The Official DEAD ISLAND Thread

[DEMONKAI]

I've been watching walkthroughs of this game... looks fun, but looks like there's not much to do for a while.. just stranded on an island with zombies that will actually try to bite you instead of just hitting you like in l4d... which I could never understand, to be honest... since when do zombies hit people that much... *facepalm* Dead Rising got it right sort of though. Looks like Far Cry 2 mixed with Dead Rising 2 so far.

dont be too fooled by just what you see in videos Atice. play the game first. Its crazy missions man. That island is just "one" place. which is a total joke compared to the city of the dead. As you level up the zombies do too like borderlands. if you think youre gonna go back and its going to be light work... nah man. Im still dealing with the city struggling at times the more i level up. But a friend hit me up frustrated because he went back to the island and he sees that its a lot worse because hes a higher level then me and the zombies do damage there critical damage unlike before when you first start so im like...wow..

So that now brings me to this..

You have zombie types:
Walker- Typical slow moving zombies that attack like the oldschool george romero zombies. half decayed etc..

Infected- I dubb "28 days later" running berserk zombies. these are the bastards i hate as they get stronger, worse and constant in swarm size. Those are the ones you see in those videos "hitting" people. They are filled with the first stages of the infected which i also call the "Rage virus" ..red blood shot eyes etc. They are aware not undead just infected. Those are the main threat in the game. if 10 of em are after you 9 out of ten times youll die and lose hella cash because they keep killing you. so please man dont pay those videos no mind. The game actually got a bit annoying because of that and un fair. i rather deal with those "walking" zombies than them any day.

Super zombies: smoking poison, toxic fumed zombies. Big super bad butt zombies that take crazy damage. NO arms and they will still try and bite you!! Then you have the brute Pyscho straight jacket charging berserker zombies. The deal ridiculous damage. Then Explosive zombies. if they explode next to you your dead. This all takes place in the city and sewers. That BS island is just to soften you up. What makes it worse is when you have to deal with the humans in random shoot outs. The punks. psychos and looters. Luckily you can give them a one kill shot to the head if youre successful. But even them do crazy damage. stand there and get chopped by a machette by one of the thugs and see what happens!

[.Batzarro.]

Damn, that sounds really bad. I thought there was only like three or four speakers to deal with as that's about how many I saw. Didn't even know there was a quarantined area either. Can't even imagine how bad it is in there. I've gotta try it myself now. However, I'm gonna check out that gun shop again since I just got a master key from the mayor last night. I'm thinking that might be what does it. Just wishing now I'd of checked out the chars better before starting it as that chick that's the gun specialist is awesome. Especially her Fury (which I FINALLY got to work) is so f*cking killer. Infinite ammo on a powerful sidearm and gives all these added benefits to the team plus health regain.!? Yes, please.! Ugh, I guess when I finish this one I'll restart it with her.

Btw, finally found a shotgun in City Hall but it only had one ammo.? Really.? Wtf.? It's not like I found it off a dead body either, it was in one of those steal boxes. Also found some rifles that were pretty awesome though. Those were so helpful in the supermarket shoot out. I tend to either aim too low or too high for those headshots. So, if I aim a bit too low with those, by the second shot (due to the recoil) I'm at the right angle for those headshots. So I was getting those like crazy, just wish I could find ammo for them easier.

[ATiC3]

@ DeMoNk@I: I wasn't actually calling it a bad game. I own both games I mentioned, and both are fun in various ways. Although I got quite bored by Far Cry 2 after a while. I might play it again though, because if I remember correctly I could upgrade weapons and etc. I honestly think how the car works in this game and the running is almost exactly like Far Cry 2. I'll probably get this game when it goes on sale on steam sometime this winter or next spring maybe. I was looking forward to playing it, but I don't buy games at retail price anymore now that Steam has those sales. haha.

[.Batzarro.]

So, I spent about an hour last night trying to figure out how to do offline co-op. Since, well, the back of the box says that it has it, right.? Well, apparently it doesn't have that.. I even had to look it up too 'cause at first I was like "This can't be right, there couldn't be this big of mistake on the box. This is a reason someone would either buy a game or not." Sure enough though a lot of people were upset over this and even heard some got a full refund because of it. Just an fyi for anyone that has it, if it's a big issue for you, now is your best time to try and get your cash back.

[DEMONKAI]

So, I spent about an hour last night trying to figure out how to do offline co-op. Since, well, the back of the box says that it has it, right.? Well, apparently it doesn't have that.. I even had to look it up too 'cause at first I was like "This can't be right, there couldn't be this big of mistake on the box. This is a reason someone would either buy a game or not." Sure enough though a lot of people were upset over this and even heard some got a full refund because of it. Just an fyi for anyone that has it, if it's a big issue for you, now is your best time to try and get your cash back.

wow thats crazy right there^^ Im glad im not too big on that or else id be really salty about that also. i looked at the back of the box. I guess when they said its co op you see the words highlighted in Green I thought most games with that feature would show "Offline Co op"...eh aw well. the game is still hot Folks shouldnt be too bitter about that, its still a great game

Damn, that sounds really bad. I thought there was only like three or four speakers to deal with as that's about how many I saw. Didn't even know there was a quarantined area either. Can't even imagine how bad it is in there. I've gotta try it myself now. However, I'm gonna check out that gun shop again since I just got a master key from the mayor last night. I'm thinking that might be what does it. Just wishing now I'd of checked out the chars better before starting it as that chick that's the gun specialist is awesome. Especially her Fury (which I FINALLY got to work) is so f*cking killer. Infinite ammo on a powerful sidearm and gives all these added benefits to the team plus health regain.!? Yes, please.! Ugh, I guess when I finish this one I'll restart it with her.

Btw, finally found a shotgun in City Hall but it only had one ammo.? Really.? Wtf.? It's not like I found it off a dead body either, it was in one of those steal boxes. Also found some rifles that were pretty awesome though. Those were so helpful in the supermarket shoot out. I tend to either aim too low or too high for those headshots. So, if I aim a bit too low with those, by the second shot (due to the recoil) I'm at the right angle for those headshots. So I was getting those like crazy, just wish I could find ammo for them easier.

Damn that chick sounds interesting. Are you talking about the main one in the red skirt? she sounds hella fun to try out also a second time around And good idea on the mayors key. Didnt bother to think to use it on that store As for the shot guns theres tons more in other areas. Im on the other island. The source of where that infection was made. Its where the laboratory is. There you will running into a new Running zombie whos pretty strong. hes has long white hair and looks bizzare^^ As for the headshots, a lotta practice in those COD and battlefield games got me all set for those gun bussin chumps! Youll find ammo more n more everytime you run into them since of course they drop a pack of ammo anyway. Those headshots make you waste less bullets


But that Fury is my bread n butta! sometimes i kill dudes so fast with it that it just stays on too long now and no one to fury smash
  

@ DeMoNk@I: I wasn't actually calling it a bad game. I own both games I mentioned, and both are fun in various ways. Although I got quite bored by Far Cry 2 after a while. I might play it again though, because if I remember correctly I could upgrade weapons and etc. I honestly think how the car works in this game and the running is almost exactly like Far Cry 2. I'll probably get this game when it goes on sale on steam sometime this winter or next spring maybe. I was looking forward to playing it, but I don't buy games at retail price anymore now that Steam has those sales. haha.

I feel ya. well how ever you do decide to get it i think youll like it if youre into zombie games At first a bit it seems a bit slow but once youre in the city then things heat up

[.Batzarro.]

So.. Anyone else get their saved game ruined.? Or at least get some pretty big glitches.? 'Cause I sure as hell did and I'm p*ssed.

Okay, so I was like at level 29 or so and I was doing the whole speaker missions. These are the things I started noticing.

1) During the loading screen where it tells you what chapter you're on, know how it moves slowly from side to side.? Not this time, it was dashing back and forth all erratic.
2) Noticed that the infected zombies were finally able to climb ladders. Huge pain but I dealt with it. However, is it normal for them to get on top of buildings in the blink of an eye without any ladder or means to get up there.? Because they sure as hell were doing that to me. They were on the ground far off one second and the next right in front of me as if they had super jumps.
3) There were certain spots I would be in where zombies would just not notice me at all. Even if I was right in front of them. It's as if I disappeared and I couldn't hit them at all either no matter what I used.
4) This is were it really went absolutely bad. I couldn't see any zombies that were coming after me until they hit me. Yup, talk about bullsh*t. I could see them if I noticed them before they noticed me. However, if it was vice versa, this was the result. Could imagine my frustration and dying time and time again.
5) #4 and this one happened pretty much within a min or two of each other. Get this.. Zombies. Fell. From. The. Sky. Kid you not. They'd get hurt when they hit the ground but would be up within no time after me.

So.. I just said screw it and turned off the system since I know it saved not too long ago. Once I turned it back on and put it to load my game, the first glitch was no longer there and I thought it's finally okay.. But of course it couldn't be that easy. Nope, my whole X-Box gets stuck while loading that particular save file now. I mean, completely, utterly stuck. I can't go back to the dashboard, quit, nothing. I have to hit the button on the system to turn it off. The other two saved games on there work perfectly fine, no glitches, nothing. So.. Anyone else dealing with anything like this..? Btw, my system is in perfect condition.

[G.P.O.A - GatlingPunchRalf]

Batz, the only glitch me and my friend have currently run into is that he tried to use a medkit while driving and ended up not being able to use the menu until he ejected the disc.
Otherwise, the game is insanely fun. Playing as the police chick puts you into the fastest levelling, though. Her skill in her Survival tree which boosts exp gain makes it so you leave your allies in the dust. On top of which, you can't beat her Fury, which puts you into instant kill on weaker zombies.
Also, RAM was a pain to fight the first time, but when I fought him the second time as Sam D, I managed to kill him after only one charge. Maybe blunt weapons are more effecting against him...
Anyways, the only zombie I HAVEN'T seen is the butcher, and, to put it mildly, I am DREADING that experience.

[BigJ]

Batz, the only glitch me and my friend have currently run into is that he tried to use a medkit while driving and ended up not being able to use the menu until he ejected the disc.
Otherwise, the game is insanely fun. Playing as the police chick puts you into the fastest levelling, though. Her skill in her Survival tree which boosts exp gain makes it so you leave your allies in the dust. On top of which, you can't beat her Fury, which puts you into instant kill on weaker zombies.
Also, RAM was a pain to fight the first time, but when I fought him the second time as Sam D, I managed to kill him after only one charge. Maybe blunt weapons are more effecting against him...
Anyways, the only zombie I HAVEN'T seen is the butcher, and, to put it mildly, I am DREADING that experience.

The Butcher is a pain in the butt...

[SanjiSasuke]

No offline co-op? That sucks for me, I loved the co-op in RE5, but I can't do it online (hard to coordinate).

[ATiC3]

I know right. I wonder if it's possible to modify it with the pc version though... because I googled the xbox version's box and on the box.. I mean.. it definitely states "co-op 2-4 | system link 2-4". I wonder what's up with that. Sounds like this game is full of glitches now too. I think I'll wait to get it on sale on steam sometime next year... yeah...

[DEMONKAI]

@Batz: well godamn Batz^^ thats a sh*tty situation of glitches man. id be hella pissed also. I have dealt ith glitches now which i think its officially the game f**k** up and i see my friend has teh same issue because i joined him in his game.

Well you know when you are at the loboratory and you have to get that bloated meat from that fat zombie??
well i cant do it at all now (well complete it) because the doctor i was supposed to bring it too glitched i guess and is gone
That mission is permanently f*cked up and the other lab mission where you have to kill all the zombies at the food storage and return to the doc that sent you there. well that dude also is gone. Their mission objective icons are there "!" but not there bodies. so F*ckin stupid man...

The mission tracker wont lock in at all to the dudes mission where you have get that hand gun from the abondoned building in this city. "Judgement day". I cant do that mission either because it wont lock me in where to go in the city and find the house

The game is awesome but they F*cked up bad on the glitches and bugs man. Your situation IS the worst batz because you worked hard leveling up getting that far and now it seems like your stuck and keep go on smdh..

lastly as for the Infected... yeahhhhh man they climb up ladders bro! i had to have died 23 times before i passed that mission. i ran the whole time. drop kicked zombies and ran off and thats all i did. i was pissed doing that mission...i just wanted to get the F*ck out of that area. But you sound like you had a dandy old time with "Super jumping infected" glitch  smh...


They could have released this next year for all that and the bugs n gitches man. thats no bueno The game is hot in content in general though^^

[G.P.O.A - GatlingPunchRalf]

I have the worst luck with games  As I'm fighting a RAM in the city, I manage to kill it just as five, count them, FIVE more show up. Thank freaking god I had molotovs.

[DEMONKAI]

I have the worst luck with games  As I'm fighting a RAM in the city, I manage to kill it just as five, count them, FIVE more show up. Thank freaking god I had molotovs.

wow..

[.Batzarro.]

I'm thinking the problem actually is whenever you go online with someone else. It's like that's when the game starts getting confused until this kinda stuff happens. For example, I started a new game with my bro since he was barely starting out. Went online with him hosting so he was getting the missions done and they weren't being recorded on mine. Well, when I finally tried to continue that game on my own, I was at the very first mission and to get that started I needed to talk to Sinamoi (however it's spelled) who was still in the bunker. Well, I couldn't open the bunker doors at all. The icon didn't even come up for the possibility to open it but apparently I was close enough for him to notice me and talk. Just couldn't do anything else so that game was screwed from the get go.

So, I think it's actually online where it all starts and just snowballs 'til it really affects everything. Considering that's suppose to be the best way to play it (and I'm sure the way it was intended to go) they should of really play tested that a hell of a lot more. If it completely screws up my save file again, I'm probably just gonna sell the damn thing.

I have the worst luck with games  As I'm fighting a RAM in the city, I manage to kill it just as five, count them, FIVE more show up. Thank freaking god I had molotovs.

Damn, that is messed up. Worst I got was after dying, they revived me right next to two Rams. I got the hell out of there fast and went on top of a car. From there I managed to shoot them to death.

[BigJ]

I experienced a glitch not too long ago as well. I turned on my game and they had spawned me in the same room as Anne (The chick you have to find the Teddy bear for) and as you may or may not know, that whole house is completely barricaded, theres only one way in. Unfortunately that door was being blocked by a zombie. After breaking down the door, I encountered an invisible wall right in front of the zombie and after about 5 minutes of messing around, I was able to activate rage and somehow pierce through the wall and kill the zombie. Weird ish man...

[G.P.O.A - GatlingPunchRalf]

I'm thinking the problem actually is whenever you go online with someone else. It's like that's when the game starts getting confused until this kinda stuff happens. For example, I started a new game with my bro since he was barely starting out. Went online with him hosting so he was getting the missions done and they weren't being recorded on mine. Well, when I finally tried to continue that game on my own, I was at the very first mission and to get that started I needed to talk to Sinamoi (however it's spelled) who was still in the bunker. Well, I couldn't open the bunker doors at all. The icon didn't even come up for the possibility to open it but apparently I was close enough for him to notice me and talk. Just couldn't do anything else so that game was screwed from the get go.

So, I think it's actually online where it all starts and just snowballs 'til it really affects everything. Considering that's suppose to be the best way to play it (and I'm sure the way it was intended to go) they should of really play tested that a hell of a lot more. If it completely screws up my save file again, I'm probably just gonna sell the damn thing.

The reason you had to start over is because you didn't complete the Prologue first individually. That's what happened to me online my first time, too, so I learned my lesson.

[DEMONKAI]

I experienced a glitch not too long ago as well. I turned on my game and they had spawned me in the same room as Anne (The chick you have to find the Teddy bear for) and as you may or may not know, that whole house is completely barricaded, theres only one way in. Unfortunately that door was being blocked by a zombie. After breaking down the door, I encountered an invisible wall right in front of the zombie and after about 5 minutes of messing around, I was able to activate rage and somehow pierce through the wall and kill the zombie. Weird ish man...

very strange man ...yeh the game is great as far as atmosphere and gameplay goes but it sucks because of all the glitches Those bugs are actually light work and they should be on top of that on PSN & XBL sending update patches to fix all that. Hell if EA did it with battlefield BC 2 im sure they can do it too if they even care...personally if they dont at all i think that may hurt first release sales for any future DEAD game they try to release...

[SanjiSasuke]

Glitches? Ah well the good thing about games with glitches is that its so easy for companies to release fix patches now.

[DEMONKAI]

Glitches? Ah well the good thing about games with glitches is that its so easy for companies to release fix patches now.

yeh but lets hope they dont do customers dirty and never fix em all with a patch update or two. Because these are very bad Bugs man. to the point once you "autosave" youre screwed and can never do a mission to complete the game. Ive read at the forum they already worked on the pc version first which is retarded because they got most of their sales through the consoles of course. i think they should have focused on taking care of that crowd first than the pc version. 9 out of 10 times the game was going to get modded by pc users anyway.

i beat the game last night..but i kinda didnt care to run through it again even if i was all leveled up from the first play through because of the bad glitches ive experienced that blocked me from clearing a good 4 side missions that first time. I think they should have taken a little more time with the release so they can attend to those bugs/glitches. Release the game just after "Rage"
Post Merge: September 15, 2011, 02:31:39 AMI just Read at the Dead island Forum that Jason Vorhees (friday the 13th) is in the game in the Jungle. Im looking into it now to see exactly where he is. His home is actually there too. No BS from the comments ive seen. You get a chainsaw from em also. They said hes quite powerful in damage with his machete and strong in defense. This is something i have to see for myself. only thing that sucks is i ended the game a couple days ago now and im at the begining again. My level and weapons i got to keep in a new game so thats a great thing.

As for the bugs & glitches its said there was a patch release for consoles. ill have to see if the game updates when i log in.

So if you are STILL in the jungles take your time and explore! dont dip into the prison island mission because you cant go back

EDIT: Visuals of the dead island Jason


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzB_WaZfx98&feature=related#

Post Merge: September 15, 2011, 03:42:31 AMGood thing about starting over with the last character you ended the game with i see now is you keep your level up and weapons and the map areas you found and clear of the green shade stays there. so you can see all the places and fast travels you came across Makes it a lil easier to run through the missions. and yes of course the missions are refreshed. I have to double check at the forum to see what that xbox live update is because i just got one and im hoping its a patch for those jacked up missions i couldnt do because they wouldnt register properly

[.Batzarro.]

Yea, was looking up the blog on the main site and seems they are getting patches out there now to fix all these glitches. So, I'm gonna be seeing how this all pans out now.

That Jason thing is awesome, man. He has a hell of a lot of energy though and major power. Surprised he got taken down with only 5 grenades in that second vid actually. Would of thought not even 9 would do and he'd go into using other bombs.

As for getting to that other part where the prison is, once you get there you can't go back at all.?

[G.P.O.A - GatlingPunchRalf]

Loving them patches. Can finally sell/buy without having to worry about what I'm selling/buying.

Also, got another incident of bad luck. As I'm walking through the city by the med tent area, JUST as I kill a RAM, a Infected comes out of nowhere, so I pop it's head off. Then I started hearing a never ending scream, and as I turn around, I get insta-downed.
...Long story short, I got back to the church after killing 43 Infected (I started counting after the tenth) and losing about 6k in the process. I have never been that badly beaten in this game before.

[.Batzarro.]

...Long story short, I got back to the church after killing 43 Infected (I started counting after the tenth) and losing about 6k in the process. I have never been that badly beaten in this game before.

That's nothing, man. During the whole speaker missions I did with Logan, (before my save got screwed up) I lost more than 18k from deaths. -__-

[G.P.O.A - GatlingPunchRalf]

That's nothing, man. During the whole speaker missions I did with Logan, (before my save got screwed up) I lost more than 18k from deaths. -__-

That's only because I learned that cars are an Infected's weakness. Although they can climb, as soon as you get on the roof of a car, they become stupid like walkers ^^
And that's about the same time I started getting those Infected. It was right after I completed the Third Head of Cerberus.

[.Batzarro.]

That's only because I learned that cars are an Infected's weakness. Although they can climb, as soon as you get on the roof of a car, they become stupid like walkers ^^
And that's about the same time I started getting those Infected. It was right after I completed the Third Head of Cerberus.

Yea, I've been using cars for the longest now with swarms. Sometimes one of the infected do get up there if they get a good run going. That is until they learn to climb, which did happen for me as well during the Third Head mission. Luckily I'm now official further level wise with Purna than I was when I lost my file with Logan. Further behind on the missions but still, that girl can level quick as hell, man. Best I've done was like 3 levels within 30 mins.

[DEMONKAI]

That's nothing, man. During the whole speaker missions I did with Logan, (before my save got screwed up) I lost more than 18k from deaths. -__-

  i told you batz that was a sh*tty @ss mission man! dude i had to have died a good 18 times man. and fast too smh..
after the 10th @ss whippin i just had the straight look like this  .....  ..i wasnt even trying anymore and just ran and ran and jumped and ran...till i got somewhere. all i did was run turn around drop kick two infected into the rest and keep running up latters till i finished the damn annoyin mission

and yeah man its stupid once you accept to go to the prison you cant go back at all. once you even get there and even try to look at the map its pretty much not available anymore