Silent_Buddha
Legend
Good decision, better to delay than risk releasing a game that feels unfinished or rushed.
Regards,
SB
Regards,
SB
Dead Island 2
- Thread starter RancidLunchmeat
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Sounds like this game is not coming out any time in the near future. http://kotaku.com/dead-island-2-loses-developer-1717827106
Yager no longer working on the game.
Yager no longer working on the game.
RancidLunchmeat
Veteran
Especially considering Dying Light was actually made by the developer of Dead Island? It really was Dead Island 2 in everything but the name, as far as I can tell.
The early promos for DI2 looked interesting, but looked nothing like DI and more like Dead Rising. If I recall correctly, DI went through the same thing with either a developer shift or an entirely redesigned game when it came out as well. I guess Deep Silver doesn't have any problem totally redesigning a game in mid development if it isn't shaping up to what they think will be successful.
In this case, no stories but just a bunch of random 'events' was going to be quite odd. As was the fact that they had to go to extreme lengths to justify calling it "Dead Island 2" when it takes place in California.
Hopefully they'll be able to keep a bunch of the assets and actually come around to making a DI2 game. The Co-Op, RPG, and crafting elements were great. Turning it into a big comedic zombie B-movie joke game was the course anyway. DI1 was quite difficult and suspenseful, especially through the first half or 1/3 of the game. (Aided by game play elements that certain people disliked such as weapon fatigue)
The early promos for DI2 looked interesting, but looked nothing like DI and more like Dead Rising. If I recall correctly, DI went through the same thing with either a developer shift or an entirely redesigned game when it came out as well. I guess Deep Silver doesn't have any problem totally redesigning a game in mid development if it isn't shaping up to what they think will be successful.
In this case, no stories but just a bunch of random 'events' was going to be quite odd. As was the fact that they had to go to extreme lengths to justify calling it "Dead Island 2" when it takes place in California.
Hopefully they'll be able to keep a bunch of the assets and actually come around to making a DI2 game. The Co-Op, RPG, and crafting elements were great. Turning it into a big comedic zombie B-movie joke game was the course anyway. DI1 was quite difficult and suspenseful, especially through the first half or 1/3 of the game. (Aided by game play elements that certain people disliked such as weapon fatigue)
That looks pretty fun. The graphics aren't anything to write home about but good enough to be passable in the current market.