A 2011 zombie horror game by Techland, focusing on first-person melee combat, set on a tropical island overrun by the walking dead.
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Prologue: Rise and Shine Game Breaking Glitch
I just got Dead Island working on my machine (a small miracle, considering how many bugs are in the game itself.)
I played through the first part where you wake up, walk around, fall down the ...
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Getting stuck trying to get back to the prison on the second runthrough
I have completed the game and I'm towards the end of my second run through the game, but I'm stuck!
There are no missions for me and no way for me to get back to the prison to continue the story and ...
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How do quest XP rewards scale, mathematically?
You can see in this video that the quest XP reward scales at each level:
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What's the fastest way to earn XP?
In Dead Island, I want to hit the level cap as fast as possible to get as many skills as possible, to get more money whereas constituent parts remain the same price, to get weapons that I won't be ...
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How much money do I lose when I die?
In Dead Island, it notifies you that you lost a certain amount of money when you die. How much is lost exactly?
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What is the natural crit. chance?
In Dead Island, an attack with a weapon, that lands on an enemy has a chance of being a critical hit, dealing more damage and applying the special effect of the weapon if it can do so. People often ...
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Which shotgun is better for safe distance dismemberment?
In Dead Island, there are two types of shotguns: shotguns and short shotguns. In comparison to the latter, the former holds two more shells, is more accurate, shoots fewer pellets, and seems to reload ...
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Can legendary firearms spawn?
In Dead Island, there are named legendary weapons which are an upper class of orange rarity, la crème da la crème. Wikis document named legendary firearms, but I have never seen one spawn nor have I ...
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How are money and experience divided in Dead Island's co-op mode?
Are money and experience divided evenly when you play co-op? I'm playing with two friends of mine, and we'd like to try to stay within roughly the same level of each other.
So far, it looks like you ...
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Does Jackpot actually work?
In Dead Island, the character Purna has a Survival skill called Jackpot (just before the bottom) which "increases your chance to find rare items among loot." I was wondering how effective this is, ...
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Does Second Chance work in car?
In Dead Island, Purna has a Survival skill called Second Chance (bottom left) which has a chance of instantly reviving Purna upon death. When a player dies in a car, unlike outside of cars, the player ...
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Dead Island Character Differences
I started playing Dead Island yesterday evening, though I didn't play very much. The game seemed impressive. But I've been wondering if the different characters have any unique traits that the others ...
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Is there an optimal repair point?
In Dead Island, is there a cheaper time to repair a weapon, relative to its condition, or does each usage-by-hit cost the same to repair?
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What do I do with diamonds?
After finishing the quests that take me through the hotel to get to the parking lot, I accumulated a fair number of champagne bottles, which I dutifully turned in for diamonds. Now I've got 8 ...
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Are there any benefits to getting drunk?
When wandering around the Dead Island, I discovered a bottle of alcohol. Thinking that it was a normal item that I would store away for later use, like Soap or Rags, I picked it up. However, when I ...
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Does the screen ever reach or exceed 180 degrees of wobble and tilt? [closed]
In Dead Island, you can get drunk. The more that you drink, the more that the screen wobbles and tilts, oscillating a rotation, like a see-saw (teeter-totter). The other day, I attempted to get as ...
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“side-by-side configuration is incorrect” error when launching Dead Island
My friend and I both bought the Dead Island game. I set up my copy and it works flawlessly but for my friend it responds with this message "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side ...
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How much time for an orange weapon?
In Dead Island, orange-rarity items spawn in loot drops (e.g., weapon chest) at a high, if not 100% chance (outside of vendors) after a certain amount of time. This information was largely propagated ...
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Why did my character data get corrupted?
One time that I log into Dead Island, hit PLAY at the title menu to look at my character data, and look at characters data, one of my character data is corrupted. Instead of the facial icon for the ...
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Is it possible to uncorrupt a Dead Island save on the PS3?
I have played this game twice, both times making it to about 80 percent through the main game. Both times that I turned the game off (making sure especially the second game not to do so when it was ...
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How do I drop my fury weapon?
I've seen weapons with weird names like "furyfists" and "furyknife". I think that they're the unique weapons each character class wields when they activate their fury. How do you get them outside of ...
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What changes occur in New Game+?
In the "Dead Island" (DI) video-game, what changes occur in New Game+ (NG+), in comparison to non-new-game-plus?
Acceptable: In particular, I want to know how prices are affected. Someone asserted ...
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Can I join a game in the middle of a 1st playthrough if I'm just starting a 2nd playthrough?
Some of my friends are playing Dead Island, but they are hopelessly behind me in terms of story progression. Will I be able to still join their game if I'm in an earlier chapter of a 2nd playthrough ...
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What's the best way to kill a floater in Dead Island?
I'm having mega trouble killing them: I've tried bombs, shotguns, etc. but they're still a nuisance!
Are there any tips or tricks to taking them out?
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Stop auto equipping alcohol!
I am playing Dead Island on the PC. Many NPCs want alcohol for various purposes, so I want to collect it when I see them laying around.
But when I do this, the game seems to switch my current weapon ...
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Can I respec my Dead Island character?
After finally getting the game set up how I want it to run, I've started playing with Xian as my main character. I've now earned enough XP to level up, but I'm wondering if I will have the ability to ...
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What are the different rarity colors in Dead Island?
So far in Dead Island I've noticed white, green, blue, and purple items. These seem to indicate different rarities, similar to the classification system used in Borderlands, but I don't know what ...
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Is there a way to get the ammo from a gun without picking it up?
Ammo is hard to find and having to pick up a gun to get the ammo and then having to drop it again is very annoying. Is there a way I can get the ammo but leave the gun on the ground?
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Can I restore a save file from PSN+ thats a couple of days old?
I'm having problems with Dead Island with some trophies and DLC's and I was wondering if there was a way to restore an OLD PSN+ save file?.. It already updated my last save file :/ Does it mean it ...
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Is it possible to change the Field of View (FOV) in Dead Island?
The default Field of View in Dead Island is quite cramped, and even though I'm not prone to motion sickness, I tend to get a headache when I play the game as a result. I went through the options, but ...
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What's with the gas?
Some zombies appear to emit a greenish cloud of gas. When I'm in this cloud my screen changes color to show that something is happening to me. What is the gas doing to me?
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What are skulls for?
I found a Blue Skull! It looks special! Whats it for? Are there others? In what Acts can I find each of any of the others?
Do not tell me where the skulls are beyond the Acts they are located in ...
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Is there a purpose for the cinderblocks?
So far everything I have found in this game has had SOME purpose to it. Every item has a use, albeit sometimes it's hard to immediatly recognize. In ACT 2 (the village) I keep finding large ...
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Dead island DLC availability
I Got the 2 DLC(Ryder White and Bloodbath Arena) for dead island,but when are they available for me to play?
Do I have to complete the game or get to a specific locations?
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Who is the guy in the opening movie of Dead Island?
From whose perspective is the opening movie in Dead Island?
You meet the four playable characters through the course of the drunken shenanigans, so who is this guy?
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Is Dead Island meant to be played with friends?
I just started the game, and by default it looked as if it were pressing me to play co-op right out of the gate. Is the game supposed to be played co-op? Will I be missing anything if I play through ...
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Where can I find more diamonds or champagne?
I need a bunch of diamonds to make a mod, and the only way I know of is to turn in champagne as exchange, but so far I've only found one bottle (I forgot where). Where can I get more champagne and ...
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3D Vision doesn't work with dead island
I have a 3D Vision problem with Dead Island. See this video, at first 3d vision is deactivated, then activated via hotkey then deactivated again.
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Are there “one-shot” collectables in Dead Island?
In Dead Island, are there any collectables which I can only get in one particular situation and then never again?
Like, are there any areas with collectables which I only enter once in the story and ...
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How do I turn on VSync and other advanced settings in Dead Island?
I can't stand screen tearing and I'm wondering how I can turn on vertical sync. There doesn't seem to be on option to turn it on through the game itself. Where can I find the file to turn it on? Are ...
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How powerful are guns in Dead Island?
I just got Dead Island on Steam last night as part of the summer sale (my favorite time of year). A friend and I plan on playing the whole game co-op, and I kind of want to play the Firearms ...
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Can you leave the Prison?
I'm getting pretty close to the part of the game where you have to go to the Prison Island. I've played a lot of games where the last level is the last level, and you can't leave it to return ...
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Quest “Rats In the Lab” - Rescue Frank
Cannot proceed with above quest so therefore cannot proceed with main quest line.
It's part of the quest chain in the Laboratory for Act 3, that you have do for Dr West.
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How do I complete the “Rescue Frank” mission in Dead Island?
I am on the mission where you are in the lab and someone named Frank is surrounded by zombies and you have to save him.
I started it but I died so I went to do another mission. Now when I try to ...
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How many total skill points does a character get in Dead Island?
Considering there is no respec mechanism in Dead Island, I'm trying to plan out my character build a little in advance.
In examining the skill tree I see there are:
21 possible points in Fury
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What determines whether or not I get experience with each blow I land on a zombie?
For want of a weapon, I have been roaming around the island beating zombies to death (well, more death) with my bare fists. I've noticed while doing this that sometimes when I attack a certain zombie, ...
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What's a good way for me to find a Katana, aside from Zed's Demise?
So I'm level 41 and I just got to the Jungle, but I haven't seen a Katana since level 30. I found a Frail Katana on the beach of the first area at around level 30 inside of a metal chest. Since then, ...
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What's the maximum level in Dead Island?
What's the maximum level in Dead Island that you can reach and does it make in sort that you can have max-out skills ?
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What do the weapon prefixes mean in Dead Island?
I noticed that the weapons in Dead Island have prefixes on their names. The ones I've seen so far are:
Damaging
Feeble
Tiring
Weak
Flimsy
Spiteful
Disabling
In examining the items, it seems that ...
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Is there a way to turn off the camera 'wobble' on attack?
I've already altered the FOV in Dead Island, but I'm noticing that the constant "wobble" of the screen when making attacks is getting a bit disorienting and distracting. I'm OK with the camera shaking ...
