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Oh yeah, to clarify, by "points" I meant "score points", not damage or experience.

It might be, not entirely sure.

 

I doubt it's experience points because in the video (in the inner city with the rain), they had a 8k experience point limit until the next level and the player was getting numbers as high as 700 per kill. I think it's damage.

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Bumpity bump. Anyone getting this? I preordered it on Amazon and they had a deal on it! Shaved off $10 for a total of $41, with shipping. Really awesome.

 

Probably going to wait until some early reviews come out and see if any of my other friends get it. I'm more interested in the Borderlands-esque coop than the SP, plus I've just burnt some cash on Deus Ex: HR and Red Orchestra 2.

 

Definitely going to keep an eye on the reviews, though, and probably look for a Giantbomb quicklook.

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I'm probably going to hold out. The first CG trailer was fun n all, but I'm kinda put off by the fact the game is nothing like the trailer that got the game noticed in the first place.

 

It's not looking too great tbh. And as Duke put it so gracefully: this is the studio that made Call of Juarez.

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http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-dead-island/720226



After watching this, yeah, it's like "Fallout 3 w/ Zombies." Some Borderlands elements like Hot said too.

I think I'll be content with Deus Ex. I'm sure this will be a fine game still, but it didn't really live up to all its hype.It was suppose to be that kinda survivalist zombie horror game, yet the impression I'm getting is that you're going to melee a bunch of zombies and only occasionally "shoot" enemies.
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http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/874412-dead-island-review-happy-trails

 

Not a very +ve review. it does say the coop can be fun, but not local. If you haven't heard of the site it's my favourite - they don't just throw anything up then check on the facts later and the reviews are always very fair.

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IGN liked it, and called it 'Fallout 3 with zombies', though it seems a little less 'written' than that. Looks somewhere between Borderlands and Fallout 3 'with zombies' if you want to make odd comparisons. :P

 

I hope it's nothing like Borderlands, because I thought that game was awful beyond belief.

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Dead Island is... absolutely awful.

 

Here's how I felt about my first five minutes of the game. I posted on the Steam Forums because I was incredibly pissed and needed to rage somewhere quickly, and I was already on the Steam forums looking for a way to adjust the AWFUL FOV.

 

I just got back from a vacation to Colorado that ended with me developing a House-like limp and, for a brief time, a Michael J. Fox-like shaking scenario, so please pardon any abuse of the English language I might have committed. I'm going to bed.

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Well, the news that this is apparently a dev version of the game, as opposed to a legit version has hit. No idea if they're telling the truth or lying, because this version is quite clearly intended for consoles. Hopefully they'll have something by the time I get back from work. As it is now, apparently there's a patch that disables the preorder DLC and the Y/noclip option.

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I've been playing the game, and you can color me impressed. I'm by no means blown away but the game is exactly like people describe it. Fallout 3 free-roaming with Borderlands-esque missions [aka do this, receive this reward] and a rage mode [similar to the Berserk mode in that the screen turns red and stuff]. I'm playing as the former football player from Texas who is the throwing weapons specialist. I can tell that once I update the throwing knives power that it'll be really useful, but as of right now I have to rely on melee weapons.

 

I don't really see a point on a firearms specialist when the game doesn't have that many to begin with. And the asian character is wearing a kimono-looking thing? In the middle of a tropical paradise? Whaaa?

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