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IGN"s exclusive trailer is Dead Island
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Shalashaska said:
Granted, but it does do a good job at setting an overall tone of the game. By the looks of things it's not trying to take the goofy route.
AndyMoogle
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Someone even said it on the first page in that thread.shagg_187 said:
Anyway... It's an interesting concept, and back when it was announced it sounded really awesome. Co-op zombie game that takes place on an island. Now we've had two L4D games and one co-op Dead Rising game since that announcement, so I guess a co-op zombie game doesn't sound as fresh as it did back then.
The trailer is awesome though. Some of you really misinterpreted what that dude from IGN said in the first place. He did say that it was the "CG game trailer of the year", and I can't say I would disagree with that. It doesn't say shit about the game other than that there are zombies, but it's a CG trailer so it's hardly surprising. CG trailers rarely shows anything that has anything to do with the game other than the basic premise at most.
The Omega Man
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This trailer means nothing to me.
BTW Coldplay called, they want their music video back
BTW Coldplay called, they want their music video back
you know what I mean, they style of the video not the zombies...
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The Omega Man said:
Yes because everyone knows Coldplay pioneered the reverse-film technique.
Rahxephon91
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Ok fair enough, but half those games don't really seem to be actually built around the idea of zombies, just a cool little skin basically. We haven't gotten a lot of Zombie games that are about actually living out a Dawn of the Dead type situation.
I really don't know if that's recent. Seems like zombie fiction and stuff have been around for quite a while.
But no. While there obviously have been some zombie games(not to point of excess if you ask me). I don't think the perfect zombie game has been made. Left 4 Dead is arcadey and Dead Rising is just kind of something...
I mean I'm thinking of an Open world zombie game where you basically have 1 objective. Escape. Now you can do this a couple of ways, maybe find transportation or make it to the military evacuation that's on the whole other side of the city. It's an open world, so you should have tons of ways to achieve this. Along the way you will meet survivors and, I don't think this has been done in any zombie game yet, with some sort of trust system you will have to manage them. Like if they trust you because you saved them they will tell you they have been infected. But of they don't because lets say you didn't give them a gun they wont and that could backfire. The Thing tried to do this, but it was scripted. Some survivors would have specializations and such. Like some can carry more supplies and others are better at fighting. Some maybe just serve to keep the group calm. You will have to raid places for supplies as hopefully this game will be more survival horror then action. Gotta raid the gun store. Lots of zombies around, how will you attack it? Could be risky, you may lose people.
See that's the kind of zombie game I want. Ambitious? Most likely. But I would like someone to actually try it. This game is trying the open world part and that's very interesting to me. Will keep an eye on it.
Winterblink
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Fascinating trailer. I imagine someone ran it backwards as a joke, but then everyone in the room realized it would actually play out a billion times better that way along with some editing inspired by Memento.
TheKaeptain
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Should have been Advent Rising 2...
the_prime_mover
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Another zombie game. Yeah. Are game developers so devoid of imagination this generation that we have to keep returning to this theme? Nothing in the description of the game strikes me as remotely unique or even praise worthy. The trailer was just o.k. and given that it is a a CG trailer I'll probably be safe forgetting about this for another 3 years.
Seriously, IGN is such a crap sight and this is made even more apparent by the fact that someone as devoid of credibility as Hilary "Oscar caliber" Goldstein not only remains employed but continues to get promoted.
Seriously, IGN is such a crap sight and this is made even more apparent by the fact that someone as devoid of credibility as Hilary "Oscar caliber" Goldstein not only remains employed but continues to get promoted.
The Omega Man
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I don't know man, the music was kinda in the same "douche moody-sadness" too
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wwm0nkey said:
I'm still waiting for somebody to make a game based on Romero's '68 version of Night of the Living Dead. It'd be entirely character and plot-based. One house. Defend it or die.
Steven_Jitters
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As a trailer and a trailer alone, it was pretty cool.
Rahxephon91 said:
Yes, I know night of the living dead came out in 1968 and the undead far, far precede that. But you have to admit there was a resurgence of zombie hype in the past few years with people always talking about fictional zombie outbreaks and reading WWZ and the zombie survival guide or whatever. I get what you're saying about your dream game. That sounds fun, and similar to the somewhat similar but much simplified PC zombie game that was talked about on GAF a bit ago. Ok, I'll lay off Dead Island and be mad at the people who deserve it. IGN.
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The Omega Man said:
Coldplay invented the piano too, I heard.
AndyMoogle
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We still haven't gotten a proper zombie game as far as I'm concerned. Sure, Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead are fun games, but I want a real survival zombie game. This game sounds like it will at least be in the right direction.El Sloth said:
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jluedtke said:
That's kind of like Battle Royale. Something like that would be deadly with 16-32 players. Random spawns, one life, random weapons distributed, safe zones...
GitarooMan
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What is this Class 3 a few people keep mentioning?
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Rahxephon91 said:
This. A game like this has actually never been done before (assuming they focus the core experience on survival and not on action co-op like L4D). The closest game to this is another unreleased game "Dead State" although that one is played from a different perspective and is turn based.
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Rahxephon91 has spawned with a plate!Raide said:
Me:Fuck(rage quit)
The trailer feels hollow and disingenuous to me. The way it's presented, we're supposed to feel sympathy for the little girl that's killed, even though any attachment we are supposed to have for her doesn't present itself until the very end, which is through the home movies. The over-the-top violence and silly title screen logo reek of Dead Rising ridiculousness. Simply put, the visuals just don't mesh well with the somber music.
The only reason I'm over-thinking this is because God damned Hilary hyped this up so much.
The only reason I'm over-thinking this is because God damned Hilary hyped this up so much.
Class 3 and Class 4 are open world Long Term Survival zombie games made by Undead Labs for the Xbox 360, the latter is going to be a MMO where as class 3 will essentially be a XBLA testing ground for the gameplay and how people like it.GitarooMan said:
Goal is. Find a place, build shelter, make sure you have food and water and kill zombies and try your best not to attract them to you (a bullet WILL alarm an entire swarm near you). With Class 3 you can do this by yourself or with a friend. With class 4 you can do this with up to 1000 people
speculawyer
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Who is publishing this?
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Rahxephon91 said:
This post nails it. I definitely don't need anymore arcadey zombie slaying games but theres so much potential for a proper zombie apocalypse game that no-one has even come close to realising yet. Until someone makes a game like you describe I won't be satisfied. So yeah, this looks interesting to me. Dead State also looks like a step in the right direction.
I'm sorry but this trailer doesn't make any sense to me. At the end of the trailer it shows that this is a family but the couple is hiding in a room while their daughter is being chased by zombies and then when the dad finally comes out to save his daughter there is basically no emotion on his face at all. I know I'm just nitpicking here but it really irked me.
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