You've seen the trailer, and it may be the greatest trailer ever made for anything. "But what about the game?" you ask. DualShockers has a preview, and I'm relieved to say it's mostly positive.
Read the rest here.First thing that needs to be clarified right off the bat: the trailer doesn’t have much to do with the actual game. The trailer was intended to portray the first night of the zombie outbreak at the Royal Palms Resort in Papua New Guinea, and drive home the notion that even paradise can be transformed into hell, under any circumstances. The family shown has no real story significance to the game; once again, all for emotional effect....Combatwise, Dead Island seems more like a hybrid between Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising 2. It’s mainly melee based; Deep Silver Brand Manager Vincent Kummer made it abundantly clear that, while you’d be able to pick up pistols from cop cars and dead policemen, they wouldn’t be common at all, the ammo would be very limited, and there wouldn’t be a bunch of assault rifles, grenade launchers, and bazookas laying around for no reason. While it’s mostly close range combat, some weapons can be thrown at zombies, dealing much much more damage. Watching Sam B hurl a sledgehammer at a zombie was quite delightful, and brought up memories of the bloodiest melee moments in L4D2.
UPDATE: GT scored an interview:
MOAR UPDATE: from Wired's Ben Kuchera.
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