Dead Island

[Clem]

Wow. I almost cried. If the game is as good as the trailer, oh man...

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/02/16/dead-island-announcement-trailer?show=HD

[Falling Man]

That may be one of the most disturbingly beautiful video game trailers I've ever seen.

[Clem]

I actually did cry the second time I watched it. It has the poignancy of a Lost season 1 episode.

[RayRay]

Yeah ok parents should not watch that. Wow.

[lotus]

Saw that on AOTS last night. You're right, people with kids should avoid the trailer.

On a related note, are little girl zombies officially an internet meme yet?

[rabb]

I had a hard time watching that, my goodness.

[YEM]

Wow.... powerful trailer right there

[Jammer]

Jesus. Things like this when you are an adult and have children are really tough to watch. I think it is a bit harder to watch going forward than the backward way but both are tough.

I had similar moments like that with Heavy Rain (especially in the beginning in the mall).

[Wrekcut]

for those of us too lazy to click the link.

[Wrekcut]

WOW. That is tough, if that is the trailer, I can only imagine how tough the game would be to sit through.

[Wrekcut]

Just went and looked up some more on this game. Most of the info is coming from 2006. It was supposed to be out in 2008. Little behind the deadline.

[miketheknife]

Can't wait to hear what the Coalition of Moms and Funspoilers have to say about this one.

[rabb]

I thought the reverse play of it was pretty brilliant actually, playing it forward just makes it predictable

and don't get me wrong, I am not anti-this game at all, it looks pretty good and I am a sucker for zombie shit

[lotus]

Looks great but the trailer might have scared me away. I had real trouble in both Bioshock games because of the little sisters.

[RayRay]

They have been putting stuff out for this game for years as far as i can tell.

Deep Silver to publish Techland’s Dead IslandTM
Zombie Slasher set on a Tropical Island
5pm GMT, 17th February 2011 – Hampshire, UK / Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player’s only chance to survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island.

Deep Silver announced today that it will publish Dead Island™, the upcoming gruesome zombie slasher by renowned developer Techland. Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customisation of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode.

Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort. With firearms and ammunition being scarce the player must rely on utilising found items as weapons for self-defense and fight off zombie hordes in intense melee combat. A diverse range of items can be collected and will later serve to transform the player’s ordinary makeshift weapons into serious instruments of destruction.

In addition to satisfying even the most bloodthirsty action fan’s fantasy, Dead Island also features role-playing elements which allow the player to develop one of the game’s unique character classes according to their preferences, all the while learning new skills and fresh tactics during their journey through the perilous environments of the island. What’s more, anytime during a game up to four players can seamlessly join together and experience the intense combat and immersive story with cooperative gameplay.

With the all-new Chrome Engine 5 powering Dead Island, the game will use the latest installment of Techland’s acclaimed proprietary game engine, allowing the player to experience the tropical island paradise in graphical splendor with diverse environments like lush forests and detailed city environments.

Dead Island will be released worldwide for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360Òvideo game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC later this year.

A CGI trailer for Dead Island can be found in the official Facebook group www.facebook.com/deadislandgame.