Escape Dead Island

But this isn't 1999, and even where third rate franchise filler is concerned, standards are now higher than a game of Escape Dead Island's shoddy construction could ever reach. With a dash more ambition, and a lot more technical coherence, at best it would only have been a middling distraction before next year's Dead Island 2. In its current form, the kindest thing would be a short, sharp stab with a screwdriver behind the ear.

There was enough exposition by game's end and whatever mysteries were left unsolved left me feeling indifferent. Despite my profound apathy regarding making sense of Cliff's hallucinations and dreams, there was at least some satisfaction in silently assassinating the undead.

There was a time when the Dead Island franchise was so serious, that the advertisement alone almost got a movie deal. That time, however, is long past. Any pretense of Dead Island being a serious and tragic zombie survival game has floated off to sea. I...

It's Not Worth Playing for Any Reason Whatsoever: I could bloviate endlessly about the failings of Escape Dead Island. It looks god-awful, even for a last-generation game, with a "graphic novel" style that really boils down to "we didn't put textures on anything." It hard-crashed three times, once in the main menu when I was simply perusing collectibles I had found.

Escape Dead Island squandered whatever opportunity it had to make a compelling story, while offering only sub-par gameplay to tide you over in the meantime. It has no business being a game, rather than a one-shot graphic novel for dedicated fans.

Escape Dead Island questions how we perceive reality, alongside questionable zombie-killing and stealth.

While playing through Escape Dead Island, I was continually offended that anyone would be asked to pay for this experience. Any number of developmental issues could have caused this train wreck, from budgetary problems or creative crises, and we'll likely never know the whole truth. But as it stands, Escape Dead Island is worth nobody's time.

Patrick Mittler: Escape Dead Island wirkt für mich wie ein kleines, feines Downloadspiel, das als Spin-Off eine schön psychedelische Nebenhandlung erzählen sollte, irgendwann aber zu einem monströsen Vollpreistitel mutiert ist. Und damit haben sich die...

By gamestar.de on November 20, 2014