The "Bloodbath Arena" DLC, a wave-based survival mode, adds four new areas and some weapons, and allows players to transfer XP into the core game.
Dead Island 'Bloodbath Arena' DLC attacks in mid-November
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Oct 10th 2011 3:20PM
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The "Bloodbath Arena" DLC, a wave-based survival mode, adds four new areas and some weapons, and allows players to transfer XP into the core game.
Reader Comments (17)
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:29PM Godslegion said
Sweet some more content! I love Dead Island but after beating it twice (just a decent campaign) and now just sitting down for some zombie killing sprees, it really has gotten stale as far as actually engaging gameplay goes.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:32PM kentuckyfried said
@Godslegion
I'm looking forward to playing some co-op. Just finished the campaign early Saturday morning.
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I'm looking forward to playing some co-op. Just finished the campaign early Saturday morning.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:39PM InkSix said
@Godslegion
At least you got to play through it. I'm one of those gamers that have IRL friends that I like to co-op with in the same house with our setups, but I just can't get them past the fact that the game is melee combat based. I don't want to play Left 4 Dead 2 anymore....
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At least you got to play through it. I'm one of those gamers that have IRL friends that I like to co-op with in the same house with our setups, but I just can't get them past the fact that the game is melee combat based. I don't want to play Left 4 Dead 2 anymore....
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 4:01PM Liquidfingers said
@kentuckyfried
how was it? i've been hesitant to pick this one up. are there any RPG elements at all? how's the combat? if it were some sort of awesome mix between Deus Ex and Left 4 Dead plus hints of Condemned melee action than i would be all for it, but something is telling me that it's not nearly that awesome.
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how was it? i've been hesitant to pick this one up. are there any RPG elements at all? how's the combat? if it were some sort of awesome mix between Deus Ex and Left 4 Dead plus hints of Condemned melee action than i would be all for it, but something is telling me that it's not nearly that awesome.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 4:40PM Godslegion said
@Liquidfingers
i would go as to say Dead Islands campaign is just normal, not super special, but not a total ball of suck. My thing is that I never got into the story and was WAY more captivated by simply slaughtering zombies left and right and collecting more badass weapons to do so with.
RPG elements are there, as there are skill trees, and at least some thought should be put in to which character you choose, but as far as weapons or crafting goes, sure you can get lucky and find some good stuff, but beyond that you are constricted to only crafting with preset weapon mods/schematics.
i wouldn't say it is much like L4D besides the zombie theme and somewhat relation in zombie types. I'd say it is worth a rent AT LEAST to just beat some good old fashioned zombie horde.
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i would go as to say Dead Islands campaign is just normal, not super special, but not a total ball of suck. My thing is that I never got into the story and was WAY more captivated by simply slaughtering zombies left and right and collecting more badass weapons to do so with.
RPG elements are there, as there are skill trees, and at least some thought should be put in to which character you choose, but as far as weapons or crafting goes, sure you can get lucky and find some good stuff, but beyond that you are constricted to only crafting with preset weapon mods/schematics.
i wouldn't say it is much like L4D besides the zombie theme and somewhat relation in zombie types. I'd say it is worth a rent AT LEAST to just beat some good old fashioned zombie horde.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 4:41PM Godslegion said
@kentuckyfried
The co-op is really nice. Much more fun to say the least. Less-scarier than it already is though.
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The co-op is really nice. Much more fun to say the least. Less-scarier than it already is though.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:38PM ShadowXIII said
I'll take it...but I sure as hell hope it isn't just constant waves of infected.
(Probably is... -_- )
(Probably is... -_- )
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:42PM TheIcemanCometh said
@ShadowXIII Oh, gawd. I hate those Infected bastards. Ugh.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:51PM kentuckyfried said
@ShadowXIII
That's why I'm not even sure if it's worth the $10, outside of being a completist about buying everything for the title.
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That's why I'm not even sure if it's worth the $10, outside of being a completist about buying everything for the title.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:39PM IRONSAM said
Thanks to Gamestop for not taking my money 4 days before release so I could've gotten this free of charge. I realize "limited" implies that it's limited but "exclusive" usually implies the same thing as well, and that's usually BS/marketing with them, too.
Good game. Glad to see it get patched. I'll buy the DLC and sequel gladly.
Good game. Glad to see it get patched. I'll buy the DLC and sequel gladly.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:42PM fourzero40 said
My body is ready.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:48PM FlashJS said
Another survival mode gametype? Wow. You guys (i.e., video game audience excluding me) must really like playing that. I bet if they added zombie survival mode to Mass Effect 3, it would sell like pancakes...
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 4:17PM HobbitGamer said
@FlashJS No, I wouldn't want a horde mode in ME3. It would consist of Husks, Scions, and Praetorians.
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Posted: Oct 10th 2011 3:50PM kentuckyfried said
I want my exploding meat!
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 4:41PM Ghost in the shell said
my pre-order copy from steam has bloodbath so its not just for gamestop pre-orders only
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 5:04PM twesterm said
Wait, so this is for Gamestop pre-orders only then?
Blah, screw that. I pre-ordered at Amazon and I was happily waiting for this (since I loved the game, put more than 30 hours into it) but I don't really need a survival mode for an extra $10.
Blah, screw that. I pre-ordered at Amazon and I was happily waiting for this (since I loved the game, put more than 30 hours into it) but I don't really need a survival mode for an extra $10.
Posted: Oct 10th 2011 6:58PM OrangeGamer said
Phew, almost made me feel bad! I caught the $45 deal on Amazon, but looks like I still would come out 5 bucks ahead! Hah!
