Regarding everyone's big complaint with the ending:
In my ending, when your guys are flying away in the chopper, the radio (or tv, dunno) sound overlay makes it sound like the survivors (dunno whether it's your people or the lifeguard people or what) got the word out because they are sending in aid to the island and what is going on is known, although they try and downplay it as a viral outbreak, albeit a large one. So the other survivors live, presumably.
During the last fight, White calls in the order to cleanse the island of all life/unlife. The radio is just PR. They aren't going to say "Oh hey we nuked this island resort cause stuff got a little out of hand"
But yeah, last boss fight was bad. I had infinite flaming infected spawning behind me. As Xian..... I died more there than at any other point in the game. Zed's Demise is still the best though.
I happened to have a fury charged, and he went down rght next to the plane before he could even spawn an infected.
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Seguerof the VoidSydney, AustraliaRegistered Userregular
Wait he spawns Infected?
He's never survived long enough in my run throughs lol
Hey, if anyone wants to add me, my steam id is dissociater. I'd be down to starting a new game from scratch if anyone wants to start a new character. Or alternatively, I have a Sam B about to start the prison.
I think the main place I'm finding I feel I'm grinding so far is the police station, and that might be due to not progressing one quest line far enough to do two at once.
Went there to pick up you know who, then again for some data (oh look, I'm back at the chief's computer) and then again for some guy's radio codes and OH LOOK HI TO YOU CHIEF'S OFFICE! It felts pretty blatantly that they just wanted me to go through the whole thing 2-3 times and came up with reasons to make it happen.
The only quests I find I'm really not all that big a fan of are those that are entirely unmarked on the map. At least Maggie shows up in a place you're going to go anyway, but that guy's brother can get fucked until I bother to look up where he's supposed to be and wander over there, and that's looking even less likely than me going and fetching that bitch's camera. I swear Amanda, you yell GO at me one more time, and I'm going to find it, take a giant shit in it and then throw it deeper into the jungle.
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
I kicked an infected and it vanished instantly. Its the high heels. They are Godly.
Once, I kicked an walker dead in the chest at the resort. I kicked it so hard He flew and bounced off an umbrella, which I thought was hilarious, till I looked down and saw his legs were still standing there in place. Wish I had a screenshot.
I kicked an infected and it vanished instantly. Its the high heels. They are Godly.
Once, I kicked an walker dead in the chest at the resort. I kicked it so hard He flew and bounced off an umbrella, which I thought was hilarious, till I looked down and saw his legs were still standing there in place. Wish I had a screenshot.
That seems to happen quite often with a magic wanded sledge.
Man... Dead Island is a fun game, it really is...
but its frustrating me.
Decided I just wanted to finish it, so I was ignoring side quests in the jungle. Went to go recover the guns and ammo for Kintaro or whatever, and when I get there I'm handling the mans pretty well, until more spawn and flank me. Holy Shit! Ok...ok I got this. Then more spawn... Jesus fuck... ok. Oh I died. Oop... died again. Almost died again! but its ok, I got this no-wtf I died? Oh sweet, now Infected are spawning... awesome.
Guide Button-> Y->Quit to dash?-> Yes
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Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
Man... Dead Island is a fun game, it really is...
but its frustrating me.
Decided I just wanted to finish it, so I was ignoring side quests in the jungle. Went to go recover the guns and ammo for Kintaro or whatever, and when I get there I'm handling the mans pretty well, until more spawn and flank me. Holy Shit! Ok...ok I got this. Then more spawn... Jesus fuck... ok. Oh I died. Oop... died again. Almost died again! but its ok, I got this no-wtf I died? Oh sweet, now Infected are spawning... awesome.
Guide Button-> Y->Quit to dash?-> Yes
:evil:
I struggled with this part as well. The way i delt with it was to take cover at a wide distance and pick them off, once you get flanked sprint into the middle of the water, the undead will rise and take out most of your flankers, just keep sprinting to the jungle then turn and pick of anyone following you specificly...Like you i died like 6 times here, quit before finishing the quest. It's easier the second time for some reason...
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so this game is fun, but when I hack the arms off a thug and he kills me by headbutting me i have to quit the game.
that is some dumbass, monty python shit right there. This seems like a cool concept that still needs some tlc
Man... Dead Island is a fun game, it really is...
but its frustrating me.
Decided I just wanted to finish it, so I was ignoring side quests in the jungle. Went to go recover the guns and ammo for Kintaro or whatever, and when I get there I'm handling the mans pretty well, until more spawn and flank me. Holy Shit! Ok...ok I got this. Then more spawn... Jesus fuck... ok. Oh I died. Oop... died again. Almost died again! but its ok, I got this no-wtf I died? Oh sweet, now Infected are spawning... awesome.
Guide Button-> Y->Quit to dash?-> Yes
:evil:
Yeah I struggled with that one too. My strategy was ingenious though; sucker envoy and curlyhairedboy into joining my game and killin everything. I get to clean up the bodies for loot!
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edited September 2011
Predictably, the game spawned me in the police station again. I called shenanigans, skipped all the sidequests, and carried on to the jungle and act 3. Does anyone know if the devs will try to patch the game into shape or are they done with it?
Edit: Oh yeah, I shot one of the runner zombos right in the gut when she came at me. She was violently jerked backwards and just kept going. It was like she had been shot out of a cannon. God knows where she landed.
Regarding everyone's big complaint with the ending:
In my ending, when your guys are flying away in the chopper, the radio (or tv, dunno) sound overlay makes it sound like the survivors (dunno whether it's your people or the lifeguard people or what) got the word out because they are sending in aid to the island and what is going on is known, although they try and downplay it as a viral outbreak, albeit a large one. So the other survivors live, presumably.
The radio broadcast at the end is obviously goosery. Noone is sending in humanitarian aid, the very best the survivors could hope for would be to be evacuated by air to an isolated location for observation before the island was bombed. They clearly wouldn't care about these people considering they abandoned them to die when the virus erupted, and deliberately kept the military back to enforce a quarantine rather than moving in to help the survivors.
I think the best easy thing would have been that you get on the chopper and have to choose which major remaining area to help, since you can't help them all. Lighthouse, lifeguards, village, or town. Then you have your final fight in that area as you evacuate them, and the people you don't help call you as you are flying to the other area to beg you for help because they are being slaughtered by super infected. But of course, they don't fit on the chopper.
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
"Look, all I know is that this cord was plugged into my house and your house was glowing like the freakin' sun. So, I put two and two together there and decided that you're pissing me off." -Carl Brutananadilewski
In regards to the advocates of his former empire: “I was going to have them all executed… the Royal Advocate talked me out of it.” -Shadowthrone (Emperor Kellanved)
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
Not only did he magically know that, there are several moments during the game in act 2 and 3 where, after you finish a quest, he'll begin talking to you over a nearby radio telling you what to do next. This all despite no one telling him, or using the radio at the time. It's like he has the whole island bugged.
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
Not only did he magically know that, there are several moments during the game in act 2 and 3 where, after you finish a quest, he'll begin talking to you over a nearby radio telling you what to do next. This all despite no one telling him, or using the radio at the time. It's like he has the whole island bugged.
I viewed it as being that he saw you get attacked and bitten and just wake up rather than being infected. And, that he could hack all the security cameras. Also, he was telepathic I guess
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
Not only did he magically know that, there are several moments during the game in act 2 and 3 where, after you finish a quest, he'll begin talking to you over a nearby radio telling you what to do next. This all despite no one telling him, or using the radio at the time. It's like he has the whole island bugged.
Look i didn't buy the game for it's storyline and I loved this game, but there are just so many quirks with the story it's like they just kinda threw it on at the end.
or how about when you need to go to the hotel to use the raido to talk to Col. White and you are told that the guy sent to fix the radio has been missing for 2 days. You get there and smashcut you are talking to Col. white with the guy who was missing for 2 days just standing there in the cutscene. [/spolier]
"Look, all I know is that this cord was plugged into my house and your house was glowing like the freakin' sun. So, I put two and two together there and decided that you're pissing me off." -Carl Brutananadilewski
In regards to the advocates of his former empire: “I was going to have them all executed… the Royal Advocate talked me out of it.” -Shadowthrone (Emperor Kellanved)
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
Not only did he magically know that, there are several moments during the game in act 2 and 3 where, after you finish a quest, he'll begin talking to you over a nearby radio telling you what to do next. This all despite no one telling him, or using the radio at the time. It's like he has the whole island bugged.
I've just started reading the book. It's not the best writing I've ever read but it's pretty good. I'm not far into it so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the book compared to the game.
Potential early book and end game spoilers;
According to the book Purna, Sam B and Logan were given all expense paid trips to Banoi due to a blood donation. Considering all three of them are immune that seems suspicious, suggesting a motive for having those three on the island. It is possible that White knew that they were immune before the infection even broke out. The fact that Xian Mei is also immune is either a coincidence or the Chinese are involved.
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so this game is fun, but when I hack the arms off a thug and he kills me by headbutting me i have to quit the game.
that is some dumbass, monty python shit right there. This seems like a cool concept that still needs some tlc
Horses for courses and all that, but I find that hilarious
the monty python effect is comedic, but how can a zombie that moves .1 miles per hour and has no arms kill me? Especially when I have 4 giant cleavers and some baseball bats.
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
Not only did he magically know that, there are several moments during the game in act 2 and 3 where, after you finish a quest, he'll begin talking to you over a nearby radio telling you what to do next. This all despite no one telling him, or using the radio at the time. It's like he has the whole island bugged.
Look i didn't buy the game for it's storyline and I loved this game, but there are just so many quirks with the story it's like they just kinda threw it on at the end.
or how about when you need to go to the hotel to use the raido to talk to Col. White and you are told that the guy sent to fix the radio has been missing for 2 days. You get there and smashcut you are talking to Col. white with the guy who was missing for 2 days just standing there in the cutscene. [/spolier]
That was kinda the point where I felt that things were being cut that made the story make less sense. Clearly there was supposed to be some kind of 'defend the repairman on the roof' mission there, which they didn't finish coding. If you're just going to hard cut to it, why even tell me to go to the hotel? Just have Sinamoi say "Good news mate! Jimmy got the radio fixed up and there's someone who wants to talk to you!"
so this game is fun, but when I hack the arms off a thug and he kills me by headbutting me i have to quit the game.
that is some dumbass, monty python shit right there. This seems like a cool concept that still needs some tlc
Horses for courses and all that, but I find that hilarious
the monty python effect is comedic, but how can a zombie that moves .1 miles per hour and has no arms kill me? Especially when I have 4 giant cleavers and some baseball bats.
Oh I agree with you, it's stupid in the extreme. But I love it because I'm complicated like that
so here is my question/complaint about the last act/end of the game
After everything they set up with Col. White. He magically knew you were immune from the prison island, his whole story that sounded like a giant set up to lure you to the prison. And it ends up he IS telling the truth and his wife is infected and he is trying to save her and he doesnt have any apprent involvement with the virus. Why the fuck does he then gas you in the elevator and steal the antidote? He has room in his chopper, we brought the antidote i dont get the random backstabbing at the end.
Not only did he magically know that, there are several moments during the game in act 2 and 3 where, after you finish a quest, he'll begin talking to you over a nearby radio telling you what to do next. This all despite no one telling him, or using the radio at the time. It's like he has the whole island bugged.
Look i didn't buy the game for it's storyline and I loved this game, but there are just so many quirks with the story it's like they just kinda threw it on at the end.
or how about when you need to go to the hotel to use the raido to talk to Col. White and you are told that the guy sent to fix the radio has been missing for 2 days. You get there and smashcut you are talking to Col. white with the guy who was missing for 2 days just standing there in the cutscene. [/spolier]
That was kinda the point where I felt that things were being cut that made the story make less sense. Clearly there was supposed to be some kind of 'defend the repairman on the roof' mission there, which they didn't finish coding. If you're just going to hard cut to it, why even tell me to go to the hotel? Just have Sinamoi say "Good news mate! Jimmy got the radio fixed up and there's someone who wants to talk to you!"
Yeah, it was pretty clear that story was probably tertiary or so. It was fine, but it was obvious that they just didn't have time to finish all of it. Seeing as that was cut, there is probably more later that was also cut that would have made the whole thing make some sense. Also, they probably would've mentioned Sinamoi and the Lighthouse crew again. Still fun, but don't play for the story. It's just like I figured out that the quests are basically to show off their set pieces. It doesn't make it any less fun, just don't play for the story.
The funniest thing about the "story" in this game, despite all the plot issues, is that in some of the houses you can see (but can't interact with) books called Dead Island: a True Story. Its like some Spaceballs shit when they the book out before the game is!
so this game is fun, but when I hack the arms off a thug and he kills me by headbutting me i have to quit the game.
that is some dumbass, monty python shit right there. This seems like a cool concept that still needs some tlc
Horses for courses and all that, but I find that hilarious
the monty python effect is comedic, but how can a zombie that moves .1 miles per hour and has no arms kill me? Especially when I have 4 giant cleavers and some baseball bats.
Because it has a mouth that you got within range of.
The funniest thing about the "story" in this game, despite all the plot issues, is that in some of the houses you can see (but can't interact with) books called Dead Island: a True Story. Its like some Spaceballs shit when they the book out before the game is!
I saw that and smiled.
"now I've got this mental image of caucuses as cafeteria tables in prison, and new congressmen having to beat someone up on inauguration day." - Raiden333
yea it definately seemed like I was missing some story at points... early game spoiler?
like when Sinamoi is talking about some orphan girl who is sick on the radio.. and how that the rest of the people at the lifeguard station where freaking out about it... who the hell are they talking about.. that blonde chick that you had to get meds for in the medical room?
2nd Hotel trip
I was really excited to make my way up to the top of the hotel and save the guys who havent been heard from in days... NOPE!! cut scene...
Do I really have to go through the sewers to get to the police station again? I've really had enough of them. But the Pride mod just seems so good.
I checked the fast travel location when I was in the station, but I can't fast travel there.
No, theres an entrince from the street, once you have cleared it once. It'll put you in the parking garage when you enter. You get some side quests that will take you in through there.
Do I really have to go through the sewers to get to the police station again? I've really had enough of them. But the Pride mod just seems so good.
I checked the fast travel location when I was in the station, but I can't fast travel there.
No, theres an entrince from the street, once you have cleared it once. It'll put you in the parking garage when you enter. You get some side quests that will take you in through there.
really? shit good to know. I was going in through the really close manhole.
Man, I spent way too much time playing this weekend. The car advice totally improved things and the game is a blast. Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that getting to the bottom of each skill tree gets you 10 bonus points. Can anyone actually confirm this?
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I happened to have a fury charged, and he went down rght next to the plane before he could even spawn an infected.
He's never survived long enough in my run throughs lol
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Went there to pick up you know who, then again for some data (oh look, I'm back at the chief's computer) and then again for some guy's radio codes and OH LOOK HI TO YOU CHIEF'S OFFICE! It felts pretty blatantly that they just wanted me to go through the whole thing 2-3 times and came up with reasons to make it happen.
The only quests I find I'm really not all that big a fan of are those that are entirely unmarked on the map. At least Maggie shows up in a place you're going to go anyway, but that guy's brother can get fucked until I bother to look up where he's supposed to be and wander over there, and that's looking even less likely than me going and fetching that bitch's camera. I swear Amanda, you yell GO at me one more time, and I'm going to find it, take a giant shit in it and then throw it deeper into the jungle.
Once, I kicked an walker dead in the chest at the resort. I kicked it so hard He flew and bounced off an umbrella, which I thought was hilarious, till I looked down and saw his legs were still standing there in place. Wish I had a screenshot.
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but its frustrating me.
Decided I just wanted to finish it, so I was ignoring side quests in the jungle. Went to go recover the guns and ammo for Kintaro or whatever, and when I get there I'm handling the mans pretty well, until more spawn and flank me. Holy Shit! Ok...ok I got this. Then more spawn... Jesus fuck... ok. Oh I died. Oop... died again. Almost died again! but its ok, I got this no-wtf I died? Oh sweet, now Infected are spawning... awesome.
Guide Button-> Y->Quit to dash?-> Yes
:evil:
I struggled with this part as well. The way i delt with it was to take cover at a wide distance and pick them off, once you get flanked sprint into the middle of the water, the undead will rise and take out most of your flankers, just keep sprinting to the jungle then turn and pick of anyone following you specificly...Like you i died like 6 times here, quit before finishing the quest. It's easier the second time for some reason...
that is some dumbass, monty python shit right there. This seems like a cool concept that still needs some tlc
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Yeah I struggled with that one too. My strategy was ingenious though; sucker envoy and curlyhairedboy into joining my game and killin everything. I get to clean up the bodies for loot!
I dunno, I loved that. I mean, they're zombies, they just want to eat you, kind of expected it to be honest.
Horses for courses and all that, but I find that hilarious
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Edit: Oh yeah, I shot one of the runner zombos right in the gut when she came at me. She was violently jerked backwards and just kept going. It was like she had been shot out of a cannon. God knows where she landed.
The radio broadcast at the end is obviously goosery. Noone is sending in humanitarian aid, the very best the survivors could hope for would be to be evacuated by air to an isolated location for observation before the island was bombed. They clearly wouldn't care about these people considering they abandoned them to die when the virus erupted, and deliberately kept the military back to enforce a quarantine rather than moving in to help the survivors.
I think the best easy thing would have been that you get on the chopper and have to choose which major remaining area to help, since you can't help them all. Lighthouse, lifeguards, village, or town. Then you have your final fight in that area as you evacuate them, and the people you don't help call you as you are flying to the other area to beg you for help because they are being slaughtered by super infected. But of course, they don't fit on the chopper.
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I viewed it as being that he saw you get attacked and bitten and just wake up rather than being infected. And, that he could hack all the security cameras. Also, he was telepathic I guess
Look i didn't buy the game for it's storyline and I loved this game, but there are just so many quirks with the story it's like they just kinda threw it on at the end.
In regards to the advocates of his former empire: “I was going to have them all executed… the Royal Advocate talked me out of it.” -Shadowthrone (Emperor Kellanved)
Handles: LoL-Emerging, BF4/Hardline-Whiskeyjack227, Steam-Fragglerock, HOTS/Blizzard-Whiskeyjack#1333, Life-Jason
I've just started reading the book. It's not the best writing I've ever read but it's pretty good. I'm not far into it so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the book compared to the game.
Potential early book and end game spoilers;
the monty python effect is comedic, but how can a zombie that moves .1 miles per hour and has no arms kill me? Especially when I have 4 giant cleavers and some baseball bats.
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That was kinda the point where I felt that things were being cut that made the story make less sense. Clearly there was supposed to be some kind of 'defend the repairman on the roof' mission there, which they didn't finish coding. If you're just going to hard cut to it, why even tell me to go to the hotel? Just have Sinamoi say "Good news mate! Jimmy got the radio fixed up and there's someone who wants to talk to you!"
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Yeah, it was pretty clear that story was probably tertiary or so. It was fine, but it was obvious that they just didn't have time to finish all of it. Seeing as that was cut, there is probably more later that was also cut that would have made the whole thing make some sense. Also, they probably would've mentioned Sinamoi and the Lighthouse crew again. Still fun, but don't play for the story. It's just like I figured out that the quests are basically to show off their set pieces. It doesn't make it any less fun, just don't play for the story.
The taps at all the bars are variations of real beer logos with Dead Island as the name
The license plate numbers for the cars are all Dead Island. It
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Wut?
I think it's more of a joke thing. There's lots of references to the title, and it's probably just another link to it.
Whenever I see the book, It always makes me think of a love novel.
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Because it has a mouth that you got within range of.
There were some stupid bits, but this was more entertaining than it had a right to be. Or maybe I just like really stupid shit.
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I saw that and smiled.
2nd Hotel trip
I checked the fast travel location when I was in the station, but I can't fast travel there.
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Yup. Meant PS3.
No, theres an entrince from the street, once you have cleared it once. It'll put you in the parking garage when you enter. You get some side quests that will take you in through there.
really? shit good to know. I was going in through the really close manhole.