Zero Punctuation: Dead Island

[StriderShinryu]

Yes, zombie media needs to jump off the nearest cliff and never come back already! As I've said previously, everyone in the world could tell me that this game was the best game ever created and I still wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole (with a boot on the end).

And spooning a lathe? That just.. ow...

 

[jpoon]

Hah, hilarious review. I get the feeling you suck a bit at FPS games ZP? I really had no problem with this game, I thought the battles were pretty awesome! Torturing zombies can be a load of fun and you didn't even bother to mention how fun it is to beat the shit out of zombies with some backup in co-op. What gives? Negative nancy?

 

[suckmyfeet]

Spot on, as usual. Although I think the opening part was from a random drunk person's viewpoint, as opposed to whoever you're supposed to be.

 

[Xan Krieger]

So I'm one of the few people to actually like the game? I like how violent and brutal it is and I play it singleplayer only. Yes it's got bugs but no more then Fallout 3 (thankfully because that game was a crashing piece of crap) and people loved it. I've done almost every side quest and am in the jungle now having visited a laboratory that was into testing cosmetics on animals(apparently you can only apply lipstick to so many rabbits because you lose your mind).

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

Wait... did he like it or not?.

"Dead Island can go spoon a fucking lathe."

No, I'm pretty sure he didn't.

Hmm, this looks bad. I was planning on buying Dead Island as soon as I had my 360 back, but maybe now I'll just rent it or borrow from a friend, at least til I can figure out if it really is as terrible as Yahtzee says.

Damn you, I was going to make him feel stupid for that!

OT: The only good thing about Dead Island is the Yogscast playthrough.

 

[UnravThreads]

I found L4D2 very unimpressive and I never tried another zombie game after that.

Left 4 Dead 2 is a prime example of "If it isn't broken, don't fix it". Valve made a poor set of choices with L4D2. L4D is much better.

 

[Warstratigier]

It certainly is funny when out of all the weapons your best one is your own two feet because its mainly this:

grr! kick! grr! kick! GRRR! Temper tantrum stomp!!

 

[dennett316]

I'm really enjoying Dead Island at the moment. The graphics are iffy and there have been a few glitches here and there, but nothing that ruins the game. I enjoy the combat a great deal, nice and visceral and with some tactics for those who can be bothered - targeting the arms of the thugs so you can break them and make their attacks next to useless, breaking the legs of normal zombies to stop them getting up etc.
It's a pity a headshot with pistols won't drop them in one shot like you're trained to think it would by the movies, but you could simply get to a spot where they can't reach you and pick them off, making the game trivially easy. It's a pity that all zombies level up along with you, would have been nice for a few weaker ones to slip into the crowd but as it stands, I'm having a lot of fun with a style of game I don't normally go for.

Oh, and the no kids thing, you think that games have a good enough reputation to get away with featuring the player character bludgeoning little zombie kids around the skull? Really? What's so hard to grasp about what a massive PR nightmare that would be for gaming as a whole? Zombies or no, they're still child shaped, and being able to stove their heads in as you please simply wouldn't fly.

 

[TokenRupee]

I don't think it was bad. But like Borderlands, you do want at least another friend playing with you.

 

[Brainplant]

No yatzee please dont give them ideas, we'll see a wolfman island now!

Come to think of it, I'm surprised that no-one has thought to use mummies in a L4D-esque game yet, as mummies are pretty much just zombies covered in loo roll.

 

[TokenRupee]

I don't think it was bad. But like Borderlands, you do want at least another friend playing with you.

 

[TokenRupee]

I don't think it was bad. But like Borderlands, you do want at least another friend playing with you.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

Mmm, thought there was a chance Yahtzee might like this game.
Oh well, guess I was wrong.

 

[GeorgW]

I loved the comments about how zombies are just too much nowadays. I never liked zombies and this over-saturation is just making it worse.

 

[Macrobstar]

I don't care for zombie games and even I could tell this one was going to blow. Also I've heard it had several glitches that made it unplayable and for some people you couldn't save your progress which kind of defeats the whole purpose of playing, since you can't progress.

Well there isn't a save function, so you where misinformed
OT: Dead island is such a great game, granted its not for everyone

 

[therockdemon]

i am starting to think that Yahtzee had a bad experience at butlins during his childhood, and as someone that lives in one of the towns that has a butlins is in i can say that it is not that bad

 

[k-ossuburb]

I've only experienced one escort mission so far and I rather liked it. It was frustrating, arduous, painful and bloody annoying all the way through but I got a massive pay-off in the end.

See, I was taking this mechanic guy to some place so he could unlock those sewers for me, he died twice on the way there and I resented the fact that I couldn't stab him in the neck with a homemade knife covered in zombie jizz, I kept muttering how much I hated him. However, a few more missions down the line and I find him again, outside the church, on the ground and beaten almost to a bloody death, I was so happy I did a little kick dance on his corpse and then teabagged him for 20 minutes.

 

[Sonicron]

Ha! I actually really liked this one. I seem to be developing a particular taste for the reviews that ooze concentrated exasperation, so this was right up my alley.

Can't wait to see him ripping into Space Marine. Should be good for a couple of laughs.

 

[The Electro Gypsy]

I like this review, and I agree with it in every way, even if it wasn't as harsh I hoped it'd be.

I#m just glad I'm not the only person who thinks it's shit.

 

[deckai]

Hmm, this looks bad. I was planning on buying Dead Island as soon as I had my 360 back, but maybe now I'll just rent it or borrow from a friend, at least til I can figure out if it really is as terrible as Yahtzee says.

The thing is, this game makes more fun if you can play it with friends.

As far as his "review" goes... again I got the feeling that he didn't play it long enough. For example the kick only works for the first third of the game, later the zombies need more than one kick to fall down. At this point, the kick is a viable option for only one character(the Asian women, she gets a special attack against downed enemies) or to create a bit of breathing space. The targeting mechanism, is something you need to get used to, I thought it work good enough, as soon as I discovered what range my favorite weapons had.

And for the whole side-quest thing... they are side-quests .. no one is obligated to do them... beside, all quests are displayed on your map, so you can ignore the way-points on the mini-map, and move trough the resort or city as you think it's best.

I liked it, I may not be perfect, but I thought the mechanics worked good enough and the whole game was a nice mix of action and survival, where even the lower zombies could overwhelm you if you weren't careful.