Dead Island 2 - What Happened?
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Game Informer Article:
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Intro By: / 2manysnacks and / littlevmills
SOURCES:
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Metacritic - Call of Juarez: The Cartel
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Metacritic - Dead Island: Riptide
www.metacritic.com/game/pc/de...
BloodyDisgusting - ‘Dying Light 2’ Hits 5 Million Units Sold, While Original Game Earns 20 Million Lifetime Sales [Trailer]
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unrealengine.com - YAGER Licenses Unreal Engine 4 for Unannounced Next-Generation AAA Game www.unrealengine.com/fr/blog/...
Polygon - E3 2014: Dead Island 2
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International Business Times UK - Dead Island 2 Interview: Yager On What Techland Got Wrong And Making A Better Sequel
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GamesIndustry.biz - Yager dropped from Dead Island 2 after 3 years
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GamesIndustry.biz - Yager Development: Back from the dead
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IGN via KZfaq - Dead Island 2: The Game That Refused to Die | IGN Inside Stories
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@DeadIslandGame via Twitter - Nov 17th, 2022 Dead Island 2 Delay Announcement / 1593107373740146688
Deep Silver via PLAION Press Server - DEAD ISLAND 2 GLOBAL SALES SURPASS 1 MILLION
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DI2 hits 2 million sales via GameDeveloper - www.gamedeveloper.com/busines...
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Game Informer - Inside Yager Development's Failed Attempt To Make Dead Island 2
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MUSIC:
Dead Island - Who Do You Voodoo?
Dead Rising - Mall Music 3
The House of the Dead - Tragedy
Death Road to Canada - Stop and Smell the Flesh
The Incredible Hulk - The Lonely Man
Lollipop Chainsaw - Retro Diapers
Death Road to Canada - Rotten Shotgun
The House of the Dead - Zombie Revenge
Dead Head Fred - Main Theme
Cursed to Golf - Sand Wedge Shopping
Lollipop Chainsaw - Groovy Zombie Trap
Destiny 2 Lightfall - Battle Ready
Death Road to Canada - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Lollipop Chainsaw - Zombeef Burger
Plants vs Zombies - Brainiac Maniac
Dead Island - Sad Village
Dead Head Fred - Jeanne Rossini (Bongo Club) Theme
Dead Island 2 - Bachelorette Party From Hell
Dead Island 2 - Drop Undead Gorgeous
Dead Island 2 - Main Theme
Dying Light - Horizon
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The theme in this video from 2:23 to 4:50 is familiar so what is theme name??
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@isaacbear7115 11 ай бұрын
I love how most of these stories can be booked down to the people on the business side don't actually know how to make games and they hear buzzwords and say do that
@Soggywafflecakes 11 ай бұрын
It baffles me that they make a great trailer for the game 9 YEARS AGO but when it's released they expect us to remember the game.
@isaacbear7115 11 ай бұрын
@@asquirrelplays basically
@KingPK 11 ай бұрын
I think it equally is developers biting off more that they can chew and having ideas they are unable to implement fully because of time/money/technology issues.
@Sonichero151 11 ай бұрын
9 times outta 10, development problems boil down to business not letting art do it's artting because it wants to business
@OrgaNik_Music 11 ай бұрын
@@Sonichero151 Exactly. Management's job is to make sure the development stays on course, not telling the artists what they should be doing.
@zanethezaniest274 11 ай бұрын
Hearing about Damnbuster having that no crunch policy for the last 5 years, puts a tear to my eye. Good on them.
@WH250398 11 ай бұрын
"Damnbuster" lol Please don't edit this, it's beautiful.
@DangerVille 11 ай бұрын
It shows as well, games super well polished.
@Deadhead-kq4hr 11 ай бұрын
Deep sliver was probably just like release something to dambuster after saints row wasn't doing well
@thataintfalco7106 9 ай бұрын
@@DangerVillecheck mark jumpscare
@DrBidoofenshmirtz 11 ай бұрын
Every time that Deep Silver appears in one of these, they’re almost always the villains in some capacity. I don’t know if that’s talked about enough.
@caffeinatedhypnos8048 11 ай бұрын
No wonder their logo is a shark, then. Sharks are often shown as the cruel villains of ocean animals
@Kola25_97 9 ай бұрын
I know Volition didn't want to back down from SR2022 given the way it was but this was just them pulling the trigger on that game being the sanitized, safe joke it wound up being; Deep Silver gave the order for that at the end of the day and that led them thinking it would have sold better than Volition's idea of a Saints Row reboot being more like Saints Row 2.5.
@dogshake 9 ай бұрын
@@caffeinatedhypnos8048 Youre thinking of the Dambuster studios, the 4th studio that got handed the franchise, not Deep Silver.
@DSan-kl2yc 9 ай бұрын
They don't seem like villains to me. They effed up. And crap didn't work. I'm surprised they managed to stay afloat themselves. Cause they didn't really seem to know what they were doing. They don't seem different than any developer studio to me. One that screwed up.
@thientuongnguyen2564 6 ай бұрын
@@DSan-kl2yc For businessmen, feedback are not needed as long as idiots pay. For people like us, why the hell are there still idiots paying for that crap?
@danipatac7210 11 ай бұрын
You know what? HUGE props to Dumbuster Games! With such a game, that was in development hell for such a long time, they launched a really good game!
@superdrinkingpepsi 11 ай бұрын
It's also good to finally see them get a good game out, considering how much they got fucked in the ass during their Free Radical days
@ratchetxtreme6591 11 ай бұрын
It’s always fascinating to learn about games that spend a decade in development hell that finally come out, and see the history on why it took them so long .
@Soggywafflecakes 11 ай бұрын
The problem was the parent company wanting dead island 2 to be the next GTA. I never understand why these people who never made a game in their life can demand so much and act like developing a open world game is easy.
@nousername2942 11 ай бұрын
Well get ready for a lot more videos like this. We've been waiting for ten years for most big AAA franchises to finally return. Elder Scrolls, mainline Mass Effect, GTA, etc...
@Soggywafflecakes 11 ай бұрын
@@nousername2942 don't think GTA 6 will be on what happens I think the main problem is the hardware isn't able to keep up with the games development they probably want the game to be graphically perfect so that it can be a solid game for decades to come.
@bonfist7277 11 ай бұрын
@@Soggywafflecakes And they also didn't want to pay GTA money to make it.
@JackdotC 9 ай бұрын
@@SoggywafflecakesNo, it's just people keep putting money into GTA online so why would they make a new one? If they make a new releases worth of money each year from microtransaction with no where near as much work why would they make a new game?
@huyphan7825 11 ай бұрын
Shout out to Techland for pulling literally the chaddest move ever and leaving to curse Deep Silver with a nightmare of their own hubris while living their best lives elsewhere.
@Fate263 11 ай бұрын
I think Deep Silver needs to be put down, at this point.
@alephnole7009 11 ай бұрын
They really pulled a blackjack and hookers moment
@AUM_-po9sc 11 ай бұрын
@@Fate263, I may be mistaken, but that has already almost happen to DS in the recent past.
@MrRudiMentary 11 ай бұрын
The idea Deep Silver was left with pretty much nothing but the name "Dead Island" and still set the game in California lol.
@alephnole7009 11 ай бұрын
@@MrRudiMentarythey could have at least set it after a massive earthquake or rising sea levels to make California an island.
@danielferrieri7434 11 ай бұрын
Crash of the Titans and Crash: Mind Over Mutant: What Happened
@ClOuD006 11 ай бұрын
Alot crash has been thur alot 😔
@ci7210 11 ай бұрын
@ClOuD006 now he's part of Microsoft. Like he had a massive comeback and depending if Microsoft make the series multiplat this could make or break. Like at least Sega stuck with Sonic day 1.
@michaelhunt6920 11 ай бұрын
I know what you're gonna say. But honestly I really liked those two. Maybe some of the designs weren't that good but they are fun kids brawlers. Honestly seeing a lot of the concepts from both Traveller's Tales and Radical I wish one of those companies still had the license. I think they'd do better than Activision. Crash 4 had a great story but the game was unnecessarily difficult. Even if they had Vicarious Visions keep doing it. Which is what they should've done.
@Santoryu90 11 ай бұрын
I have a soft spot for those games but it would be interesting to see how they came to be.
@hunterculpepper1973 10 ай бұрын
Crash of titans was okay the sequel mind over mutant can just die
@emilysong2000 11 ай бұрын
22:57 I wholeheartedly wish that every video game publisher and developer would adapt and adhere to a No Crunch policy like Dambusters did, because crunch is very much detrimental to the quality of a game and the health of those who are forced to work under crunch.
@lightskinnedlarry728 11 ай бұрын
@@francisoffilth7953yeah no, a lot of the time crunch is people working 18-20 hours a day, sleeping at desks, not being able to go home, and not getting adequately paid for it.
@lightskinnedlarry728 11 ай бұрын
@@francisoffilth7953sounds like you just wanted to feel tough and cool and left a dumbass comment to do it.
@Aquatarkus96 11 ай бұрын
@@francisoffilth7953 That should be fought against too, ya know? It is not a good justification lol.
@urgae9125 11 ай бұрын
@@francisoffilth7953or maybe, just maybe, both are bad. How about we not laugh at people who are in inhumane working conditions, and actually help them?
@flophouseplays 11 ай бұрын
@@francisoffilth7953 No, that is not what crunch is in the video game industry. Having made 150 of these episodes, crunch is far far worse than what you're attempting to laugh it off as. To get AAA games out the door on time, It's sleeping at your desk overnight, not getting paid much more, not getting weekends off and not seeing your family, and can last a year or more. Please educate yourself.
@Boowompering 11 ай бұрын
The craziest part of this story IMO is just how GOOD Dead Island 2 turned out to be despite the years of hell it went through. The graphics honestly look really great and the combat is fun as fuck. Stuff like that with games like this almost never happens.
@autismandgaming4532 11 ай бұрын
Only other game I can think of that had an over decade development and turned out great was Metroid Dread
@kiddinamite100 11 ай бұрын
@@autismandgaming4532 well metroid was basically dropped, the one we have is a totally new project
@Aliens1337 11 ай бұрын
@@autismandgaming453215, or originally FF 13 versus, is another one. Square started working on the game in 2006 where it was announced at E3 that year. I remember the trailer came out around 2008, and we didn’t get the game until like Christmas 2016 after the game being on the verge of cancellation multiple times. FF15 was definitely flawed, but it’s still a great game, especially for being in development Hell for that long.
@shakefan1484 11 ай бұрын
Combat honestly leaves a much to be desired but the game does look good graphically. Like way better than what anyone was expecting for a game that was in dev hell for a decade.
@jeambeam3173 11 ай бұрын
Game is dated af
@GenerationWest 11 ай бұрын
I'm just surprised that the game actually came out, because I was sure it wouldn't after almost a full decade from the first trailer. It's one of those games that's pitch perfect example of "What Happened?!"
@mindwarp921 11 ай бұрын
Its weird they didnt want a parkour system in dead island considering once you learn the map you can pretty much jump your way through the island avoiding most conflicts
@DangerVille 11 ай бұрын
I actually loved this game, it came out way better than it should have considering the rocky development.
@MRVAST-op7sg 3 ай бұрын
I agree
@Jay-og4yb 20 күн бұрын
It has an amazing gore system and some funny characters but loses much appeal from me after that I loved the first one though
@Sonichero151 11 ай бұрын
Honestly the biggest shock was that Dambusters actually managed to completely avoid Crunch when making the game..... that's very based right there
@labenvenci1584 11 ай бұрын
Techland : Okay, look, we got this cool idea to make a Dead Island with Parkour and more aggressive varients, with looting in the mix and a emphasis on Survival Horror. DS : No. It won't sell and it's not like the first one. Techland : > leaves Deep Silver > Makes their own studio and makes Dying Light, with something original and fun. > Sells millions of copies DS : > Can't even get one studio to work on Dead Island 2 > Makes it like the original DI > Sells like crap. ...fuck.
@custer4211 2 ай бұрын
Plus dying light runs GREAT Dead island 2 does NOT To everyone saying im wrong and it runs perfectly fine for you, proof it. Go to venice beach, Avenue and Beverly hills and run around entire map for 15 minutes. If you on 120hz, show me it doesn't drop below 100fps. If you on 60hz, show me it doesn't drop below 59fps. Show me... oh wait you can't because it runs like crap. It's an engine problem so everyone has them. No matter your setting 2k, 4k, low vs ultra, doesn't matter it's the same crap performance on the same area's spots.
@briansilva3765 11 ай бұрын
Thinking back on it, Dead Island 1 wasn't a bad RPG, while the main story and writing in general was lackluster, the actual progression, rewards and the way you could interact with a lot optional content, many which were worth it, was really nice. Maybe if they focused on that more, like Zombies Skyrim, they would managed to find their footing and success much better.
@Sonichero151 11 ай бұрын
The ragdoll zombies was also really REALLY entertaining.
@hornetsilksong 11 ай бұрын
Which is ironic because the storytelling of the trailer is really good and still really memorable. Guess they invested most of their budget on that trailer
@Narokkurai 11 ай бұрын
@@hornetsilksong It's not necessarily a budget issue (although it can be) but it's the fact that a lot of CGI trailers and high-effort marketing campaigns are made by entirely separate teams, possibly entirely different companies. Their job is to make a good looking trailer, but they might have nothing more than an outline of the project and some concept art to work from. That's why so many trailers and marketing material can be misleading. The people making the ad don't know what the game is gonna be, and the people making the game don't know what the ad is going to be.
@Superluigi881 11 ай бұрын
It wasn't the game the trailer promised though and that was a bitter pill to swallow.
@Dracon7601 11 ай бұрын
@@hornetsilksongNah they outsourced the trailer and apparently the company doing it had no idea what the game was so made an excellent short film rather than trailer for the game.
@TheRealJoshie 11 ай бұрын
I knew this video would happen sooner rather than later. I mean, the developer alone would've warranted this.
@spongebobfan78 11 ай бұрын
It was inevitable. DI2 had a long dev history after all. You can't have a high profile game be in development that long without having a story behind it.
@starsuper64 11 ай бұрын
When it came out i wanted to immediately know the story behind development This video answers my questions
@elizabethagudelo7179 11 ай бұрын
one of my favorite parts of the story is how crazy it is that after all the problems ue4 gave the game on 8th gen the final version of dead island 2 is like, one of the best performing ue4 games on the base consoles
@KenBiggs 11 ай бұрын
Dead Island was a guilty pleasure of mine and when DI2 dropped, it was rare that through all the development hell, it was a solid experience. No real glitches or hitches in the game, stable 60fps on ps5 and had fun. ALSO MY BOY SAM B!!!
@EhurtAfy 11 ай бұрын
I first played Dead Island back on PS3, but I didn't beat it. It wasn't until 2022 that I beat Dead Island 1 & Riptide with a friend. Dead Island 1 & Riptide were an absolute joy to play. I never use this word, but I felt 'giddy' playing the games and didn't want to stop. I beat Dying Light twice before beating Dead Island and gotta say I prefer Dead Island. When it comes to Dead Island 2, it is such a phenomenal game to me. Dead Island 2 kept everything good about the original games and added a bunch of great features and more gorgeous graphics. It's the first game in a very long time that I was excited for multiple playthroughs
@perrycoffey5410 11 ай бұрын
Sony is a piece of shit company why support there ass
@hayterfan 11 ай бұрын
Hell, I had DI2 like a week or two before it came out, and it ran smoothly before it's day 1 patch came out.
@miquistlimictlan 11 ай бұрын
At this point I'm convinced that Deep Silver saw the history of EA and said "Yup we want that but worse"
@bobtom1495 11 ай бұрын
Here's another bit of fun information on the game that I assume you didn't know. Or forgot because no one seems to remember but me. Back in 2014 Escape Dead Island was released for 360 and PS3, and if you pre-ordered it from Gamestop (which I did...) you would get an invite to a private beta for Dead Island 2. The beta never happened of course. And I still have those email for it, which was from 2015 from Square Enix saying the beta for DI2 was TBA...
@bently13 10 ай бұрын
I'm shocked Escape Dead Island wasn't even mentioned, even as like "here's some filler." "Thanks, I hate it."
@trevorweisz5656 11 ай бұрын
while looking at zombies, you should totally take a look at dying light 2. It has one of the most interesting dev hell stories in my opinion, since there were basically 3 different games made from reveal to release
@Deliveredmean42 11 ай бұрын
Especially the unfair treatment of rhe original writer that end up being innocent
@spongebobfan78 11 ай бұрын
Kinda wild that Dying Light was Dead Island but better. But then came the "2", then suddenly, what I'm hearing became that Dying Light 2 was a disappointment while Dead Island 2 was actually good.
@michaelhunt6920 11 ай бұрын
To be fair though. After Dead Island 2 dropped it's almost like Techland kicked themselves into gear. Never been a fan of Dying Light even when the original came out but it seems like they do have a lot of passion for the project. They even upgraded the gore and more recently added a bunch of cut content out of nowhere. Even I think the game looks cool now. Idk if i'd get it for 60 dollars though.
@Deadhead-kq4hr 11 ай бұрын
Dying light 2 had a lot cut from the demo they shown Colonel is practically at epilogue instead of the middle of the game they cut out Elysium a gigantic city with different factions battling it out
@austinbros1000 10 ай бұрын
Nah. Dying Light 2 was solid but a huge downgrade from the first. Meanwhile Dead Island 2 was a super safe and mediocre game that was relatively well polished. Dead Island 2 very much feels like a game that would have been great if it launched in 2013.
@iceman9204 11 ай бұрын
Nothing brings me more joy than knowing Deep Silver cheeping out on their initial bud caused them to spend almost 5 times more than if they would have just spent the necessary money the first time.
@toledochristianmatthew9919 11 ай бұрын
And also missing out on Techland's vision on making dying light. If deep silver had just helped techland, then they would have had a hit series that would sell 20+ million copies. It is insane that they just cheapened out in making a sequel instead of letting tech land do their thing.
@BDozer666 9 ай бұрын
@@toledochristianmatthew9919 Hell they could have just compromised and said "you can't make Dead Island 2 like that, but you can make a new IP".
@METR0lD 11 ай бұрын
This was a great episode! I especially loved the ending where the original development studio's game idea absolutely blew away expectations. Props to them!
@Makocat 11 ай бұрын
That F.L.E.S.H thing is so good. I love it. But dang the road to get there sure was bumpy
@Rex-lg6co 11 ай бұрын
Can't wait for "Metroid Prime 4: What Happened"
@deathclaw2998 11 ай бұрын
What Happened?: X-Men: The Last Stand
@firehawker4822 11 ай бұрын
This really goes to show how toxic Deep Silver is. You look back on their history of screwing with their developers, and you get the issues that plagued the later Saints Row titles, MN9's inability to get the promised handheld builds out, and so forth. They'd probably be #1 on the list of publishers I'd look at an offer from and immediately throw away no matter how good the offer looked.
@sebaufiend 11 ай бұрын
I kind of always wondered what happened during Turok 3's development. I remember reading on IGN about the game having "living environments" and then that just not appearing at all. I imagine it was as simple as realizing open world fps on the n64 was just not practical, but maybe there's an interesting story there.
@kriskater 11 ай бұрын
I am… TUROK!!!
@Deliveredmean42 11 ай бұрын
I would imagine if the game was on pc or the ps2 at the time to realize their ambition. That being said hearing more of the behind the scene could be interesting. Especially since to this day it still a turok game left behind on the old console.
@Haysey_Draws 11 ай бұрын
Considering so many of these stories end up just being executives following trends and buzzwords and not listening to actual devs, i can't wait for all the stories in years to come of studio's screwing up projects with N/F/T's, Blockchains and A/I. And yes, a video on Free Radical would be AMAZING! If not to just remind me about the greatness that was Timesplitters.
@luciusliu9417 8 ай бұрын
Y'know, I'd love a 'What Happened?' on Dying Light 2.
@simondaniel4028 11 ай бұрын
In 1997 I had played so much of House of the Dead (worked at a movie theater) that I'm sitting here how recognizing that music before even scrolling down to check the description. What a show, what a channel. Well done.
@LevelUpLeo 11 ай бұрын
"Techland wanted to make a more serious, open world zombie game focused on Dying Light" Hey, that sounds like Dying Light. "Techland took thier pitch elsewhere. This results in a big L for Deep Silver." It is Dying Light, isn't it? 16 minutes later "It was Dying Light" I am the opposite of shocked.
@HarukoJisan 11 ай бұрын
THE CYBER SLEUTH MUSIC RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE?! I wasn't prepared to get funky this soon in my morning
@javierrumeau1017 11 ай бұрын
This game wasnt about telling a good story or character development, but, made what a game is supposed to, being an enjoyable game, I was hours and hours punching zombies Just to see that gut feeling
@Eep- 11 ай бұрын
100% this, I feel like the story did a good job at supporting the crazy and goofy gameplay tho also being goofy and not too serious
@HardCodedGaming 11 ай бұрын
Really appreciated the bits about Unreal Engine not being suited. Every framework/engine/software has strengths and weaknesses and every professional programmer has horror stories about needing to put square pegs in round holes. Sometimes just for 1 or 2 features, often for entire projects because of stubborn executives that don't understand such things will improve their worker's morale and the final product.
@Beauty_Bot 11 ай бұрын
Appreciate you shouting out the author of the article. As a game journalist myself, it's always nice to see, especially since a lot of readers can be verbally abusive and love claiming the author is an idiot, not realizing their are several editors going over every piece and not always making the best decisions. My editors are great, but I've seen a lot of good folks at other publications get torn a new one over a statement in their article that they were forced to make by an editor who misunderstood the situation. The "hurr durr, game journalist bad, someone paid for this review" shit gets so fucking old, it's really nice seeing someone support the work we do.
@frankiebecchi5307 11 ай бұрын
I kinda want to hear about what.happened to crackdown 3 since that whole series seemed to have a weird story to begin with
@aganetyork983 11 ай бұрын
It's crazy how the game is so solid for being in hell for so long. Not the best but pretty enjoyable imo and sometimes that all ya need
@Notenum_ 11 ай бұрын
Some of the lines are so quotable and memorable
@MeanStreamFraudCast 11 ай бұрын
Ehh, wish I had just played through the first one again instead of wasting my money. lol
@weskingtime6087 11 ай бұрын
i loved dead island 2, im glad to hear the final product was ethically made without crunch
@Mrchair905 11 ай бұрын
Honestly Dead Island 2 is Dead Island but 2. For a game that spent so long in development hell it’s amazing that it came out the other end as a relatively good game.
@jayarby8494 11 ай бұрын
Wha Happun: SpongeBob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman aka the SpongeBob game that got someone blacklisted from the industry
@GAMER3Productions 11 ай бұрын
We need a Wha Happun? for Dragon’s Dogma.
@giguyjoe 11 ай бұрын
24:39 I think it was less the dark setting and more the unique parkour spin on the genre that got them the money.
@SirGecko 11 ай бұрын
I’ve actually been playing a 2015 Yager build of Dead Island 2 on my computer and it’s shockingly good and I loved what they were going for. It truly seemed like it would be a perfect zombie game if only it also had the gore mechanics of Dambuster. When playing it, it feels sad thinking of what could’ve been…
@cuppaht161 9 ай бұрын
Drop a video
@spiralgodking9877 9 ай бұрын
Bro, how did you get it???
@lew1719 11 ай бұрын
Deep Silver always feels like EAs younger snotty cousin and this doesn't help with that
@tadnomas 11 ай бұрын
I wonder if Jager version of dead island 2 is somewhere just waiting to be leaked. It will be interesting to look at it.
@bearerofbadnews1375 11 ай бұрын
There should be a what happened for Kingdom Hearts 3.
@-Down-D-Stairs- 11 ай бұрын
I agree!
@TheNightquest 11 ай бұрын
When I saw who the publisher is I knew this is going to be a good one.
@Cybershroom 11 ай бұрын
Matt is playing Cybersleuth theme song in the background, this is why I love this cultured man.
@BigEOT3 11 ай бұрын
14:09 So Sword Art Online but with Zombies? Kind of makes me wish Reki Kawahara had the balls to do that.
@craigsmith6039 11 ай бұрын
A sword art online game with the gore of dead island 2 would be 🔥 🔥 🔥 Like most SAO games focus on the over the top when they should make one closer to how the original game was like
@scottwinfrey8250 11 ай бұрын
It's truly a miracle how well the game turned out despite it's development history
@PlebNC 11 ай бұрын
Deep Silver: Makes unreasonable demands. Techland: I'm about to ruin that publisher's earnings report.
@cervidaerae 11 ай бұрын
Digimon Cyber Sleuth OST at the beginning caught me off guard, in a pleasant way. Only the best taste on this channel. ❤
@maxxpower3d6 9 ай бұрын
Much of the music from this episode comes from Death Road To Canada, which is a terrific game that everyone should try.
@veganelduderino9392 11 ай бұрын
loving this game , I hope we see a DI3
@coffeebird2857 11 ай бұрын
Say what you want about the game, the teaser from 10 years ago is iconic
@lukelmaooooo 11 ай бұрын
man i'd love a noclip documentary about how they managed these god tier gore physics
@nunyabusiness00 11 ай бұрын
Matt with that digimon music ❤
@IfYouInsist 11 ай бұрын
I thought I was LOSING MY MIND. I was like what is this song, I know this song but I don’t know why. Checked the video desc for music sources and couldn’t find the ad music. Thank you for shouting this out. Matt’s editor(s) have pretty great taste.
@jamespaul6315 11 ай бұрын
Amazed it ever came out, Nevermind its as good as it is. Its my game of the year so far
@alexhobbs1208 11 ай бұрын
Lol
@-Down-D-Stairs- 11 ай бұрын
I have a similar sentiment. I'd give it a 7.5/10 so I enjoyed it. Shocked considering it was in development hell for nearly a decade.
@jamespaul6315 11 ай бұрын
@@-Down-D-Stairs- i absolutely loved it. One of the most satisfying combat systems ever
@nickythekidd5517 11 ай бұрын
@@alexhobbs1208go cry about woke politics lol
@Kidtysonn 11 ай бұрын
Put countless hours into Dead Island 1 and completely forgot that this game existed until just now
@Notenum_ 11 ай бұрын
It’s actually a lot of fun in my opinion.
@Horzydood 11 ай бұрын
Its pretty fun actually
@14Ghost14 11 ай бұрын
I like how many projects have a trouble time changing to u4
@Mrchair905 11 ай бұрын
And cd projket has said the cyberpunk sequel will move away from the red engine to unreal, can’t wait to see how that goes lmao. Not shitting on cyberpunk though that game is amazing in its current state.
@Nateb64 11 ай бұрын
It was kinda funny when I was calling people for their pre-orders because a lot of them forgot they even had pre-ordered the game. I don't blame anybody because some of their pre-orders were placed 10 years prior lmaoo
@FengLengshun 11 ай бұрын
>me watching the decision on parkour zombie game: "Oh, I know where this is going." Yet it couldn't prepare me for how absolutely more massive Dying Light is. Thay game really blew up.
@-Down-D-Stairs- 11 ай бұрын
I liked the game. I'd give it a 7.5/10. Considering it was in nearly a decade of development hell it's a miracle it turned out the way it did.
@Garethsmod 11 ай бұрын
For real, the game had some good combat and the flesh system really made slicing a zombie up satisfying. Just wish the story was stronger and didn't end on a cliffhanger.
@st.haborym 11 ай бұрын
The trailer for DI1 might've had literally 0 to do with the game, but it was still pretty awesome
@ziljin 9 ай бұрын
Deep silver shouldn't had interfered with Techland. Dying Light could have been theirs!
@LionRafale 11 ай бұрын
That Dead Rising lobby music...... Good stuff
@ari-dynamicarchive 11 ай бұрын
I'll never forget the day my sis and I played Dead Island on the PS3 together back when Dead Island 1 was relatively new if not brand new. We even tried to do online co-op as she owned the console herself iirc and tried to do that together. The moment the Dead Island 2 trailer dropped on youtube we were all rearin' to go and ready to pre-order (thankfully we did not lol). For a bomb about to blow up it sure took a looong time!
@vlagtr 11 ай бұрын
I guess it's almost time to talk about Dying Light 2? Maybe not as much dev hell as Dead Island 2 but I really thought it was going that direction after seeing the revolving door of people entering and exiting that project. I'm honestly surprised it reviewed well.
@dannydement 11 ай бұрын
Considering how boring the game is, so am I.
@clintmcbride7830 7 ай бұрын
That trailer for the first game is still one of the greatest trailers ever. The game was pretty fun but that trailer was a goddamn masterpiece
@budgetbrick5124 11 ай бұрын
You have to give dead island 2 credit it being good and not a complete mess is astronomical. And with this mess of development hell. You have to admit it's the work of black magic with a game actually coming out and working well. Where most games have bad launch this being completely fine. And with a development hell like this game other games have no excuse to have bad launch.
@MattMcMuscles 11 ай бұрын
That's not very fair to say. Lots of games have tons of behind the scenes issues behind them, and they're all unique. Just because one had a very long cycle, doesn't mean others can't have much shorter, yet just as problematic ones.
@budgetbrick5124 11 ай бұрын
@MattMcMuscles understandable, but still, you have to feel somewhat annoyed that a game with this long of a development cycle came out with little issues, while more recent games somehow have problems right out the gate.
@nahomgirma5095 11 ай бұрын
25:23 "Ah man! It means it finally topped their previous crown jewel, Ride to Hell Retribution!?" I laughed at that far more than I should've.
@UrsaFlare 11 ай бұрын
The fact that BOTH Dead Island games had a decade long dev period speaks volumes of what Deep Silver are like. I'm gunna wait for a sale for this one, I only wanna play it for the co-op so I can wait for it to drop
@kenji6492 11 ай бұрын
The FLESH engine demo was so funny to me. "Bad and naughty publishers get put in the LUNG WIGGLER."
@joekojima1251 11 ай бұрын
Gravity Rush and its sequel should have their own Wha happen?
@kflk8633 11 ай бұрын
We need a video of Dishonored 2, it had a bunch of issues on launch and kinda flopped silently on launch. Same for Deus Ex Mankind Divided.
@craigsmith6039 11 ай бұрын
Deus Ex in general needs one cuz the first two games are also worthy of a What Happened?
@lilymoon6707 11 ай бұрын
My head shot up at hearing Blake Hester's name. He's a great writer, and also co-hosts a podcast about "rotten" video games (think Manhunt and Kane and Lynch) with Jacob Geller called Something Rotten that has some really interesting discussions, that also got me to play games I would not otherwise have touched.
@spacegoat0133 3 ай бұрын
My respect for dambuster skyrocketed after hearing they have a no-crunch polo
@EastyyBlogspot 11 ай бұрын
To expand and improve on a sequel....they did not work on is madness it is like doing a marathon before even walking, granted the buck always stops with the upper management as it can be done but again they have to keep within limits
@noahbenchimol4210 11 ай бұрын
Hey just a heads up, at 25:02 you used the wrong box art. 1-2 Switch came out in 2017, but I assume you were referencing "Everybody 1-2 Switch", the sequel that came out this year.
@Tardisntimbits 11 ай бұрын
I still want to grab a copy of this, but hearing the song...I kinda want to replay Dead Island itself again, hahaha.
@thatpikminguy 11 ай бұрын
This one's gonna be a ride.
@Harper_Onions 2 ай бұрын
I remember playing DeadIsland: Riptide for Games Dev class in college and being utterly confused and failing to have ANY fun.
@aaroncls727 11 ай бұрын
master work as usual, Matt. Thanks for the vid!
@xShotgunSurgeryx 11 ай бұрын
Weird this video drops right when I picked this game up on sale. I passed on it when it first came out bc I couldn’t get both it and Diablo 4 AND Jedi survivor. But I went in with no expectations and am loving the smaller more detailed maps and gore physics. It’s amazing that it came out as good as it did.
@kburns2406 11 ай бұрын
Boy, you weren't kidding! That's a spectacular L they ended up holding at the end!
@FlentOrbix1138 11 ай бұрын
Very clever having the discussion of "development changing hands" playing over the cutscene where the gun changes hands five times.
@SkandiTV 11 ай бұрын
I just feel bad for Dambuster studios, between this and Homefront The Revolution, they CAN make good games, but they're always given the short end of the stick from publishers.
@amharbinger 11 ай бұрын
12:47 Why is it that the people in charge have no idea how to build or what makes the product they're suppose to be in charge of?
@M1SF0RTUNE 11 ай бұрын
I would LOVE to see an episode on Gollum, personally.
@GraionDilach 11 ай бұрын
The music list is missing Lively Cyber Detective from the Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth OST which is played during the sponsor announcement.
@Whisky_4_1 11 ай бұрын
Who do I voodoo? Well I never really thought about it.
@joshuakim802 10 ай бұрын
I haven't worked in the gaming industry, but I've done media work in the corporate industry, and it's crazy that the people with all the money and the power just say "Do this, and I want it by Monday" and it's Friday today. The execs really don't know what happens in development and it's sad to see people get screwed over and sacked because of greedy business decisions. In the design studio where I used to work, we would invite people to be a part of the design process, and get them to monitor what we do and we would ask for feedback, and most of them are so against it, and it became such a thing, that some higher ups allowed us more time to develop content because they got bored sitting and watching us do the work
@44leverage 11 ай бұрын
Dead Island 2 is actually a great game in my opinion. If you compare it to other “What Happened?” Products, the fact it came out so well is impressive. And Dambuster having a no crunch policy? Fantastic. I’m super excited for the game’s DLC. Great video as always!
@HeirofAzaran 11 ай бұрын
I find it hilarious that the picture on this is identical to the one for your video on Dead Rising 4, but the guy is in worse condition
@FastTquick 11 ай бұрын
I really hope that this entire ordeal gave Deep Silver a well deserved slice of humble pie. There’s nothing that frustrates me more than money-counting executives with little game development experience setting the expectations for developers’ projects with unrealistic budgets and time frames. When they let the actual developers work at their most effective state, then the games they produce will turn out great.
@thatclipmakerguy9959 11 ай бұрын
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