You might have to pile out to defend the vehicle and its cargo while said driver works desperately to get it unstuck. On the journey back to base, your driver might get your ride jammed up between wrecked cars. Here you might park up in the forecourt then fend off waves of the walking dead while your buddies fill up petrol cans and toss them in the back of the truck. Some of the best times Dead Island has to offer are those spent cruising in a truck with three friends in cooperative mode, zombies shedding experience points as they bounce off the bonnet.ĭead Island also shines in missions that have you risk life and limb in a sortie to a petrol station, and are best experienced in co-op. More fun, though, is hopping into one of the game's multi-seater vehicles, mowing down the undead as you speed along the island's roads. Zombies can sometimes be avoided: you can often run around them, amassing a slavering, jogging zombie horde in your wake. The bulk of your time on Banoi is spent exploring and questing, roaming from hub to hub, foraging items to build weapons or complete missions. There's nothing perfect about what Dead Island does, but it does so much, and does it well enough to give you a good time. All the flaws and missteps amount to a game that is frequently ropey but, thanks to its ambition and scale, nearly always entertaining. The prevalence of drab quests in sewers in the second act is likewise off-putting. Combat is unrefined, and never more so than in the humdrum sections that pit you against shooting human enemies barely smarter than their undead equivalents. The characters are weak, and the story is a flimsy hook on which to hang the action. Its failings are many but minor, for the most part. There are also satisfyingly vicious weapons to be improvised, upgraded, and creatively modded, and a robust online system supports the four-player co-op in which the game is best enjoyed. Similarly prominent are RPG staples such as talent trees and numbers, always the numbers: levels, weapon stats, damage, and experience point scores popping out of enemies as you hack away. Its RPG nature is clear in the prominence of quests, doled out by harrowed survivors in the makeshift shelters that form quest hubs. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot'sĭead Island's expansive sandbox setting spreads inland, beyond the Royal Palms Resort into city and jungle environments.
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