Dead Island 'Bloodbath Arena' DLC launch held up by work on main game

@Dropeti
Definitely agree. I'd much rather play the dlc on an improved version of the base game.

@Dropeti

I put in 28 hours now, have hit minor issues - and I am having a freaking blast. Not the "glitch fest" reviewers were always whining about.

That was BEFORE the patch too, I never got 1.01 - but I did get 1.02.

@hjfgfjxfh

I agree. I'm having an awesome time playing this game. It's already the best Zombie game ever. The story alone is awesome but being able to kill Zombies in so many different ways is just great fun.

@Faenix

I can't believe I've dumped in 38 hrs into this game, and I've just gotten to Act III.

There are alot of cheap deaths, but thankfully, reload times are quick, and outside of that, I find the game addictively fun and am glad that I completely ignored Justin's review on this one.

@Faenix I third that. So far it's my fav zombie game this gen, even more so than L4D or Res Evil 5. For what was reviewed as a "glitch" fest, I've had one or two annoying glitches and that's it.

@kentuckyfried

I just got to the police station in act 2, I will NEVER go down Canale Street (think I got that right) again. X_X

@Faenix

youre very lucky.
my first game save crapped out after 10 hours of gameplay
my second save died after hitting the city area.

i quit the game completely, just waiting for a stable patch so i can restart the game for the third time -.-

@Dropeti what platform are u guys playing this game on anyway? I'm planning to get this on PC but read that it is the most glitchy. So shud i pick the console ver. instead?

@noodless

Runs fine on the ps3...laggy on the driving sections though, but otherwise fine.

@Faenix

That's where the body of water is in the middle, right? =P

What the hell was Techland thinking?! lol. And me playing it late at night didn't help either, b/c I kept going there and not paying attention.

@kentuckyfried

Its infected-love land. Thats all I remember, and thats all I need to know to AVOID IT. ><

I'm playing it on PS3, BTW.

@IQ Review I agree. This is very much zombie Borderlands, and that's what makes it super fun. Multiplayer is especially a blast. Killing the zombies is so satisfying in this one.

I imagine it's just not everyone's type of game. I remember Borderlands having mixed reviews when it came out as well, but I am glad to see BL2 getting more love now.

@Faenix

Played with a full crew and I swear they were falling from the skies...screams, rage, deaths, and flames.

My God it was beautiful.

@CoconutSkittle
Simple. If they ended up going gold later than they intended to, they would have less time to work on the DLC immediately after, giving them less time to meet the same deadline.

@Qurao

Except you have the publisher breathing down your neck.

@KungFuChaosNinja Yeah, I'm not going to blame Techland here. I bet they had some very, very strict ship dates. It'd be nice if every game dev made enough to do Blizzard time("It's done when it's done.), but not all can. Heck, even Blizzard will probably be tuning some things in Diablo III as time goes on(for free of course), and no one will even put up a fuss. I think DI is just the thing all the cool kids love to hate, and basically keep yelling "STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKEEEEEE!"

@FlashJS Positive spin is fine but I lost about 20 hours of progress thanks to the save bug. Really frustrating and their semiliterate support person couldn't have cared less. "Dear Customer. Gone is gone." was the reply to my email. The game is incredibly fun but I'm not sure I'd buy another one from this company until it's from the bargain bin and fully patched.

@880Cloud088

Exactly.

@880Cloud088 Exactly. The 360 version got the proper version from day one. Steam did not, but they fixed it on the double(and really, I bet the dev mode musta been super fun with being able to fly *anywhere*!:))

@Knives Chau

Wasnt that caused by 1.01, and fixed with 1.02?

-I never had that issue.

@Faenix

Yup, NV runs terrible. the only thing worse is some of the Fallout 3 DLC.

@Faenix ive done 4 playthroughs on fallout 3 and only ever experienced problems 2 times(ps3 crashed) and on new vegas have done 2 playthroughs already and couldnt get tabatha as a companion on my 2nd play through. fallout3/NV are way better then this glitch fest of a game. already lost my save multiple times and only connect to a room every 1 out of 20 attempts.

@Coffinfeeder

On the main menu, go into options - I think thats what it was, and you will see "Personal Statistics". Total play time, etc. is in there.

@OrangeGamer

Lol. Dude. No. See what you are doing is rewarding incompetence. I can't stop laughing....

@FlashJS

Not really. Many "competent" developers put out things that have some issues, because we live in a world of publisher deadlines, working within budget constraints, etc. Sometimes it's just not possible to further delay a product. If anything, Techland is proving that they're not "incompetent" and they're patching up any issues that arise. Like I said, I haven't experience any issues that I'd say need patched up with the Xbox 360 version. Sure, like any other game, there are a few oddities here and there, but nothing that needs patched, just something that shows it's not a "perfect" product, but neither are most big titles that people pretend are "perfect". Remember Gears of War 2's multiplayer when it launched? It was an utter mess. Anyways, Techland delivered a solid product--atleast on Xbox 360--and they're showing that they're perfectly competent and patching any issues. It does stink that the PS3 and PC versions had some launch issues, i.e. saves on PS3 and the beta version being released on PC, but they've been on these issues, thankfully.

I'm happy that I supported Dead Island, as it's an insanely enjoyable game.

So please, don't laugh, because you're not being funny and you're not laughing at anything funny.

@FlashJS Have you even played Dead Island? It's a really fun game, with a couple flaws. If they're working on fixing them, all the better.

I'm just saying this is a better situation than leaving a game WITH flaws and then just "promising to fix it with DLC" and failing to deliver.

But y'know, whatever, different strokes for different folks, looking down on others and all I guess.

@KungFuChaosNinja I agree with this point. There are errors in any kind of large-retail game release (the games you mentioned, I'll add L4D2 and New Vegas to that pile). Valve was awfully quick about fixing L4D2 servers for the 360, and Bethesda at least acknowledged and fixed rather quickly the New Vegas bugs(rotating head anyone?). Point is, it's a great trend to see companies going more towards "We recognize some flaws with our game balance/tech bugs, so we're going to focus on fixing that" instead of just saying "LOL, yeah, right. Now buy this DLC. It will magically fix everything."

I hope the trend continues! 99% of game launches aren't that perfect.

@DiamondXP
speak for yourself. dead island was hands down the most disappointing purchase of 2011. story is trash, way too glitchy(have lost my main save TWICE already), and cant play online(ps3, idk about the other 2).

@Knives Chau I am speaking for myself and I have the Xbox360 Version. I have had no issue and my buddy was able to finish the game with his saved game intact. I have played online and off. i do empathize with your issues however I have not encountered them. I still think that this game is fun and is very innovative in the Zombie genre.

I find it hard to believe that people say they didn't encounter any issues in this game. Being a fan of zombie genre games, its sad to say that this is one. I hope people don't spend $60 on it like I did and just hold out for a price drop. Brink was a better fps game, I can't believe I'm even saying that...lol I guess people are seeing something in this game that I'm not.

@zlich 100% agree.