Dead Island 3/10 - EDGE

Dead Island, ever since its debut trailer, many of gaming fans were excited for this game, the trailer was very inventive, and had an emotional feel to it, and me i couldnt wait to avenge this little girls murder, check the trailer out for more details.

So after checking out some gameplay trailers and previews, i was impressed enough to make this game a day one purchase for me, Yes i had a look at some reviews too, but after some reviews from this website and IGN previously, ive given up on them and their opinion is usually different to mine.

IGN-8.0/10
GAMESPOT-7.0/10

EDGE- 3/10

Whether you follow reviews or not these two aint a bad guide, which brings me to express my disgust with EDGE, this game is no where near 3/10.
Okay yes this game has occasional glitches/bugs and some auto saves may be out a bit, but seriously this game is good, not great not perfect its good.

Ive played about 4 hours in now, im enjoying the weapons, the atmosphere, the sound and graphics really make this game. in my opinion adds to the tension of damn, this really could be me dying if i dont run away from these 20 zombies LOL!

Okay yes the game trailer wasnt even developed by the developers of the game, but i suppose, a film trailer can con you sometimes, the game is very tongue and cheek, not like the emotional trailer intended, the game borrows its ideas from obvious titles such as oblivion/left 4 dead/dead rising/borderlands. But a lot of games do this now a days and edge really came down on them for this.

Anyway please comment about how you feel about what ive said and the review topic?

I've got around 9 hours in the game and there is no way it is a 3.0. I'm loving it, but it seems the game is highly polarizing. To be fair, the initial hour or so isn't the best, but it quickly ramps up into a great game. However, someone reviewing should have at least beaten the game, so this isn't an excuse.

I beat it, and I loved every second of it. These EDGE reviewers are obviously a joke.

Score is secondary to the review anyways. As long as the reviewer justifies it it's fine with me. At the end of the day, it's only one opinion, they just get paid to have one.

Never even heard of Edge and with a rating of 3/10, can't say I'm interested to learn any more about them.

The game has some bugs but it's pretty damn fun.

No offense to UK gamers, but Edge is unapologetic about their anti-American stance (I heard this magazine being discussed on HotSpot podcast, or perhaps one of the 1up.com shows where they "outed" the writers as admittedly biased to a severe fault) and will trash a game based on it's company-of-development's national origins alone. So in short, consider the source, and **** them and their rag of a glossy mag with a cuppa tea. Sideways.

Also, regardless of where it's from, it's a REVIEW. Who the Hell pays any attention to a reviewer's bull****? Seriously? I have a ton of games in my collection that didn't review well, and I LOVE them. If I had paid attention to someone giving a game a 4, I would have missed out on a variety of games I now hold dear to my gaming heart.

Use your own brain. Reviewers are not always fans of the genre they review, or they could be in a bad mood because their girlfriend wants them to get a real job, or whatever. Game reviewers are right up their with men's room attendants in the scale of necessary services in this world.

That said, I still love Carol P. and Tom Magrino!

:D

FYI, Techland is out of Poland and Deep Silver is out of the UK. :O

I don't like EDGE

EDGE is a magazine I don't trust when it comes to reviews.

I kind of disagree with this whole "A review is just an opinion" deal.XxRefereexX

[QUOTE="XxRefereexX"]I kind of disagree with this whole "A review is just an opinion" deal.MethodManFTW

I personally think that some reviewers put to much emphasis on their own opinion. It's like they are completely disregarding that other people may not judge things the same way they do. I think they should play a more neutral role, understand how some people could love or hate the same thing, and report accordingly. For instance, don't say "the character controls are abysmal" because they could just be too slow, and many people may be just fine with slow controls. They really do have a responsibility to their readers to be as objective as possible and completely clear on what they think the game does right or wrong.

Of course, the opinions will always be there and we have a responsibility to ourselves to remember that. That's why I always say to find a reviewer who has gaming preferences that closely resemble your own and stick with them. They will almost never steer you wrong.

What is the difference between a 5 and a 3 to you?MethodManFTW

[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"]What is the difference between a 5 and a 3 to you?MrSelf-Destruct

I kind of disagree with this whole "A review is just an opinion" deal. A reviewer has a resonsibility to score games objectively since some people might not buy a game based on their opinions. Now I won't argue if a reviewer gives a game an 8 and someone else gives it a 10 as they both tell you that the game is at least worth getting. But if you score the game a 3/10 when fellow critics around you score it at least 6 and over, you have the right to raise your eye-brow and maybe wonder if this person was the right choice to review that particular game. If that review was the only review I read I would not pick up a copy of Dead island because in general I trust a reviewer to be able to tell me if a game is AWEFUL or GOOD. HOW aweful or how good may be subject to opinion. I really don't like racing games for instance so I would naturally be a poor choice to review the next Forza game but if I was to review it I would at least try to review it as something that might be enjoyable for someone who likes that genre and not score it a 3 for instance because that's my opinion on the game. Dead Island has its flaws but for someone who likes Zombies, rpg elements and co-operative gameplay with exploration that game is not a 3/10, if that's your opinion then fine, but don't print it in a magazine. have the guy give a second opinion insteadXxRefereexX

Integrity in online journalism? Please.

It's not a review's or reviewer's responsibility to score, or essentially, judge these games and tell people to buy or not to buy them. I believe a review should be as objective and informative as possible. It's the responsibility of the readers themselves to process the information said in the review and decide for themselves if a game is or isn't worth puchasing for them.

Not defending Edge or anthing, they obviously have an axe to grind. But on the other side we've seen websites gets bribed or pressured into giving good scores, and people unwittingly buy those games because "the score was good". Jokes.

lol a 3? I thinks a person who hates zombie games looked at a few trailers and screenshots and threw in a 3 for the score.

FYI, Techland is out of Poland and Deep Silver is out of the UK. :O

MethodManFTW

What I meant by the magazine's admitting to national bias is to show that they're far from impartial judges when it comes to the basic quality (or lack-there-of) in a game. Not that DI is an American-made game and that's why Edge reviewed it poorly, but that Edge will allow their political and cultural views to affect their reviews regardless of obvious quality (which DI has if you look at every other critic or fan review). Sorry. The moon must be messing with my ability to communerficate-ify and I'm having a premblem worth my worms. I can't spreak. Sproke. Spork.

:)

I can't TALK.

*whew!*

Dead Island, ever since its debut trailer, many of gaming fans were excited for this game, the trailer was very inventive, and had an emotional feel to it, and me i couldnt wait to avenge this little girls murder, check the trailer out for more details.

I could care less about EDGE.

haven't played it yet, but this score is really low - don't think it's justified considering the positive reviews the game has receieved in general elsewhere

An absoloute joke who ever reviewed that game.
Loving it, not getting repetive at all, its not like its hack and slash game its deeper then that.
Im glad for the rpg elements, adds to it, and the glitches and bugs are easily looked over and if your fortunate to have internet connection they will be pathced.

i played DI at a friends for a cpl hrs. aside from subpar voice acting and the uneven weapon destruction ( a steel pipe gets ruined as quick as a wooden rowing oar?!) i dont see anything that would warrant a score that bad. makes me wonder what they scored thor.

How can anyone take Edge seriously when Edge rated Bayonetta 10/10 I thought it was a good game but not that good. Then again it's an a opinion I haven't played Dead Island myself and I have little interest in the game since it's a FPS.

*Confirmed*

Edge are a bunch of morons.

So what I've gathered from here is that it's a pretty fun game, and that is why I like to use discussion boards to see how good a game is rather than solely using reviews. Though, a 3 does seem rather low, especially since that's reserved for the truely horrible games, which I don't see Dead Island being in that category. Hey, GTA IV got amazing scores and I thought it was rather dull, so it seems reviews can be wrong at both spectrums.

3/10 is obviously unprofessional. No doubt in my mind. Not that I hold any interest for Dead Island myself.

I would love it if all reviewers would deduct huge amounts of points for buggy / glitched games. But they don't. One game get points off, the next - which is eight times worse - gets a free pass.

I don't read reviews any more. And I haven't made a truly bad purchasing decision in quite a while. On the other hand when I was reading reviews, I can't even count how many utterly mediocre things I played because of their stupid high scores.

Played about 15hours or so of Dead Island so far, mixture of single player and co-op. The Edge review is ridiculous, the game is flawed and has a lot of issues, but it's nowhere near a 3/10. From that score I would expect the game to be terrible or barely playable, and it's neither of those things. It's not the greatest game granted, probably more like a 6 or 7 out of 10. Just Edge trying to be controversial and stand out from the other review sites and magazines.

I'm about 10 hours in and level 20. Yeah, the game has its mistakes, but it makes up for it by being downright fun. I'd give it about an 8.5. I find the game to be absolutely fantastic, especially for a new IP.

I've got around 9 hours in the game and there is no way it is a 3.0. I'm loving it, but it seems the game is highly polarizing. To be fair, the initial hour or so isn't the best, but it quickly ramps up into a great game. However, someone reviewing should have at least beaten the game, so this isn't an excuse.

subyman

I love Edge magazing but seriously 3...WTF!

No offense to UK gamers, but Edge is unapologetic about their anti-American stance (I heard this magazine being discussed on HotSpot podcast, or perhaps one of the 1up.com shows where they "outed" the writers as admittedly biased to a severe fault) and will trash a game based on it's company-of-development's national origins alone. So in short, consider the source, and **** them and their rag of a glossy mag with a cuppa tea. Sideways.MonkeySpot

As for the score? Everyone's opinion is vastly different and while Edge are generally seen as being fairly harsh critics, to all games, they are equally entitled to theirs. The game has been reportedly bug and glitch ridden even from positive reviews. My friend lost 9 hours of play time as the game refuses to save for him while playing online, games that broken aren't right. Having said that I love the look of it and picked it up anyway XD