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    Dead Island

    Game » consists of 24 releases. Released Sep 06, 2011

    After a zombie virus sweeps across a beautiful island resort, survivors must fight their way to freedom while trying to find out exactly what went down in this open-world first-person action game.

    $20 on steam today. Worth it?

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    #1  Edited By MikeHawk

    I really enjoy playing open world RPG/FPS hybrids, but I'm a bit worried whether or not I will like this game. $20 isn't much of a risk, but with the backlog I already have, I don't want to add a game to my list that I won't finish. Anyways, is this game worth getting today? Also, how is the PC customization/optimization? I have a good PC and want Dead Island to look good on it.

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    #2  Edited By scarace360

    fuck ya!

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    #3  Edited By AlexW00d

    The game runs fine on PC but it looks pretty shitty. Or, at least, it doesn't really look like a PC game.

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    #4  Edited By atomslayer95

    If you have three friends who want it as well, you can get it for 15 dollars each with the 4 pack, I do not know what you mean by PC custimization, as Jeff has said it does not work with the Nvidia two monitor thing, otherwise it works fine seemingly, I got it with 3 friends and it seems worth it.

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    #5  Edited By CaptainTightPants
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    The game is outstanding. There are a lot of mods out that increase the graphics past the standard settings and even change up the sunny lighting in some of the levels.  That was the last time I checked a few months ago, I don't know how many other things awesome things people have come up with. Yes it is well worth 20 dollars.
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    #6  Edited By Aeterna

    Wait, what's going on here? You're mentioned 15$ and 20$ prices... normally dollar changes to euro, this time it's even worse as the price here is 25euro and 18.5 each for a 4-pack.

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    #7  Edited By phrali

    NO NO FUCKING NO NO NO NO ITS NOT WORTH 2 DOLLARS

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    #8  Edited By Deusx

    To tell you the truth, that game bored me to DEATH.

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    #9  Edited By phil87z

    Once i got the second zone i stopped playing. Really disappointing game. 20 bucks isn't a bad price but be weary the game gets old FAST!!!!

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    #10  Edited By MikeHawk

    @phrali: well steam is running lots of good deals this weekend and I have a limited amount of money I want to spend (gotta buy Christmas gifts and stuff, too). I don't want to blow my money on a decent game if I can wait and find a better game for the same price.

    @Resident4t: ok, that's what I meant by customization. Texture packs, gameplay tweaks, etc. I think I will buy it then.

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