Dead Island

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1659 Ratings

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  1. kolarz3
    May 19, 2023
    8
    Pretty nice game. It's not a masterpiece but for 2 games it's pretty nice game. I enjoyed beating zombie with my GF :)
  2. Outdoorz
    Mar 31, 2023
    9
    Fiz o 100% dele na "Steam" e sei o quanto esse jogo é desafiador e empolgante, claro que em muitos momentos pensei em desistir ainda mais quando termina o jogo e ainda falta algumas conquistas para serem feitas.
    Nesse caso insisti e percebi que cada vez mais que tu jogo mais habilidade tu consegue desenvolver no jogo e nesse caso ele acaba te envolvendo pois te prende conforme tu insiste.
  3. Crypt
    Jan 15, 2023
    8
    Its a good game. Repetitive at various times. Open world, very good atmosphere.
  4. Tomas95
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    dead island ist ein fantastisches spiel mit einen unglaublichen Atmosphäre und tollen Insel kulisse. Die waffen mods bis hin zu schusswaffen und Nahkampfs waffen sin Abwechslungsreich und die story ist auch ganz okey.die zombies sind bedrohlich die spezial zombies sind eglig und der sound ist gewaltig.Das einzigste kritik punt ist die träge Steuerungs und machmal vor kommenden bugs.92/100
  5. jirny
    Nov 7, 2022
    8
    для меня однозначно лучшая игра про зомби, хотя и не люблю эту тематику. Dying Light мне не зашел абсолютно
  6. Azelowspecgamer
    Aug 12, 2022
    10
    One of the best zombie games. Good for low spec pc. Good story and gameplay and open world
  7. Rob-Piton
    Aug 2, 2022
    8
    Fun cooperative game, simple and good, played with friend, just fun and chill
  8. DexEngineer
    Jun 10, 2022
    8
    I would have given 9 if the game was a bit more polished. However if you like zombie RPG game with proper mood, you will like it like 10/10. I sent long hours and many evenings in this game... higly recommended.
  9. RickPedroStalke
    Jan 23, 2022
    10
    Mi juego favorito de zombies Dead Island es uno de los mejores juegos que jugué. A todo fan de Zombies se lo recomiendo muchisimo, y quien lo compro quiero que me diga en los comentarios cual es su opinión. Para los que no se lo compraron, os recomiendo ahorrar y comprar este magnifico juego
  10. VigilanteOito
    Oct 13, 2021
    10
    Um dos melhores games de zumbi que já joguei.
    Zerei e já to com vontade de zerar novamente.
    Como é gostoso cortar zumbis.
  11. KepasaAmigo
    Jul 16, 2021
    8
    Better then L4D but worse then dying light. Was fun in a time that i played. 8/10
  12. johnnyleon
    Apr 29, 2021
    10
    really great game that is fun with friends. great mixture of pure mindless fun and RP aspects. only recently rediscovered it due to it having being banned in germany in the past. everyone who wants an action driven game with a nice story and great graphics to play with friends cant do anything wrong with buying dead island.
  13. Thyreli23
    Mar 13, 2021
    8
    Yes, Dead Island has its bugs and problems. But you know what? That's okay. It's still incredbily fun, and the combat & crafting system is satisfying through and through. The world is gorgeous, the characters, interesting, the quests fun. Dead Island is one of those games I'll boot up every couple of years just to start a new game and enjoy the zombie hunt whose story I'm actuallyYes, Dead Island has its bugs and problems. But you know what? That's okay. It's still incredbily fun, and the combat & crafting system is satisfying through and through. The world is gorgeous, the characters, interesting, the quests fun. Dead Island is one of those games I'll boot up every couple of years just to start a new game and enjoy the zombie hunt whose story I'm actually interested in uncovering.… Expand
  14. kultigin
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Can tell the open-world zombie games started with this game. Thus, it needs to be known and respected.
  15. Toz123
    Nov 1, 2020
    10
    This is a really cool game.I play this game on pc and Xbox and that was really really cool !
  16. Bloodnes
    Sep 30, 2020
    8
    Добротная игра для своего времени, проходилась весело, увлекательно с неплохой графикой как мне показалось. Любителям зомби шутеров рекомендую 8/10
  17. Henker
    Apr 20, 2020
    8
    The game is very good but I expected MUCH more from it when I saw the game trailer, it seemed to be something much better than it really is, and with the trailer I thought the game would be a little more melancholy. But it is still a good game when you play for the first or second time, then it starts to get very nauseating and not to mention that the secondary missions are practically theThe game is very good but I expected MUCH more from it when I saw the game trailer, it seemed to be something much better than it really is, and with the trailer I thought the game would be a little more melancholy. But it is still a good game when you play for the first or second time, then it starts to get very nauseating and not to mention that the secondary missions are practically the same, the main ones are the best and most recommended to do, the secondary ones being always basic and repetitive are good for earning XP, and collecting items that can help you throughout the game.… Expand
  18. Ernest_Figueroa
    Nov 23, 2018
    9
    Un juego para los fans y no tanto de los zombis, una excelente entrega con 4 variaciones de personajes que dan mas variedad a un juego muy divertido y adictivo.
  19. AndrewMalandrew
    Aug 16, 2018
    9
    Dead island is an thrilling experience, and i love it, but it has performance issues for me and many bugs i wish to be fixed.
  20. user12
    Nov 26, 2017
    8
    Dead Island is a somewhat fun game, with a fantastic, gripping plot and very, very well-written characters. It's a bit weak in the gameplay department, because there's little challenge and it's fairly repetitive, but decent nevertheless. The characters, their personalities, and their voices are very well acted. You have a wide range of weaponry with which to defeat zombies and hostileDead Island is a somewhat fun game, with a fantastic, gripping plot and very, very well-written characters. It's a bit weak in the gameplay department, because there's little challenge and it's fairly repetitive, but decent nevertheless. The characters, their personalities, and their voices are very well acted. You have a wide range of weaponry with which to defeat zombies and hostile survivors, everything from shovels and spades to military assault rifles. From the moment you boot up Dead Island, you can feel the story start to grab hold of you- someone is visiting a tropical island, and a zombie outbreak occurs. You'll play as one of four characters: a stereotypical black rapper, a football-playing white American douchebag, a cute Chinese girl,and a feisty Australian **** Each character is skilled in a particular weapon type, so you need to choose wisely. Dead Island does admittedly tend to follow the zombie survival cliche, but it does it well. The final verdict for Dead Island is an 8- it's a great game which is worth playing, but it's nothing extraordinary.… Expand
  21. Maladjester
    May 30, 2016
    8
    Take Far Cry's open-world tropical islands, add zombies, tack on a Borderlands-style skill system, and take away the guns. Don't look for a story, just kill zombies.

    The vast majority of the time you will do this up close and personal as you brutally bash, slash, and curb-stomp your way through annoyingly tough walking dead. I hate to use the word realism in reference to a zombie game,    Take Far Cry's open-world tropical islands, add zombies, tack on a Borderlands-style skill system, and take away the guns. Don't look for a story, just kill zombies.

    The vast majority of the time you will do this up close and personal as you brutally bash, slash, and curb-stomp your way through annoyingly tough walking dead. I hate to use the word realism in reference to a zombie game, but their resilience makes it feel like you're actually trying to put down angry human corpses that can't feel pain and just don't quit. To give you an idea, three walkers at once is a handful. You will not casually blast away hundreds of cardboard zombies as you do in other games.

    Zombie activity levels range from screaming 28-Days-Later sprinters to corpses that simply lie there until you get close, then struggle awkwardly to their feet. This variation adds a suprising amount of interest and timing to encounters. For instance, my group is great at reacting to sprinters, but takes an embarrassing number of hits from the sneaky shufflers. There is a mechanic for breaking/severing zombie limbs to make them less dangerous (or kill via decapitation,) and for at least one type, this is almost essential to do. In ten hours I have only seen a couple of special zombie types, perhaps there are others later on.

    I bought Dead Island when it came out. I was underwhelmed and gave it up after a few hours. Zombies had been done before, 1000 iterations of fetch quest had been done before, skill systems and breaking weapons had been done before. One of the marks of a great game is that it can do the same things other games have done, but do them so well you don't notice you've "played this already." Dead Island falls short of greatness. The whole thing feels like a copy of a copy. While I stand by that assessment, I did make one serious mistake the first time around: I played alone. Dead Island is like Left 4 Dead in that you simply do not get the proper experience by yourself. This is a co-op game through and through. My weekly team game night has been Dead Island the last few times and we're having a blast. Hence my return, 4 1/2 years after the most recent review, to write my own.

    Visuals were top notch at release but no doubt can now be played on cheap machines. The repair/upgrade mechanic is fine, but zombies are apparently made of tungsten, because you will fix your weapons WAY too often. Controls are fine with two notable exceptions. First, getting too close to your teammates creates a shoving effect that can and will get you in trouble or keep you from getting out of it. Second, the cursor moves with maddening slowness on the menu screen. Plot and characters are so utterly forgettable I almost forgot to put this line in. But we're not here for plot or characterization. We just want to fight the dead.

    Bored of Borderlands? Cashing out of CoD? Take your friends to Dead Island.    … Expand
  22. Sandweech
    Feb 6, 2015
    9
    As like most people, I was initially drawn to 'Dead Island' because of it's mind-grabbing cinematic teaser trailer. However, unlike most people, when the game was actually released I wasn't disappointed in the least. And that's mostly due to the fact that 'Dead Island' has one of the most gorgeous and engrossing atmosphere's that I have ever seen in a video game. There's just somethingAs like most people, I was initially drawn to 'Dead Island' because of it's mind-grabbing cinematic teaser trailer. However, unlike most people, when the game was actually released I wasn't disappointed in the least. And that's mostly due to the fact that 'Dead Island' has one of the most gorgeous and engrossing atmosphere's that I have ever seen in a video game. There's just something about a zombie infested paradise that really does it for me and I can't get enough of it. The island of Hanoi truly is a vast and comprehensive environment that is worth exploring over and over again.

    Aside from how wonderful the environment is, the gameplay is also extremely fun and balanced. Bashing zombies heads in with pipes, wrenches, paddles, and whatever else you can find never grows old, and the lack of immediate firearms is surprisingly refreshing. In fact, one of the best aspects of this game is how long it actually takes to get some guns. At first I admit I was wondering how long it would take to get them, but when I finally did, I realized I had way more fun using just about anything else. Not to mention you can modify preexisting weapons to make them more powerful, such as adding barbed wire to bats, and so on and so forth.

    As for the story in 'Dead Island' it's nothing special and is pretty much what you would expect from a modern horror movie. A group of unlikely people are forced to work together as they take on zombie hordes and battle with internal conflict. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The dialog is minimal, which I found to be a good thing, and the progression makes about as much sense as it should. All-in-all the story does a fine job of moving the game forward, and considering most people aren't playing for the story, it's nothing to complain about.

    When it comes down to it, 'Dead Island' offers a gorgeous atmosphere, solid combat with a wide variety of weapons, tons off quests to get side-tracked with, a soundtrack that sets the tone perfectly, an acceptable storyline with acceptable characters, and an overall balanced XP system. Pick this one up if you're a fan of zombies, first person shooters, exotic island madness, and cheesy horror movies. And even if you're not a fan of any of those things, I mean, what's wrong with you? Not one of those things appeals to you? Are you sure you're okay? You haven't been...bitten...have you...!?!?!?!?!    … Expand
  23. Ecresis
    Jun 24, 2014
    8
    Dead Island might seem like another zombie game, but it's not. It's sunny outside, your character runs like an idiot, and that's what makes this game different.

    Once again, the added value comes from the mutliplayer experience, as you can get all together in car and break some zombie bones on the way. It's a bit buggy but it's not ruining the game at all The storyline is not the best    Dead Island might seem like another zombie game, but it's not. It's sunny outside, your character runs like an idiot, and that's what makes this game different.

    Once again, the added value comes from the mutliplayer experience, as you can get all together in car and break some zombie bones on the way. It's a bit buggy but it's not ruining the game at all

    The storyline is not the best one, but it's decent, and some parts of the world are really challenging. It's horror, rpg, action, range and melee. I love it !

    The weapon crafting is nice, even if you have to repair your weapons twice during the missions, but you can create pretty much everything and you find new weapons all the time to replace the old ones.

    Conclusion : Forget the bugs, forget the sensation of unfinished game, this is fun and you know it !    … Expand
  24. QuitBeingStupid
    Jun 20, 2014
    10
    Loved the game. Great graphics, gameplay, and storyline. The vehicle driving is well done as well.
    There is a long and short campaign that merge the stories at the endgame.
    The long campaign is the main storyline featuring one of 4 characters. Every level is detailed and lengthy, but not boring. Even the side quests (technically the grinders) move smoothly as the collection rate for    Loved the game. Great graphics, gameplay, and storyline. The vehicle driving is well done as well.
    There is a long and short campaign that merge the stories at the endgame.
    The long campaign is the main storyline featuring one of 4 characters. Every level is detailed and lengthy, but not boring. Even the side quests (technically the grinders) move smoothly as the collection rate for necessary items isn't high at all.
    The short campaign follows a law officer trying to find his wife, and eventually meeting up with the 4 survivors from the main storyline.
    The ending has a twist.
    One any difficulty the game is still challenging. Ammo, and carry space, are realistically done, and there is a surplus of good weapons to be found. I didn't want the game to end, but felt satiated and satisfied when it was finished.    … Expand
  25. HMG-MetaCritic
    Jun 9, 2014
    8
    Dead Island Is a mix between Borderlands and Left 4 Dead! The graphics are good despites the glitches that occurs often in the game! Also It is mostly made for Co-Op, If you play alone you will get to act 2 and also bored to death! Otherwise, play with 3 of your friends online and you will have a lot of fun! I recommend it for any fans of zombie games!
  26. SolesDN
    May 24, 2014
    8
    I would have given the game a higher score if it didnt have so many bugs still till this day. Love the game but the developers took too many shortcuts with the game and ruined it in certain areas. But i get which direction they wanted the game to head towards but just couldnt do so.

    Overall, its been 2.5 years and I still love the game.
  27. yukichigai
    Mar 19, 2014
    9
    A fun zombie-killing experience that has the right blend of difficulty, horror, and whimsy. It's not the best game - tons of glitches for one - but it is hours and hours of fun, great solo or in multiplayer. There are shortcomings of course: the sections where firearms are required get a bit tedious, and firearms themselves seem pretty weak when stacked up against the ridiculous amountA fun zombie-killing experience that has the right blend of difficulty, horror, and whimsy. It's not the best game - tons of glitches for one - but it is hours and hours of fun, great solo or in multiplayer. There are shortcomings of course: the sections where firearms are required get a bit tedious, and firearms themselves seem pretty weak when stacked up against the ridiculous amount of melee weapons you can get your hands on. There's also a fair bit of dumb design decisions in there, like making Alcohol an item that can take up a weapon slot, or having higher level weapon modifications available before the lower level variants. Despite that, the melee combat is both fun and challenging. The game holds up decently well, though it loses a bit of its charm in the later levels when things veer away from the combination of beautiful scenery with horrifying zombies. Still, it's not like it stops being fun, it just loses a little bit of that humorous juxtaposition.

    All in all it's a great game, even moreso on the PC since it is HIGHLY moddable. Don't like some aspect of the game? There's probably a mod out there to change it.    … Expand
  28. Ilham
    Feb 12, 2014
    10
    Well,, The Graphic is Incredibly welldone and the Combat system with those zombies is thrilling I just loved it,, It is the best FPS Zombie horror genre game I ever played
  29. MLPChristian
    Jan 12, 2014
    9
    A pretty good game. It brought a new and exciting feel to the zombie slasher games we see today. Sure there were bugs here and there like the walk thru doors bug in the city. Over all i had fun
  30. busbfran
    Dec 2, 2013
    8
    Massive, Fun, and laughable characters is what Dead Island consist of. When I say massive I mean 40 hours plus massive. There are hundreds of side missions, many locations to find and exclusions notes which actually make for a better story compared to what the game attempts to portray. The Graphics are impressive and Banoi is a related destination for paradise holidaying. Basically theMassive, Fun, and laughable characters is what Dead Island consist of. When I say massive I mean 40 hours plus massive. There are hundreds of side missions, many locations to find and exclusions notes which actually make for a better story compared to what the game attempts to portray. The Graphics are impressive and Banoi is a related destination for paradise holidaying. Basically the game is about four main characters who have mutated an immunity which has given them the privilege to do 1000 fetch quests for pretty much everyone. The aim of the game is to get off this Island of hell and discover what actually is going on.… Expand
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#46 Best PC Game of 2011
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#16 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#36 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 19, 2011
    91
    Dead Island is maybe rough around the edges, has things that could have been better and has some strange solutions to gaming mechanics, but really, who cares? The main thing, close combat with zombies on an open environment, is both exceptionally well done and most importantly, great fun. Even alone. In the land of blindingly pretty, but simplified tubeshooters the ugly zombie game is the king. [Sept 2011]
  2. Computer Games Online RO
    Oct 17, 2011
    88
    Dead Island has plenty of reasons to be likeable: a satisfying duration, enough freedom and interactivity to create addiction and enough potential to become a classic. And although it isn't what the elitists would call a mandatory title, I think it's infectious enough for me to pull my friend's sleeve to buy the game too.
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  3. Thunderbolt
    Oct 9, 2011
    60
    It's the mission design that proves most disappointing. Its scale is highly ambitious but Dead Island's population of living dead aren't enough to compensate for its barren lack of variety and an increasingly tedious structure.
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