Dead Island

[AB Editor]

This is causing a bit of a fuss on the web at the moment. The trailer is quite harrowing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg

[doomey!]

This games been in devs for 5 years or more. Lets hope the game is like the trail, and is an emotional zombie apocalypse game.

[yogi-bear]

Jeez, Looks quite harrowing especially as it features children under attack too from the Zombies.

Will it have any opposition before release?.......no confirmed date just yet.

But it is just a game........Classification Board will have their work cut out here methinks and it'll probably make the news nearer release date.

[Booldawg]

thought the trial had gone cold on this. havent heard owt for 2 years.

[B00]

Unusual for it to show a child wasn't it? Seemed more graphic because of it, maybe that was the reason why.

Couldn't play the game- don't think my heart could withstand the shocks!

[AB Editor]

I'm not sure what to make of it all really...

In gaming terms it is just a trailer, so we have no "concrete" game play to go on at all.

On the other hand I find it quite shameful that the people marketing Dead Island want to create an emotional bond with the game by showing a disturbing portrayal of the death of a young girl and her family.

I genuinely hope that this trailer isn't out there purely for shock value, and that the developers will be able to back it up with a truly engaging and emotional gaming experience, particularly in a genre that has been lacking in recent times. If the people who are making this game can get it "right" and avoid turning it into a laugh-out-loud Zombie fest like Left 4 Dead (which is an utterly superb game) they are on to a winner.

I shall keep my eyes peeled for more info on this.

Ed.

[doomey!]

The original in game trails showed a game in first person.

[wilkesneil]

this game looks fantastic, have to see how it plays on the reviews it gets.