Gaming Dead Island: Riptide Preview

The new instalment in the Dead Island series moves to a new location and gets a bit grubbier.
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2013/03/20/dead-island-riptide-preview/1

 

Enjoyed the first a lot, despite it's flaws (mostly the crafting, tbh).

Will be getting this

 

I enjoyed the original too. Although some of the side quests were pretty unintuitive and I found myself winging it through the main story. Hopefully the new setting will give this an extra kick, as the co-op is great if you can laugh at the occasional bugs.

 

Yep. Laugh at the bugs...and then stomp the heads of the zombies with your boot. Everything seems better

 

Really enjoye dthe first one - works very well in Eyefinity - so will definately be picking this one up.

As a quick note I remember the Deo Bomb being in the original game. It is listed here as a "new" item.

 

that reminds me to continue from where i left off in the first game... i remember i played half way the first mission

 

I'm sure John's marshal arts are absolutely devastating.

 

I enjoyed playing the first one up to a point. Then I got annoyed when patches would make new bugs. For example, I couldn't always pick up my modified thrown weapon after certain patches, making me lose a frustrating amount of really good weapons. I've been tempted to give it another shot at some point. Either way, I feel that I got my money's worth for the time I did spend playing.

 

I can't be the only person who thought Dead Island was pretty rubbish and boringly repetitive?