1k hours, played every character, every mode, to their fullest, gone from level 1 to max numerous times, and been around since the start of the beta. time to write a review. am going to highlight the good and bads and put to rest any rumours about the game.

also ill make a new review every 1000 hours depending on whats changed
ask me anything you want in the comments and ill try to ansaw best i can if i miss anything :)

OVERVIEW
am in love with this game, its so much fun once you get going, and by get going i mean figuring out how it all works, weapon crafting, the pve, the pvp, character skills and classes, stats. once i knew about all these things it all went up from there. started from tier 1 and very slowly built my way up to where i am now, level 320 (at the time of this reveiw) and i could be higher it werent for wipes :D. alot of people thank this game for getting them into mobas, it hasnt for me, DIE will be the only exception to my moba hate.

PAY TO WIN
my god so many people with less than a few hours or not even an hour have accused the game of being pay to win (seriously how can you write a review when you havent even played the game for an hour, be proffesional about it). the weapons you can buy with the premium cash were at one point the weakest weapons for their tier group, with exception of two and they were still werent half as the good as the other you could find and craft your self. now though with recent changes, you could argue that they can be quite potent, but their passives (more on this later) and stats are generally what makes them a bad choice.

boosts and membership really only give the chance you unlock better stuff, it will never give you anything that will make you win. f you get a really good weapon, your going to be paired up aginst peopl who have the same strength, and are no better then the people you faced before you got it.

THIS IS NOT DEAD ISLAND 2
this is not dead island 2, this is not escape dead island, this is not dying light. this dead island epidemic, all four of these games are being developed by different studios, DIE is a spin off that is set in the dead island universe, argueably cannon due to sam b xian mei and sinamoi making an appearence. escape dead island is a prequel to dead island or riptide not sure but still. and dying light a new ip all together.

dont get mad when you find out its not what you googled for

GAMEPLAY
really simple to control WASD movements. no click to move nonsense. easily within reach of these are QERF wich also happen to be your skill buttons. not far from that is the space bar to dodge and roll from said skills. holding down left click to hit smash, shoot and explode you through players and zombie hordes. it really that easy to controll. its another thing to have the skill to perfect on how to use them.

it relatively smooth untill things die in huge amounts very quicky, and this usually involce alot of SFX which also contributes to it. but so gratifying when you do. so much fun just to smash everything you see move and the weapons really do help this out.

GAME MODES
currently their are two, one of them beign cross roads. X roads is the DIE's newest mode currently replaceing the old horde mode. i have to admit i am mostly a pvp player but x roads really does have very hetic and tense moments. you go around an absolutely huge map (probaly the largest in any moba dont quote me) that has numerous themes/biomes, accomplishing missions that are randomly generated and are scaled to how well you well you do these mission, the first mission is allways easy is but when you get two golds, or two bronze/fails you really notice the diffference.

the other is scavenger, the infamous PvPvPvE mode. love it, its so unpredictable and adds a new perspective in how you play. in lol, if you stomp the enemy team, thats it youve won, youve proven you can beat them easily. but in DIE the tird team are in the back ground slowly getting more powerful and probaly gaining a lead whilst you were domination one team. this third team forces new tatics and even a defend or sacrifice moments. basically you're running around a modest sized map capturing flags that generate supplys over time. zombies are there in masses but they are not the threat here. the first to fill their truck and trailer wins. but once that truck is filled. people can start stealing from your trailer, meaning even though you are last you can still make a desperate gambit and steal the winning teams supplies from their trailer and maybe get second place or 1st.

CHARACTERS
there are currently 18 characters avaiable with 5 more to come. all of these charcter have a main role with numerous sub roles which they can fill to specilize in. and these charcters are spread into 3 catagorys of survivor, armoured and mutated. surivors include Amber a dangerous anmal vet that can heal allies and provide cover with her smoke screen or the legendary sam b. amoured character are voltage the college engineer with an suit filled with electricity. or aroumerd isys, with her turrets, gernades and rockets. and mutations include the poisonous bryce, or the unstoppable berg.

these charcter look very detailed and cool. though they are somewhat expenisve, usually costing 11,500 character points. but since you earn around 100-200 and more per game you cn get new character fairly easily at least imo. there cheaper charcters if you cant wait to save up for a new one.

COMMUNITY
ive found the best and worst part of any multiplayer game is the players them selves. you will every kind of person. the noob, the rager, the hypocrite player who thinks winning a game was too easy and there fore it was bad game. the team fighter, the toll, the flamers. and evey else beyond and inbetween.

being an moba you will come acroos people you know and learn to either love or hate them. through this you get well known players, like the once god amongst clowns AANG HSLER with his very bad attitude and brown nosed liking toward himself, his rise and fall are good and bad memories for the much older players.. or the legendary troll robart. or even the addicted jesus@war for having the most played games and hours. the people you meet, either become their freinds or have a grudge, because having both is what make the high end tiers more enjoyable.

GEAR
so many guns and pointy sticks. it wont be dead island without dead island weapons. paddles, maces, fire axes that are lterally on fire, acid in a bottle, a car battery and even a nokia phone. ther is no end to the possibillities for weapons in DIE. and they are allways adding more to the fun.

each weapon is unqiue in some way, each have their own stats that help define their role, got a set of pistols wih a high rate of fire then pair them with an asault character. a life steal katana then but it with a disabler or what ever you preffer. they are split amongst 16 tiers with 1 being lowest and 16 the very best weapons in the game.

to match nicely with the weapons are gadgets, this are simple passive stat boosts which a small difference to your overall stat count, but its noticable difference.

weapon modifacations further the power of you cool weapons. they basically add perks, things like boost or charges to your stats. things that make you more surivable like aegis or titanium deflector or things that will make you more support deadly with ultimate recharger and critical advantage.

TL:DR
easy to learn hard to master skills and controlls
pay to win is non exiestant, mostly pay to get things quicker than normal
different studio, same universe, not dead island 2, may or may not be cannon
pvp is greatly challenging and pve is much fun
so many amazing and deadly weapons and mods.

its a free to play game download and give it a go, but give it a real good go, am talking about 12 hours and not under 5. you never know, this could be the next bug thing to hit tournements :)

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+ rather pretty game environment
+ detailed figures
+ beautiful effects
- somewhat stiff animations
- partially muddy textures
- brown and green tones very dominant

+ varied zombies
+ coherent comic graphics
+ to series appropriate design world
+ chaotic combat action
- initially too little individuality in the game characters

+ unobtrusive background music
+ good speakers
+ atmospheric battle roar
- some effects somewhat powerless
- no heroes comments

+ gentle introduction by tutorial
+ class balancing quite succeeded
- faster progress in the game by using money
- no ai bots or training partner

+ fair starting points (scavenger mode)
+ balanced bosses placement (scavenger mode)
+ in comparison to other moba relatively many maps
- mission walkways sometimes a bit long at the crossroad mode

+ individual and removable talents for each hero
+ Individualization motivated by crafting and weapons
- initially too small hero selection

+ without tactics, strategy and teamwork no success
+ concerted hero roles

+ crafting
+ motivating Unlocks by level up
+ dynamic and varied gameplay by 4vs4vs4
- too much useless and double loot
- rare weapons and unlocks for real money

+ missions and maps quite varied
+ two different game modes
+ although some different heroes
- but many of them far too late (or real money) unlockable

From MOBA will be ZOMBA: The test for Dead Iceland: Epidemic we clarify whether hides a real LoL alternative or just lazy Free2Play Voodoo behind the zombie Multiplayer Online Battle Arena.

Of course we struggle and in the fulfillment of these tasks with both quality and quantity always becomes stronger undead cannon fodder and hold our own against different special zombies. Sprinters, the thick suicide bombers through to acid Pucker pretty much everything is here from the Dead Iceland universe. The respective roles give us now, however, a plausible and varied reasons to fight off the invading undead rather than just leave us like Horde only pointless hoist flags at predetermined conquest points.

Also a nice idea: as simple as it transparent reward system. Depending on how well and how quickly a mission was completed, they will be evaluated with a bronze, silver or gold star. At the end of the game there is for most efficient teams then additional experience points and items as a bonus.

A good tactics, team play and strategy are here actually the key to success. By 4vs4vs4 principle, we are always working in exciting decisions: Dear one opposing team snatch the flag point or embark on a grueling battle against the powerful undead? And who knows, maybe the third team already waiting around the next corner and wants us to snatch the hard-won loot?
However, the odd number of teams will always return to the (balancing) Problem: Often a silent third party that collects in his corner points, while weaken and hamper the other two groups of players against each other. For e-sports tournaments good for Dead Iceland: Epidemic in contrast to League of Legends and Dota 2 therefore currently only very little.

During checkout model, Dead Iceland shows: Epidemic also encouraging transparent and mostly fair, however, Free2Play typically they quickly turn into expensive pleasure. In addition to the generally free basic game there is the ZOMBA on Steam to buy as a package with additional characters and game currency. The price varies from 2.99 to 29.99 euros.

In the Crib, we can create new characters, consumables and equipment in principle also unlock with earned points is significantly faster's but of course with the in-game currency "Cash". And the need apart from the first 6,000 units available to buy. 11,500 cash are to be had, for example, for 4.99 euros, 276,000 cost a whopping 99.99 euros.

A new character can quickly cost around 12 euros. In principle, only to have for real money, but not really necessary are various special weapons, experience points boosts as well as a premium service that generates weekly cash as well as character and design points. The costs around 12 euros a month.

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With the mix of MOBA and the beautiful atmosphere in this game is a perfect mix of a beginning for a game, but it's not there right now.

Dead Island Epidemic (DIE) is a huge game, I love to play it with my friends, or just solo queue and have a good time. There's a lot of strategi in this game, on how you can play when you're playing scavenger. With all the great weapons, characters and items it just give this game a reason to play it even more to be stronger.
Crossroad, the new mode in the game, is a great change (I personally prefer Horde mode tho) and will give this game a lot of good changes in the future when it gets updated. This game has a lot of potential, but it's not there right now.
The matchmaking is also pretty off, since it's not a lot of players playing it's pretty unfair gameplay at most time, but that will hopefully change now since the game is for free now to try.

Grab this game, it has a beautiful future ahead of it, DO IT! 7/10

I think after 1100 hours it's possible, to finally write a review for this game – this addiction.

I was playing this game when it was still in Closed Beta, and I didn't enjoy it in my first hours. Tears were dropping down on my keyboard while playing, 'cause it was such a disappointment to get no levels, no weapons, just nothing useful to keep going in this game. Still – I didn't want to stop playing. It was more fun that pain in the ♥♥♥, so I kept playing and was surprised about the incoming things.
They made it easier to level-up, while I already reached the highest weapon tier (back then it was called tier 6) and got some cool weapons. They increased the blueprint-drops after I farmed so many hours to get good weapons. Was I mad? Yes – I was mad as hell! But more important – I was happy! They made the game easier, helped people to feel more comfortble and also gave incoming players a chance. But that wasn't everything. Let's take a quick look at the gameplay and the people I met.
If you play this game, you should know the guy with the most hours in it, called "Jesus". He always had his full premade team, and back then, I didn't really care because I never had a real team which played together or such. I got rekt, over and over again and still, I didn't stop playing this game. I kept going and started learning single characters, like I did with Mutated Amber. I played this character for over 600 hours and I – as people told me – was one of the best ones as her. I finally could play like others did, started to understand the mechanics and got some cool tricks. I know that it sounds weird – after 600 hours you start to learn? Actually, yes. Because in this game, you have a lot to learn. There are now 19 characters you can play, a lot of weapons you can use and modify, and you meet people like Jesus, which can kill you dead within seconds.
But to come back to what I wanted to say: I met great people in this game, people I write more than just 1-3 words per day with. People I played with, nights and days. People I laughed, cried and raged with. You probably start playing this game alone, or with a friend who leaves, but you will end up with a lot of lovely people around you, which help you through the game and make you play every single day – get you addicted and make it fun for you.

This was just an emotional part, and I am sure I will edit this soon, but so far, I enjoyed this game so much and I'm actually addicted. If you want to start playing this game and need some help, you can add me and I will be there to answer your questions, to help you find the right character and also I can play with you to bring you the mechanics near. I also help some people at the moment, so don't fear me, I don't bite.
I can also add here a little video I did by myself, to show you some gameplay you can do when you have a bit experience. Also you will see the graphics here and the movement – not the sound, I took it out for some music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBWnY0REGLg
I can just say: try it. Try it and enjoy it. If you don't enjoy it, maybe it's just not the right game for you. Because this game is a diamond and needs to be played. And for the end, if you reached it, I give you a short description about the game. Why a short one? Because I want you to play it, without saying too much. So, let us face some facts:

GAMEMODE: CROSSROADS – The developers took the good old Heroic Horde away from us, but gave us Crossroads. Crossroads includes a big map which is different every time you play, lots of zombies and supplies you have to gather. With 3 other Survivors you have to kill and survive – again! It's a cool PvE-mode for high and low tier as well, makes fun if you figured out what the best technics are, and helps you to get known to your character.

GAMEMODE: SCAVENGER – Why do the addicted people say "DI:E is life, DI:E is love"? Because of this PvPvE-mode! Yes, PvPvE! You fight zombies and players as well. For now there are 3 maps, where you have to capture Supply Points to earn Supplies, which you deliver to the truck of your team. Your team? Here it's likely the same! 3 other Survivors fight with you against 8 others! 8 others?! You read right! We got THE 4vs4vs4-mode! What are you still doing here? Come and check it out already!

WEAPON TIERS – When I was new to this game, there were 6 tiers. The 6th was the highest weapon tier to reach. Now we went up to tier 16! It's now the highest to reach, what also means, we got more weapons. MORE WEAPONS? Yeah! We already got A LOT of weapons with fire on it, also with some acid or electricity, but MORE WEAPONS are always good! You start from tier 1 in the beginning, and within a few hours you reach higher tiers, get better blueprints for weapons to craft, and will rush into the big fight! ... And probably first get rekt. But hey! No worries. Learning by doing!

MODIFICATIONS – Since we play on v0.6, we have some cool modifications to play with. The modifications can be used to make the weapons even more powerful. You get them easily while playing, so no worries about PAY TO WIN OMG THIS GAME SUCKS BALLS. There are a lot of modifications for special things, like healing or as well more damage, charges, boosts, everything you need to become the most deadliest killer on DI:E.

GADGETS – WHAT DO YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE? Ye, we also have gadgets in here. But for what are they? You can use gadgets in this game, to polish your stats. For every character you can equip 2 weapons, and out of them, you get your end-stats. Make them even better with gadgets, which ALSO DROP from just playing, after you reached the account-level you need for them. And here it's the same: everything you need to become the most DEADLIEST killer on DI:E!

CHARACTERS – WHO DO YOU VOODOO ***!? YOU HEARD RIGHT! We have him! The Sam! Also, we have Xian Mei! The rapper and the lovely little lady from the normal Dead Island series have joined the game. But that's not the best part (to be really honest)! We have some sexy girls here to play with. One of them is Hailey (she's mine, so.. don't you dare touching her). She is the "Elsa" of Dead Island: Epidemic, throws ice at people and can freeze them with her charme. Then there's Charlie. She has crabs which make you bleed. That's.. everything you need to know. Ah, and.. she has boobs. Beautiful boobs. Still not willing to play this game? Okay. We also have a fat tourist who can throw burgers and roll around. Is this what you prefer instead of boobs? Then come and check Roy out! And if Roy isn't your style, we also have a guy with dual Rocket Launchers. Yes. Dual. Rocket. Launchers. Fuse makes enemies burn in this game. Ever saw burning zombies? No? TIME TO CHECK IT OUT THEN!

Oh, and before I forget it. Sam B is rapping ingame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht7QQ7JIbs8

Ok here we go
Pros:
zambies
free game
Sam B
A fat guy with a camera is a playable character
Cons:
needs more orginall dead island characters
needs more fat people with cameras

11/10 would blind zambies as a fat guy again

My favorite part is being able to heal with hamburgers. And taking pictures actually hurts the zombies.

Kind of like our inverse-totalitarian state.

i rather fap on this game more than porn!

this game is getting tougher and better

Really good game! If you're playing with your friends. You'll probably lose track of time and sleep late then wake up late for work

Not much time on my account, But here we go..

Back then on CBT me and my friends played this tho we had fun ( since we keep on repeating the same mistakes so we had to do the same thing over and over again. ) My fav character was armored bryce and armored isys <3 but thats out of the topic so after a few hours/rounds of playing we got frustrated since we couldnt really finish some rounds so we left and never came back, that is until now... Things changed everything got comfortable even for the newbies.

Crafting - You'd need to spend hours and hours to get the certain amount of materials. 10/10 will not eat breakfast and lunch just to grind for the items again.
Crossroad - Tho it blows my head off when my teammates wouldn't listen to me and we get a silver by a slight inch still really fun tho 9/10 Would shout infront of my laptop again.
Scavenger - Managed to survive from really skilled players 10/10 should cry in a corner
Workshop/Blueprints/Crafting - From 80k to 5k gear points 11/10 would not craft again.


Total Rating: 12/10

PS. For those whining about the grinding and stuff if you take out the super hard grinding where would the fun be?

The best MOBA(ZOMBA) around, it's not like the most point and click MOBAs with heavy rating on teamplay /-fights, not Pay to Win at all, you can just get stuff faster with cash, you can't buy chars only with real cash. To this comes, that there are many weapons with many customizations with Mods. Just some characters are still not too fair. But they made a really nice progress with the game and I hope they aren't gonna end that. THANKS for this game - im addicted, that's what you should want to :3

The game begins now... fight for survival and see if you're worth it! 10/10

and yeah... better than LoL. :D

Having a nice FIKA 10/10.

I've never played a MOBA before, mainly because the concept of MOBA games like DOTA 2 don't really appeal to me all that much. When I first tried this game, back during closed beta, I played it for a while, enjoyed it, but soon lost interest in it. It seemed like perpetual grinding of repedative gameplay, because your account leveled up so slow, and you had to level each character up individually. I also prefer PvE to PvP, so I never tried out scavenger.

Then a few days ago, I dediced to give it another go, and HOLY CRAP was it a terrible time to do so, because it was 1 week before finals here at school, and I found myself playing the absolute CRAP out of this game! The two things I had the biggest problem with, the repedative gameplay of the PvE the last time I had played turned into Crossroads, which has MUCH more replay value, solving that problem, and the need for constantly playing over and over again for a really long time right from the start was also fixed by increasing the level up speed, and removing the levels for the characters! Right then and there, the 2 things that made me originally lose interest were gone.

Then I played a few missions. I quickly figured out that my preferred playstyle is being a combat medic, and doing my best to keep the whole team alive. I got hooked! So even if you're not a big fan of MOBA games, I would advise you to give this one a go, because I wasn't either until I tried this!

Of course, it is still in beta, so there are some problems with it, but for the most part, they are very minor. The only major one is this. Keep an eye out for pullers. They will tear you apart with ease if you or your team isn't careful, and sometimes even if you are.

All in all, I r8 8/8, gr8 b8 m8...

Wait... no, no b8 here. In all seriousness, I would give this game an 8/10 despite its problems, because it is a freaking solid game even though it is still only in beta.

So cool game, but i think when playing with 4 players its hard lol, anyway best free to play game after Dota 2! I highly recommend it.

Just played it for a little while and the game has "win vibe".
Really liking it so far.

I hit 100 hours a few days ago. I deleted my old review I made, which was about 4 hours into the game, and have decided to make a new one based on what I now feel abou the game.

Right off the bat I want to clear something up. Ready? This game is not pay2win . This point gets made every day in the forums and it is simply not true. Characters have imbalances, yes, but what game doesn't? Characters are not made OP just so people spend real money to buy them. Some new characters are actually quite weak, like Xian for example.

With that out of the way, I'll keep my points as points and just bullet point them.

Pros:
- Fun hack n slash gameplay, with MOBA esque skills.
- Removes the boring stuff from other MOBA's like LoL. In League, you have to wait 15-20 minutes to actually get into the actual part of the game with teamfights etc. This is fast paced from the beginning.
- Unique mode, Scavenger
- Nice character design
- At the moment, a small community. You can easily meet people and form teams together. (SEE "THE GREY AREA")

Cons:
- NEEDS a 2 team mode. The current mode is 4v4v4, which has issues, although fun, like how you have to rely on another team not teaming up with the other one.
- The UI is not as detailed as it needs to be. Not "as detailed as I WANT it to be", it NEEDS to be more detailed. You currently cannot see what buffs you have, nor any of your core stats.
- Crossroads, the other game mode, lacks variety, leading to a dull time (PvP scavenger is where the meat of the game lies though to be honest)

The Grey Area:
- Matchmaking. It is bad, yes. Tier 10 players are being matched with tier 16 players, which if you've played the game you'd know is VERY imbalanced. I cannot put this under the "cons" however, as it isn't the games fault as such. The game has a small player base at the moment. Because of this, matchmaking is bad.
- The community. Part of it is a pro. Some people in the game are really nice people. Some people on the Steam forums are also really informative, helpful and nice. But as with all MOBA games, Screaming, angry 12 year olds are present. It's an issue that has plagued LoL and DOTA, so again, I blame the genre for attracting these idiots (somehow), not the game itself.

Overall, would I recommend the game to someone? Of course. This and TES:Oblivion are the only games I have truly been "addicted" to. I have been really into games, like LoL and Fifa, but not addicted. Because of this, I really want this game to succeed. For this to happen, it needs more players. Even if you don't like traditional MOBA's, give this game a shot. It's free. If you dont like it, delete it and move on. But give it a go.





And pls remember it's in beta.

This game is absolutely addictive.
Be ready to empty your wallets because this game is absolutely amazing.
So i gonna say what ive encountered during these 30+ hours of awesomenous.

Pro's:
Scavanger PVP variety of 3 teams of 4 people makes it somehow competetive.
I see Dreamhack or MLG potential in this game.
Teamwork is active by communicating with emotes and type.
Not pay2win.
Pay 2 unlock things earlies boohooo prices are cheap as ♥♥♥ you greedy man.

Con's:
No Voip
Afk's
Inpopular "meaning in reach of your friends" they know the game for example they don't.
Its a choatic game like LoL and Dota 2 so be ready.
Unbalanced infection level.

Definetly not what I expected from a Dead Island game, but not at all a bad game. But, then again, its kind of hard to make slaughtering a horde of zombies not fun. Its also really cool to see the creators try out some different styles, showing originality and creativity. I look forward to see what will come of the game in the future.

Well I've played this game since the closed beta and I got to say during that time I hated this game but I'll chalk that up to it being a new thing but as it stands now and with new characters like Sam B I love this game. I'm not to big of a fan of MOBA's but i like the fact that I don't have to play it so much like a MOBA with that prototype gamemode (Sorry I can't recall the name off the top of my head) and with scavanger which has 4 teams of 4 is closer to a MOBA for those of you who like there is quite a bit to do for something that is only in open beta. Now we just got to wait for it to be a fully released game because I can see great things for this game. I would give this early access game a 8.5/10 and I really hope you give it a shot. (P.S. sorry if my review sounds bad because im dozing a bit while typing this but really try this game.)