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Back in 2014, Wein revealed that Deep Silver was ‘mightily proud’ of the trailer, but it was the spark that ignited a major downfall, and within weeks, milestones were failing to be hit. The product being pieced together by Yager wasn’t reflective of the first games that had sold so well.

About 3 to 4 weeks later, we had a major milestone with the development studio that was in charge at that time. And boy, that game sucked.

It had nothing to do with what made the original Dead Island really fun. We commissioned a play test and got horrific feedback. And we sat down with the development team and said, ‘Okay, what’s the course of action?’ And they said, ‘Yeah, leave it with us’.

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[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Epic denied my refund request for this game because I had just barely over 2 hours of play time, but accepted the request of my friend I bought it with. I'll never buy anything from them again. I should've known not to buy from them.

Really boring game overall. Wouldn't recommend for full price. Maybe like $20-30.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

I got it for free on Epic. I launched it and something wasn't working right, and tried a few different Proton versions. Then it just would launch because Denuvo thought it was different systems. I thought I'd come back later and try it, once that wore off, but I never did and probably never will, so the game wasn't even worth trying it for free for me. Lol. Maybe I'll try it some day, but I doubt it.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The first one was so poorly made that I didn't bother with the second. They spent far more time designing zombies in bikinis than they did on movement and hit detection that I wouldn't advise anyone spending ANY money on it. I can't imagine being that thirsty. It was so bad that unless rockstar made the sequel, I wouldn't buy it.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Same. I bought it on launch and hated it. And I love the zombie games.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly I bought it on sale for like $3.99 and I was still pissed how poor quality it was.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I learned my lesson.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I've never seen an fps so bad in my life, and I've been gaming since '89.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, it was not fun. I might have 5 hours into it. I really liked the idea, but it fell hard for me.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I just finished it coop. Really nice looking game with fun combat both melee and guns. The plot went off the rails, and the game was rather short but I really enjoyed the zombie fighting part and sightseeing in LA.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah the amount time it took to come out. I pre-order it and played naybe 10 hours in it. My son who loved all the other games (including the one that was a Walmart exclusive) and hasn't even picked up this game at all.

Its not bad, but nothing like the feel of the first game.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

So the sequel got good hit detection and movement? The first games were literally unplayable.