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Hmmm I was about to pull the trigger late last night on the GMG deal. Kind of glad I resisted the urge.
We deeply regret that it was not possible to make the final patched version of Dead Island available to players at launch in North America.
We apologize for any issues you may have experienced while playing the game, the final patched version will be made available to North American players today.
Other territories are not affected by this situation, the fully patched game will be available on Friday as announced.
My only complaint is the 60 FOV
Yeesh, regardless of resolution?
So I have a headache............
The game was released in some Half-Assed form due to a deadline?
and now the developer is going to patch it up?
I mean come on.........if you aren't ready, don't release the game or at least have the patch ready at launch. This is a giant fail.
I ordered a physical copy from Amazon, can't wait to see what i get in the box today.....a half-asesed XBox 360 version or the real deal????
This is fucking stupid......glad I got this at a discount..........
You think you do, but you're actually just raging.So I have a headache............
Developer build was accidentally uploaded to Steam.The game was released in some Half-Assed form due to a deadline?
Crazy I know.and now the developer is going to patch it up?
They didn't hire a fortuneteller to tell them they would fuck up. Shit happens.I mean come on.........if you aren't ready, don't release the game or at least have the patch ready at launch. This is a giant fail.
Wait.. what? You didn't even pre-load it from Steam? Then what are you raging about? Your retail copy should be fine.I ordered a physical copy from Amazon, can't wait to see what i get in the box today.....a half-asesed XBox 360 version or the real deal????
You probably paid like 15 dollar or whatever the hell games go by in the US today.This is fucking stupid......glad I got this at a discount..........
I played the game for about 2 solid hours. I didn;t run across any bugs or glitches at all (though the "Y" key thing was kind of funny).
Overall, I had fun with the game, but there are some major annoyances in game design.
First off, the whole thing seems very unpolished. It doesn;t seem like a final build at all.
Now the things that annoy me:
1.) THe HORRENDOUS inventory system and the way you swap weapons. It isn't intuitive. I don't know how many time I picked up a bottle of alcahol, and drinking it instead of swining a weapon, ANY weapon, at an enemy. Then there is the whole clunky way to try to equipe items.. first unequip your current item, then equipe a new one. Left hand, right hand doesn;t seem to make a difference. THe whole thing just stinks.
2.) Weapon degedation. I just spent over $300 to UPGRADE & REPAIR a knife only to have it totally become worthless after 3 zombies. WTF?!
3.) Some of the missions seemed to be half-assed. THe find maggie mission, and the stupid booze mission (get booze to that guy in the bar). First off, everytime I pick up a bottle of alcohol, I have to remember to unequipe so I don't drink it, then there's no clear deleniation to when I finished the quest.
4.) Cannot quick save. Save points are teh suk.
5.) Character voice get old fast after the 118th time you heard him/her say the same thing after evey zombie kill.
What I do like about the game is the graphics except for the shadows. There's a way to bump it up if you edit the video.src file in your documents folder.
I like turtles... i mean zombies. I do like that a bajillion zombies just DON'T appear and run at you at full steam (ala L4D, though I do like L4D series). It gives it a more realistic zombie feel, and a slower pace.
I also like exploring the island, whereas L4D felt like a rail shooter.
You probably paid like 15 dollar or whatever the hell games go by in the US today.
God forbid a company screws up and then try to make it right by offering a patch within 24 hours!
Pc gamers are such whiners.
Wait.. what? You didn't even pre-load it from Steam? Then what are you raging about? Your retail copy should be fine.
You probably paid like 15 dollar or whatever the hell games go by in the US today.
They didn't "screw up".....they admitted to releasing a half-assed version of the game, just to meet the deadline.
So you think that's fine and dandy?
LOL, I wish. It's typically $50-$60 American for most new games.
Yeah well Dead Island is also 50 on Steam when it should be 35 to match your 50 dollars. I don't buy anything from Steam however unless it's on sale.
They didn't "screw up".....they admitted to releasing a half-assed version of the game, just to meet the deadline. Read post #285 above.
So you think that's fine and dandy?
The key word here is "should".....wanna bet?
Now the things that annoy me:
1.) THe HORRENDOUS inventory system and the way you swap weapons. It isn't intuitive. I don't know how many time I picked up a bottle of alcahol, and drinking it instead of swining a weapon, ANY weapon, at an enemy. Then there is the whole clunky way to try to equipe items.. first unequip your current item, then equipe a new one. Left hand, right hand doesn;t seem to make a difference. THe whole thing just stinks.
3.) First off, everytime I pick up a bottle of alcohol, I have to remember to unequipe so I don't drink it, then there's no clear deleniation to when I finished the quest.
100% agree.4.) Cannot quick save. Save points are teh suk.
5.) Character voice get old fast after the 118th time you heard him/her say the same thing after evey zombie kill.
Without reading any of the comments in this thread...see if I can nail the problems everyone and myself are having.
The inventory is just plain bad. My god this is bad.
Checkpoints. Really?
Degrading weapons? Really?
HTF you turn off the damn bloom! Everything looks so damn fuzzy!
Did I nail it?
So they patched it. What's the fucking problem other than just bitching to bitch?
Wow, another bargain binner for me! When it's patched up and has some decent mods out it'll be one for me!
A 76MB patch to to covert a dev build to final retail?....me thinks not...
Not to mention that the patch that's been deployed has CORRUPTED
save data, resulting in EVERYONE that's been playing since last night
has lost every bit of progress...
Paying end-users have every right to bitch, especially when Techland
just seems to be applying band-aid solutions at this point.
And if Techland had done nothing about the problem, you would still be bitching.
My god there are a lot of whiny fucking bitches in here.
The game itself, other than a few issues (no quicksave/weapon degradation) is not bad. They fucked up and released a development build, and they're already fixing it on day one. I'd say that's dedication on their part. Yes, the whole thing was a fuckup, but they're fixing it so for all you whiners:
Just a heads up Steam just patched and it wiped out my current save. Think I'll hold off playing any more till it's fully patched up.
And if Techland had done nothing about the problem, you would still be bitching.