

I have to agree.. very, VERY addicting.

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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

are the missions fairly diverse?

Elann2008

They are. But mowing down zombies all the time makes them feel like they are similar. But your objectives are varied a lot. From going to get necklaces to getting food for your little colony. They are very different but to some they might feel similar cos of the constant zombies. i love it though :P

Anyways, now I'm back on hating Dead Island... They should just fix that stupid popping/crackling sounds bug for USB headsets already. The temporary fixes aren't working...

Say, if this game damages my headset, that gives me the right to sue Techland right (just curious).

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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

are the missions fairly diverse?

Elann2008

They are. But mowing down zombies all the time makes them feel like they are similar. But your objectives are varied a lot. From going to get necklaces to getting food for your little colony. They are very different but to some they might feel similar cos of the constant zombies. i love it though :P

Thats exactly what I thought when playing it today. The weather changes to rain sometimes, or maybe its just certain areas, but it would really benefit from a day night cycle. Also a better physics system

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

And when I run to a car to escape the zombies cos my health is critically low. When they hit the car its like they hit you directly so I die anyway, the car does nothing

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

And when I run to a car to escape the zombies cos my health is critically low. When they hit the car its like they hit you directly so I die anyway, the car does nothing

seanmcloughlin

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

And when I run to a car to escape the zombies cos my health is critically low. When they hit the car its like they hit you directly so I die anyway, the car does nothing

trastamad03

:lol:

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

are the missions fairly diverse?

Elann2008

They are. But mowing down zombies all the time makes them feel like they are similar. But your objectives are varied a lot. From going to get necklaces to getting food for your little colony. They are very different but to some they might feel similar cos of the constant zombies. i love it though :P

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

They are. But mowing down zombies all the time makes them feel like they are similar. But your objectives are varied a lot. From going to get necklaces to getting food for your little colony. They are very different but to some they might feel similar cos of the constant zombies. i love it though :P

millerlight89

It would be pretty bad ass to go along the beach and have the trees blowing and rain pelting you with huge dark clouds overhead as you decapitate and incapacitate zombies.

Aww now I want to play it again :P

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

seanmcloughlin

[QUOTE="trastamad03"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

And when I run to a car to escape the zombies cos my health is critically low. When they hit the car its like they hit you directly so I die anyway, the car does nothing

seanmcloughlin

:lol:

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

MyopicCanadian

Yeah you do. Thats the problem. And it happened once too when I was going to pick up an energy drink. I tried to kick a ball beside it to see if it would move and he picked up the drink with F too. Its odd. But I think I will switch the keys to see if that works

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[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

There are some niggly things though that annoy me. Like when I throw a weapon at some guy and rush in to kick him down. He just pulls the knife back out instead of kicking him. Whats that all about?

seanmcloughlin

Yeah you do. Thats the problem. And it happened once too when I was going to pick up an energy drink. I tried to kick a ball beside it to see if it would move and he picked up the drink with F too. Its odd. But I think I will switch the keys to see if that works

On the Steam forums, people complained about the key bindings being messed up or switched around during gameplay at random. It's a known bug.Elann2008

Such a shame it was riddled with so many bugs at launch. The game is great. Despite all those though

if you edit the config this game looks and runs like a champ, the shadows look so much better when set higher from the config.

1024: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2650/1024cg.jpg

2048: http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4353/2048b.jpg

4096: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5699/4096f.jpg

Its better then I expected, has some issues but still very fun in coop.

I think night time would be good, along with a slightly bigger map and more buildings to get into.

Hopefully some mods come out for it in the future or an expansion pack.

Just an update

I just started a new character and this has to be the most annoying thing to ever happen. I wanted to have two different characters so i could swap, anyway I went back to my original and what do you know... the save had been deleted and the character was back at level 1 inside the house :(

The game has polish issues, but damn the game is fun as heck for me. I honestly feel killing zombies in this game is even more satisfying than L4D, and that's saying a lot. (Not that it's a better game than L4D) millerlight89

I havn't been able to play it yet -fact.

I'll play this game again when they fix the annoying crackling popping noises issue.trastamad03

That may be something as simple as your sound card drivers. Try giving them an update :)

[QUOTE="trastamad03"]I'll play this game again when they fix the annoying crackling popping noises issue.Mogzsnet

That may be something as simple as your sound card drivers. Try giving them an update :)

Its a good game, but its flawed.

One thing i really hate is how the weapons break, its like ohh sweat weapon but it breaks in like 5 mins, hopefully someone mods that

This game is a lot better if you mess with the files and you can make the graphics WAY better and the shadows tons better by editing them, also vsync is in there as well.

[QUOTE="Mogzsnet"]

[QUOTE="trastamad03"]I'll play this game again when they fix the annoying crackling popping noises issue.trastamad03

That may be something as simple as your sound card drivers. Try giving them an update :)

[QUOTE="trastamad03"][QUOTE="Mogzsnet"]

That may be something as simple as your sound card drivers. Try giving them an update :)

Mogzsnet

I have the same issue, just set it to stereo sound in your windows sound configuration settings from 7.1 or 5.1 surround, worked for me.

Anyways, all I can really say about Dead Island is that it is the best zombie game I've played (hell, it's one of the best pieces of media revolving around zombies period in my opinion) and right up there with the best games I've played this year. raven_squad

[QUOTE="trastamad03"][QUOTE="Mogzsnet"]

That may be something as simple as your sound card drivers. Try giving them an update :)

Mogzsnet

[QUOTE="Mogzsnet"][QUOTE="trastamad03"] Nope. Let's see... EVERY single game I have has 0 issues except this game. Not to mention that a lot of people who use USB Headsets are having the same exact issues.theshadowhunter

I have the same issue, just set it to stereo sound in your windows sound configuration settings from 7.1 or 5.1 surround, worked for me.

Edit: Does not work for me... [sigh] I only have 7.1 Option, that's it.

This game is a lot better if you mess with the files and you can make the graphics WAY better and the shadows tons better by editing them, also vsync is in there as well.

theshadowhunter

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]Anyways, all I can really say about Dead Island is that it is the best zombie game I've played (hell, it's one of the best pieces of media revolving around zombies period in my opinion) and right up there with the best games I've played this year. millerlight89