As formerly alive holidaymakers, they are a mixed bag, although a lot of your time is spent battering feral women in bikinis, which is arguably a gaming first.

In an apparent appeasement to zombie purists, the undead come in three main types: self-explanatory Walkers, 28 Days Later-style runners called The Infected, and great big lumbering Thugs who can knock you on your back in one blow. As such, they will draw on your good nature to have you running all over the island carrying out errands of varying degrees of importance, be it finding a teddy bear for a hysterical woman, or hunting down insulin to save a child’s life. If this were a 1970’s portmanteau Hammer Horror film, they’d all be stuck in a lift, and probably already dead.Īs it is, whoever you choose, be it the washed-up rapper, the fading sports star, the feisty female ex-cop, or the other token woman, you are mysteriously immune to the bite of a zombie, and hence an extremely useful asset to the petrified holidaymakers fighting for their lives. As well as setting the tone, it briefly introduces the four playable characters, further investigation of whom reveals that they each have a troubled past, and are no stranger to death. That anticipation is piqued further by the game’s intro, a thinly veiled tribute to The Prodigy’s Smack My Bitch Up music video, albeit set on a tropical island at the outset of a zombie infestation. (Pocket-lint) - With the best part of a million views on YouTube, the trailer for Dead Island has whipped zombie enthusiasts into a minor frenzy of expectation.

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