Dead Island is better than Left 4 Dead

Dead Island offers a...

Serious tone which fits in with a Zombie outbreak

An open world non linear world.

Vehicles

Better visuals (UE3)

A longer campaign

More engaging melee combat

Left 4 Dead offers a...

An extremely linear campaign, pretty much point A-B.

A joking funny kind of tone that is just awkward, the music in game nor the tone feels right for what's actually going on.

A short a run N gun campaign

VS where you pretty much run across the same point A-B maps a million times.

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Left 4 Dead comes off more as being a mod, it doesn't portray a zombie outbreak the right way. It's even debatable that CSS Zombie mod is superior.

Play DAYZ, Resident Evil 4 or any Resident Evil game, watch Dawn of The Dead and 28 Weeks Later or Days later. These movies/games portray what a zombie apocalypse should play out it like and Dead Island did a much better job than Left 4 Dead in setting the atmosphere, its a full fledge game where as Left 4 Dead is like an XBL Arcade kind of game priced at $60

Since when does serious have to fit a zombie outbreak. L4D is meant to be like a campy B-horror movie, that's why all the loading screens are movie posters

I personally love Dead Island, and think it's the best zombie game made so far. While the characters and story aren't anything to write home about, the combat, visuals, environments, and the zombies themselves made it epic. This game got fp melee combat right...and if you used the analog controls, it just made beating zombies that much more fun. I alwasy said...if Bethesda could somehow incorporate the melee combat from Dead Island into their games, most recently Skyrim, that would be fantastic. I do enjoy Bethesda games to an extent, but they really need to update their combat mechanics. Dead Island got it right.ispeakfact

Dead Island is bulls**t.

It had an unholy amount of potential, but it wasted it.

Plants vs Zombies beats both. Period.

How come nobody's mentioning Killing Floor?

How come nobody's mentioning Killing Floor?

cain006

Uh obviously because those are experiments not zombies:P

How come nobody's mentioning Killing Floor?

cain006

I LOVED Dead Island and cant wait for a sequal but there were quite a few problems

-Vehicles were horrifically bad(cant look behind)

-The areas after the resort and city just plain old sucked

I just hope the 2nd one sticks with a resort like setting and city and adds stuff like maybe an amusment park and such

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"]I personally love Dead Island, and think it's the best zombie game made so far. While the characters and story aren't anything to write home about, the combat, visuals, environments, and the zombies themselves made it epic. This game got fp melee combat right...and if you used the analog controls, it just made beating zombies that much more fun. I alwasy said...if Bethesda could somehow incorporate the melee combat from Dead Island into their games, most recently Skyrim, that would be fantastic. I do enjoy Bethesda games to an extent, but they really need to update their combat mechanics. Dead Island got it right.sts106mat

I LOVED Dead Island and cant wait for a sequal but there were quite a few problems

-Vehicles were horrifically bad(cant look behind)

-The areas after the resort and city just plain old sucked

I just hope the 2nd one sticks with a resort like setting and city and adds stuff like maybe an amusment park and such

fueled-system

Dead Island is ok, but its WAY too buggy and takes itself too serious to the point its comical. Losing rare weapons and items FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER is common, the death system is horribly flawed, the characters are dopes and there are too many dumb fetch quests.

Left 4 Dead is linear, but it does give that true sense of despair and survival I think, despite its linearity. You have to keep a profile on ammo, work with your teammates, heal up and if you die you gotta wait until they reach the safehouse or find a rescue closet (and that's on non Realistic modes). I kind of hated the first L4D game, but the second fixed every issue I had with the first (mainly repetition in levels and gear) and its a well known and popular series for a reason.

Yeah, that's why everyone on steam is still playing L4D2 and not dead island :P

Dead Island sucks.

I play L4D co-op for years.

How come nobody's mentioning Killing Floor?

cain006

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How come nobody's mentioning Killing Floor?

istreakforfood

I hated Dead Island after the first section of the game. That church crap was terrible.

Both are pretty awesome games.

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I LOVED Dead Island and cant wait for a sequal but there were quite a few problems

-Vehicles were horrifically bad(cant look behind)

-The areas after the resort and city just plain old sucked

I just hope the 2nd one sticks with a resort like setting and city and adds stuff like maybe an amusment park and such

Zlychop

No it wasn't. It was nothing but linear and boring paths. The jungle was the weakest part of the game. The city and resort were great though.

I personally love Dead Island, and think it's the best zombie game made so far. While the characters and story aren't anything to write home about, the combat, visuals, environments, and the zombies themselves made it epic. This game got fp melee combat right...and if you used the analog controls, it just made beating zombies that much more fun. I alwasy said...if Bethesda could somehow incorporate the melee combat from Dead Island into their games, most recently Skyrim, that would be fantastic. I do enjoy Bethesda games to an extent, but they really need to update their combat mechanics. Dead Island got it right.ispeakfact

we know you hate left 4 dead because it's not on ps3, you furry armed freak

lol no. mems_1224

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"]I personally love Dead Island, and think it's the best zombie game made so far. While the characters and story aren't anything to write home about, the combat, visuals, environments, and the zombies themselves made it epic. This game got fp melee combat right...and if you used the analog controls, it just made beating zombies that much more fun. I alwasy said...if Bethesda could somehow incorporate the melee combat from Dead Island into their games, most recently Skyrim, that would be fantastic. I do enjoy Bethesda games to an extent, but they really need to update their combat mechanics. Dead Island got it right.slantedandencha

we know you hate left 4 dead because it's not on ps3, you furry armed freak

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"]I personally love Dead Island, and think it's the best zombie game made so far. While the characters and story aren't anything to write home about, the combat, visuals, environments, and the zombies themselves made it epic. This game got fp melee combat right...and if you used the analog controls, it just made beating zombies that much more fun. I alwasy said...if Bethesda could somehow incorporate the melee combat from Dead Island into their games, most recently Skyrim, that would be fantastic. I do enjoy Bethesda games to an extent, but they really need to update their combat mechanics. Dead Island got it right.slantedandencha

we know you hate left 4 dead because it's not on ps3, you furry armed freak

I hated Dead Island after the first section of the game. That church crap was terrible.

ninjapirate2000

[QUOTE="Zlychop"][QUOTE="fueled-system"]

I LOVED Dead Island and cant wait for a sequal but there were quite a few problems

-Vehicles were horrifically bad(cant look behind)

-The areas after the resort and city just plain old sucked

I just hope the 2nd one sticks with a resort like setting and city and adds stuff like maybe an amusment park and such

Master_ShakeXXX

No it wasn't. It was nothing but linear and boring paths. The jungle was the weakest part of the game. The city and resort were great though.

Dead Island got stale and boring fast. One of the worst games I've played this gen.

L4D is awesome with friends.

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[QUOTE="Zlychop"] The 3rd act in the Jungle was amazing, and yeah the vehicles need work.Zlychop

No it wasn't. It was nothing but linear and boring paths. The jungle was the weakest part of the game. The city and resort were great though.

I... I don't even... bah, whatever dude.

I LOVED Dead Island and cant wait for a sequal but there were quite a few problems

-Vehicles were horrifically bad(cant look behind)

-The areas after the resort and city just plain old sucked

I just hope the 2nd one sticks with a resort like setting and city and adds stuff like maybe an amusment park and such

fueled-system

Complaining about "tone" is pretty silly, honestly. Left 4 Dead is a giant homage to cheesy zombie flicks of years past. Acting like having a deliberately campy tone is "wrong" is not a strong argument. This isn't some sort of delicate subject matter that needs to be handled with tact and sincerity, it's zombies.

And think about about it from a design standpoint. You're making a co-op multiplayer game. Nobody plays a co-op multiplayer game for the emotionally-wracking experience, they play it to have fun with their friends. L4D provides that. You say it would've been better with a more serious tone? I don't think so. The audience wouldn't care, and Valve gets this. So if the audience just wants to have fun, the game gives them fun. Would the games honestly have been better without Francis grumbling about how much he hates everything and arguing about whether or not the zombies are vampires? Or Ellis's nonsensical stories about Keith?

Dead Island was a piece of sh!t. chilly-chill

*head explodes* umm no Dead Island is **** compared to L4D your threada are bad and you should feel bad.

Dead Island sucked.

L4D2 versus is the way to go.

lol borderlands with guns sucks

Dead island really doesn't have a serious tone, and it doesn't use Unreal 3ferret-gamer

Lol, TC fail

Nope.

no.