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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.

    shinjiex's Dead Island (Xbox 360) review

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    A Vacation To Remember

    I can't remember the last time I enjoyed messing around grinding in the first portion of a game thanks to the addictive melee combat system & getting those pretty exp points to pop up!

    That you'll be spending most of your time doing as you slay zombies! on the beautiful paradise resort island known as Dead Island

     
    Zombie game were not really relevant till oddly Call of Duty World of War developed by Treyarch would bring us

    Nazi Zombie Mode a 4 player cooperative mode that became it's own game in itself spawning a cult following

    Valve would then bring us Left 4 Dead series & even Rockstar Undead Nightmare DLC via Red Dead Redemption

    PSN & Xbox Live would cashed in on the craze as well with various Zombie Arcade Titles

     
    Now here we are with Dead Island made by a Studio not really widely know Deep Silver

    Now what makes Dead Island different? well it's the RPG aspect building your character skills in specific weapon types as you freely explore an open world that does not tie you down

     
    The Good +

    Play as 1 of 4 characters with there own unique perks

    A beautiful free roaming open world to explore

    Manual RPG character build progression system

    Addictive melee combat system

    Breaking cutting off limbs physics

    Looting weapons & money

    Repair & crafting system

    Optional auto matchmaking online Co-Op with friends & strangers

     
    The Bad -

    Not a story driven drama as depicted in the famous emotional debut trailer

    Characters you play as are somewhat shallow & cliche

    NPC models are nothing special somewhat has a dated look in some cases look odd especially female models

    US/EU developers can't seem to get this right as appose to Japanese developers which are really good at character animations

    Head bobbing movement effect is a jarring experience especially when looting

    Screen tarring

    Restricted for the most part to melee weapons not really built as a shooter though you get guns later on

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