Is Dead Island Riptide really a disappointment?

I've been playing alot of Riptide recently and was thinking about what others thought about it. then coming across the review on gamespot, seeing that they gave it a 4 and a bad review. Some points that were said i can understand, but i have quite a bit of fun playing it especially with the drop in/out . Just wondering if others agree with the review or think they were a bit harsh with it?.

I kinda do. I LOVED the first game, even made a video recapping the story before the release of Riptide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yZyOnnXWM (Shameless plug). But once I played it, I just was not feeling it anymore. I guess I just had my fill with the first game, but the fetch quests and the 20 swings to down the 1000s of zombies, I just didnt want to do them again. I think alot of people felt that it played very much like the first game and they felt the first game wasnt that good. I think for me, I would need to play co op. Playing with friends can make any game fun, but I think, for me, it'd be necessary for Riptide. By the time you're carrying the engine for the boat, Im like "Man, this would be so much better with someone else here to do the shooting." and my interest sort of faded from there. ApplePieChart

I agree, especially with the fact of "doing it all again". It's just way too similar to the original. Also, the boat mechanics in this game are atrocious. For the love of god, make it third person when you are in the boat. And it's so un-fair whenever a zombie throws you off the boat.

[QUOTE="ApplePieChart"]I kinda do. I LOVED the first game, even made a video recapping the story before the release of Riptide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yZyOnnXWM (Shameless plug). But once I played it, I just was not feeling it anymore. I guess I just had my fill with the first game, but the fetch quests and the 20 swings to down the 1000s of zombies, I just didnt want to do them again. I think alot of people felt that it played very much like the first game and they felt the first game wasnt that good. I think for me, I would need to play co op. Playing with friends can make any game fun, but I think, for me, it'd be necessary for Riptide. By the time you're carrying the engine for the boat, Im like "Man, this would be so much better with someone else here to do the shooting." and my interest sort of faded from there. XboxGuy1537

I agree, especially with the fact of "doing it all again". It's just way too similar to the original. Also, the boat mechanics in this game are atrocious. For the love of god, make it third person when you are in the boat. And it's so un-fair whenever a zombie throws you off the boat.

[QUOTE="ApplePieChart"]I kinda do. I LOVED the first game, even made a video recapping the story before the release of Riptide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yZyOnnXWM (Shameless plug). But once I played it, I just was not feeling it anymore. I guess I just had my fill with the first game, but the fetch quests and the 20 swings to down the 1000s of zombies, I just didnt want to do them again. I think alot of people felt that it played very much like the first game and they felt the first game wasnt that good. I think for me, I would need to play co op. Playing with friends can make any game fun, but I think, for me, it'd be necessary for Riptide. By the time you're carrying the engine for the boat, Im like "Man, this would be so much better with someone else here to do the shooting." and my interest sort of faded from there. white_sox

That video was awesome.

Excellent job.

I kinda do. I LOVED the first game, even made a video recapping the story before the release of Riptide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yZyOnnXWM (Shameless plug). But once I played it, I just was not feeling it anymore. I guess I just had my fill with the first game, but the fetch quests and the 20 swings to down the 1000s of zombies, I just didnt want to do them again. I think alot of people felt that it played very much like the first game and they felt the first game wasnt that good. I think for me, I would need to play co op. Playing with friends can make any game fun, but I think, for me, it'd be necessary for Riptide. By the time you're carrying the engine for the boat, Im like "Man, this would be so much better with someone else here to do the shooting." and my interest sort of faded from there. ApplePieChart

Dead Island was a let down, and I see they learned nothing from playing Dead Island: Riptide..Warablo13

i felt the same way the first game was really bad.

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[QUOTE="ApplePieChart"]I kinda do. I LOVED the first game, even made a video recapping the story before the release of Riptide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0yZyOnnXWM (Shameless plug). But once I played it, I just was not feeling it anymore. I guess I just had my fill with the first game, but the fetch quests and the 20 swings to down the 1000s of zombies, I just didnt want to do them again. I think alot of people felt that it played very much like the first game and they felt the first game wasnt that good. I think for me, I would need to play co op. Playing with friends can make any game fun, but I think, for me, it'd be necessary for Riptide. By the time you're carrying the engine for the boat, Im like "Man, this would be so much better with someone else here to do the shooting." and my interest sort of faded from there. Rattlesnake_8