Dead Island: The Best Zombie Game Trailer Ever
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The game could completely suck, it's true, but piles of win to the parties involved in the trailer. As a stand-alone short piece, it's pretty spectacular.
no ones laughing at it, we're saying its disturbinghittite said:
OT: the creenshots make it look like far cry 2/ crysis but with zombehs
Impressive although last time I was impressed by a game trailer(Prototype) I ended up extremely disappointed. The setting looks interesting and it could incorporate the "Zombie Voodoo" themes of the old tropical islands.
Looking forward to gameplay. Found it funny that if you watch it on You get an awful advertisement for Disney featuring non dead children that NEED to be Zombies soon.
Looking forward to gameplay. Found it funny that if you watch it on You get an awful advertisement for Disney featuring non dead children that NEED to be Zombies soon.
Seems like the game industry really has it in for children at the moment, doesent it?
But while we are taking guesses at gameplay, judging from the trailer it will be a zombie survival game with time manipulation, which does sound kind of interesting.
But while we are taking guesses at gameplay, judging from the trailer it will be a zombie survival game with time manipulation, which does sound kind of interesting.
well there have been gameplay screenshots and a trailer with some gameplay back in 2007, but its probably gonna look completely differant if it has taken this longEagle Est1986 said:
Eatspeeple said:
1.I think it shows that games are growing as a medium. Interactivity is what holds back Child Killing from games but we need more games to take risks in order for the Industry to grow.
2. I think/hope that the time manipulation is just to make the trailer stylish. Zombies shuffle along slow enough as it is without time being against them as well.
Trailer's unique ONLY because of the backwards story syncing up slowly to the proper one. Otherwise...very generic.
Somber scene - check
Innocent victim - check
Slow, sad music - check
Short fast cuts to more violent - check
During the cuts, music stops - check
It's just so formulaic. Created almost totally be the book to tug as many heartstrings as possible. Still, it works.
But you could take almost any two things and cut them together like that and they'd look more amazing than they are. I mean...take a scene of a child playing on a jungle gym, in slow mo, accompanied by swelling music and intercut it with ANY random fight scene from ANY random film, and people would say it's an amazing thing.
Somber scene - check
Innocent victim - check
Slow, sad music - check
Short fast cuts to more violent - check
During the cuts, music stops - check
It's just so formulaic. Created almost totally be the book to tug as many heartstrings as possible. Still, it works.
But you could take almost any two things and cut them together like that and they'd look more amazing than they are. I mean...take a scene of a child playing on a jungle gym, in slow mo, accompanied by swelling music and intercut it with ANY random fight scene from ANY random film, and people would say it's an amazing thing.
I was thinking more along the lines of time manipulation in context with other zombie tropes. Perhaps the game could enforce it's narrative by having one bite turn you, but give you a brief window to rewind. Or same for other NPCs. I was only joking about the time manipulation thing really, but there are a few interesting ways it could be applied. The idea is unlikely, if not utterly silly in context with everything else in the trailer though.
I never said it did. I said it's formulaic, I never said it wasn't still an amazing trailer. Objectivity doesn't kill the magic, it just makes it easier to see through the magic.Kopikatsu said:
I know my post comes off like me bitching about it, but I'm not. I'm just pointing out it's very obvious in how it tugs at you. But the fact of the matter is, it is definitely one of the best video game trailers I have ever witnessed. Knowing WHY it's so effective doesn't ruin the enjoyment I get from it.
This was a nice trailer, but the descriptions of the game that I've read make me think this will simply be a mash up of Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead, nothing more. What, if anything, might it offer to make it worth buying when I already have both of the aforementioned games?
that's the third time you got something in your eye you should go to a doctor to check it...Evilsanta said:
