- Publisher: Deep Silver
- Release Date: Sep 6, 2011
- Also On: PC, Xbox 360

- Summary: Dead Island is a first-person shooter that pits you on an island full of zombies.
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- Developer: Techland
- Genre(s): Action Adventure, Horror, Horror, Survival
- # of players: Up to 4
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 41
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Mixed: 20 out of 41
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Negative: 2 out of 41
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May 21, 2012Dead Island may lack that top level of polish, and even have its own awkward moments, but it's a game worth playing, and easily worth your money. The gameplay is deep, the visuals can be breathtaking (at times), and every bit of it is fun. This game earns itself a spot in the ranks of the best zombie games and RPGs around. There's still plenty of fun to be had with zombie games.
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Sep 6, 2011Although a bit too ambitious if we compare the expectations and the final result, Dead Island is still a great game, with a lot of hours of fun, a great ambiance and a good combat system which provides a lot of little pleasures when killing zombies. Its cooperative mode and lenghtly story make it a recommended buy.
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Sep 6, 2011It's completely different from what the teaser trailers suggested, the narrative is missing, the atmosphere is quite basic, characters are just silly. Yet, Dead Island is a funny action/adventure with small RPG influence, delivering fast paced and visceral combat, best served with friends. Consider it if you're looking for a not-so-compelling, light co-op fun.
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Sep 6, 2011The RPG twist on the genre is fairly cool, and does result in an experience that is longer than you might expect, but the game's utter lack of story and reliance on pre-established genre conventions make it a pretty big missed opportunity.
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Sep 12, 2011Technical issues and some repetitiveness keep it from being labeled as great.
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Sep 5, 2011There's a lot to do on this zombie-infested island from hell. With some more varied missions and better melee combat, the final score would have been shimmering.
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Sep 20, 2011Dead Island is described as a first person action-adventure game, whilst it is definitely first person, the latter two descriptions are misleading, it is action in as much as raising your arm is an action, it is adventure in as much finding toilet roll is an adventure. They should have called it a first person battle of tedium, because it would've been a lot more accurate.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 63 out of 153
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Mixed: 59 out of 153
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Negative: 31 out of 153
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