My theory about Dead Island.
- Thread starter King of the Sandbox
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Well, I'm really bored of zambies and the weapon deterioration looks annoying as all hell. Plus there are so many games comming out and I can't afford them all. I was terrible at Dead Rising too.
I'll rent it and if I like it I'll buy it after Skyrim....and SR3....and Batman.
I'll rent it and if I like it I'll buy it after Skyrim....and SR3....and Batman.
i wasnt planning on getting this game with dark souls, gears 3, skyrim, saints row 3, uncharted 3, and mw3 right around the corner. however i watched a few reviews yesterday and i decided wtf y not. i have to say i am pleasantly surprised how good this game is. i played about 2 hours by myself and about 3 hours in 2 player co op with sum1 on my friends list. i would highly reccomend this game to anyone who isnt goin to empty thier bank account in the next few months
I was really enjoying this game up until a few hours ago. But sadly, I can verify that the reports are true- this game (still) has some serious bugs that need to be addressed. I'm not talking about "game design" decisions that some have bemoaned (can't look behind me when backing up in a vehicle, etc)- I'm talking about game ending glitches. I stopped by the escapist to see if folks here are running in to/reporting these issues as well (since the dead island unofficial fan forums are just crammed full of them) and was surprised to see very few complaints, and even several people asserting that there are no problems, or that the recent patch has fixed the game. Like I said, I really, really liked this game up until I ran into my own game ending glitch. Here's my sad story:
I can no longer load my save (xbox version)
Character: Purna
Chapter 11: Down the River
Active Quest: Soldier of Fortune
Main Plot Progress: 70%
Time Played: 45h 15m 34s
Cooperative: Game Not Visible
I never used this character online; this was a 100% solo run.
I'd just wrapped up the side quests for
I stopped by a workbench and used them together. I then moved some older purple weapons (and maybe a few bottles of alcohol) from my inventory to Jin's. Then I quit/saved for the night.
When I tried to load up my save today, it froze on the load screen about 15 seconds in. I tried clearing my XBOX cache, uninstalling/reinstalling the game, downloading the v1.1 patch again- basically every suggestion I saw on any forum. At each step in the process, I tried to load my save. Each time it just froze.
After scanning the forums, my best guess is I've encountered the "inventory glitch." The user community seems to feel that if you put to many items (or to many items of a certain type) in Jin's storage, it will make your game un-loadable. I didn't have much in Jin's inventory, compared to what some people have posted they do with no loading issues. I was using 40-50 slots at most; maybe 10 stacks of alcohol, a single stack of large med kits, and somewhere between 30-40 weapons (mostly purple, and a few blues and oranges).
Hoping I might be able to edit my save and fix the problem myself, I searched around for a Dead Island save editor. I found a few, but even the most fully featured one I could track down currently only allows you to edit items in your player inventory, not Jin's. Hoping it might be related to my player inventory (I did have a ton of weapon mod items in my inventory) I zeroed every item slot out and then tried loading that save. No luck there either- it still froze.
For now, I'm just going to calmly put the game on my "maybe later" pile and come back to it in a month or so. Hopefully by then Techland will have patches out that fix the various issues related to corrupted/unloadable saves (and I've found many reported, with the first ptach only addressing a minority of the problems), or the folks working on the save editors will have a fully featured one out that will let me edit Jin's inventory (if that is indeed what's causing my problem).
It's too bad this game went out the door without sufficient beta testing. Well, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was because of insufficient time/resources for beta testing. Of course they could have known about the major issues and decided to ship the product anyway... but that would just be evil. So I'm sticking with too little time/money to fully beta test for now. Whatever the reason, it's definitely made me wary of Techland as a developer. Not that I'm in the "never again you b*st*rds" camp. I actually think that deep down there's a lot of fun to be had with this game. I can even overlook some of the (many) game elements that I don't enjoy; not being able to look behind me when backing up in a car, really bad jumping/climbing inclines and stairs, and even the dreaded weapon disappearing into the ground issue (or the ether when you try to move an item from Jin into your already full inventory). But having an entire save go corrupt or become un-loadable is just a bit much for me to stomach.
I do hope Techland makes more games in this vein (even a sequel) but I won't be buying it until it's been out for a few months so I can be certain it isn't plagued with this level of game ending glitches and bugs.
Of course, if they don't eventually address the major glitches this game has... well then I might have to shun them entirely, which is sad. I really love online coop games, and there just aren't enough of them out there. This game could have been the new king in that category. Maybe it still will be. One can hope.
But for now, I'd recommend that if you haven't already picked up the game, then wait a bit. You might be one of the lucky ones that play right through without having a save go corrupt or become un-loadable... but do you want to risk it? I wish I hadn't.
I can no longer load my save (xbox version)
Character: Purna
Chapter 11: Down the River
Active Quest: Soldier of Fortune
Main Plot Progress: 70%
Time Played: 45h 15m 34s
Cooperative: Game Not Visible
I never used this character online; this was a 100% solo run.
I'd just wrapped up the side quests for
the Old Smokey Mod (Get the recording or something like that) and the Purple Military Machete (Find the Crashed Plane).
When I tried to load up my save today, it froze on the load screen about 15 seconds in. I tried clearing my XBOX cache, uninstalling/reinstalling the game, downloading the v1.1 patch again- basically every suggestion I saw on any forum. At each step in the process, I tried to load my save. Each time it just froze.
After scanning the forums, my best guess is I've encountered the "inventory glitch." The user community seems to feel that if you put to many items (or to many items of a certain type) in Jin's storage, it will make your game un-loadable. I didn't have much in Jin's inventory, compared to what some people have posted they do with no loading issues. I was using 40-50 slots at most; maybe 10 stacks of alcohol, a single stack of large med kits, and somewhere between 30-40 weapons (mostly purple, and a few blues and oranges).
Hoping I might be able to edit my save and fix the problem myself, I searched around for a Dead Island save editor. I found a few, but even the most fully featured one I could track down currently only allows you to edit items in your player inventory, not Jin's. Hoping it might be related to my player inventory (I did have a ton of weapon mod items in my inventory) I zeroed every item slot out and then tried loading that save. No luck there either- it still froze.
For now, I'm just going to calmly put the game on my "maybe later" pile and come back to it in a month or so. Hopefully by then Techland will have patches out that fix the various issues related to corrupted/unloadable saves (and I've found many reported, with the first ptach only addressing a minority of the problems), or the folks working on the save editors will have a fully featured one out that will let me edit Jin's inventory (if that is indeed what's causing my problem).
It's too bad this game went out the door without sufficient beta testing. Well, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was because of insufficient time/resources for beta testing. Of course they could have known about the major issues and decided to ship the product anyway... but that would just be evil. So I'm sticking with too little time/money to fully beta test for now. Whatever the reason, it's definitely made me wary of Techland as a developer. Not that I'm in the "never again you b*st*rds" camp. I actually think that deep down there's a lot of fun to be had with this game. I can even overlook some of the (many) game elements that I don't enjoy; not being able to look behind me when backing up in a car, really bad jumping/climbing inclines and stairs, and even the dreaded weapon disappearing into the ground issue (or the ether when you try to move an item from Jin into your already full inventory). But having an entire save go corrupt or become un-loadable is just a bit much for me to stomach.
I do hope Techland makes more games in this vein (even a sequel) but I won't be buying it until it's been out for a few months so I can be certain it isn't plagued with this level of game ending glitches and bugs.
Of course, if they don't eventually address the major glitches this game has... well then I might have to shun them entirely, which is sad. I really love online coop games, and there just aren't enough of them out there. This game could have been the new king in that category. Maybe it still will be. One can hope.
But for now, I'd recommend that if you haven't already picked up the game, then wait a bit. You might be one of the lucky ones that play right through without having a save go corrupt or become un-loadable... but do you want to risk it? I wish I hadn't.
I may play it when the price goes down and it gets properly fixed for the PC.
I'm certainly interested, even if I already have Left 4 Dead 1/2 and Borderlands.
I'm certainly interested, even if I already have Left 4 Dead 1/2 and Borderlands.
People aren't talking about it because if they were to list all the things wrong with it they'd need at least 12 hours. Every single aspect of this game sucks.