Melchiah
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The one thing that puts me off in Dying Light is the run & hide element in the night sequences, as I usually don't care about that kind of gameplay mechanics.
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Dead Island 2 Announced (Yager/Deep Silver, UE4, Spring 2015)
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The one thing that puts me off in Dying Light is the run & hide element in the night sequences, as I usually don't care about that kind of gameplay mechanics.
legacyzero
Banned
IMA BOMB AND I'M BOUT TO BLOW UP.
Still makes me laugh. I just hope this doesn't suck like the first one.
Still makes me laugh. I just hope this doesn't suck like the first one.
Melchiah
Member
I personally think the first one was great, even with all of its flaws. Took me 47 hours to play through it alone, and I'm going to play the next one alone as well. It's more survival horror that way.
Jawmuncher
Member
Not counting MGSV this is my favorite trailer so far from e3.
love that they are straight going for a more goofy tone than that of DI1. Like others I enjoyed that game even with its problems. So if yager can bring a lot of it back but more polished ill be happy. Also cant believe people are still wondering why it has a sequel. DI 1 sold a shit ton so much so that it was actually sold out in places until deep silver coukd put out more shipments. It basically put them on the map as a publisher I like to say.
love that they are straight going for a more goofy tone than that of DI1. Like others I enjoyed that game even with its problems. So if yager can bring a lot of it back but more polished ill be happy. Also cant believe people are still wondering why it has a sequel. DI 1 sold a shit ton so much so that it was actually sold out in places until deep silver coukd put out more shipments. It basically put them on the map as a publisher I like to say.
Acquiescence
Member
Well I've no interest in this, having played the first one (eugh), but you've got to hand it to these guys, they do know how to make an effective trailer. At least this one is more in keeping with the general tone of the games.
mercenar1e
Member
Yager is developing it (Spec-Ops:The Line) the first was done by Techland.
blankempathy
Member
Seems like they're going for a more light hearted vibe to stand out from the rest of the zombie games ala Dead rising. I don't know about riptide but the "dramatic" parts of the first games were so poorly done. Characters you were supposed to feel for I didn't get a crap about.
Melchiah
Member
Yeah, the cutscenes and voice-acting were pretty substandard, but I hope they won't change the atmosphere of the game into too light-hearted direction.
SirMossyBloke
Member
No, you have an awful developer that can write an ok story. The gameplay of spec ops: the line was terrible. Unless you're thinking of a different game.
Whats in the dudes arm?
I can make out the words "One Bicep"
It's a bicep implant. It's funny cause by the end of the trailer, we learn that he's the owner of a gym that's trying to sell you the body that you deserve.
crazy monkey
Banned
i just learned that. this should be good. trailer was just fantastic.
Weemanply109
Member
That was a great trailer. 
unknownstranger
Member
This announcement confused the hell out of me. I thought Dying Light was basically a next gen Dead Island. Now there IS a next gen Dead Island and it's releasing within the next year?
VanCityGamer
Member
This is exactly how I felt too. I was so confused when the game was announced. And I think Dying Light is slated for February 2015, while they're saying Dead Island 2 is probably Spring 2015. Weird how close together that is.
ladyluthien
Member
Same here, been listening to the song on repeat. Puts me in a good dancing mood!
PumpkinPie
Banned
Same thoughts here. The trailer for the first game was also amazing though, and it led to me buying the game, which turned out to be shit. So it seems they can make trailers but not games.
block tower
Member
isn't this the same studio that's making Dying Light? so we have Dying Light AND Dead Island 2 in 2015?
Lord of Castamere
Member
Dying light IS next gen Dead Island. This is Saints Island, which isn't a bad thing.
OHHH i just thought of something if this is on UE4 I would bet money that Saints Row 5 is as well. I hope they take their time with it. It's going to be glorious.
block tower
Member
ah i see.. should be good then. Dying Light looks fun but I'm always up for more Dead Island.
Turin Turambar
Member
We don't know. Because we haven't seen DI2!
Lord of Castamere
Member
Deep Sliver is not publishing Dying light, Warner Bros is.
Let's repeat it again for everybody Dead Island 2 is a competitor against Dying light.
Night_Trekker
Member
Never did understand the Dead Island hate. Great game. Can't wait for this. (Though Dying Light looks a little more interesting.)
+1 I'm not really into "zombies games", but this trailer was really fun that gave me some interest on the game.
huh, a new dev for this IP? This is very interesting.
I wonder what happened here between Deep Silver and Techland. Dead Island is Techland biggest hit so far yet they went to WB publish Dying Light (Techland hold the IP) which is very similar to Dead Island.
Does Techland decided to pull a From/Dark Souls (Releasing Dark Souls after Sony's Demon's Souls) to have more control and profit from their game and this got Deep Silver upset or was it Deep Silver who maybe didn't want to keep working with Techland after the very poor reception for Riptide.
I wonder what happened here between Deep Silver and Techland. Dead Island is Techland biggest hit so far yet they went to WB publish Dying Light (Techland hold the IP) which is very similar to Dead Island.
Does Techland decided to pull a From/Dark Souls (Releasing Dark Souls after Sony's Demon's Souls) to have more control and profit from their game and this got Deep Silver upset or was it Deep Silver who maybe didn't want to keep working with Techland after the very poor reception for Riptide.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Amazing trailer. Disliked the first game though.
SlasherJPC
Banned
If I'm remembering right. After Dead Island was completed, that team at Techland that worked on it decided to start working on Dyling Light while another team within Techland started on Riptide. My guess is sometime around here, they decided they needed a new Dead Island 2 and got a different company to work on it since Techland was most likely pushing to work faster on Dying Light. Just a guess but sounds about right.
Also have they show any actual gameplay yet?
Well, they did do spec ops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBNI1itbbHc
The way they are talking about co-op/multiplayer is actually a lot like i imagine multiplayer bloodborne will be.
As long as you don't opt out there will be 7 other players in your game (like in an MMO) that you can play with if you want to.
The way they are talking about co-op/multiplayer is actually a lot like i imagine multiplayer bloodborne will be.
As long as you don't opt out there will be 7 other players in your game (like in an MMO) that you can play with if you want to.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I'm getting a bit zombied out but this was definitely cool. Whomever designed the trailer needs a raise.
Neuromancer
Member
I showed this trailer to people at work, they loved it. Say what you will about CG trailers but this was a great little short.