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Dead Island Reveal Trailer

Creepy computer people eating each other backwards in slow-motion.

Feb. 17 2011

Posted by: Jeff

In This Episode:

Dead Island

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@Ghost407 said:
" Kind of surprising the emotional response this trailer has produced! "
This.
Damn, I felt more emotionally engaged in this trailer than I've had in any other. Ever.
At first I was thinking of making a "Hey, zombies mutilating children! Insta-buy!" comment, but as the trailer went on it... did something.
 
This is how trailers should be made. Game industry, take note!
 
Also reminded me a lot of that Coldplay music video.
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@OREOphosphate:  You mean all six episodes? Jokes aside, I thought the first episode was awesome.
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I get a LOST with zombies vibe with this trailer. It's well done, no doubt, probably the best trailer for a video game to date. But, yeah, more zombies. Ugh.

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yeaaaa if little kids dying and shit is what this game is about you can count me out. sorry that's a little much for me.

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The cg is pretty good.  The trailer certainly had me emotionally.  I got a coworker to look at it too.  He didn't seem as awe struck, but he's more of a horror guy than I.  It did make us discuss the future of gaming though, and with the increasing realism in games . . . how soon before politicians find their way back into trying to legislate them when the higher and higher realism . . in the two or three console/pc generations of graphics become so good, it'll be "too" immersive, too mentally and physically engaging that someone can't separate reality from 'holodeck'.  Somebody will be telling us think of the children as they treat the adults as such . . .

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cool trailer and I guess I could go for more zombies? I guess?

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Wow I feel really....depressed after watching this trailer. It was well done....but damn.

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that's pretty f'ed up

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Wow...

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...holy shit...I even had tears in my eyes at the end...the game better live up to the trailer.  Wow. 
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Fucking brilliant trailer - however, biggest spoiler of the century?
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@Rewcastle:  
Nah.  The 'family' aren't playable characters.  However  they do turn up in the game in a side story. 
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looking awesome.  can't wait to see more of this.

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@Irishjohn: It's less cool if you put it in context lol 
Basically there's a game design course in my high school, so my teacher was like hey guys, I saw this cool trailer today, here it is 
It's a pretty  chill class, and fit into the discussion we were having on story and atmosphere
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@MnemonicDevice said:
" @Pinworm45:   The people behind Dead Island are faced with marketing what the majority of the audience will initially see as Just Another Zombie Game. They have done a wonderfully attention-getting thing by not just playing the zombie story backwards, but also by building it around a child -- a character type we're traditionally taught by Hollywood will survive through anything (just like the family dog).   "
Is this a joke? I honestly can't think of a zombie or even horror themed piece of media made in the past 10 years that didn't exploit a 'young innocent little girl'. And certainly not by having them survive. 
 
The Walking Dead for example starts with just that cliche. And it is a cliche. 
 
Dogs are much the same. In fact at this point if I saw a movie and it had a little girl and/or dog and it survived the movie, I'd honestly be surprised. 
 
But to address your first point.. instead of seeing just another zombie game, we see.. just another zombie game.. backwards. oh boy.
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Edited By Tober

I cried :) Game HAS to be good! If not, then i'll simply buy it if this trailer is in it.

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I'm calling it right now. This is an actual gameplay trailer and the gimmick is you play it in reverse.

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I love this trailer.  I had no knowledge or interest in the game until now.   
 
The trailer really accomplished it's purpose. Bravo!
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Definitely a substantial emotional response - I'd say in my case that trailer worked exactly as intended.

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Edited By Lydian_Sel

The trailer looks really crisp but I'd still rather see an adequate representation of what the game actually is.
 
Terrible name by the way.

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This game is going to be amazing just because of the cut scenes.

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@Pinworm45: Cliche?In movies yes....games?Name how many games have depict a little girl bloodied, battered,dead, bleeding, bruised, etc. ?Yeah not a lot.Mainly because when it sees the light of release FOX news will attack it like a fat kid at an all you can eat buffet.
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what's with everyone complaining aw shit zombies, whats wrong with zombie. Very Very good trailer

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its impossible to tell what the game is even about besides the zombies. how can you people say "this will be a great game I can't wait!" by seeing this trailer alone?

yadig?

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Yep this is still a great trailer, I was thinking that there aren't a lot of like sad zombie movies, at least none that I've seen. It's really hard to make people feel an emotion without words.

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This is an amazing fucking trailer.

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holy cow! best trailer ever? could be. this is damn good. so sad

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More than just a promotional game trailer, a genuine piece of art.

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Remember that time people were still being fooled by cinematic trailers in twenty-fucking-eleven?

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@Gizmo said:

More than just a promotional game trailer, a genuine piece of art.

I go back and watch this trailer occasionally. Probably shouldn't when I'm a few beers in.

Here's IGN's edited version in forwards:

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Hey guys, hope you don't mind me rooting through your luggage and stealing all the batteries and shit you brought on holiday. Thanks!

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Goat simulator sent me.

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