Those of you that have (or want) Dead Island.

Should I open it and play it?
I bought it Tuesday, but haven't decided if I actually want it or not.

If any of you own it what are your thoughts?

I'm hearing REALLY BAD things about it man, so I think it'd be better to get your money back before they drop the value of a trade in.

Its looks like a meh RPG to me. The combat looks pretty clunky from the videos I saw. I might pick it up one day when its cheap, but I doubt it. It just doesn't interest me. The whole zombie thing is getting stale to me as well. It was fun, but it seems like every other game these days has friggin zombies.

Hmmm...
I don't have to trade it back in. It's still wrapped so I can just return it.

Yeah, you guys are right. I should go with my gut instinct and take it back tomorrow. I can't see myself removing Space Marine from my system until Dark Souls comes out anyway.

Word.

It's an alright game,but hit detection is off,A.I. wonky,really GRINDING "loot" system....and I was reading a review saying something nobody else mentioned,there's actually no venders in the game it said lol the only stuff you "buy" is from yourself at the work bench when you repair stuff...they said it was cheesy cuz you could just repair your own stuff for free in real life.

I don't think it's worth 60 bucks....I was REALLY wanting to get it,but my gut told me no....to rent it one day,but not buy it for 60 bucks.I'm hoping one of these days it'll come to the redbox in my town,I looked and its at the redbox in the 2 towns close to me but not here x(

I've only played 3 hours of it so far, but I've met at least one person I can trade with. Also, from what I've heard, using the analogue attack controls, as opposed to the digital default, erased many of the collision detection issues.

Sure, it's rough around the edges, but I'm enjoying it so far and look forward to playing more. The atmosphere is great.

really GRINDING "loot" system

This is what I noticed in the video previews and is the reason I didn't want to open it. I don't want 1/3 of my play time being picking stuff up.

Sure, it's rough around the edges, but I'm enjoying it so far and look forward to playing more. The atmosphere is great.

Most of it looks like I'd enjoy it from what I've seen, but the "search every room, drawer, suitcase, body, garbage can, ashtray, potatoe chip bag, couch cushions" gameplay mechanic has got to go.

yeah lol it just seemed to drag on.....seemed like more of a fun game to watch somebody else play,than actually play yourself.I've been watching some youtube walkthroughs and its fun to watch but don't think I'd want to actually be doing all that searching lol.I don't even think you'd "have" to search that much if you didn't want to....idk how much the actual main quest requires