There's both a lot of love and a lot of hate for this game. I played it quite intently for a while and recently got back into it. Even in 2015, 4 years after release, I'm enjoying it. The graphics aren't terrible or 'dog poo' as some metacritic users call it. The graphics are actually nice when you crank everything to full and I still think it looks great. The movement does require some work, I get stuck every now and then on what should be little drops and transitions between ground objects. The combat system is really in-your-face, similar to Condemned but more brutal with some nice weapon mods. The stamina system isn't an overly new idea, each swing takes stamina and you have to think about what you're doing instead of flailing your weapon around, you can also only run for so long. Many people seem to hate this, these people also seem to hate anything that takes effort. The RPG elements are good for the time, it has a nice in-game achievement tracker and I look forward to finishing it soon (currently at 85% main story). Dying Light is going to effectively be the successor to this and I look forward to it even more, as it seems the logical direction after playing Dead Island, despite all the hate. Definitely give it a go if you want to smash and dismember zombies with melee weapons in all their g[l]ory.

There's both a lot of love and a lot of hate for this game. I played it quite intently for a while and recently got back into it. Even in 2015, 4 years after release, I'm enjoying it. The graphics aren't terrible or 'dog poo' as some metacritic users call it. The graphics are actually nice when you crank everything to full and I still think it looks great. The movement does require some work, I get stuck every now and then on what should be little drops and transitions between ground objects. The combat system is really in-your-face, similar to Condemned but more brutal with some nice weapon mods. The stamina system isn't an overly new idea, each swing takes stamina and you have to think about what you're doing instead of flailing your weapon around, you can also only run for so long. Many people seem to hate this, these people also seem to hate anything that takes effort. The RPG elements are good for the time, it has a nice in-game achievement tracker and I look forward to finishing it soon (currently at 85% main story). Dying Light is going to effectively be the successor to this and I look forward to it even more, as it seems the logical direction after playing Dead Island, despite all the hate. Definitely give it a go if you want to smash and dismember zombies with melee weapons in all their g[l]ory.