I just keep having to stand still and drink in the gorgeous views. The setting is what does it for me, though - beautiful tropical, palm-fronded beaches, coastal views and bright sunlight (no daft speeded-up day/night cycle). It's just fun to mosey about the island doing missions, nosing about, collecting stuff and tw*tting zombies along the way. it just feels better, in almost every way. Something about the simplicity of the set-up in DI, combined with this new visual overhaul. And, as the OP said, I'm also slowly coming to the conclusion that I'm enjoying the original Dead Island far more than I enjoyed Dying Light. The game feels like it's finally become what it always intended to be. I'm replaying Dead Island Definitive Edition (mostly on my PS4, where the visual improvements really seem to shine) and I'm really loving it. I have to say I absolutely agree with the OP. The port job to the new engine was done so well that im sure an unaware gamer would say dead island was the newer game.ĭying light is a great game also, its just a little bit too one dimensional. Hands down the highest quality remaster i've seen yet and ive purchased ever remaster you can imagine Amd vehicles in the main game.įor $3 i feel like i am playing one of the highest quality AAA titles i will be experiencing this year of 2016, i feel bad for all 99% of gamers who think they are above this release. And dead island actually has weaponry as well.

The water is gorgeous, the vacation resort theme just clicks.ĭying light was all melee focus, but had no focus on guns or vehicles, vehicles werent even introduced until a late DLC with a completely new map to support them.Dead island DE melee combat now feels just as good as dying lights.

The missions, the characters, the map is completely hand-crafted and not just quantity-over-quality open world like dying light was. It really feels like you are just a helpless human trying to get out of this place. Screw the stupid +22 parkour experience points every time you do a jump, i was just soo happy to be cruising down the street in DIDE rather than doing virgin parkourĭead island is just so much better in every single way. Screw one 'Assault rifle' and one 'German pistol' as the only guns the entire game. Screw the overly-dramatic repetitive night-time super zombies. Screw climbing all the way to the top of a building just to find out you cant grab ahold of the uppermost fence. Screw tedious jumping from every rooftop, screw bumping into a box and losing your PARKOUR FLOW MOMENTUM. This game is 10X better than dying light. and as im cruising around the corner It hit me. So im packing supplies from the massive hotel resort (gorgeous pool and water) into the back of my pickup truck to drive back to the base.

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