Dead Island Review

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A few weeks ago I bought this at Gamestop while hanging out with a few friends.  I knew of the game from when it came out but just never got around to picking it up.  While it looked cool I wasn't sure about it and didn't want to blow 60 bucks on a crappy game.  I also had a coupon that was about to expire so it made it less than 20 dollars so why not.

Let me say this game is pretty darn good.  Let me start with the bad first:

• The voice acting.  Why was this bad?  There wasn't enough of it!  During the game it is basically oneliners.  The cut scenes are much better but the voice acting of the main characters needed more!
• Like all zombie games they have "special" zombies and that is okay.  However they are all over in this game and they come back after you leave the room/area
• The map.  Like most games this has a map on your screen and will direct you to where you need to go.  However this game has one of the worst maps ever!  It won't give directions as much as a straight route even if it isn't possible.  Had me confused at one point really bad.
• Storyline.  While I liked the story line it seemed to be slightly off.  It was like they wrote the storyline and made the game and then realized it wasn't long enough and they tacked on more.

The Good:

• The voice acting.  During the cut scenes and the non-main characters are well done
• The weapons.  The weapons are very cool and like Dead Rising 2 you can modify your weapons with the junk you pick up.  Wrapping Barbed Wire around a Cudgel or making a machette electrified adds to the game.
• Weapons break.  This could go into either category depending on what you like.  I like that you have to repair the weapons as you go

Overall I enjoyed it.  The fact that you can decapitate zombies or smash their heads in with stomps added to the game.  With it being on Amazon for around 25 dollars, click the image above to pick it up, it is worth it.  

There is also an online component to the game, but I haven't tried that.  Without Xbox Gold I can't play it.  

Overall a solid 4 out of 5 for me.  I'd say pick it up if you want a good game to kill time with and kill some zombies.  Also there is a second one set to come up next year.