Dead Island
February 17, 2011
I am not usually one to discuss Video Games on my blog. I only usually do it when I feel passionate about a specific game, which doesn’t happen often. I am a brand whore I suppose. Most things I take an interest in, I really get pulled in to, racing through TV shows or comics and doing as much cursory reading and research as I can get my hands on. Video games have always felt somewhat disposable to me. You play through once and generally you never play through again (with the exception of the odd game that offers some replay incentive, but those are rare). So while I enjoy gaming, its not often I feel passionate about a game that I feel the need to share it with others.
Even rarer are instance where I take an interest in game trailers. Some are fun, most are just sweeping visuals that rarely match the gameplay experience, and frankly most are just…dull. Not this one:
I am a sucker for “different”. I love when I see unique approaches to rather standard media. When something stands out from the crowd for reinventing an idea or developing a new one I tend to want to pay attention. The idea of running a series of events backwards to tell a story is not unique, nor is it new. But when you combine it with incredible visuals, emotional music and stark juxtaposition of slow-mo and fast motion, to create a rather stirring vignette it seems to take on a whole level of power. If you ran this scene forwards at regular motion, it just becomes a rather generic action sequence with a tragic ending. But watching it run backwards in slow motion, you slowly watch the tragic tale unfold and become more and more heartbreaking.
Its definitely a game I will be keeping an eye on. I can’t say judging from this alone that I would buy the game, its certainly one that stands out in a rather generic crowd and hits of the emotion and tragedy of zombie stories that I find so fascinating. If they take this same unconventional approach to their story and gameplay, I doubt this is a game I will be likely to miss out on. However, if its just another shoot-em-up with a cool trailer, I may have to sit this one out. Either way this was an eye catching trailer and I am going to keep track of what happens with this one. Don’t let me down boys.
