Dead Island Definitive Edition (n°1)

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📰 Title:	Dead Island Definitive Edition (n°1)	🕹️ / 🛠️ Type:	Game
🗃️ Genre:	Strategy	👁️ Visual:	3D
🏷️ Category:	Strategy ➤ Survival, Zombies	🏝️ Perspective:	First person
🔖 Tags:	Action; Exploration; Zombies; Survival; Horror; Gore; Loot; Open World; Co-op; Crafting; Female Protagonist	⏱️ Pacing:	Real Time
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🏛️ License type:	💰 Commercial	🎀️ Quality:	7. ⏳️
🏛️ License:	Commercial	✨️ (temporary):
🐛️ Created:	2015-01-28	🐜️ Updated:	2024-06-22

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📖️ Summary

📜️[en]:	The ultimate Dead Island – fully remastered! It takes place on the fictional island of Banoi, a lush, tropical resort destination located off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The night after a high-profile party, the four main characters are awakened by a voice over the emergency intercom system directing them to evacuate the hotel. They discover that the majority of the population have been overcome by a contagious and infectious plague, turning them into psychopathic, flesh-eating creatures	📜️[fr]:	Une ré-édition améliorée du jeu éponyme, un FPS d'action et d'aventure sur le thème des zombies, prenant place sur l'île paradisiaque fictive de Banoi. Au lendemain d'une soirée bien arrosée, les 4 protagonistes sont réveillés par un message d'évacuation de l'hôtel. Ils découvrent qu'une maladie infectieuse et contagieuse sévit, transformant la majorité des humains en créatures psychotiques dévoreuses de chair humaine. S'ils veulent survivre, ils devront trouver des armes et les affronter.

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Paradise meets Hell!

Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survival!

Smash heads, crack skulls and slice ‘em up with visceral astounding melee combat and true story-based 4 player co-op in a sprawling open world just waiting for exploration.
Dead Island Dead Island Dead Island

Steam:

The game that re-defined the zombie genre - fully remastered.
Paradise meets Hell!
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
The Dead Island Experience
Smash heads, crack skulls and slice ‘em up with visceral astounding melee combat and true story-based 4 player co-op in a sprawling open world just waiting for exploration.

🌍️ Wikipedia:

Dead Island is a 2011 open world survival horror action role-playing video game developed by Polish developer Techland and published by German studio Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infested open world with a major emphasis on melee combat and crafting, the plot focuses on four playable survivors trying to survive and escaping off the island of Banoi.

It was originally announced at E3 2006, but was pushed back to 2011. The game's popular announcement trailer was widely anticipated. It was released on September 2011, and October 2011 in Japan. While receiving generally positive reviews, criticism for the game was regarding the technical difficulties and in-game glitches.

A stand-alone expansion, Dead Island: Riptide, was released in 2013. A spin-off, Escape Dead Island, was released on 18 November 2014. A sequel, Dead Island 2, is set to be released in 2016. The game will be remastered for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One under the title Dead island Definitive Collection. It bundles the game with Riptide, all DLC, and a 16-bit side-scrolling game called Dead Island: Retro Revenge.

Gameplay

Dead Island features an apparent open world roaming, divided by relatively large areas, and played from a first-person perspective. Most of the gameplay is built around combat and completing quests. Dead Island is an action role-playing game and uses experience-based gameplay. The player earns XP by completing tasks and killing enemies. Upon leveling up, the player gains health and stamina, and can invest one skill point into a skill tree and level up one of their skills.

Combat is carried out through either physical attacks or through the use of melee weapons and firearms. Melee weapons are emphasized to the point that firearms are not available for the first quarter of the game, and consist of blunt and bladed weapons. Melee weapons can also be thrown at targets at any point in the game. Weapons are randomly generated and positioned in predetermined locations as well as found on some enemies; they have unique stats which are generally based on the player's current level. Each weapon can be upgraded three times to increase its stats, and most weapons can be "modded" - customized based on a blueprint to add special features, such as nails or electrified blades, and poison. These weapons will wear out from constant usage and require repairs and careful use.

There is also a stamina bar, meaning that after a set amount of physical action, such as running, jumping, or swinging a weapon, the character needs to stop to regain his or her stamina. Fighting with a high level zombie will result in the player often running out of stamina and potentially being killed. The game features "special class" zombies, which are more powerful than the standard zombie. Players need to use flashlights in dark areas and during night-time sections, adding suspense.

Zombies in the game have different abilities, such as the Walkers being Romero style zombies and the Infected being 28 Days Later style running zombies. There are also other special zombies in the style of Left 4 Dead.

Synopsis

Main campaign

Dead Island takes place on the fictional island of Banoi, a lush, tropical resort destination located off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The night after a high-profile party, the four main characters (hereafter referred to as "the survivors"); rapper Sam B., hotel receptionist and spy for the Chinese government Xian Mei, former football-star Logan Carter, and ex police officer Purna—are awakened by a voice over the emergency intercom system directing them to evacuate the hotel. They discover that the majority of the population have been overcome by a contagious and infectious plague, turning them into psychopathic, flesh-eating creatures. Briefly overcome by one of the infected, they are rescued by lifeguard John Sinamoi. the four survivors discover that they are apparently immune from infection, and with "The Voice" out of contact, the survivors are tasked by Sinamoi to try and find supplies and contact the outside world. As it becomes obvious that the resort lacks enough supplies to survive for long, Sinamoi instead has them travel to the city of Moresby to find help. The survivors take along Jin, the daughter of the bitten mechanic who modifies an armored car they use to break out of the resort.
A promotional still featuring Xian Mei, one of the four playable characters, about to attack a group of zombies. The still shows this in third person, while the game takes place in a first-person perspective.

Upon arriving in Moresby, after taking down a new special infected known as the Ram, the survivors aid a holdout at a barricaded church. Directed first to the wealthier sections of town, they ultimately raid a supermarket under the control of "Raskol" gangs, then rescue Jin after she tries to offer supplies to another Raskol faction in the abandoned police station, angering Sam B. Upon their return to the resort, the survivors make contact with "The Voice"; he identifies himself as Colonel Ryder White, a Banoi Island Defense Force (BIDF) commander, currently trapped in a high-security prison located on a remote island, only accessible through the jungle. He states that due to the characters' immunity, he may be able to create a cure / vaccine, and in turn save his bitten wife. White directs the survivors into the jungles of Banoi having them find a smuggler named Mowen who can reach the prison.

Mowen stonewalls the survivors on the prison, but does take them to a laboratory studying the plague. The researchers there determine the zombie infection is a mutation of Kuru that originated from the indigenous population. At their behest, the survivors collect a tissue sample from a mummy to better examine the pre-mutation form of Kuru and rescue a native woman, Yerema, who was about to be sacrificed by her tribe.

Mowen finally agrees to take the survivors to the prison. After the survivors complete the preparations he and Jin request, they hurry back to the lab when The Voice reports something has gone wrong; they find the zombies the scientists were studying were accidentally released, with only Yerema still alive. Rescuing Yerema and retrieving what appears to be a prototype vaccine, the survivors proceed to the prison island.

The survivors initially help the surviving prisoners to arm themselves in exchange for reaching White, but when White finally contacts them again he urges them to abandon the prisoners and proceed to him. The prisoners' holdout eventually falls, and Mowen dies helping Jin and Yerema escape the zombies. As the survivors are about to reach White, however, they are hit with a knockout gas inside their elevator. Awoken by a technology-savvy prisoner named Kevin, they find that White has stolen the vaccine and are warned that, with it in his possession, he intends to flee with his wife and call in a nuclear strike to purge the island.

Racing to the roof helipad, the survivors find themselves held by White at gunpoint. Jin, disgusted by White's plan, releases White's now-zombified wife from her restraints, and she bites Colonel White on the wrist. White kills his zombified wife and shoots Jin dead, then injects himself with the vaccine, only for it to accelerate and amplify his own mutation. The survivors kill White, then finally escaping Banoi with his helicopter as Kevin intones that things will never be the same.

Ryder White's campaign

Two weeks prior to the outbreak, Ryder White, a Colonel in the Australian Army, is interviewed by a commanding officer; he is presented with targets which he was asked if he would kill without question, agreeing to all including, after some hesitation, his wife Emily. Two people viewing the interview note this had him reassigned to Banoi, where Emily also works, and speculate that "he won't push the button because of her."

Upon the zombie outbreak, White is overseeing the bombing of bridges to slow the infection, but his helicopter crashes in Moresby when the co-pilot turns. Alerted that the main bridge in Moresby remains intact, he proceeds to recover the demolition charges from the Raskols and carries out the demolition himself. Throughout he is contacted by Emily, who has taken shelter inside the prison with the help of a man known as Kevin.

Upon extraction from Moresby, Ryder hears from Emily that she has been bitten by one of her zombified patients. Disregarding her pleas to leave her, he has himself dropped off at the prison, intent of saving his wife before ordering a nuclear strike to purge the island. By the time Ryder arrives Emily has almost turned. Kevin then contacts Ryder over the intercom, offering to help him as well. When they meet, however, Ryder identifies Kevin as Charon, a notorious terrorist-affiliated hacker. However, with no other options, he follows Charon's instructions to restore emergency power and find antibiotics for Emily, fighting off armed escaped prisoners. Charon also tells Ryder he has survivors en route with an antidote.

After administering the antibiotic to Emily, Charon notifies him that a group of prisoners were approaching in reprisal for the ones that Ryder killed in order to obtain the Tetracycline. With the prisoners dead, Ryder traveled to the control room in Block C and met up with Charon. As Ryder approaches Charon, he discovers that Charon was behind the deaths of the scientists, including Dr. West, at the Laboratory but hides his suspicion. He is then instructed to clear the zombies from the shower room in Block C for when the Heroes arrive. With the shower room cleared, Ryder used the sewers in order to return to the control. While eavesdropping on Charon's conversation with the group(the main characters), he discovers that Charon has been posing as him (The Voice). Out of rage, Ryder threatens to kill Charon for endangering Emily and making him betray his country. Charon then assures him that the group have the 'antidote' and that the Heroes won't trust either Ryder or Charon if it is revealed that they were never actually speaking to Ryder. Charon then instructs Ryder to store knockout gas above the elevator lift that the group will be using in order to steal the antidote from them to avoid having to make any negotiations. After placing the gas and returning to the control room, Charon and Ryder watch the Heroes pass out from the gas. Before leaving to retrieve the gas, Ryder destroys the control room's computer in order to prevent Charon from pulling off any more tricks. He then locks Charon in the control room and tells him that he's going to go get the antidote for Emily. Charon then replied to Ryder stating that the antidote would only work on people that were only in the early stages of Infection while Emily was already past the first stages. Shaken by his words, Ryder ran off to get back to Emily in the intensive care unit. With Ryder gone, Charon reveals that he had a hidden backup key card and taunts him stating that Ryder should have killed him when he had the chance.

Afraid of being too late, Ryder collected the antidote from the group and frantically fought through countless waves of Zombies to get back to Emily. Upon finding Emily, she has already become an Infected. Ryder then vows to make a complete antidote out of the serum and brings Emily to the roof where he discovers that Charon had turned the group against him. Jin then releases Emily to attack Ryder, forcing him to kill her and Jin in retaliation. He then injects himself with the antidote only to discover that the antidote was actually an enhanced version of the plague that transforms him into a powerful Special Infected. He is then killed by the group who fled to safety on Ryder's chopper afterwards. It is revealed that Charon plans on using Yerema as Dr. West called, "a walking timebomb" to spread the plague, as he shows a smirk on his face.

Characters

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• Sam B (voiced by Phil LaMarr), a one-hit wonder rap star from New Orleans. He was booked by the Royal Palms Resort to perform his well-known song "Who Do You Voodoo" at a high profile hotel party. He gladly took the chance to play this gig. Once strong, self-confident and proud, Sam B has had a troubled past and a history of drug and alcohol abuse, and his private life became a haze of fake friends and bad advisers. He believed his gig at Banoi was his last chance to get back on top. He also has a specialty of blunt weapons which became very useful during the plague.
• Xian Mei (voiced by Kim Mai Guest), a desk clerk at the Royal Palms Resort. Born and raised by a police commander killed in the line of duty in China, she secretly works as a spy for the Chinese Government. To conceal her covert activities, Xian performs menial tasks for the hotel (as seen in the opening where she helps a sick guest). It is assumed that she does well at keeping her espionage a secret, as all refer to her as the desk clerk. However, during the Jin rescue scene Purna claims that she knows Xian's true nature, and several collectibles show that employees knew she was no ordinary employee. She also has a specialty of blade weapons which became very useful during the plague.
• Logan Carter (voiced by David Kaye), a former American football star, spoiled by life and successful in every possible way. Unfortunately, his own ego finally put an end to his bright future. Taking part in a reckless street race with tragic consequences, Logan not only killed a young woman - his unfortunate passenger - but also fractured his knee, putting an end to his sports career. His fall from stardom inevitably followed and he plunged swiftly into a life of bitterness and despair. He ended up letting a blood drive use his name, and in return received an all-expenses-paid trip to Banoi. He also has a specialty of throwing knives which became very useful during the plague.
• Purna (voiced by Peta Johnson), an Australian Aboriginal former officer of the New South Wales Police Force, referred to by the game as the "Sydney Police department." After losing her career when she shot and wounded a child molester (the novelization contradicts this by stating that she succeeded in killing him) who could not be prosecuted due to his wealth and connections, Purna then turned to working as a bodyguard for VIPs in dangerous places all over the world. She is mostly hired for her looks (not just her skills), as wealthy men do not mind showing up to parties with an attractive woman like her on their arm. Purna states she wishes to finish off the child molester after leaving Banoi.
• Ryder White (voiced by Joe Hanna), a colonel with the Australian Defense Force who communicates with the hero in Chaos Overture, providing directions for escape. Ryder has also been in contact with the survivors at the Pool House, advising they evacuate to the Lifeguard Tower. When the hero is able to communicate with Ryder once more at the hotel with Dominic, it is revealed that he is on the prison island and is dealing with his injured wife, Emily White. In the "Ryder White Campaign", it is later revealed that Ryder was not the voice from the main game, instead Charon, also known as Kevin, has been posing as him and was the true villain of the game, not Ryder.

📕 Description [fr]

Un FPS de survie et d'action dans un monde ouvert envahie par des zombies, par le studio Techland (publié par le studio Deep Silver).

Dead Island Definitive Edition est une ré-édition améliorée (graphismes, nouvelle interface, correction de bugs, ...) du jeu éponyme, un FPS d'action et d'aventure sur le thème des zombies, prenant place sur l'île paradisiaque fictive de Banoi - au large des côtes de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Au lendemain d'une soirée bien arrosée, les 4 protagonistes sont réveillés par l'intercom d'urgence de l'hôtel dans lequel ils séjournent - le message leur demandant d'évacuer l'hôtel. Ils découvrent qu'une maladie infectieuse et contagieuse sévit, transformant la majorité des humains en créatures psychotiques dévoreuses de chair humaine. S'ils veulent survivre, ils devront trouver des armes et les affronter.

L'enfer s'invite au paradis !

Vivez l'apocalypse zombie comme vous ne l'aviez jamais vue ! Vous voilà en plein milieu d'une invasion de zombies sur l'île tropicale de Banoi. Votre objectif : survivre !
Apprêtez-vous à vivre l'apocalypse zombie comme vous ne l'aviez jamais vue, pour un spectacle plus impressionnant que jamais !
Explosez des têtes, brisez des crânes, et étripez tous vos ennemis lors de combats au corps à corps viscéraux et à travers un mode coopératif à 4 joueurs fidèle au scénario du jeu, le tout au cœur d'un gigantesque monde ouvert.

Steam:

Le jeu qui a redéfini le genre zombie, entièrement remastérisé.
Quand le paradis rencontre l'enfer !
Bienvenue à l'expérience zombapocalyptique de votre vie, plus magnifique aujourd'hui que jamais. Coincé au beau milieu d'une infestation de zombies épique sur l'île tropicale de Banoi, vous ne pensez qu'à une chose : survivre !

🌍️ Wikipedia :

Dead Island est un jeu vidéo d'action-aventure horreur développé par Techland (un studio Polonais) et édité par Deep Silver. Le jeu est sorti le 8 septembre 2011 sur Windows, Xbox 360 et PlayStation 3 et le 3 avril 2012 sur OnLive. Il a été porté fin 2014 sur Linux.

Un coffret intitulé Dead Island Definitive Collection incluant les deux principaux jeux dans leurs versions remasterisées (graphismes améliorés, bug corrigés, nouvelle interface, etc...) ainsi qu'un tout nouveau jeu intitulé Dead Island Retro Revenge a été annoncé pour le 31 mai 2016 sur PS4, Xbox One et PC.

Univers

Le joueur se réveille dans une chambre d'hôtel sur une île paradisiaque (Banoi) au large des côtes de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, victime d'un terrible virus transformant tous les humains en zombies. L'objectif est de rester en vie, en massacrant les zombies de l'île à l'aide des différentes armes et accessoires trouvés sur l'île. Le groupe de héros devra également aider les autres survivants, étant composé des seuls immunisés au virus.

Personnages

• Logan (expert des armes de lancer): ancienne gloire du football américain, comblé par la vie et heureux dans toutes ses entreprises, Logan a vu son égo mettre un terme abrupt à un brillant avenir. Alors qu'il disputait une course urbaine aux conséquences tragiques, Logan a non seulement tué une jeune femme, sa malheureuse passagère, mais il s'est aussi fracturé le genou, condamnant ainsi sa carrière sportive. Sa célébrité en a aussitôt pâti et il a rapidement sombré dans une existence gorgée d'amertume et de désespoir. Afin d'échapper à ses démons, il a volontiers saisi l'occasion de découvrir les beautés et merveilles de Banoï.
• Sam B (expert des armes contondantes): Un chanteur de rap au succès éphémère, Sam B a été sollicité par le Royal Palms Resort Hotel pour interpréter son tube « Who Do You Voodoo ? » au cours d'une fête VIP. Il a sauté sur l'occasion. Autrefois fort, fier et débordant de confiance en lui, Sam B traîne les séquelles d'un passé douteux, émaillé de drogues et d'alcool, à l'époque où il s'entourait de prétendus amis et de conseillers malavisés.
• Xian Mei (experte des armes tranchantes): Née en Chine, Xian Mei est employée au Royal Palm Resort. Elle a opté pour une carrière qui l'ouvrirait à de nouveaux horizons, loin de son pays natal. C'est à Banoï qu'elle a décroché son premier emploi hors de la Chine. Intelligente et sportive accomplie, elle est aussi vive d'esprit que de corps. À peine débarquée sur l'île, Xian Mei s'est vue confier profusion de tâches subalternes à l'hôtel avant d'en devenir la réceptionniste. C'était l'occasion pour elle de rencontrer les divers ressortissants étrangers qui fréquentaient l'hôtel : une source d'inspiration idéale pour elle qui rêvait de voyager de par le monde.
• Purna (experte des armes à feu): Purna officiait autrefois dans la police de Sydney. Sa carrière brisée après avoir abattu un pédophile que sa richesse et ses appuis auraient dérobé à la justice, Purna s'est reconvertie dans la protection rapprochée de VIP dans les recoins les plus inhospitaliers du monde. On la sollicite autant pour ses talents que pour sa beauté : les riches de ce monde ne rechignent pas à apparaître avec Purna vissée à leurs bras.
• Ryder White : Ryder White est le boss final du jeu (il peut-être joué en achetant le DLC « Campagne Ryder »). Colonel dans l'armée, il est envoyé à Moresby pour exécuter le protocole 66 : détruire le pont menant à cette ville pour éviter que les Infectés ne s'en échappent (et condamnant ainsi les survivants de cette ville à y rester). Cependant, sa femme, Emily White, rencontre quelques problèmes à la prison, obligeant à Ryder un détour vers la prison avant de rentrer à la base.

Système de jeu

Dead Island est un jeu de tir à la première personne (plus généralement appelé FPS), avec un côté de RPG : l'avatar du joueur peut monter en niveau, améliorer ses armes, les réparer ou en créer de nouvelles (chacune ayant quatre caractéristiques : dégâts/force/durabilité/maniabilité), répartir des points de compétences, etc.

Si le jeu est jouable avec un seul personnage en solo, il est possible de jouer jusqu'à quatre en réseau local ou en ligne (s'il est d'ailleurs possible de rejoindre un joueur dans sa partie s'il est au même endroit que vous, l'option inverse est possible et désactivable).

Les armes ont toutes un type (contondantes, tranchantes, à feu…) et une portée qui leur est propre ; et les dégâts sont localisés (possibilité de couper/briser un bras, une jambe ou de porter un coup fatal en décapitant l'ennemi). Le joueur devra souvent faire appel à l'esquive ou au coup de pied pour éviter ou se débarrasser des zombies, chaque mort entraînant un respawn contre une somme d'argent prélevée automatiquement (10 % de votre argent est perdu à chaque mort). Des phases de conduite en voiture complètent le jeu, ainsi que quelques QTE pour enfoncer une porte bloquée ou repousser un mort-vivant quand celui-ci vous saute dessus.

Il est également possible de ramasser et de jeter certains éléments du décor (caisse…) ou d'en faire exploser certains (bonbonne de gaz…).

Les ennemis se répartissent en différents types, plus ou moins dangereux, et certains éléments du décor peuvent être utilisés pour les éliminer plus facilement (bombonnes de gaz ou véhicules à faire exploser). L'île est vaste et se découpe en plusieurs zones aux styles variés (jungle, plage tropicale, ville fantôme ou intérieurs sombres sont de la partie).

Pour progresser dans le jeu, augmenter de niveau, récupérer de l'argent, des armes ou des plans servant à leur modification, le joueur pourra accomplir de nombreuses quêtes données par les différents personnages non-joueurs.

On peut aisément comparer Dead Island au RPG FPS Borderlands pour le gameplay général (récupération de missions, quatre personnages jouables entièrement différents, niveaux, etc.), et au beat them all Dead Rising (notamment pour les armes récupérables, modifiables et destructibles).