All of this is embalmed in the ultimate Dead Island replica suitcase – the most iconic item from the original Dead Island. Despite a poor critical response Dead Island was a big hit for Deep Silver in 2011 and it seems to have rushed out Riptide as quickly as possible to take advantage of that. According to Deep Silver sales and marketing director Paul Nicholls, "we wanted to provide a unique collector’s edition that was utterly ‘Dead Island’ and would make a striking conversation piece on any discerning zombie gamer’s mantel. Some mention that the look of the pg is very good, while others say that they were very let down with the collectors artwork. From this perspective, Deep Silver’s marketing stunt is an adept commentary on the video games coverage and editorial ecosystem.

Those complaining about the Zombie Bait edition (which was only going to be sold in Europe and Australia) were the next set of zombies, drawn in by the smell of fresh controversy. Already provoked by numerous events last year, they raised their zombie hands to the keyboards and slammed their opinions out on comment walls or blogs. There are fewer people commenting on the Rigor Mortis pack, likely named in the same social commentary vein because it is drop dead boring. The Dead Island Zombie Bait Edition includes a 31 cm high, hand painted resin statue of island's zombies a "grotesque take on an iconic Roman marble torso sculpture," according to the press release from publisher Deep Silver.Similar to classic torso sculptures, but with a bloody zombie twist, the 12-inch resin statue included with the collector's edition is a bikini-clad with bits of blood spatter. Is is said that a picture is worth a thousand words; in this case those words include the phrase “WTF was Deep Silver thinking? This collectors’ edition package includes a copy of the zombie-filled adventure game and a statue of a bloody woman’s severed torso. We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver's entire international team today.

He praised the gameplay, co-op and the ability to import your save from the original, noting that the enemies you face are at scale with your level, so that the game gives you an appropriate challenge, but criticized the storyline and overall look of the game. However, he did state that the lackluster graphics and performance could be overlooked by how much fun it is to play. wide, hand painted and referred to as "a striking conversation piece" by the game's publisher Deep Silver. IGN 's Greg Miller stated that although he found it to be 'great gory fun', it still contained bugs and glitches that were found in the first game. I wouldn't blame EB (solely), blame the Media for hyping up bad tasteless media coverage just to make a story on the Bait Edition.

Journalists described the statuette as "gross", as something not even a sociopath would want, [9] or as a "text book example of the most extreme ends of misogynist fantasy, a woman reduced to nothing but her tits, her wounds hideously depicted in gore, jutting bones, and of course barely a mark covering her globular breasts". I had a feeling we wouldn't be getting the statue cos Australia is still in its infancy when it comes to mature gaming memorabilia. They can be fully customized, and the game utilizes a new skill system that allows players to re-spec on the fly. With a staff of nearly 200 specialists in two development offices in Wroclaw and Warsaw, Techland is committed to delivering top-quality titles for worldwide markets.