Dead Island
Dead Island is a PlayStation 3 shooter game released in 2011 developed by Techland. It centers on area and route exploration, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
Dead Island is a PlayStation 3 shooter game centered on area and route exploration, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Dead Island turns infected holiday spots and city streets into places to scavenge, complete quests and fight your way onward. The central games combine first-person melee combat with character growth, while spin-offs explore other views of the outbreak.
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AI review
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Physical co-op melee is undermined by PS3 launch instability.
Dead Island turns a tropical holiday resort into a melee-focused survival journey. Kicks, improvised weapons, durability and character progression make close encounters physical and occasionally tense. Playing with others can enliven the exploration. The route moves from beach to city and jungle, so the scenery changes even when the missions often return to fetching objects or clearing enemies. Zombies that scale upward with the player weaken the satisfaction of growing stronger. The island and violent combat communicate more than the thin dialogue and story. The direct PlayStation 3 launch review reports tearing, hitches while running, audio glitches and one corrupted save in its tested copy. Those are serious risks to readability and progress, but the incident is not claimed to persist across every later patch. This score concerns the PS3 release, not the remaster, and does not promise that historical online cooperation works today. It suits players drawn to messy melee looting more than those who require reliable saves and consistent motion.
Strengths
- Improvised melee and varied locations create urgency.
Weaknesses
- Repeated errands and PS3 technical risk.
Who it is for: Patient cooperative looting players.
Play notes: Technical observations are limited to the reviewed PS3 launch build.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension A broad journey loses momentum when tasks and enemy scaling blunt exploration. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Close-range encounters are unusually physical, although repetition and hit uncertainty reduce control. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Place and combat create atmosphere more effectively than the writing. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Such failures threaten both combat readability and hard-earned progress; they are not asserted for every later patch. | Reviewed | 5.3 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Techland
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
- Release date
- 2011
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- ReplayableHorrorThird PersonExplorationDodgeSolo-friendlyPlayer versus EnvironmentWarLinear Levels3D GraphicsFast-pacedShooting
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerCo-opSingle player
- Perspectives
- First person
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2011
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2011
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Sources
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