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Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

- Its going to be an open-world game.

- Devs call it a Zombi-slasher Action-RPG. Guy who have seen it calls it Left4Dead meets Fallout: New Vegas.

- 4 or 5 character classes with talent trees to put skill points into. Tank, Assassin, Leader, Jack-of-all-trades

- Crafting of objects

- Day and Night areas

- Slow, lumbering zombies, fast agressive zombies and exploding zombies

- Probably not zombie children

- PC, 360 and PS3 in 2011

Second half of this chat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyjhixmcEdI&hd=1

GameTrailers GDC 11: Zombie Slaying Interview

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-dead-island/711224

Hope we get some more info on this game at GDC. Please post it here if you find any

Wario64 · Mar 3, 2011

Sounds cool. Too bad it has zombies in it.

wwm0nkey · Mar 3, 2011

Guessing you can combine things like in DR2. Awesome.

Small Mailman · Mar 3, 2011

Electric Machete!?

Ilúvatar · Mar 3, 2011

Electric machete? Win

Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

wwm0nkey said:
Guessing you can combine things like in DR2. Awesome.

Yes they mention that in the chat.

jump_button · Mar 3, 2011

Racist? here we go again

Unicorn · Mar 3, 2011

What engine?

- J - D - · Mar 3, 2011

Electric machete.

I thought this was going to be realistic.

Snuggles · Mar 3, 2011

So it's Dead Rising Sports Resort?

Zombies are way played out, but DR is awesome and I like the concept of this game. Will keep an eye on it.

Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

jump_button said:
Racist? here we go again

Somebody get N'Gai Croal on it.

Keyser Soze · Mar 3, 2011

Only something as ridiculous as a Electric Machete could get revenge for the death of that little girl

wwm0nkey · Mar 3, 2011

I really hope more people dont bitch about this having zombies in it, its a different type of zombie game than most that are on the market right now.

Seriously this and Class 3 & 4 are going to be the last zombie games I need.

Swag · Mar 3, 2011

Cant kill kids, was hoping we'd get some dead space 2 type horror in this game.

Keyser Soze · Mar 3, 2011

WonkersTHEWatilla said:
Electric machete.

I thought this was going to be realistic.

If they were going for realism, then their first wrong step was zombies, not an electric machete.

Mirimar · Mar 3, 2011

And here I was lead to expect zombie kids...disappointed

Gravijah · Mar 3, 2011

what's up with dude, why is he shiny?

please don't say he's wet

Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

Gravijah said:
what's up with dude, why is he shiny?

please don't say he's wet

Slimy decomposing zombie?

Resilient · Mar 3, 2011

Gravijah said:
what's up with dude, why is he shiny?

please don't say he's wet

He's rare, 1 in 8192 chance of finding him like that.

JWong · Mar 3, 2011

No kids yet.

Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

GameTrailers GDC 11: Zombie Slaying Interview

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-dead-island/711224

Discotheque · Mar 3, 2011

Looks so dramatic. Those screenshots stirred my soul.

Could be fun, I hope it's as comedic as those screenshots look.

~Kinggi~ · Mar 3, 2011

Fallout meets Left 4 Dead, that is fucking wonderful

mello · Mar 3, 2011

Sounds quite epic... looking forward to more information.

Replicant · Mar 3, 2011

Hmm, now that I've seen the screens it looks more like Dead Rising 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Discotheque · Mar 3, 2011

Were you expecting something dramatic? I thought that trailer was pretty lame. Like it was entertaining but just another Mad World (Gears). Outsourced to a film director and not indicative of the tone of the game at all.

From the screens and description I'm expecting an open world RPG'd up Left 4 Dead or Dead Rising. Sounds ambitious, hopefully they pull it off.

Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

The info so far (updated OP)

- Its going to be an open-world game.

- Devs call it a Zombi-slasher Action-RPG. Guy who have seen it calls it Left4Dead meets Fallout: New Vegas.

- 4 or 5 character classes with talent trees to put skill points into. Tank, Assassin, Leader, Jack-of-all-trades

- Crafting of objects

- Day and Night areas

- Slow, lumbering zombies, fast agressive zombies and exploding zombies

- Probably not going to have zombie children

- PC, 360 and PS3 in 2011

alr1ght · Mar 3, 2011

I'm hoping those are just compression problems. :/

Replicant · Mar 3, 2011

Discotheque said:
Were you expecting something dramatic? I thought that trailer was pretty lame. Like it was entertaining but just another Mad World (Gears). Outsourced to a film director and not indicative of the tone of the game at all.

Well, I don't know to be honest. I guess in some ways, yeah. I thought it'd be more original. Maybe it'll have a more film-like narrative structure instead of bashing through countless zombies.

Dennis · Mar 3, 2011

alr1ghtstart said:
I'm hoping those are just compression problems. :/

Those are my screengrabs of a video hence the poor IQ.

Notorious_Roy · Mar 3, 2011

I'm getting a strong Dead Rising feeling when I see those screens. I don't like that, I've had enough of that. Left 4 Dead meets Fallout sounds better.

Let's see what the future brings.

snap0212 · Mar 3, 2011

DennisK4 said:
- Probably not going to have zombie children

Why not? Because they're too afraid some people might criticize them if they did include child zombies?

Zombie outbreak, everyone turns into a zombie but children do not? Where did they go? Neverland-Ranch?

Oneiroscope · Mar 3, 2011

Unicorn said:
What engine?

Chrome 5

Nirolak · Mar 4, 2011

Palette Swap · Mar 4, 2011

Just Rising?

Deadly Cyclone · Mar 4, 2011

As long as it does not have time-based missions I am on board, I hated that in Dead Rising. Left 4 Dead meets Fallout 3 sounds awesome.

Dennis · Mar 4, 2011

Thanks Nirolak. I replaced the low IQ images and added the new screens to the OP.

JWong · Mar 4, 2011

snap0212 said:
Why not? Because they're too afraid some people might criticize them if they did include child zombies?

Zombie outbreak, everyone turns into a zombie but children do not? Where did they go? Neverland-Ranch?

Probably because the console manufacturers wouldn't let that stuff on their system.

WanderingWind · Mar 4, 2011

I like the sales pitch. I hope the actual game matches.

Igor Antunov · Mar 4, 2011

Sigh.

Zombies have become a parody of the horror genre.

snap0212 · Mar 4, 2011

JWong said:
Probably because the console manufacturers wouldn't let that stuff on their system.

They don't?

Replicant · Mar 4, 2011

JWong said:
Probably because the console manufacturers wouldn't let that stuff on their system.

Dead Space 2 is doing fine on both consoles with those Necro kids and babies.

Dabanton · Mar 4, 2011

Replicant said:
Dead Space 2 is doing fine on both consoles with those Necro kids and babies.

Yeah but they look alien.

Tron 2.0 · Mar 4, 2011

Would really like to see some gameplay footage. The screens tell us nothing.

mclaren777 · Mar 4, 2011

Ugh @ tribal tattoo

KareBear · Mar 4, 2011

Hopefully the success of Left 4 Dead has inspired publishers back more zombie fps games.Its a shame these were cancelled,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecr5T6Ai9ZY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8CQ9MTMMgY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgXZq8LPt7g

kenta · Mar 4, 2011

This game will be mids at best

No_Style · Mar 4, 2011

I will stoically kick you now.

Barakov · Mar 4, 2011

It seems they're doing enough to set it apart from other zombie games. I'm going to keep on a eye on it.

iAmMaximus · Mar 4, 2011

I really hope this doesn't end up being another Dead Rising....I'll be a sad panda.

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