Dead Island E3 2011 Multiplayer Impressions -- Sun, Sand, And A Whole Lot Of Zombies

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Posted June 20, 2011 - By John Smith

Dead Island: The Making Of An Amazing Video Game Trailer

Dead Island really could have been handled a different way. Think of the resort's advertisements: "We'll murder your troubles! We'll slay your stress! We'll demolish your dreariness and revitalize your relaxation!" What's that, you say? You like fighting off zombies during your vacation? Suit yourself.

We took some time with Dead Island and learned a little more about its multiplayer mode. Dana Vinson enlightens the masses:

The entire campaign is playable in co-op mode, and you can drop in and drop out with different friends at different times, or play consistently with the same people to level up together. If you choose to play with someone who’s a higher level than you, the game will warn that there are spoilers ahead. At that point, you can choose to proceed or not at your own mental risk. If you hate people and want to play alone (or maybe you only sort of like people so you have a team of two), you will not be accompanied by AI teammates; instead, the enemies will scale depending on the number of players in your party.

That sounds like some intelligent game design to me and it looks like the developers have put the same amount of care into sculpting the title as a whole, but don't take my word for it; check out our Dead Island E3 2011 Multiplayer Preview.

Tags: E3, E3 2011, PlayStation 3, Videogames, Xbox 360

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Cryptomaster420

september 6 hopefully thats the golden date im definitely getting this game who doesnt love zombie rpg/fps's and its got weapon customization too that and the graphics look really good for alpha stage

with that said Dead Island FTW !!!!

Posted: June 20, 2011 9:50 PM
terance93

great still cant wait for it

Posted: June 20, 2011 1:34 PM
TheBRADLeyB

I'm so torn on this game. So Dead Island. It's basically a cross between Dead Rising 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. I haven't been able to find any game play but I've heard about how you combine objects to make new weapons (which according to a Developer are not "Whacky, just deadly and effective.") although I swore I read something about combining a machete and a battery to create an electric knife and during the gameplay I saw someone take this Eletric Knife and strike a zombie who did your typical over reaction shaking and "comedy" jargle while (if I remember corrently) Blue Electrical currents zapped like a cocoon around the zombie.

I just feel in a way I've played all these type of zombie games the ones that just don't feel that zombies are scary enough in their own right. (and the same can be said for Hollywood when they have zombies who can leap from the ground to the vent ducts in movies like "Day of The Dead" the 2008 or something remake and every other zombie movie that gives zombies super powers or giant monsters).

I'll prolly rent this game though from a redbox kiosk or something maybe and make my choice from there. I don't think there is any real in game bonus content for preordering yet.

Posted: June 20, 2011 12:11 PM
sy_cred

Me and my friends were a beast team in L4D both in standard game and versus. Looking to reunite for some more zombie killing.

Posted: June 20, 2011 12:08 PM