Despite the pre-release acclaim, the game received generally lukewarm reviews. September for North America/Europe and in October for Japan. However reception was nonetheless positive, with praise going towards the emotional impact, animation, and story, with the trailer being held as one of the best in any medium.
The game's cinematic announcement trailer was met with controversy over its depiction of a dead child. The game was announced at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo, but delayed until 2011. The plot focuses on 4 playable survivors trying to survive and escape off the fictional island of Banoi. Centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infested open world with a major emphasis on melee. Action role-playing, survival horror, first-person shooterĭead Island is a 2011 survival-horror action role-playing video game developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS X, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
