The island of Banoi is a lush, tropical paradise in the South Pacific where its flagship Royal Palms Resort serves as the ultimate getaway for vacationers with money to burn. However, all good things must soon come to an end - and the picturesque resort falls into madness, carnage and chaos after a mysterious and contagious zombie outbreak claims its once peaceful atmosphere. Cut off from the rest of the world, only four individuals who strangely find themselves immune to zombification have the power to protect the remaining survivors from the horrors of the island, to discover what's really going on and find a way to escape before their own fatal ends.
In keeping with an atmosphere of desperation and survival by any means, Dead Island focuses on serious, first-person action gameplay with a close-quarter, immersive melee focus.
Dead Island's seamless 4 player co-op multiplayer seeks to provide the most immersive multiplayer experience to date. Players can drop in and out of each other's games at any time with no loss of progress as well as the ability to continue on alone or with others.
With thousands of weapons in-game to collect, from simple wooden bats to fire-axes to heavy rifles, Dead Island is a collector's dream. This in combination with Dead Island's weapon customization system will enable the player to craft the ultimate weapon to ensure their survival.
The ability to enhance and develop your character using RPG-like elements including an XP/ leveling system and un-lockable skill trees put the power in your hands to create and play a unique protagonist.
Dead Island's damage system gives an unprecedented visual detail of the effects of each attack on enemies pushing the boundaries of visualized gore.
With an open-world setting, Banoi is filled to the brim with things to do and objectives to tackle, allowing a fresh way to advance both the characters and story at the same time and providing for endless replay value.
WOW!!! This is a great blend of Dead Rising and Borderlands. Controls very well, the visuals are great(with some minor glitches like people moving through doors and disappearing walls), the combat is quite fun and the questing/rpg elements are good.
If you are going to play this game I highly recommend Co-op. That's where this game really shines and becomes fun. working with friends to finish quests is a laugh a minute.
I am about 20 hours into this game (65% completion).
This game was fun, I can see how it would be addicting always searching for a stonger weapon but Ive played that game before when it was called Boderlands.
its great ... for 5 minutes
than its just the same thing over and over again
missions are pretty lame ... not sure how i played until almost the end ... i think it may have hypnotized me lol
Graphics are great and the idea behind the game makes sense ..
but the game play becomes repetitive and you find yourself doing the same tasks, just for different people .. the story moves slowly but if fun to play with the lights out and the sound up.
I'm glad I rented it and got to play it, I'm over the moon that I didn't waste $60 to buy it
Just like my review title ..
Its ok -- for a while
This game is a great but it has its downfalls. If your into slashing and curb stomping zombies, plus have the bone chilling thrill of being chased by pyschos in a jungle, Then your probably going to love it. If you DON'T enjoy spending 20+ hours, doing quests over and over, constantly on the move, and repetitive gaming. I wouldnt suggest you this game. Even though I enjoyed my first play through, On my second, I found myself wanting to put the controller down. Plus it ripped me off achievements!
Definitely one of the funnest games i have played in a while. It has some glitches but makes up for them with awesome zombie slaying action. It really is a lot of fun and makes a great game for any collection.
One word to describe Dead Island? Tedious. It's already a bad sign when I have to force myself to play the thing and when I did play it, I had to fight fatigue every time. Non-existant story, sloppy controls and boring combat coupled with a lifeless environment makes for an experience best forgotten.
