tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post1000690635771708459..comments2024-03-18T13:23:34.231+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Video Game Review | Dead Island, dev. TechlandAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-80591725911181514732011-10-31T14:53:37.498+00:002011-10-31T14:53:37.498+00:00I'm liking the sounds of Dead Island, just not...I'm liking the sounds of Dead Island, just not 100% sure it's something I want to buy. I've bought other games I've wanted to play less and they're still sitting in their boxes, and I really don't have the money to waste, but it sounds so good...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-54007074598047358472011-10-28T09:46:12.240+01:002011-10-28T09:46:12.240+01:00Yeah, DkS takes a lot of your time, my first playt...Yeah, DkS takes a lot of your time, my first playthrough was about 75 hours and I'm probably around 150h across the NG+ and two new characters. And I haven't even started with the PvP yet... <br />All in all this is probably the game of the generation for me, despite it's faults (mainly tech stuff). There's just nothing else out there that can match the exhilaration you feel when you prevail against impossible odds in DkS. :) (Or the frustration when you die while trying to reach your bloodstain.)<br /><br /><br />And I get what you mean about Bethesda, but every settlement you discover is the same as all the ones you've been to already, all the people feel the same, you fight the same enemies all the time...to me, it seems like I walk for an hour just to get to the very same spot I came from. The crappy combat doesn't really help either...Severianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891697893825243201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-1882685596161379852011-10-28T00:22:34.099+01:002011-10-28T00:22:34.099+01:00Oh, did you have to go and mention Dark Souls? :/
...Oh, did you have to go and mention Dark Souls? :/<br /><br />Staying away from it for as long as I have has been a real effort. I mean, I'm in - I'm so very, very in - but I just don't have the time for that ultra-punishing beast of an experience right now, and I can't see that I'm likely to find it any time sooner either. It's killing me! And damn it all... if I must die, I'd rather Dark Souls do the murdering.<br /><br />I dare say we'll have to agree to disagree about the Bethesda business though, Severian. I can see how all the vast empty spaces might seem meaningless, but in my experience they make the discovery of some random settlement or event all the more meaningful. What does finding a vault full of rare loot mean when there's one wherever you look, you know?<br /><br />In short, feed me the next Elder Scrolls, please. Though if I don't have time for Dark Souls, and I don't, by jove, God alone knows how I can rationalise the hundreds of hours I'm gagging to spend puttering around in Skyrim.<br /><br />It was the best of times to be a gamer, and it was the worst of times to be a gamer. *sigh*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-480414976880484052011-10-27T16:42:17.011+01:002011-10-27T16:42:17.011+01:00Heh, I never understood the love for Bethesdas ope...Heh, I never understood the love for Bethesdas open-world. They just always fell so dull and lifeless. Just making it huge isn't enough... They could really learn a thing or ten from Dark Souls, that's what a great open world fantasy RPG is supposed to be like.Severianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891697893825243201noreply@blogger.com