Announced in 2009, Dead Island makes a return with this debut trailer. Off the radar for quite some time, now new info and a debut trailer has surfaced courtesy of IGN. This new disturbing and heart breaking trailer does not hide that children are not even safe from the flesh eating zombies that terrorize the “Dead Island”
This is one of the most heart breaking CGI trailers I think I’ve ever seen. It’s not often you see children exposed to such a horrific and disturbing scene. Most games shy away from having children exposed in a video game like this. But this game puts the attention directly on that as you see a helpless child that is attacked by a horde of zombies.
Techland the developer behind this game is taking a more realistic approach to the genre. Unlike all other zombie games there isn’t a box filled with weapons, there isn’t some random weapon supply depot that’s just conveniently there for you. In Dead Island there are no guns. Instead you will need to rely on finding objects and using them to survive.
You can check out the in depth preview that ign has.
I like the trailer the game is trying to make it a real feeling zombie game/movie I guess you guys don’t go to a lot of zombie movies cause kids are in there too, I can’t wait for the game come out. This trailer is not stoping me.
Deep Silver and Techland should never have released this trailer.
I am normally an avid fan of the zombie genre and I have been looking forward to the release of Dead Island for some time. However, I am deeply disappointed by the depiction of violence against children in the so-called ‘debut trailer.’ This was one of the most disgusting displays of cynicism that I have ever had the misfortune to witness. As a father of a young girl, I find the trailer repulsive and condemnable beyond my capacity to express in writing. Deep Silver and Techland have brought shame upon their entire industry.
I am a lifelong opponent of government regulation of the content of video games. However, this trailer is just the type of content that justifies involuntary regulation. Having now seen the extent to which Deep Silver and Techland will disregard basic notions of decency, all in an effort to make money, I will gladly support that effort. My only regret is that the consequences of the conduct of a desperate few will inevitably fall on more responsible (and talented) developers.
Finally, the trailer is just another hyped dramatization of the game’s story line. Even if the trailer had been in good taste, the actual game footage I have seen is a C+, at best.
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