Yatzee nailed it on what the game was influenced by. It takes A lot from borderlands, throws in the "get creative with your melee weapons" from dead rising 2 (im guessing on that, never played it), and has some definate left for dead influence. (There's even a achievement called Right4Life) but, aside from yazee's compairison there,. *I* happen to really like it. Hell, im hooked on it. I guess zombie shooters just haven't gotten old to me yet. Hell, i was playing killing floor just yesterday.
Anyway, here's what i like from what i've played thus far:
Open world exploration. (IE, NOT a rail shooter. )
A bit of survival aspect to it. I like picking up pipes, wrench's, boat oars, and using them tell they break, throwing it away, and grabbing something else. It's almost like a bar room brawl. You can also customize weapons. Generally speaking you have to scavange to survive.
Can be creative with combat, it seems fluid, and attempts a little more realism. For instance kicking is definatly handy, but its more like a combo opener. You can for example, doing a flying kick with one character, but it eats half your stanima, but its a garunteed knockdown. If you pick up a lead pipe, use it enough and it starts to bend and be blood caked. Eventually it just becomes unusable.
Bottom line in my book is, if your not tired with zombie games , hate COD styled rail shooters, prefer open world exploration, and if you liked borderlands, you'll probably like dead island. On the other hand, if your bored with and tired of zombies as the bad guy, you might not like it so much.
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