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Dead Island Review - The Rageaholic
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2011
- Hey, you know what the industry just doesn't have enough of?
Zombie games!
You know what else there's a real shortage of?
Sandbox games!
If only a designer with the foresight to combine the two would have had the decency to swallow a bottle of antidepressants, RazörFist may have been spared his encounter with the subject of this week's Rageaholic review.
"Can you have fun playing Dead Island? Maybe. Kids in Uganda have fun with fucking rocks, anythings possible." Razorfist, I love you.
Thank you Razorfist, not only for sharing your honest opinion, (and making me laugh while you were sharing it.) but for helping me find my new profile pic.
*Razorfist:* The kind of guy that uses Dethklok for intros and gives honest rage takes.
*Jim Sterling:* The kind of guy that helps a feminist gamer rip of other gamers and remains completely silent about it.
A sack of oranges as a weapon would be hilarious, and I would use it often!
Something tells me you don't like Jim Sterling all that much ...
+the RBfool (Ruan Bantjes) And what on Earth could possibly have given you that idea? /sarcasm
B-b-but that trailer theme!
+Iyamtebist hahahahaha
I enjoyed this game. I took it for what it is, a first person zombie hack and slash.
+AmericanPoliceState i took it for bioshock with zombies.
Dead Island is one of those games you either love or hate, I think. For me, it's much like the 2nd Deus Ex games is for you. I know it's buggy. I know it has tears of boredom inducing fetch quests. I know it got shoved out before it was done. I know it didn't remotely live up to its marketing. However, it scratched an itch that I'd wanted, an open world game with zombies and RPG elements, along with crafting. If they'd give it more development time and attached some better writers to design the plot and sidequests, I think it would have deserved those high scores it got.
As it stands right now, I'd give a 6.5 of 10 on release and probably a 7.5 after buying the complete version.
I think I've beaten Dead Island like three times. XD
I remember having real trouble getting a rental copy of this. Going back to the days of blockbuster, this was always being rented, coming back, and going straight back out the door again. Weeks upon weeks I tried to rent it. The hype train really was in full motion with this one.
And now nobody talks about it at all.
+Ten of Spades yep. How times change.
nirvana 8193
Still remember when Skate 2 and 3 were a big deal. Good times.
+Ten of Spades played the 1st, haven't the 2nd or 3rd. Gotta admit, I suck! at the skate games.
This review was EPIC! Keep it up man! One of the most under rated game reviewers on the internet, as we speak. I wonder why?.... OH YEAH! Because you ACTUALLY review the fuckin game.
Dethklok intro :D EPIC!
i played this game ... almost died
true story ...
avoid
I had a passing liking for this game until listening to this breakdown ... made me realize it was the crafting system I liked, because the rest of the game truly sucked donkey balls when I look back and think on it. Likely why I bought the sequel and didn't even make it 20% of the way through the game before I said "meh ..." and shut it down. Never fired it back up since.
"I want to keep my money...and give away absolutely nothing...."
I had to stop this review several times I was laughing so hard...
i think the reason people shit on this game is because of the hype that it failed to deliver on. (just that trailer alone made gamers jizz themselves in anticipation) sadly even though i enjoy the game i have to agree the lack of a real story the retarded bugs that could of been easily fixed (or even avoided in the first place) the stereotyped characters. the at times laughable voice acting (this includes the game models lip flaps as if it was a 1980's kung fu movie) the invisible walls (i know most games have this due to limitations but for a sandbox game it's rather pathetic)
also the idea for fast moving zombies is as tired and synonymous with 28 days later as bullet time is with the matrix. people guess the slow shambling zombie is not much of a threat and by itself it's not but if you have a whole horde of them stumbling at you then it tends to make you nervous a bit. (as shown with examples like the walking dead TV show where a whole "heard" of slow moving, mindless zombies can be a overwhelming thing causing people to hide rather then fight)
video game journalism and "professional" reviewers seem to have about as much integrity now days as news journalism. (which in most cases is none) publishers and developers can curry favorable reviews and scores with things like free swag, games and even paid trips to events. this has been pointed out before but was silenced with threats of leagle action and such.
it's sad when you can't trust people who's job it is to tell you there honest unbiased opinion on if a game is good or not. then again maybe people should just judge for themselves and get rid of the idea of a "reviewer" altogether. would solve a few issues.
It has been ages since I've played this game, but the one thing I remember being disappointed about the most was how downright miserable every NPC was. These people make Steven Wright look like Dane Cook. No emotion to be had but resigned depression in a zombie outbreak.
Its 4:35am, i cant sleep. Its time to get yelled at by razorfist
Your incorrigible beef with James Stanton goes back a lot farther than I thought, anywho I'll have to agree on Dead Island not having good staying power in my game rotation. It's a very stale zombie-killing package with little to motivate slicing heads off beyond the first hour of gameplay, it's like Finn Balor vs Shinsuke Nakamura in NXT. Just very underwhelming, safe, and wonky in its construction.
The final version of Dead Island is one of the reasons I never get my hopes up for any game regardless of its hype. Granted, I enjoyed it and I know people were expecting a lot more, but I could name a number of even crappier zombie titles than this game. Shellshock 2, anyone?
Shoutouts to Dethklok finally making it into a Rageaholic vid! I especially liked the choice of the last song "Blood Ocean", because I agree with you that games and movies alike are unoriginal in their titles like "Dead Island" and "Baby Sitter". It turned me off when I saw the title for this game, and luckly it was a good thing I didn't find any reason to play it after you gave it a proper review. Made me sick seeing these other sites give it great scores when it looked so generally unfinished.
Playing this again on PS Now; still frustrating af at times but when it works it's hella good.
I agree with every word of your critique and I still LOVE this game!
Dethklok? DETHKLOK YES, U HAVE GAINED MY RESPECT ONCE AGAIN RAZORFIST
"A lot of these are jokes" :DDD
Man... I became a big fan of Razorfist recently in 2019, and I was 11 when this video was posted, how time flies... wwwwweeeeeiiiiirrrrrd.
The only reason this game got the "it's shitty" treatment by the internet is because it got WAY to much hype than it could possibly live up to, why? because everyone who has an internet connection saw that damn trailer. And I'll bet you my left bollock that none of them knew this game was announced back in 2006 and then vanished off the face of the earth for 5 years. When you consider the game had THAT hanging over the development, a few bugs isn't exactly lynch mob worthy.
Finally, someone who agreed with me on this game. I can enjoy zombie games, but I just didn't care about anything or anyone in this game to keep playing.
I played this game recently with no bugs and without paying attention to the story past the first hour. The default controls suck yes, but ANALOG controls ate fucking great. You decide the exact angle and amount of force to the blow. Nothing is quite like swinging my sticks just the right way so my electrified fire axe kills a ghoul in one meaty swing to the neck.
i really liked that game. played it with a friend and we really had a blast. we were high all the time.
Surprisingly, I agree 100% with this review. The game just doesn't offer anything to be desired, or that's new to the market. The small things that make it interesting are marred by it's many flaws, and I found the only reason I'd have to buy this game was to play with friends I knew who had it; not a justifiable purchase.
Nice use of the Howard Dean scream lol.
I was skeptical and uninterested when I originally heard about it (oh great, another zombie game... but now with a sandbox and RPG elements!! That should defeat the monotony of zombie-killing) but hearing an unbiased review (unbiased meaning not paid to give a solid score), I'm not even considering it even on a Steam sale. Great review as always.
It's weird that I still want to play this game, despite all of the glitches it holds. It's just that we're close to November and I'll be busy playing a 3DS when I get one. That and my PS3 is still broken.
And now that you mentioned SA's new site design, I have noticed that I haven't seen any user's blogs/video on the top of the front page. Truth be told, seeing people's videos/blogs being featured was the best part of the site.
Hey Razor, would you believe me if I told you that you could buy DA2 and ME3 brand new and Dead Island would still cost more than both combined in my local store?
I'm digging the new camera, man. At least now we can see you in more than 10 frames per second.
Great review, as always.
So true. I always liken it to an ice cream shop selling us a half melted cone. Then, when we return that half melted cone and demand a fresh one, they dump the ice cream, cone and all, into a bowl and hand it back... Without a spoon.
I've played about four hours into this game and so far this review states how I feel about this game.
At least the game industry did well in NOT cancelling games like Magicka and Bastion
Awesome review, you never disappoint me.
Guess I gotta ask the inevitable question: Were you playing the console one or the PC one? Because yeah the version on Steam was actually the Beta and they had to patch it up real quick. (not that the console one couldn't also have bugs I just have heard so little about the console version's bugs)
I enjoy the game a bit, but that could be because I play with my best friend. The most broken thing we've found with the game isn't about the charachers shift oddly. I enjoy the reticle, it allows you to zero in on limbs of the head. I like the game, but I respect the Rageaholic's opinion because people don't realize he doesn't have to agree with everyone.
Personally I didn't hear any of the hype, because I didn't give a shit, my dad just purchased the GOTYE for for my B-day, and I loved it. Not the story, but the fact that someone finally decided to bring Zombies into an RPG. My favorite genre. Yes it has flaws, but it's by no means a bad game. I'm sure on release it blew dick, as from what I hear it was filled to the brim with glitches, but now it's patched up and runs great. The combat is just simply a blast, it's worth a rent at least.
Well that parallax correction is MOST NEEDED in close quarters! Just imagine there is a laser beam coming from where the weapon is held (down and to the right relative to eyeball) it is aimed off to infinity convergence with the centre of your line of sight, your targeting reticule moves in the same way to the point of the laser but always appearing the same size.
Keep on rockin' RazorFist, your videos get better every time!
Dethklok? Kick ass man! I get so tired of hearing posers decry Brendan Small's work of love as the worst thing to ever happen to metal. I'm pretty sure that Extreme holds unquestionable ownership over that title...
But yeah, I was disappointed in DA's story to say the least; it didn't help that their commercial run promised pretty much the exact opposite of what was delivered.
And, you know you love Crysis :P
The thing is, why does this game need a story, I know that sounds crazy but it's a game about random people trapped on a zombie infested island, why does that need to be elaborated on. If you were trapped in a zombie apocalypse situation what story line would become of that other than you shitting your pants and eating snickers from a broken vending machine, it's not shakespeare but it doesn't have to be. I think the sub-narrative and the contextual stuff really pulls it off to create an atmospheric game and I found some parts to be genuinely scary unlike dead rising which is just too tongue in cheek.
i enjoyed the game, but then i enjoy most serious (or at least serious looking) zombie related media, it is horribly broken but i did find interest with the story and the premise of such. what i enjoyed infinitely more however was the next zombie game techland made: dying light.
Dying light is best zombie games since dead rising for me with techland's support all the sweeter
This is something I don't see a lot of these days. Somebody disliking a game.... and gives reasons that are sound and fair.
Subbing cus I really enjoyed this!
I believe he mentioned that one of the reasons he doesn't like Final Fantasy (SNES days) compared to others such as Breath of Fire II, was because FF games had this pretentious feel to them, but I can't be 100% sure. Either way, Razorfist has an incredible taste for games, which unfortunately can't be said for every gamer.
And another has joined our cause.
He's not wrong, but it was a hell of a time in co-op multiplayer.
If there was a Mexican character that had a sack of oranges for a weapon I'd buy this game right now
I agree with this review.
Dead Island Bored the crap out of me!
I thought it would be a legitimate Zombie survival game. If you're on a fucking island you wont run around collecting beer bottles and drinking energy drinks.
stabbing a zombie with a little fucking knife in the face.
This review is unfair and does the game no justice, this is honestly a great game more than worthy of a 8/10 review.
I stopped taking the game seriously as soon as I got a close up of Sam B's t-rex arms and fly eyes.
How fucking dare you say there's no plot in this game? I was on the edge of my seat wondering if I'd be able to retrieve a box of apples for Diego back at the lifeguard hut.
I don’t care what anybody says I love this game despite its many issues and killing Zombies in this is so satisfying the definitive editions are better too
You don't need a GOTY award to have a GOTY version.
I don't really care for the story in this game, but it's funny as hell playing it co-op with some friends.
You had DETHKLOK in your opening and ending credits!!!!
Awesome!!!!!
Also, the review was pretty good too.
Great review as always Razorfist completely agree with you about screwattack though about how they care more about competing with ign of gamefailers instead of caring about the community and then once the site is released they ask for people to pay them money for an advantage program that makes the escapist's publisher' club look like the deal of the century
I admit that when this game first came out it was unplayable but now that it is all patched up its pretty fun. Plus the game of the year addition is only 30$.
Comic book artist by the name of Frank Quitely. The joke was a play on words.
I knew this game was gonna be a giant eyesore. Which is why I didn't fucking buy it when the Gamestop manager told me it was gonna be the hottest game of 2011. He kept telling me shit trying to hype it to me but I'm smarter than that.
As soon as I saw the previews for this game, I knew it was gonna be awful. Looks like I was right.
finally someone who speaks sense. this game blows hard
The fundamental problem with this game… Where the fuck am I taking damage from?
2:36 that picture was so funny
I tried to beat Dead Island multiple times but I always give up because the game was finicky and boring. The weapons degradation system was also annoying.
I always had a dream as a kid to make a sandbox survival horror based on my favourite movie (Aliens). I wanted it to put you in a colony infested with xeno's and try and survive for as long as possible through whatever means necessary. Five years later the sandbox craze killed my dream :<
Damn zombies! Now we will never see legitimately good sandboxes or zombie games for a good decade.
@xRazorFistx At around 2:35-3:06 of the video, what happend to the videos audio? Also, I never knew you're a fan of Dethklok? If so, SWEET, my respect to you has grown even more! :D
Great review dude. I love your reviews because even if I don't agree with your opinion of the game, I'm still greatly entertained. Keep it up. :)
Dead Island is not bad, certainly not an "AAA" game though. Fun coop though, worth picking up if its on sale.
It would be awesome if you could play as a mexican who beats zombies with a sack of oranges.
Exactly how I felt about this turd Holy shit razor fist you read my mind about 99% of the time so far...... Ar.... Are... You my da.. Father ?
Joking aside this was tooo fucking funny and right on God fucking Speed !!!!
Did you get a new microphone? The audio sounds vastly improved. Anyway, this was a good review. I wasn't even marginally excited for this game.
god so glad to see another review
Nice going, man, The industry has way too many zombie games, and it's a shame to see good ideas wasted on them and then left unpolished.
That being said, are you going to review El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron at any point in the future?
Fucking finally, i find a reviewer who felt the same way about this overhyped garbage of a game.
@IMnotRALPH1
Uh, Dead Island is an RPG too. And Fallout and Rage have zombies in them. How is there "an to many of zombie games?" Here's a list for ya:
Call of Duty, Mass Effect, Resident Evil, Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, Fallout, Doom, Quake, Rage, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands, Half Life, Halo, Silent Hill, Gears of War, World of Warcraft, Dragon Age...and those are just franchises, they all have multiple games. Just because it's not called a "zombie" doesn't mean it's not a freakin zombie.
You sir are correct.
^^; gotta say the combat was actually pretty easy, and realize that since the Zombies scale to your level, it was almost as much as a non-challenge as that of Oblivion. I had fun with it, but then again the last zombie game I played, was plants vs. zombies. There is also a story to it all, it's just mostly taking a back seat to the action.
@ootdega I agree that we need more veirty when it come to the other monsters, but when it comes to zombies i don't feel like i'm being sufficated like with the first person shooters.
just a curious question: where did the sudden assault at Jim sterling and destructoid began? Not that I mind the bombardment it does go very well with the review and criticism at other the game reviewers, just want to know.
and that is why waiting to buy things is right 9/10 times right there.
I agree with you about the "running zombies"
I'm trying to to sell my game and so far no one wants it.
@xRazorFistx may i ask well u be doing one 4 dark soul?
Thank the blue baby jesus other people do not like this game as much as I do. The only thing I really liked was the crafting system or how you can play together with friends no matter the level.
I care more about burning my toast in the morning then I did about the so called story in this game or it's characters.
I would have loved for this game to have a survival horror feel to it (as much as possible being a co-op game). All I really felt during the entire time was who's next in line.
You get a like for knocking on Screwattack's knew shitty layout. Good on ya, and I love your work keep it up.
i dunno if I'm in my right here, but i like to say i liked vanquish this, or was it last year. a third person shooter that didn't feel like one. everything in a genre alleyways has whats standard for that genre instead of whats best for the game.
Hmmm Zombie Decathletes....Now thats an idea for a game....
well not sure bout other consouls but on ps3 u can control the aimer. its called " south paw " its a pain to use for me since i dont like the moving once its set. but you can use melee weapons with ease, and control what liimbs to cut off.
I probably would have enjoyed this video more if everything about it didn't scream "i'm trying way too hard to emulate Zero Punctuation".
I have read some comments around the web about Dead Island being unplayable upon release. I think I bought it (if not pre-ordered even) almost immediately when it was released and didn't suffer from unplayability. And I was playing it in coop with a friend. Sure, some design choices might have needed a bit more time to be refined but we didn't experience too much problems with the game. Could it have been a problem with a certain platform or was it across all major platforms (we played on PC)?
And yet this game is getting a sequel in 2013 and a GAME OF THE FUCKING YEAR EDITION?!?!?! Excuse me as I go bash my head into a wall. How does a game that scored in the 7s and 8s get a game of the year edition? I know game of the year is a flawed reward in it of itself but what video game website actually gave this a game of the year award. I thought you had to win at least one game of the year award to be eligible for a GOTYE. I guess I was wrong.
@ThePrinceOfMoose Oh so true. I've developed a massive hatred for Sterling for that junkyard equivalent to his girth that he calls a review of Bloodrayne Betrayal. Betrayal is seriously underrated. Just don't try using a 3d analog stick for movement for a 2d platformer that requires precision.
I hate this game. The level scaling BS is more than enough for my anger
it was like playing a B Zombie movie. PS its fun, and thats what matters.
Also i've live in Lausiana for 4 year and black people do in fact call it No' leans.