Dead Island
polycounter lvl 18
So either Steam or Techland released a beta version of the game on Steam to everyone instead of the retail version. It's full of bugs and other junk. This might be one of the funniest videos I have seen of poor game art in a long time...
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I really hope this is just in the beta version and has been fixed. I have only played it for about an hour so far and I am not really enjoying it.
How can something like this happen in this day and age?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXmZX8iz2SE&feature=player_embedded[/ame]I really hope this is just in the beta version and has been fixed. I have only played it for about an hour so far and I am not really enjoying it.
How can something like this happen in this day and age?
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There must be hatch underneath the ground! Someone call Locke!!
is the 3rd person view using the 1st person animations? All the vids I've seen in 1st person had some serious weirdness to the player movement as it was but this... would be interesting to see the vid in co-op mod from another players perspective.
so this doesn't represent final play. it's a first person game.
Hmm must have been something that was in the accidental release.
Still, it's a steaming pile of poo.
true but as a Co-op game, another player would see these wouldn't they? my experience may be limited, but it seems to me that unless it was a really old beta they'd still be calling the right animations no? I dunno my last to games were sp without a 3rd person option so it never would have come up.
No, not really. The animation and the character can be tied to the player that plays that character, when playing with others when they see you it's another proper third person properly animated character.
The netcode would allow the other players to see where the other players are, and what they are doing, ideally it also swaps the model for the right one.
Calling a game a steaming pile of poo because of this is just wrong, and shouldn't be done by fellow game-developers. Either it's ignorance or stupidity, maybe even blissful ignorance.
Peoples earnest and hard work went into this. :poly118: So don't say stuff like that.
I'm actually looking forward to playing the game, I think it'll be a diamond in the rough!
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I guess that's a matter of personal opinion ^^ I do agree that it probably could look better, but I think it's fine the way it is.
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Not talking about that bug specifically, but the game in general.
It is exactly like that.
I'm suspecting dead island uses a full body model for first person view, so you can see your own legs and such, animations are made especially with first person view in mind, they're not supposed to work or look good in third person, and seperate animations are made for that.
But yes, supposedly the wrong version was pushed to steam.
I'll still give it a go and hope for the best, but it's not looking good
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A no-clip key in by default? What is this, Pie3D?
On a technical note; if you are fighting the "undead" - who are meant to be dead flesh that is somehow animated by the unknown - why then, if you hack them to bits does blood come pumping out? Surely the body is dead flesh, ergo the heart does not pump.
Hope this game still gets a chance to succeed if the final version deserves it
give the game a chance, it's really awesome.
Hell yeah, i did well!. these kind of things should not happen with a release... i loled so hard with the first video LOL
OOOOOOOOOH :poly122:
It is pretty comical though, reminds me of an angry chimpanze...
oblivon.. dead island.. same shitty 3rd person animations, not same standard of game and developer
Read more than just the first post in the thread, there are technical reasons as to why they look like they do in the video, and why they are first person animations and not third.
The wrong version pushed to steam is the reason people are able to even go into third person with first-person animations still playing, or why they can enter no-clip mode, and why the game is generally reported as broken.
I can't actually say anything as Techland (but I'm a Techland employee) so as far as I know Techland didn't published anything on Steam, Techland is a developer. It's not my job and I don't have time to explain such an easy things but when I read such a bullshit I just can't stand here and look...
I think there will be official announce about the situation on US Steam, I've seen some news that it is already fixed.
As some people said: yes, it's a big shame to see that all the work is thrown to garbage because of one stupid movie on YT...
but yeah, I just skimmed through most of the rabble, and in general just got a sense of lolz and such..
didn't think as far as that 1st person anims were playing in 3rd person. but yeah, obviously its a case of that, just like mirrors edge.
still though, oblivion (and fallout I believe), dat intentional 3rd person animation :poly122:
I'll be back with my trolls when we have a oblivion/fallout thread instead
That's more valid (except skyrim is better in that department now
i mean really... other than just being "huge", what do the elder scrolls games really do well?
Feel for the developers who put blood and sweat in this title, for shit like this to happen
Critiquing the developers on the back of what looks to be the publisher's fuck up is a bit of a harsh call from a group of game dev's though.
Of course, if you've played the correct build and hate it then feel free to post penis tanks and cats.
i bought a 4 pack of dead island so i am allowed to be a dick, right?
yeah i'm just repeating some internet rumors claiming that techland sent the wrong version to the publisher, and it makes some sense at a glance. don't mind me! the game has already been patched to the right version so all of this is null and void.
it's a great game, everyone should give it a shot.
I've read a lot of people saying the game works better on the 360 with the Analog controls. Can you still target specific bodyparts on the PC version?
this isn't actually the case, the gaming places i visit on the web are filled with other complaints, a massively buggy game, saves being corrupted, paths being blocked by randomly spawning vehicles etc.
which is ok i guess but then don't charge full price.
http://kotaku.com/5838387/dead-island-maker-gives-leading-lady-a-feminist-whore-skill
lol, shoulda kept the original name huh guys, amirite or what, haha high five fuck yeah!
The whole saving system is broken. I will continue from where I left off and be halfway around the island on a different quest. The game had potential, but in the current state of the PC game it's a bloody mess.