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[MattyG]

Yikes, did not see that coming. Dead Island 2 wasn't looking so hot though, so it probably shouldn't be too unexpected. I wonder who it'll get handed off to now or if it just gets scrapped.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Goddamn.

This is nuts.

And unfortunately this thread is going to derail into one big Spec Ops love/hate argument.

 

[Savitar]

The details will surely crawl out in time.

Must have been developing in circles without progress.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Tamaki? Your time is now.
I had little interest in this game but I would love to find out how it's development ended up with this conclusion.

 

[scott!]

And unfortunately this thread is going to derail into one big Spec Ops love/hate argument.

What else is there really to talk about at this point?

 

[SargerusBR]

ooooh. Yager did Spec Ops? Well that explains a lot. Spec Ops was fucking garbage.

Hopefully no-one is fired over this though.

Don't let antitrop read this post.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Well, they fought with 2k over the multiplayer for Spec Ops, the game was delayed nearly 2 years and the intial concept of the was for a constant dynamic sandstorm and weather to effect the city as you progressed...
...that was all dumped in favour of a poor shooter, with above average graphics and a mildly interesting story.

Not really surprised they dropped the ball again.

 

[MassiveNights]

Good chance this will never see the light of day now.

Franchise is busted.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

DAmn thats nuts. I hope development isn't to far behind considering this has happened.

Changing devs will probably add at least 12 months to the development cycle.

 

[scitek]

I hope nothing bad happens to them

You mean nothing worse.

 

[matrixman92]

Damn....I mean, I hated their idea for the game....but still, Damn.

I hope the base portion of the game still stays the same. I need a zombie game set in San Francisco

 

[DrArchon]

Holy shit.

I mean, I can't say I'm terribly surprised that there were problems with DI2. I mean, it's been over a year and we've heard fuck all about it, but I figured that just meant they were retooling it or something, not dropping the dev and probably starting over from scratch.

At this point, is Dead Island even worth the effort?

 

[Bebpo]

Spec Ops was cool, but Spec Ops was a completely linear hallway cinematic shooter. Maybe open world isn't really for Yager. They would have been good for something like The Order.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Holy shit.

I mean, I can't say I'm terribly surprised that there were problems with DI2. I mean, it's been over a year and we've heard fuck all about it, but I figured that just meant they were retooling it or something, not dropping the dev and probably starting over from scratch.

At this point, is Dead Island even worth the effort?

Deep Silver seems wholly convinced Dead Island is a major franchise.

I admit I'm completely confused why, but maybe their financials bear that out. I've never met anyone that goes "Yeah, I'll buy anything Dead Island!"

 

[matrixman92]

Deep Silver seems wholly convinced Dead Island is a major franchise.

I admit I'm completely confused why, but maybe their financials bear that out. I've never met anyone that goes "Yeah, I'll buy anything Dead Island!"

Im close to that...but fuck whatever that MOBA shit is they made. Not touching that. I bought all the other games though, including escape dead island

I still have beta access for dead island 2 waiting from preordering escape dead island haha

 

[AHA-Lambda]

WOW!!

When was the last time a publisher dropped a developer halfway through development?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Yikes, did not see that coming. Dead Island 2 wasn't looking so hot though, so it probably shouldn't be too unexpected. I wonder who it'll get handed off to now or if it just gets scrapped.

I hope whoever takes over adds a proper campaign and plot. No one wants to do menial, repetitive shit for hours with no sense of progression.

Yager's vision for the game was terrible.

 

[Karak]

That is awesome news. So god damned happy for this. It will add time but...man what this was going to be...no one would have wanted.

 

[Ledhead]

Timegate to reform.

lmfao. Anyway, something big must of happened for them to pull the dev team off the title, what with it looking to be in playable state.

 

[thehillissilent]

I hope whoever takes over adds a proper campaign and plot. No one wants to do menial, repetitive shit for hours with no sense of progression.

Yager's vision for the game was terrible.

Yeah. It felt really lazy. Also, the lead writer for Spec Ops The Line left a while ago. I wonder if that was one of the reasons for the design choice. On top of that, I wonder if they got the money back from using Hollywood in the game now that it is not coming out. I don't know why Yager insisted on it.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

WOW!!

When was the last time a publisher dropped a developer halfway through development?

Phantom Dust earlier this year. Before that, Prey 2. Probably some others I don't recall right now, but it's definitely still uncommon enough to be notable - especially with a sequel as big as Dead Island.

I hope whoever takes over adds a proper campaign and plot. No one wants to do menial, repetitive shit for hours with no sense of progression.

Yager's vision for the game was terrible.

I agree with you, but are we sure that wasn't what Deep Silver wanted, as opposed to Yager? It sounded like they were creating a persistent world co-op thingy not unlike Destiny, which is obviously very hot with publishers right now.

 

[KissVibes]

I doubt this is really about Yager delivering a bad product. Keep in mind, Deep Silver has delivered THREE fucking awful Dead Island games since the original. I'm sure this is about them wanting to make a game for as little as humanly possible.

 

[User 479360]

Deep Silver seems wholly convinced Dead Island is a major franchise.

I admit I'm completely confused why, but maybe their financials bear that out. I've never met anyone that goes "Yeah, I'll buy anything Dead Island!"

I can't say exactly why, since even I know the games have more than just one issue, but I love the series.

 

[UnderWaterTree]

They had a gameplay demo at E3 2014 it atleast shows what they were going for

 

[Nuke Soda]

I forgot about this game. Been quiet for so long and now we know why.

 

[Melchiah]

Well, shit. I was looking forward to it, and liked the direction they had with it.

 

[SephLuis]

I am not fmailiar with the dev or the series, but did they showed any gameplay after the initial teaser trailer ? And this dev developed something good before ?

 

[Big_Al]

I doubt this is really about Yager delivering a bad product. Keep in mind, Deep Silver has delivered THREE fucking awful Dead Island games since the original. I'm sure this is about them wanting to make a game for as little as humanly possible.

Which 3 are those ? As Dead Island 1 is excellent and Dead Island Riptide is decent but more of an expansion pack. I can only think of that moba type thing that was released.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Shame about Yager possibly losing money and such, but hopefully when it finally comes out its good.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I am not fmailiar with the dev or the series, but did they showed any gameplay after the initial teaser trailer ? And this dev developed something good before ?

There was significant gameplay footage out of E3 last year, and previously they made Spec Ops: The Line which, while in a completely different genre, is very highly regarded as a twist in the third person shooter field.

 

[Hendrick's]

Happy Deep Silver is committed to excellence.

 

[antitrop]

Don't let antitrop read this post.

We already discussed that years ago.

 

[Glendemonium]

This explains the sudden absence of info for the game. Was looking forward to it since Riptide left off on a small cliffhanger... though I have a feeling they're not going to conclude that anyway.

 

[NervousXtian]

I doubt this is really about Yager delivering a bad product. Keep in mind, Deep Silver has delivered THREE fucking awful Dead Island games since the original. I'm sure this is about them wanting to make a game for as little as humanly possible.

How is paying a dev to make your game for years and then more than likely having to start pretty much from scratch about saving money?

They get ZERO ROI for this move.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Which 3 are those ? As Dead Island 1 is excellent and Dead Island Riptide is decent but more of an expansion pack. I can only think of that moba type thing that was released.

Escape Dead Island, the MOBA and Riptide presumably.

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

Awe. I loved Dead Island 1!

Spoiler

I knoooow.

 

[UnluckyKate]

I fear for Yager

 

[Big_Al]

Escape Dead Island, the MOBA and Riptide presumably.

I forgot all about Escape Dead Island. Might pick it up for shits n giggles if I ever see it super cheap.

 

[Vilam]

Huh... really surprised by this. I thought Yager did a great job with Spec Ops; I wonder what happened between then and now. I was really looking forward to more from them.

 

[Venom Fox]

So is this going to be scrapped and re done from the ground up or just continued from where yager left of?

 

[matrixman92]

Escape Dead Island, the MOBA and Riptide presumably.

Escape dead island wasn't terrible imo. But at 40 dollars it was still too much. Never should have been a retail game

 

[OmegaDL50]

This is the same Deep Silver that decided to not work with the former Ascaron devs for Sacred 3 and put Keen Games on that project instead?

Yeah, can't say I have much confidence on whatever dev Deep Silver uses instead for Dead Rising.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Happy Deep Silver is committed to excellence.

Are you being sarcastic?! Saints Row 4 Re-elected, Escape Dead Island, Risen 3, Sacred 3 and others present a pretty strong argument that they're not committed to excellence at all.

 

[Tapejara]

Are you being sarcastic?! Saints Row 4 Re-elected, Escape Dead Island, Risen 3, Sacred 3 and others present a pretty strong argument that they're not committed to excellence at all.

Deep Silver has some great games though, like Ride to Hell Retri-

Oh.

 

[Roussow]

Yeah, seeing how the game was last time it was shown -- unless it had a killer story, It couldn't compete in a Post-Dying Light world.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Eh-Dying Light was probably the better game anyways.

RIP

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Yikes. Gonna be a long while now.

 

[sleepykyo]

Are you being sarcastic?! Saints Row 4 Re-elected, Escape Dead Island, Risen 3, Sacred 3 and others present a pretty strong argument that they're not committed to excellence at all.

Kind of makes me wonder how bad DI2 was.

 

[Bergerac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1zRy2HOKU

Yeah such a shame we won't get more of this.

That didn't matter. The story was shit. The basic purpose it served - get off the island - wasn't. That was the problem with DI2 going forward. No end game is garbage.

 

[Eurocult]

Dying Light is practically Dead Island 2. Did anybody actually care for a DI2?

At PSX a dev from Techland flat out said to me that Dying Light is Dead Island 2. I know, shocking news...