Dead Island Gameplay

Dead Island is an open world action adventure game that is being developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver. It's currently slated to come out on September 30, 2011 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. The game puts an emphasis on RPG elements and melee combat.

I am personally excited for this game because it carves out a form of gameplay that wasn't seen in game's like Left 4 Dead. While the Left 4 Dead series was a very fun series of games, it is very different from the gameplay. Left 4 Dead played more like an action movie where you are provided with plenty of ammunition and ammo, and you followed a specific path to get to the "safe zone" or the extraction point. Typically, the ending of an "act", which was a series of about five levels, involved you holding out before the chopper arrives. In Dead Island, you will barely find that many guns or ammo, you can typically only take on a few zombies whereas in Left 4 Dead you could easily mow them down with an assault or hacking and slashing with a machete. For the lack of a better word, this game has a more "serious" approach on the zombie apocalypse, and I think that's what will distinguish it from a game like Left 4 Dead.

In this gameplay preview, Deep Silver's Brand Manager, Vincent Kummer, narrates a section of gameplay footage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/to-kill-dead-island/714103