Zero Punctuation: Dead Island

[salty peanut]

he's pretty much right on about everything but I'm still enjoying the game

I haven't really run into many escort missions though

[simkas]

[QUOTE=Paramud;32428728][url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1094038]Project Zomboid.[/url][/QUOTE]
No, I mean like a proper full game, not an isometric 2d indie game.

[Trunk Monkay]

[QUOTE=Cadaver;32428748]Here's the problem, infected will rape you if you try to use nothing but kicks on them. So will the ram. Go ahead and kick a suicider, see how that works out for you. Have fun kicking thugs. It only works on common slow zombies and that isn't really "OP". The only way escort missions were retarded is if you are retarded, all you have to do is kill 4-5 common zombies at a time, occasionally 2-3 infected at a time. Fuckin' cake walk. If you learned how to dodge (protip : spacebar + S) and threw an occasional shitty weapon to interrupt zombies then you wouldn't be getting pounded in the ass.[/QUOTE]
Lets start with the kicking
Kicking takes no stamina away, so you can just kick and kick and kick, non fucking stop, you CAN kick a thug to death, and you can kick infected back, put the on the ground, and stomp their head in, in fact, thats the easiest way to kill them is to jump-kick-stomp.
Now the escorts, they have NO fucking idea why fire is bad, and why hitting a zombie with a stick is stupid.
heres an example, Escort mission, chief guy, through the village full of zombies, with the 5 walkers, 2 or so infected, 1 butcher, and a thug, first attempt, he walks up the the thug and starts hitting him with a stick, I figure he can hold his own till I take out the main mass of zombies, zombies ignore me completely and kill him. Second try, I pull out a molotov and hit the main mass of commons, butcher, and infected, the chief guy walks directly into the fire to fight the mass of burning zombies, he dies, mission restarts, I'm out 1 molotov, I try fighting the thug with him this time, doesn't work, restart, yaddah yaddah yaddah, all but one of my weapons is degraded to the point it does no damage, I have no ammo left for my pistol, and I'm out of molotovs.
Escorts are retarded.

[Cadaver]

I guess my OCD for constantly repairing my weapons saved my ass then because for the most part I have never had a problem with escort quests. One time I hit the person being escorted with a propane tank and killed him, but that was the only time they died for me.

[Trunk Monkay]

[QUOTE=Cadaver;32430722]I guess my OCD for constantly repairing my weapons saved my ass then because for the most part I have never had a problem with escort quests. One time I hit the person being escorted with a propane tank and killed him, but that was the only time they died for me.[/QUOTE]
I went into that situation with all my weapons prepared and repaired, there wasn't any repair stations in that old village, so when you die and restart an attempt, any damage on your weapons, medkits used, ammo used, or molotovs thrown, disapears with each attempt.

[Cadaver]

Keep all your weapons repaired, and keep your backpack full of backup weapons. Filter out the shitty back up weapons for better ones as you move along. Eventually you will get weapons with decent durability that can last a while before you have to repair them.

It could be that I went almost 100% survival so I have better abilities to solo with (as Logan)

[Trunk Monkay]

I did, I do, I do, I have, and I know.

[paramud]

[QUOTE=simkas;32430342]No, I mean like a proper full game, not an isometric 2d indie game.[/QUOTE]

I didn't realize isometric 2D games weren't games.

[Agent_Wesker]

He contradicted himself when he said all you needed to do is kick then complained at the end when he lost his weapons.

[Ultimate7MK]

[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;32425393]what are you talking about?

Dead space=zombies
dead space 2= zombies
[/QUOTE]

Dead Space has no zombies in it, they're aliens.

[paramud]

[QUOTE=Ultimate7MK;32431788]Dead Space has no zombies in it, they're aliens.[/QUOTE]

Actually, they're humans who have been modified by an alien stone.

Or something. I didn't really care too much about the big plot points. Point is, the majority of them are humans that have been twisted into eldritch abominations.

[Caynug]

Dead island is fantastic, the resort at start may be a bit boring after 2 hours but as soon you step into town shit gets loose I played this game for 64 hours now and I fucking love it every second.

[AltFanatic]

dead island is good game im in the jungle

[sp]where is jason[/sp]

[Caynug]

[QUOTE=AltFanatic;32432622]dead island is good game im in the jungle

[sp]where is jason[/sp][/QUOTE]

[sp]Look map - Under a bridge.[/sp]

[Ultimate7MK]

[QUOTE=AltFanatic;32432622]dead island is good game im in the jungle

[sp]where is jason[/sp][/QUOTE]

[sp]Press X, but for real go to this link: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595822798100587584/A74D390B293F3BD554507D594D96846EAEE6D851/ it's a screenshot that I took.[/sp]

[Codemaster85]

[QUOTE=AltFanatic;32432622]dead island is good game im in the jungle

[sp]where is jason[/sp][/QUOTE]

for some reason i was thinking of this immediately

[video=youtube;_56257iS77A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56257iS77A[/video]

[Noobmaster]

epic

[CptVague]

[QUOTE=simkas;32428496]I wouldn't say zombies themselves are overused, only there's too many zombies that more or less focus on the same things. There still hasn't been a single zombie game that focuses on the survival aspect or even one that would be a proper big open-world open-ended freeroam one.[/QUOTE]
I would say zombies are absolutely overused in all sorts of mass media. Zombies are what developers think is a sure bet. Also important to businesses; there's no copyright to worry about and several different ways to depict a zombie.

Fort Zombie claimed to focus on survival. It is shit.

I'd put the following on the list of games:
Killing Floor (though I love it)
Plants vs. Zombies
Survivor Zero
Atom Zombie Smasher (enjoy this one)
Zombie Driver

[Drax-Quin]

To be honest I don't care if zombies or whatever is overused, if the game is good thats all I care about, Yahtzee was definitely spot on with a lot of his points, but with that all said I still found the game very fun and the melee combat some of the best I've experienced in a game in terms of flow, I didn't have an issue with multiple zombies like he did so I can't speak for that.

If there's any zombie game that still needs to be made its one that actually focuses on survival and is an FPS, I agree Project Zomboid is movement in the right direction but Its not what I'm after.