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Escape Dead Island Review Thread
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ScraftyDevil
Banned
That's my total playtime, including the 30 minutes or so I spent replaying through the first part to get some screenshots for my review. I played for 2 hours on Saturday and ~3.5 hours on Sunday until I reached the credits. According to Steam I have 80% of the achievements, and I'm only missing a few related to collectibles and the one for killing a zombie by using all three different combat avenues.
I dunno, I still don't think it's worth it without a significant price drop. There are better horror games out this season that are more deserving of your time.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Did anyone figure out how to get into the hatches? I played through it twice and never found the key card to assess them.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
So LBP3 is as bad as this game, according to IGN? Interesting.
I really enjoyed those two games lol, first one was better than riptide.
The melee combat is excellent, best i've played from first person perspective. I think the game got much hate for the bugs (odd animations, internet connection issues) but most were patched when i started playing on PS3
I liked Lead and Gold. But it was a mediocre game.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Looked bad since the announcement.
Plus:
That's a huge laptop.
What genre is this game ?
Both sound appealing to me.
Lead and Gold was good. Easily the best thing Fatshark has ever done.
If you wanna drag something through the mud, drag BCR2.
Monster Zero
Junior Member
Bums me out, I tried Dead island riptide in a whim thanks to Psnow and got hooked in the series, but thus thing looks like jankfest2000
benicillin
Banned
Played it and it's pretty bad. I can see why they shoved it out the door without any attention. I don't know how Dead Island as a franchise is still around.
User 479360
Banned
I enjoyed the mainline Dead Island games. Going in, I knew that the series wasn't known for being the greatest ever and adjusted my expectations. And, in the end, I had a lot of fun. This was when I was lttp with the first one, though I rented Riptide and had fun with it as well.
I like this type of Western RPG, plus zombies, so I'm not surprised I enjoyed them. Dying Light was one of my favourites at E3, too, and seeing some footage of DI2 was a highlight for me.
I started Escape last night, after renting it for a week. Our copy wasn't mailed like Deep Silver's PR thought it was, so one is coming. I wanted to get a head start and figured I'd finish it once the review copy arrived, but it's shorter than expected. (I think IGN's reviewer said he put almost 20 hours in?)
Anyways, I played for several hours and think I'm actually getting close to the end. Or, at least, the latter third of the game. Honestly, I'm enjoying it more than I thought. It's not great, but it's also not bad in my opinion and is kinda fun.
Can anyone tell me how far I am?
I like this type of Western RPG, plus zombies, so I'm not surprised I enjoyed them. Dying Light was one of my favourites at E3, too, and seeing some footage of DI2 was a highlight for me.
I started Escape last night, after renting it for a week. Our copy wasn't mailed like Deep Silver's PR thought it was, so one is coming. I wanted to get a head start and figured I'd finish it once the review copy arrived, but it's shorter than expected. (I think IGN's reviewer said he put almost 20 hours in?)
Anyways, I played for several hours and think I'm actually getting close to the end. Or, at least, the latter third of the game. Honestly, I'm enjoying it more than I thought. It's not great, but it's also not bad in my opinion and is kinda fun.
Can anyone tell me how far I am?
I just talked to Cliff's friend, and he said that the redhead didn't have a radio to speak to me with. Jian Mei then gave me a shotgun, and I've gone through part of the facility.
should have banged out another Dead Island Ripide clone
the one preview i saw on youtube had a car fly up into the sky like a glitch but i think that was there on purpose, really odd
found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehPfL-_zqI
I think that's a feature.
User 479360
Banned
Things like that happen. For example, shipping containers fall from the sky.
It's a game that makes you question the lead's sanity.
bequietdrive
Member
2/5 The Metropolist
Gnome Scat
Member
Polygon's pretty salty.
TheRedSnifit
Member
should have banged out another Dead Island Ripide clone
the one preview i saw on youtube had a car fly up into the sky like a glitch but i think that was there on purpose, really odd
found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehPfL-_zqI
That car doesn't even gravity.
User 479360
Banned
The first time I played this was for four hours, and it was the only time I'd played it before commenting above. I've seen beat the game, via one more session, and my thoughts have changed.
I enjoyed parts of the first half of the game. It was a somewhat enjoyable, but far from great experience for me, a fan of the series. Maybe a guilty pleasure in some ways, but whatever.
The second half really goes downhill in some respects. There's more combat, an emphasis on annoying choke points and a lot of repetition.
It's a 5/10 for me.
I enjoyed parts of the first half of the game. It was a somewhat enjoyable, but far from great experience for me, a fan of the series. Maybe a guilty pleasure in some ways, but whatever.
The second half really goes downhill in some respects. There's more combat, an emphasis on annoying choke points and a lot of repetition.
It's a 5/10 for me.
PaulExcellent
Member
Roommate and I have been playing it for a few days now.
It's... alright. Like, please don't spend $40 on it. Maybe $15-20 or less, if possible. The art style is great and the gameplay is decent, but can get boring, drags on through the second part, and is just constantly at an "eh" tone. Still, it's decent for a 6-hour game.
It's... alright. Like, please don't spend $40 on it. Maybe $15-20 or less, if possible. The art style is great and the gameplay is decent, but can get boring, drags on through the second part, and is just constantly at an "eh" tone. Still, it's decent for a 6-hour game.
User 479360
Banned
I find it hard to describe the Cel-shading in this game. It feels kind of cheap a lot of the time, but does have its own look.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Can someone please spoil what the big twist of the game is ?
Looks like there's some Lost like, or supernatural stuff going on.
Looks like there's some Lost like, or supernatural stuff going on.
I hate this trend of writing things like they're memes or something. Don't even know how to describe it. But the writing style really bugs me.
looks like borderlands. disgusting cheap semi-cell-shaded in other words.
User 479360
Banned
Borderlands looks quite a bit better. I like how Borderlands looks.
This, I liked at first mainly because it had its own aesthetic and I can be a sucker for Cel-shading. However, after a while it started to feel cheap.
User 479360
Banned
Here's We Got This Covered's review (2.5/5)
Looked bad since the announcement.
Plus:
Ah the good old 21-key laptop. Really brings me back. It was tough trying to type something with only 14 letters of the roman alphabet, but we got by.
cleveridea
Member
hmm liked the original dead island a lot, and like the concept of the game even though the execution looks bad
will get when there is a big discount, probably soon if reviews are anything to rely on
will get when there is a big discount, probably soon if reviews are anything to rely on