Dead Island 2: “Internally we call it the world’s smallest MMO” - Sensationalist Headlines

Dead island 1 with friends is hilarious

Theyve managed to escape from spec ops's linear gameplay by saying 'We wanted it to be your generic shooter so you'd understand better', lets hope they'll make this one great

[QUOTE=Rusty100;45090249]haha are you serious 'they made the game suck on purpose'[/QUOTE] MGS2 was a game made to "suck" on purpose since it made a point with it, like Spec Ops was trying to make a point.

[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;45091548]Hopefully they won't make guns useless in this one[/QUOTE] Ugh, in Riptide guns were pretty great. If not OP on high levels. They still sucked though, the sounds, the FX, the aim-assist...

I really liked DI ( not riptide ) story was Ok and combat was fucking fantastic...except guns these were unbalanced as shit

Well, I expect them to be way nicer in the next one. As cut-and-dry as Spec Ops: The Line was, the guns felt pretty damn great imo.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;45082459]people are saying they have high hopes because it's the same developer as spec ops: the line. even if you LIKED it's terrible hamfisted commentary on war, didn't everyone agree that it faltered in gameplay? personally i thought the line had horrible, generic and boring gameplay. the same goes for it's story, because apparently people who play war video games have never seen another piece of war media and thought the 'war is hell and you have to make hard choices' thing was fresh. my hopes are about the same as if it had the original developers. only instead of very fun gameplay and a shitty b-grade story, we might get terrible gameplay and a story that tries way too hard.[/QUOTE] I actually agree with you to a degree, though I'll give Yager a chance. While Spec Ops didn't have th best gameplay, I didn't have any real complaints about it besides "oh its just like any other tps. ok i guess" [editline]14th June 2014[/editline] also wtf are you kids talking about they didn't make spec ops suck on purpose, that's suicide. They had a subpar story with some eh gameplay, and people ate that shit up I liked Spec Ops, but don't try and justify that shit as being on purpose

Another person passes their personal experience as a blanket fact.

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;45103183] I liked Spec Ops, but don't try and justify that shit as being on purpose[/QUOTE] I remember an Extra Credits episode talking about gameplay as a storytelling mechanic, and it mentioned how Spec Ops sluggish and similar-to-other-FPS' gameplay helped to convey a feeling of anger and stress, similar to what the characters were feeling Certainly felt like that to me.

It fit the theme too well to be an accident, and even if it was, the whole game benefited from it imo. What's even the fucking point of this debate? One side is gonna go "I no its on purpose cuz im astute novel readin book learnin man" and the other is just gonna go "u just say that 2 cover 4 ur shit taste an theyre shit devs" and neither of these things have fucking anything to do with Dead Island.

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;45103183] also wtf are you kids talking about they didn't make spec ops suck on purpose, that's suicide. They had a subpar story with some eh gameplay, and people ate that shit up I liked Spec Ops, but don't try and justify that shit as being on purpose[/QUOTE] Okay I get that the gameplay could easily get boring and all, but how the fuck was the story "subpar"?

Tearing stories apart is the in thing to do. Scrutinizing flaws in stories (or anything, really) that are regarded as great makes you look like you've studied a ton on the subject and are scholarly accomplished. People will respect you for it. When you tear down a story("") people love, you're perceived as the intellectual messiah, lifting the oppression of ignorance away from the masses. This is what these people [I]actually believe.[/I] The rest of us know that all it does is make you look like a huge asshole why tries to dampen and retard the joy and positivity of others. Why? No fucking clue. That's up to them to tell us, which they no doubt will. I used to be like that, then I realized that there was no fucking point. Why shit on Crysis's story, or Killzone's controls, or COD's everything when I could be busy enjoying something?

[QUOTE=xalener;45105786]Why shit on Crysis's story, or Killzone's controls, or COD's everything when I could be busy enjoying something?[/QUOTE] Why shit on people who enjoy shitting on the flaws of games, when you could be busy enjoying something?

[QUOTE=Kardia;45107803]Why shit on people who enjoy shitting on the flaws of games, when you could be busy enjoying something?[/QUOTE] Because he enjoys shitting on people who enjoy shitting on the flaws of games.

Not just games, movies too.

If it doesn't have a dodgy driving model and even dodgier driving physics/collision detection, I won't be amused. Some of the nonsense that arose from the engine made coop about a million times more enjoyable.

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;45084054]The mediocre gameplay was actually part of the point they were trying to make, it was trying to emulate the mundane and rehashed gameplay we have gotten in tons of modern military shooters. [/QUOTE] Easily the best example of "oh no we meant to do that! Honest!"

anyone else notice jack blacks voice in the trailer?

[QUOTE=xalener;45105422] One side is gonna go "I no its on purpose cuz im astute novel readin book learnin man" and the other is just gonna go "u just say that 2 cover 4 ur shit taste an theyre shit devs" [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Skyward;45111182]Easily the best example of "oh no we meant to do that! Honest!"[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Zatar963;45090403]Jesus, talk about a loaded question. [editline]12th June 2014[/editline] Also, why don't you use capital letters or question marks?[/QUOTE] while i'm not a fan of rusty blurring the line between opinions being subjective and objective is grammar really important on an internet forum

A lack of capitals and punctuation in that context ups the asshole levels several hundred times.

Anyone who says Spec Ops had boring gameplay on purpose needs to get a grip. Games can have a interesting story while maintaining good gameplay.

[QUOTE=xalener;45105422] One side is gonna go "I no its on purpose cuz im astute novel readin book learnin man" and the other is just gonna go "u just say that 2 cover 4 ur shit taste an theyre shit devs" [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Ryz0;45111384]anyone else notice jack blacks voice in the trailer?[/QUOTE] I thought it was Jack Black too, but he personally confirmed that it was someone else (probably doing an impersonation) [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/282bqf/hey_reddit_its_me_jack_black_lets_do_this_ama/ci6rbxm"]during a Reddit AMA.[/URL]

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;45092394]MGS2 was a game made to "suck" on purpose since it made a point with it, like Spec Ops was trying to make a point.[/QUOTE] are you saying mgs2 sucks because it is the best game in the series