Dead Island Definitive Edition Reviews

I hate the infected so much. if u are unemployed and have a potato pc that cant play current gen games, this is a good time burner. buy it only when on discount tho

Loving it so far. Has some jank from that 360 era but a pure romp for 7 euro when compared to what AAA is bring out for 70 quid. Very satisfying game, graphics look lovely for a game almost 10 years old and Gameplay is just a blast. In a time when every game was guns, this is all melee. I'm passing no heed of the story or the characters and just enjoying my slashing and stabbing as I get some Russian bimbo some champaggin 10/10 They don't make games just for the lulz like this anymore

[b] Dead Island Definitive Edition "Where is the momies? [/b] full review. This game is look like a lite version of dying light mixed with left 4 dead. However, it is better to play this game in co-operation. The story of the game is weak but it still good as it be. The graphics of the game is cool and the weapons is pretty great. the game play is awesome. The game experience would be great if you play it with friends. Also, the game was boring at the beginning., However, the excitement starts from chapter 4 and that was nice. Also, the game is good to play it as a single player but a little boring some times. One of the game disadvantages that the cars get stuck and can't be unstudied "Step bro I'm stucked. can you help me?". [table] [tr] [th]Rating[/th] [th]★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (7/10) [/th] [/tr] [/table] [hr][/hr]

Dead Island is a game that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that’s part of its charm. It throws you onto a beautiful tropical resort overrun with the undead, giving you a massive open world to explore, loot, and smash your way through. The melee combat is the real highlight—hacking off limbs, crushing skulls, and improvising weapons keeps every fight satisfying. The RPG elements, from skill trees to weapon upgrades, add depth without overcomplicating things, making progression feel rewarding. Playing solo is fun, but co-op is where the game truly shines, letting you and your friends survive together in chaotic, blood-soaked action. That said, the game isn’t without its flaws. The story is forgettable, voice acting can be rough, and the missions can feel repetitive after a while. The combat, while fun, sometimes suffers from janky physics and awkward hit detection. Still, if you’re looking for a zombie game that focuses on brutal melee action and open-world exploration rather than pure horror, Dead Island is a great time—especially with friends. It’s not the most polished game, but it delivers exactly what it promises: a fun, mindless, and satisfying zombie-smashing experience.

Dead Island Definitive Edition has really nice graphics and fun gameplay. The atmosphere is quite immersive and the details present in the look and layout of the island resort is believable. The only aspect holding this game back from greatness is the lack of variety of the missions. You're essentially doing nothing more than fetch quests. Combat is definitely passable but also lacks in variety. In my opinion, this game is better played via co-op instead of solo due to the constant XP grind. Despite it's shortcomings, I would still recommend playing Dead Island Definitive Edition despite the fact that I have no motivation to continue playing myself. I simply cannot finish my playthrough due to sheer boredom with the mission structure and repetitive nature of the campaign. The foundation is solid but it needs a little more variety and effort applied to the rest of the game's mechanics.

this game is the definition of mid, boring gameplay, boring story, horrible controls. stay away

I'm sorry but gave this game too many chances for it to be good, quite all the time I was waiting for it to be better, but I didn't really get to that part, did I? The main thing I hate in here is how absolutely slow and stiff the movement in here is and how boring fighting the zombies can get with such limited options to fight. I picked the character with a buff to firearms which are unlocked in the second act, and I waited all that time just to get my hands on some rifles or even just some pistols and I gotta say, I got so disappointed when I discovered how pathetically weak they are against zombies and how impractical they are in the actual gameplay. I also discovered pretty early on that just throwing the weapon u're holding is pretty op. Just to compare, I throw some weapon on the zombie's body and it one-hits it, but I've got to land 4 headshots with a pistol that's "supposed" to deal 2.5x more damage than previously said weapon to kill one zombie? Not only that, I grinded f**king 20k$ to buy a rifle early on, to be "fully prepered" for harder missions... well rifle is pretty much as bad as the pistol but with faster fire rate. I really tried to hang on to this game and enjoy it, especially that I remember it to be "good" when I played it a little on xbox360 when I was a kid and I'm after playing Dying Light 1 and 2 which I enjoyed VERY much, and can proudly say that Dying Light 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. I had really high hopes knowing that this game is from the same studio and most likely had a big role in a process of creating Dying Light, but after all, I've been disappointed by it and lost my time just waiting for it to get better. I guess Techland after realising this game and getting all the feedback about the terrible movement in it, decided to lock in and created a game with literally some of the best parkour mechanics in gaming history.

Completionists avoid. One collectible ID card is glitched inside a building with doors that don't open. Some collectibles are inside zones you can't return to, so if you happened to miss one you'll have to play finish the game and play through to that part again to get it because collectible progress is not shared between characters. There is fun to be had with friends but overall a clunky and buggy game that has not aged well and is very frustrating at times.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

Dead Island: Definitive Edition is a zombie game with open world elements. Something I'd like to note before writing out this review. I played this game a total of Three times, but each play session was spanned out by a few years in between each run. Originally I had played this game back on the Xbox 360 and loved it. Then I replayed this game in 2018 when i bought it for the PC (I also never wrote a review for it at that time, whoops!), and so feeling nostalgic once again I played it one more time in 2025. For the story; it was good, nothing mind blowing. Something else to mention, the DLC for this game does go into more details; story wise, for characters who were mentioned and shown at the end of the game. So if you wanted to know more, I'd recommend playing that too. The game has a total of four chapters, and for each chapter they separate themselves into several different areas. Each area is large, so exploring is encouraged. Along with each area there are a ton of main and side quests to complete as your adventure goes on, and there are plenty of collectibles to collect along the way as well. Traversing in this game is 50/50. I say this mostly since you'll be running around most of the time to get a good majority of your quests completed, and if you don't like having to constantly backtrack it can be a bit of a slog. There are portions of this game, where driving a vehicle can occur, however it does stop briefly once you reach a certain point in the story. Which does suck since some quests will send you pretty far out to get a certain quest line done, only to then force you to run all the way back. Fast traveling does also make an appearance and does remedy some parts, but there are just a few of them in the game and there mostly used at a few instances for backtracking. The combat in this game is probably where i spent most of my time in this game. I would spend way too much time just fighting zombies and not focusing on quests given to me because i either wanted to level up my character or to see what kind of havoc could be caused with a single new melee weapon. Tons of weapons to find, along with blueprints that are scattered around the island which then in turn can be used to create new gear that can give you a slight edge in the next fight to come. I will also mention this as well, the game is old, so it isn't going to be perfect. There are at times bugs that will occur, but they aren't detrimental to the game that it would ruin the experience. Examples of this would be; certain walls are missing during certain areas (The Prison), running is a bit clunky, almost like rubber banding was happening (could of just been me though, but it wasn't enough to keep me from playing), or a specific developer weapon (A special blueprint; for a head exploding weapon) which would cause the textures of armored zombies to fly off, turning them completely white and revert them back to their single zombie base model. Although the last one is kind of funny, it's nothing that will cause a game crash, but i felt i should mention it in case anyone plays this game and runs into any of this. Overall, I liked this game! Sure, there are a few minor things that did bug me at times, but it never ruined the experience. I still had just as much fun as I did the last Two times i played this game, so that has to say something i suppose. Would i recommend it to people to play? Yes, i would. It's a good Zombies game, and you can play it solo or with friends, entirely up to you.