Friday, February 18, 2011

Zombie Vacation

Dead Island, a new zombie game coming out soon for XBOX 360/PS3 could be another title in a slew of the abused genre of video games: survival horror. Resident Evil started the trend years ago and those games were classic (the first 2 at least) and there have been memorable entries in the category since; ex: Left 4 Dead, Dead Rising, RDD: Undead Nightmare among others. This is not my choice type of game since I feel the field is polluted with only slight things to give the game a unique feel.

However, just watching this preview and the cinematic element alone already makes me want to play. A flashback that has a child falling out of a resort room window, tackling her father and chewing on him while her mother flails a buthcer knife at the zombie horde..looks like a new type of game to explore in an already promising year for gamers. Am I alone in my opinion, look for yourself and sound off...

2 comments:

  1. You can never go wrong with Zombies. Looks visually stunning like Heavy Rain.

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  2. YES! Alongside LA Noire, looks like developers are willing to explore a more storytelling and decision influenced game vs. run and gun

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