Yeah, great comprehensive overview of the saga till now. I imaging one must have played all the games including mini-games to piece all this together. Thanks for posting 👍
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming HAHAHAHA yeah I believe you, you even sounded like you were salty about it, but honestly, when you put it that way, I'm salty about it too😂#justiceforryderwhite
I really didn’t have the time or patience to play the rest of the franchise before DI2 came out. Thank you so much for this. After seeing the whole story, I feel like dead island would make a really sick TV show. The plot of all the games put together is so intriguing
It could make an awesome TV if done right. There was nearly a movie a few years ago, though apparently it didn't follow the game plot and was about a different group of survivors.
"All the colour has drained out of him" is a polite way of saying "they beat the black off him" I love the definitive edition, so many glitches that weren't there in the original like characters changing races, areas being locked away that have collectibles in. All fun things like that
@EvenBadWolves Gaming my best friend and i have played dead island for years and we think that in some aspects, the original version of dead island 1 was better. We got really annoyed when we were collecting all of the collectibles and there's one on the laboratory map that is inaccessible even though it was accessible in the original. What's really irritating is they didn't go back to fix it. Great video by the way. I haven't played the spin offs so it was cool to hear how they fit into the larger narrative
I was a big fan of the first couple seasons of LOST and Escape from Dead Island gave me those vibes, hard. It is only one of two games (the other being Dead Space) that I immediately continued playing a second time after the credits rolled. Most "linear" games I've replayed I've had to let breathe for a while, but I just couldn't get enough of the atmosphere and storytelling in Escape.
I love how polarising Escape is - people either seem to really love it or hate it. The story telling and atmosphere were something special, though I really wish there was an explanation for the trains.
Also to really understand the "insanity" episodes Cliff experienced through the game. Because honestly, they were scary and for a moment, it left me thinking that he got infected somehow in the beginning. I hope that in Dead island 2 covers his story and also the fate of the immune survivors in the end of Riptide.
@@danttemarqueztuohy4385I mean you technically got your wish, Sam B mentions the fates of all the immune survivors but not the Paradise survivors, Purna said the group should split after... an incident on the boat (presumably them raging out and killing the Paradise survivors), we also know that Logan is in Montana.
@@greenherb3229 Yeah I heard about it in a video. To bad that it doesn´t cover Cliff's story. It would be cool that in the future the game launches a DLC continuing the ending of the original story and MAYBE, finding some clues about Cliff or even better, rescue him and his friends. ALso, it might be difficult but also to show other old inmune survivors and get an understanding of the boat "incident".
Awesome video lots of great memories playing the first dead island multiplayer doing infinite ammo and weapon glitches and giving them to random people that joined
Man, I loved Dead Island when I first played through it. Never made it too far into Riptide. Was utterly blown away by the quality of the gameplay and storytelling in Escape. Thanks for this nice, neat wrap up of everything so far. Can't wait to get my buddy that I beat most of DI with in a discord call when DI2 drops! Gonna be just like old times 😁🤙
I love how in Dead Island the virus dies in the Immuned bodies, but in Riptide the virus is actually suppressed. Sucks because I really did like John Morgan's character and hand-to-hand combat playstyle. Would've been cool to play as him again in the sequel!
Is just a personal opinion, but I think the behaviour of the virus in the inmume changed from being destroyed to suppresed is because in Banoi they weren't any mutagent agents (at least as far as I can recall). In Palanai however they were and, as mentioned by Dr Kesler, an exposure to it will weakend the inmunity to the virus. Again, is hust an opinion because I only played DI1 and not DIR.
Like a number of people, I’ve only played the first entry in the series. Dead Island had a fair amount of anticipation hyping its release during that era thanks to media outlets, i.e. Game Informer/G4. Great Job and Thanks for carrying the torch in anticipation of DI2
Thanks and yeah I remember the Dead Island hype following the highly misleading trailer. I hope Dead Island 2 does a better job of meeting people’s expectations.
The hype after the first "reversed" trailer was so intense. Probably the first hype cycle I really got caught up in as a teen. Wasn't disappointed either, personally!
Ope honestly got done dirty. He actually allows outsiders into his village, trusts them and leads them to their holy tombs and then gets straight up shot by them because he raises his stick at a random girl that for all the survivors know may just as well be infected. The strangest thing about Dead Island are honestly the cutscenes, where your character will all of a sudden be surrounded by people you haven't seen since the intro cutscene (the other survivors) and act completely differently. I played as Purna so I guess I just straight up shot Ope dead lol
I love the Dead Island series as it is one of my favorite zombie games next to Left 4 Dead, Dying Light and Killing Floor. Replayed a bunch of times the DI1 and DI Riptide campaigns and still can't get enough of them. Great games for sure.
You just made EVERYTHING make sense with this video! Thank you very much for keeping it simple to follow! Also, how did u find out that information at the beginning of the video about how the outbreak happened? Sorry if I missed it in the video
Bruhh that was so funny about your description for why Joseph literally just straight up had his skin tone changed. As just after being beat up his color has been drained
Looking forward to your next video on Dead Island. Hopefully we can now get some kind of answers about what happened to Purna, Logan & John Morgan after the events of Riptide. It's pretty obvious where Xian Mei & Sam B went, but I think now's the time to figure out what happened to them.
I recently went through the whole series, minus the mobile games for obvious reasons for a lore refresher. Thanks for a great video. Escape from dead island's questionable canonicity feels like they intended for a lot of story elements to be canon, my main reason is say it is a coma from the boat presumably cliff would have no way to know Xian. That's just one example. I definitely feel like Dead island 2 should just come out already, cliff hangers kill me Great Video, nice seeing smaller creators with some quality content
Well done! Amazing conduction of the stories!! I personally hope to see that the group of immunes from Dead Island have made it back to the US, but again have to fight more undead
My hope for Dead Island 2 is that it's connected to the previous games and that we get an answer or at the very least a hint as to what happened the the survivors after Riptide.
Sam B is in DI2 so I’m sure we’ll they’ll tell us something and what happened after Riptide and if Escape is canon (which I believe it is) then Xian at least survived as well.
Nice video , don't have time to catch up on old games but this helps a lot.👍 And here I thought Resident Evil had a confusing storylines 😅 It's amazing how they made a zombie story so complicated with so many open-to-interepret endings which is either frustrating or good , u decide.
Thanks 😊 I kinda got the feeling that they just kept making up stuff as they went without paying to much attention to what was already in the games or the plot holes they were creating. I really hope DI2 clears things up but given it’s a new developer I’m worried we’ll just get conflicting information.
@@557deadpool RE games and animation movies both intersect and set the stage for games so if u play the games alone , u won't get the whole story that is why it's confusing in term of timelines if u don't watch it in order or play em in that order.
@@ak-ub1ym literally the only one with any plot relevance to the games was Degeneration which set up TriCell in RE5 and even then in RE5 they do explain what TriCell is. Damnation and Vendetta can be completely ignored. Vendetta moreso because it has fuck all to do with 7 and 8. Otherwise everything is completely understandable and explained in the games and documents you find in said games. Hell most of the GAMES aren't necessary to understand the plot. Between RE3 and 4 you don't need to play Dead Aim, CV, Outbreak, and Umbrella Chronicles to understand that Umbrella is dead because RE4 literally tells you. Yes they help explain how EXACTLY that happened, especially Umbrella Chronicles, but none are necessary if you're going by the numbered games. And the games are generally self-contained anyway. You can play RE6 and still not be lost because all relevant info is explained to you.
@@557deadpool yea that's fine man. But I prefer to watch and experience the games & media by myself rather than be told what happens. So in that vein , it is kinda confusing that's it.
Dead Island has always stuck with me, love this series. I hope the second one continues some story from 1 and Riptide connecting the virus, maybe the HK virus is also the one in Cali and because Sam B is returning. Great job with this video! P.S You sound like Emily White a lil bit lmao
Emily White huh? I think I'm ok with that. I'm sure DI2 will continue on from Riptide or at least provide an explanation of what happened between the boat and Sam B ending up in LA.
Damn, what a sick video! The amount of research is crazy, would've taken aaages. Man, when I played this by myself, I was always so spooked, but when I played with mates, it became THE most hilarious game... I don't think I ever laughed more. Great stuff! I just can't forget those fake Aussie accents... God DAMN they were filthy. Also, when the FUCK is the last time you saw an an aboriginal in s video game?! I was STOKED to be represented
Thanks and yeah it took a super long time to put this video together so I’m glad you enjoyed it. I love Purna and I can’t think of any other game with a playable Aboriginal character so it was great to see the representation.
Jacob makes a star trek comment when you go to get the guns with Sam. His buddy gets munched by a screamer and Jacob says " I knew he was red shirt material. "😂
46:55 so is this mean that 4 characters is save so Xian can get some helicopter to investigate Narapela? I was so confused about the timeline back then when I played this frustrating combat game and still mad till now lol. So it's kind of hard to keep engaged to the story when getting hard game progression. Thank you so much for this ❤️. Already knew the story in DI1 and DI:R but apparently the E:DI is a part that piece them together.
Escape is a bit confusing - at one stage Deep Silver said it wasn’t going to be canon but then they describe it as explaining the origins of the outbreak and part of the DI universe. So I take it to mean that Xian at least did survive.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming all player characters probably survived considering the sam b shows up as a non player characters in the dead island 2 trailer conformed by the devs and if he survived there no reason the rest didn't after the events of riptide
I did not know you could do that, but it has given me a new headcanon of Sinamoi finding it, making it airtight, ramping it off the roof and driving it to Amaia - explaining how he escaped Banoi before the bombing.
I’m holding off on uploading it to see what’s happening with the expansion and when we can expect the last two game chapters. I’d hate to put the update up now and then the actual ending gets released in like a month.
I got dead island 2 today . I did get dead island 1 for very cheap last week like 5 euros . But man the combat felt really bad . And yes i kinda expected it because its been more than 10 years . Im excited ! I do wanna play the first one tho but it just feels so bad .
I'll be planning to replay Dead Island.. I can beat it and make it to 100% but also I just hope in Dead Island 2 makes a reference or cameo Easter Egg towards the previous survivors back in Dead Island 1..
I often listen to lore videos because trying to connect the story between reading notes/journals and listening to recordings and cutscenes just confuses me. I have beat the first game and Riptide between 6- and 8 times each. I had no idea there was this much story. I think DI 2 is now my favorite, with Riptide ranked second and DI 1 third.
I played escape from Dead Island when I was a kid man after the ending I felt so confused was it a dream or was he hallucinating the whole thing now I'm older now and I'm safe to say that the game is okay but where does it fall in Into the Dead Island Story is a cannon or non-canon
I take Escape to be canon. The Deep Silver press release when it came out said that Escape was between Dead Island 1 and 2 and the player would delve into the Dead Island universe' and 'unravel the origin of the zombie outbreak' - press.deepsilver.com/en-US/ESCAPE-Dead-Island-Paradise-Meets-Insanity There was an article on Gaming Bolt that said it wasn't canon but I haven't come across anything from Deep Silver that would support that.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming be happy that it is canon because it explains why Cliff has been hallucinating in and out after you said that all three of them are being tested for experiments then I can see why all three of them became zombies
@EvenBadWolvesGaming I know this comment old, but Escape from Dead Island was going to continue to old Dead Island 2, but it was canceled. so the new Dead Island 2 doesn't continue off what escape from Dead Island left off it's kind of sad that it didn't continue what the game needed to be
thanks for the info but i actually have a dead island 2 copy right now so once you all see it in action we hope you enjoy it we made a model that makes it to where you can do anything to the flesh and meat of the zombies il tell you something though every popular zombie game is related theres always references and it means they are known even in the game most times not but in games like dying light and its left for dead reference there are things all leading to this there all in different areas and dead island is its version of hawaii this is only a thought i had
i only have a copy because of it being pre-ordered but i can install it and it wont open the game yet but i can see the trailer and menu no game play though i dont want to ruin it for yall have a good day dont get bit!
Ah exactly what I was looking for, playing dead island 2 reignited my love for these but it's been so long since the first 2 games I had forgotten most of the details about them. I was hoping to find a video like this but finding it being narrated by a female was a nice surprise, its normally monotonous sounding men and I prefer some spirit to my narrators (idk if that makes sense I love your voice is what I mean)
I'm hoping they find a way to transitions scenes without having characters "get knocked out" and waking up somewhere else later. I could buy all the DLC if I had a dollar for every time the games use this.
The knocking characters unconscious didn't bother me so much, it is the easiest way to skip time. I'm just hoping DI2 doesn't have such a high proportion of quests being fetch quests.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming I mean if you break it down to it bear bones aside from clearing areas of zombies as the names slayers would suggest and defending places or hunting sorting zombies by request besides that there not many ways to make a quest with out it being a fetch quest since trying to get something will always be the mean driving force
@@kennyburkamp4054 I understand it feels that way given that fetch quests have been the main thing in DI and Riptide but I disagree that there aren't many ways to make a quest without it being a fetch quest. They could track down people associated with Geopharm and the outbreak get information and then have a choice of what to do with them. They could clear out and permanently restore areas of LA and take out a boss zombie/geopharm guy in each area ala Far Cry style. They could have more linear investigation/exploration sections like Underwater Labs. They could even do diplomacy style quests e.g. deciding whether the remnants of an military camp work with a group of prisoners or whether one wipes out the other. I'm sure if they wanted to they could think up a whole lot of different quests that aren't fetch quests.
I think it was already said that it was not open world a while ago... Don't care enough too find proof but going back to streamlined linear games with thick content has been needed in the game world open world has it's place in games but getting away from it makes the game feel more personal to me
Honestly I just hope that Dead Island 2 has a good story and gameplay In my personal opinion, the story and gameplay started becoming crappier after Dead Island. I'll give the benefit of the doubt and presume it was due to funding issues But hopefully maybe they won't butcher it. Not to mention I hope they explain what happen to Charon/Kevin. Because I remember in Riptide he was captured but they never talked about him again. Despite him being written in the story as this "big villain" that influenced a lot of things. You'd think they would have him still be strongly involved in the story of Riptide, but they pretty much ignored him.
Yeah they just carted Charon off for debriefing - I was glad to see he got a backstory in Escape but I hope that they do bring him back for DI2. I would love it if he was behind the outbreak in California.
I think Escape should have been included in the definitive edition but it wasn’t well received when it first came out. It is very different from Dead Island and Riptide and a lot of people didn’t like the gameplay and the unclear story, while others just didn’t like the cartoony style. So people who liked Dead Island didn’t like it and people who didn’t like Dead Island had no reason to play it to see whether they would like it. It’s a shame because parts of Escape are really great.
How about bring back Jin & give her a better outcome cause they did her character outrageously dirty for no reason! That & make Sam B & crazy kung fu ninja wolf bitch Xian team mates cause I love those 2.
I hope Xian is back - would fit in with her and Sam B splitting off from the others in Survivors (if they decide to make that canon), since we know Sam B is making a return. Sadly can't see them doing anything about Jin.
This was actually really good when I played escape dead island I didn't hear the concussion part so I completely missed it so I thought I was in a drug trip playing it well It has changed my opinion on the story abit then but the gameplay for it is still awful but great summary for this underrated franchise
The note about the concussion is super easy to miss. I didn't quite hate Escape's gameplay, but it definitely got a lot better after picking up the assault rifle.
Main thing i'm hoping for in dead island 2 is to find out the fates of all out protagonists from the previous games (I mean there is no way they are dead after all the skills they have by the end of dead island 1 and riptide) but i wanna know what they are doing by now
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming i doubt we might see our aussie reps like john or purna (they are probably back in Australia) but i do hope we atleast get mention of them like if john got back to Adelaide and met up with his wife and daughters and such
@@volpe7436 you're probably right but I like to imagine that there's a Dead Island version of the BSA that they're all a part of now and they just head in to find sources of outbreaks as they crop up. Otherwise Sam B is just the unluckiest guy ever.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming i know there is a theory that the original survivors from exposure to the chemicals in riptide might now be carriers for the virus still immune themselves but now beign the reason it's spreading (but considering their appearances in other locations i doubt it but maybe) i would love to see them taking up an active role in fighting the infections around the globe (cause like i said in the original comment the protags by the end of dead island 1 and riptide are basically the equivalent hydrogen bomb in human form i haven't forgotten going through all of riptide as john with only these hands the zombies never stood a chance) Tldr: dead island protags vs zombie = hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby
Do you mean Survivors and Epidemic? Because there is nothing from Deep Silver that says Escape isn’t canon from what I’ve seen. If anything the Deep Silver site and press releases are pro Escape being canon.
Dead island is such a great series and I am excited that we have some information on Dead Island 2 now, hopefully it doesn't get delayed again...
I don’t think they would delay it again but I will be very disappointed if they do.
Shame that og creators Techland will not be making it).
It’s gone gold as far as I’ve heard so hopefully that’s true.
Id much rather have a game be announce, then postponed a few months to perfect it than rush it out to be a jumbled garbage mess
@@slaymyface1357 doubt thats the case
Honestly, this is a great recap for those waiting for Dead Island 2 before it releases.
Thanks 😊
Yeah, great comprehensive overview of the saga till now. I imaging one must have played all the games including mini-games to piece all this together. Thanks for posting 👍
Yeah I'm with you. You did a very good job and explanation for the lore. I hope that once Dead Island 2 comes out, you can add it to this video😊
"who they still believe is just some guy named Kevin" that shit is funny af 😂
Ngl I’m slightly salty ‘Kevin’ was never outed to the survivors. #justiceforryderwhite
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming HAHAHAHA yeah I believe you, you even sounded like you were salty about it, but honestly, when you put it that way, I'm salty about it too😂#justiceforryderwhite
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming well Purna said "Kevin told us the plan" 😂
I really didn’t have the time or patience to play the rest of the franchise before DI2 came out. Thank you so much for this. After seeing the whole story, I feel like dead island would make a really sick TV show. The plot of all the games put together is so intriguing
It could make an awesome TV if done right. There was nearly a movie a few years ago, though apparently it didn't follow the game plot and was about a different group of survivors.
I agree each mission could literally be an episode or two
it gives me lost vibes being set on an island
This is the best Lore Video I've seen for Dead Island.
27:15 “They found the prisoner in a cell full of bunk beds, which I guess is this prison’s definition of solitary” You are HILARIOUS
What an excellently-made video. You clearly went through a lot of effort piecing this all together.
Thank you, both for watching and for leaving such a nice comment.
"All the colour has drained out of him" is a polite way of saying "they beat the black off him"
I love the definitive edition, so many glitches that weren't there in the original like characters changing races, areas being locked away that have collectibles in. All fun things like that
It really feels like there was a quality control/script supervisor person who was not doing their job before the definitive edition came out.
@EvenBadWolves Gaming my best friend and i have played dead island for years and we think that in some aspects, the original version of dead island 1 was better. We got really annoyed when we were collecting all of the collectibles and there's one on the laboratory map that is inaccessible even though it was accessible in the original. What's really irritating is they didn't go back to fix it.
Great video by the way. I haven't played the spin offs so it was cool to hear how they fit into the larger narrative
this channel is so underrated
thank you for saying so 🙂
Agreed 🤝
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming heart let’s go
15:29 That explanation has me dead lmao 🤣
Is all your color drained out of you?
Yes, it's the DEFINITIVE conclusion 😏
i never knew whats happening when playing the main game.
keep up the good work mate
Thanks Tom
I was a big fan of the first couple seasons of LOST and Escape from Dead Island gave me those vibes, hard. It is only one of two games (the other being Dead Space) that I immediately continued playing a second time after the credits rolled. Most "linear" games I've replayed I've had to let breathe for a while, but I just couldn't get enough of the atmosphere and storytelling in Escape.
I love how polarising Escape is - people either seem to really love it or hate it. The story telling and atmosphere were something special, though I really wish there was an explanation for the trains.
Also to really understand the "insanity" episodes Cliff experienced through the game. Because honestly, they were scary and for a moment, it left me thinking that he got infected somehow in the beginning. I hope that in Dead island 2 covers his story and also the fate of the immune survivors in the end of Riptide.
@@danttemarqueztuohy4385I mean you technically got your wish, Sam B mentions the fates of all the immune survivors but not the Paradise survivors, Purna said the group should split after... an incident on the boat (presumably them raging out and killing the Paradise survivors), we also know that Logan is in Montana.
@@greenherb3229 Yeah I heard about it in a video. To bad that it doesn´t cover Cliff's story. It would be cool that in the future the game launches a DLC continuing the ending of the original story and MAYBE, finding some clues about Cliff or even better, rescue him and his friends. ALso, it might be difficult but also to show other old inmune survivors and get an understanding of the boat "incident".
Awesome video lots of great memories playing the first dead island multiplayer doing infinite ammo and weapon glitches and giving them to random people that joined
Man, I loved Dead Island when I first played through it. Never made it too far into Riptide. Was utterly blown away by the quality of the gameplay and storytelling in Escape.
Thanks for this nice, neat wrap up of everything so far. Can't wait to get my buddy that I beat most of DI with in a discord call when DI2 drops! Gonna be just like old times 😁🤙
I love how in Dead Island the virus dies in the Immuned bodies, but in Riptide the virus is actually suppressed. Sucks because I really did like John Morgan's character and hand-to-hand combat playstyle. Would've been cool to play as him again in the sequel!
Is just a personal opinion, but I think the behaviour of the virus in the inmume changed from being destroyed to suppresed is because in Banoi they weren't any mutagent agents (at least as far as I can recall). In Palanai however they were and, as mentioned by Dr Kesler, an exposure to it will weakend the inmunity to the virus.
Again, is hust an opinion because I only played DI1 and not DIR.
Like a number of people, I’ve only played the first entry in the series. Dead Island had a fair amount of anticipation hyping its release during that era thanks to media outlets, i.e. Game Informer/G4.
Great Job and Thanks for carrying the torch in anticipation of DI2
Thanks and yeah I remember the Dead Island hype following the highly misleading trailer. I hope Dead Island 2 does a better job of meeting people’s expectations.
The hype after the first "reversed" trailer was so intense. Probably the first hype cycle I really got caught up in as a teen. Wasn't disappointed either, personally!
Ope honestly got done dirty. He actually allows outsiders into his village, trusts them and leads them to their holy tombs and then gets straight up shot by them because he raises his stick at a random girl that for all the survivors know may just as well be infected.
The strangest thing about Dead Island are honestly the cutscenes, where your character will all of a sudden be surrounded by people you haven't seen since the intro cutscene (the other survivors) and act completely differently. I played as Purna so I guess I just straight up shot Ope dead lol
I agree, I feel like Purna could have shot him in the leg or the group could have just grabbed him - find out why he thought she was a 'bad spirit'
Yeah that always bothered me
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming lol right? Like we hung out with this dude for a while now, surely you could just held him back? 😂😭
Thanks for explaining escape dead island, I was having trouble understanding it and never knew that the second loop plays oit different.
I love the Dead Island series as it is one of my favorite zombie games next to Left 4 Dead, Dying Light and Killing Floor. Replayed a bunch of times the DI1 and DI Riptide campaigns and still can't get enough of them. Great games for sure.
I was so glad that I found DI for no reason at a game store cuz I was a huge Zombie fanatic as a kid. Thx for the video i am hopefully ready for DI2
I picked up dead island and dead island riptide again for my series s oh man it's like the walking dead. Thank you for explaining the series so far
You did an amazing job you covered almost everything i wanted to know about the dead island franchise.
Thanks I’m glad you liked it.
This was a great Recap to listen.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Nice video! I love Dead Island
Thanks, and same!
Sam B got that thang that go bump in the night!
You just made EVERYTHING make sense with this video! Thank you very much for keeping it simple to follow!
Also, how did u find out that information at the beginning of the video about how the outbreak happened? Sorry if I missed it in the video
Largely from Escape Dead Island.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming ahhh okay. Thank you!
Bruhh that was so funny about your description for why Joseph literally just straight up had his skin tone changed. As just after being beat up his color has been drained
Also Ken the dying security guy in the hotel also changed skin colors from the 360 to Xbox one but that was just a straight up brand new model soooo
It’s really the only explanation that makes sense 😉
Looking forward to your next video on Dead Island. Hopefully we can now get some kind of answers about what happened to Purna, Logan & John Morgan after the events of Riptide. It's pretty obvious where Xian Mei & Sam B went, but I think now's the time to figure out what happened to them.
I always thought I never finished this game and now I know even after 3 times trying to reply I still done how only end up getting to the prison
I recently went through the whole series, minus the mobile games for obvious reasons for a lore refresher. Thanks for a great video. Escape from dead island's questionable canonicity feels like they intended for a lot of story elements to be canon, my main reason is say it is a coma from the boat presumably cliff would have no way to know Xian. That's just one example. I definitely feel like Dead island 2 should just come out already, cliff hangers kill me
Great Video, nice seeing smaller creators with some quality content
Well done! Amazing conduction of the stories!!
I personally hope to see that the group of immunes from Dead Island have made it back to the US, but again have to fight more undead
Thank you! And Sam B is back in the DI2 trailer, so the others are probably around too.
My hope for Dead Island 2 is that it's connected to the previous games and that we get an answer or at the very least a hint as to what happened the the survivors after Riptide.
Sam B is in DI2 so I’m sure we’ll they’ll tell us something and what happened after Riptide and if Escape is canon (which I believe it is) then Xian at least survived as well.
this is a great summary, good job and thanks :)
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 😊
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming and im looking forward to dead island 2 update video😊
Nice video , don't have time to catch up on old games but this helps a lot.👍
And here I thought Resident Evil had a confusing storylines 😅
It's amazing how they made a zombie story so complicated with so many open-to-interepret endings which is either frustrating or good , u decide.
Thanks 😊 I kinda got the feeling that they just kept making up stuff as they went without paying to much attention to what was already in the games or the plot holes they were creating. I really hope DI2 clears things up but given it’s a new developer I’m worried we’ll just get conflicting information.
..... how is RE confusing?
@@557deadpool RE games and animation movies both intersect and set the stage for games so if u play the games alone , u won't get the whole story that is why it's confusing in term of timelines if u don't watch it in order or play em in that order.
@@ak-ub1ym literally the only one with any plot relevance to the games was Degeneration which set up TriCell in RE5 and even then in RE5 they do explain what TriCell is. Damnation and Vendetta can be completely ignored. Vendetta moreso because it has fuck all to do with 7 and 8.
Otherwise everything is completely understandable and explained in the games and documents you find in said games. Hell most of the GAMES aren't necessary to understand the plot. Between RE3 and 4 you don't need to play Dead Aim, CV, Outbreak, and Umbrella Chronicles to understand that Umbrella is dead because RE4 literally tells you. Yes they help explain how EXACTLY that happened, especially Umbrella Chronicles, but none are necessary if you're going by the numbered games.
And the games are generally self-contained anyway. You can play RE6 and still not be lost because all relevant info is explained to you.
@@557deadpool yea that's fine man.
But I prefer to watch and experience the games & media by myself rather than be told what happens.
So in that vein , it is kinda confusing that's it.
42:20 bruhh that punch out ko lmao
Thanks for the recap. It’s been along time since I played them and don’t have the time to replay them
very good video! Love dead island!
I’m very excited for Dead Island 2!!!
Dead Island has always stuck with me, love this series. I hope the second one continues some story from 1 and Riptide connecting the virus, maybe the HK virus is also the one in Cali and because Sam B is returning. Great job with this video!
P.S You sound like Emily White a lil bit lmao
Emily White huh? I think I'm ok with that. I'm sure DI2 will continue on from Riptide or at least provide an explanation of what happened between the boat and Sam B ending up in LA.
This could turn into a good TV Series
There was almost a movie, though apparently it had different characters.
Dang an hour long vid? You spoiling us.
This is my favorite zombie series I pre ordered ultimate edition :) I can’t wait for it to come out !
Yes, can't wait! Though I do wish it was being developed by Techland.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming me too makes me kinda nervous
With Sam B being in dead island 2 I wonder if the dead island cast will be referenced or show up ina potential dlc
Damn, what a sick video! The amount of research is crazy, would've taken aaages.
Man, when I played this by myself, I was always so spooked, but when I played with mates, it became THE most hilarious game... I don't think I ever laughed more. Great stuff!
I just can't forget those fake Aussie accents... God DAMN they were filthy.
Also, when the FUCK is the last time you saw an an aboriginal in s video game?! I was STOKED to be represented
Thanks and yeah it took a super long time to put this video together so I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I love Purna and I can’t think of any other game with a playable Aboriginal character so it was great to see the representation.
I love this story. My favorite is Dead Island riptide
I wasn’t even sure if Joseph just swapping colors was a bug or feature, but I guess it’s officially LORE of dead island
Jacob makes a star trek comment when you go to get the guns with Sam. His buddy gets munched by a screamer and Jacob says " I knew he was red shirt material. "😂
Dead island 2 is actually release a week early. April 21
Yeah they moved up the date a few weeks back which is an interesting choice.
Great video really enjoyed this game
46:55 so is this mean that 4 characters is save so Xian can get some helicopter to investigate Narapela? I was so confused about the timeline back then when I played this frustrating combat game and still mad till now lol. So it's kind of hard to keep engaged to the story when getting hard game progression.
Thank you so much for this ❤️. Already knew the story in DI1 and DI:R but apparently the E:DI is a part that piece them together.
Escape is a bit confusing - at one stage Deep Silver said it wasn’t going to be canon but then they describe it as explaining the origins of the outbreak and part of the DI universe. So I take it to mean that Xian at least did survive.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming all player characters probably survived considering the sam b shows up as a non player characters in the dead island 2 trailer conformed by the devs and if he survived there no reason the rest didn't after the events of riptide
@@kennyburkamp4054 Yeah probably, I really hope we get an explanation for the end of Riptide for what the zombie sounds were.
Best zombie game ever pure fun and beautiful background
I always wondered what happened to the truck I left on top of the hotel. You can glitch it up on the roof.
I did not know you could do that, but it has given me a new headcanon of Sinamoi finding it, making it airtight, ramping it off the roof and driving it to Amaia - explaining how he escaped Banoi before the bombing.
I'm caught up for Dead Island 2 😎
Charon is the most evil character in Dead Island game my opinion.
Idk how different DI2 will be without Techland
I'm hoping not too different. The new studio doesn't have the greatest games catalogue so I'm a bit concerned about how it's going to turn out.
@@EvenBadWolvesGamingIt better not be WOKE like new saints row is
@@krazykane can't really be woke
I only played dead island and riptide and really enjoyed this.
You should try playing Escape as well - it's not for everyone but I think it's a decent game.
Still waiting for that updated version though.
It is finally up, sorry it took so long. I'm currently running for State parliament and have had barely any time over the past few months.
@EvenBadWolvesGaming Finally, some great content. Thank you for your videos😀
Where’s the updated video I need more lore now lol
I’m holding off on uploading it to see what’s happening with the expansion and when we can expect the last two game chapters. I’d hate to put the update up now and then the actual ending gets released in like a month.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming tbh I haven’t played the 2nd yet, so I didn’t even know they cut the end of the game and made it paid dlc
Dead Island Tuer is my favorite.
The Ryder white dlc had me nervous lol
Same, the endlessly spawning zombies were a nightmare.
Wait Dead Island 2 is planned to be released on April 2023 ? Now that's news to me, but then again, I almost completely forgot about the game sadly
Yeah it is due to come out on the 28th of April, it was actually meant to be February but it got delayed.
Jin pissed me off fr "oh yeah that gang of dudes killing anyone in sight let me go give them food and water so they can kill people on a full belly"
Ehh she was a dumb kid who wanted to believe everyone was worth saving. Fair to say she was more than punished for her mistake.
I got dead island 2 today . I did get dead island 1 for very cheap last week like 5 euros . But man the combat felt really bad . And yes i kinda expected it because its been more than 10 years . Im excited ! I do wanna play the first one tho but it just feels so bad .
My favourite series
I'll be planning to replay Dead Island.. I can beat it and make it to 100% but also I just hope in Dead Island 2 makes a reference or cameo Easter Egg towards the previous survivors back in Dead Island 1..
I often listen to lore videos because trying to connect the story between reading notes/journals and listening to recordings and cutscenes just confuses me. I have beat the first game and Riptide between 6- and 8 times each. I had no idea there was this much story. I think DI 2 is now my favorite, with Riptide ranked second and DI 1 third.
So is that Charon reveal just a less than elegant version of Bioshock's Frank Fontaine?
Escape from dead island was fun but damn it was Hella difficult
so nostalgic
when do we get a dead island 2 follow up?
Pretty soon. Now that all the story dlc is out, the updated dead island video be the next video I make.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming amazing!
38:56 the immune have to put wayne down
*wayne with 187 different blades thrown into his stomach and skull*
Lol if the game didn’t want Wayne getting pincushioned it shouldn’t have made it so easy to throw things at him the the top of the fence.
I played escape from Dead Island when I was a kid man after the ending I felt so confused was it a dream or was he hallucinating the whole thing now I'm older now and I'm safe to say that the game is okay but where does it fall in Into the Dead Island Story is a cannon or non-canon
Also I can't wait to play Dead Island 2 because after playing the Riptide I was hooked on the series
I take Escape to be canon. The Deep Silver press release when it came out said that Escape was between Dead Island 1 and 2 and the player would delve into the Dead Island universe' and 'unravel the origin of the zombie outbreak' - press.deepsilver.com/en-US/ESCAPE-Dead-Island-Paradise-Meets-Insanity
There was an article on Gaming Bolt that said it wasn't canon but I haven't come across anything from Deep Silver that would support that.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming be happy that it is canon because it explains why Cliff has been hallucinating in and out after you said that all three of them are being tested for experiments then I can see why all three of them became zombies
@EvenBadWolvesGaming I know this comment old, but Escape from Dead Island was going to continue to old Dead Island 2, but it was canceled. so the new Dead Island 2 doesn't continue off what escape from Dead Island left off it's kind of sad that it didn't continue what the game needed to be
Could Ryder White had been evolving to a Wrestler during his infected form?
thanks for the info but i actually have a dead island 2 copy right now so once you all see it in action we hope you enjoy it we made a model that makes it to where you can do anything to the flesh and meat of the zombies il tell you something though every popular zombie game is related theres always references and it means they are known even in the game most times not but in games like dying light and its left for dead reference there are things all leading to this there all in different areas and dead island is its version of hawaii this is only a thought i had
i only have a copy because of it being pre-ordered but i can install it and it wont open the game yet but i can see the trailer and menu no game play though i dont want to ruin it for yall have a good day dont get bit!
Ah exactly what I was looking for, playing dead island 2 reignited my love for these but it's been so long since the first 2 games I had forgotten most of the details about them. I was hoping to find a video like this but finding it being narrated by a female was a nice surprise, its normally monotonous sounding men and I prefer some spirit to my narrators (idk if that makes sense I love your voice is what I mean)
Thank you, that’s really nice to hear and I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
I'm hoping they find a way to transitions scenes without having characters "get knocked out" and waking up somewhere else later. I could buy all the DLC if I had a dollar for every time the games use this.
The knocking characters unconscious didn't bother me so much, it is the easiest way to skip time. I'm just hoping DI2 doesn't have such a high proportion of quests being fetch quests.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming I mean if you break it down to it bear bones aside from clearing areas of zombies as the names slayers would suggest and defending places or hunting sorting zombies by request besides that there not many ways to make a quest with out it being a fetch quest since trying to get something will always be the mean driving force
@@kennyburkamp4054 I understand it feels that way given that fetch quests have been the main thing in DI and Riptide but I disagree that there aren't many ways to make a quest without it being a fetch quest.
They could track down people associated with Geopharm and the outbreak get information and then have a choice of what to do with them.
They could clear out and permanently restore areas of LA and take out a boss zombie/geopharm guy in each area ala Far Cry style.
They could have more linear investigation/exploration sections like Underwater Labs.
They could even do diplomacy style quests e.g. deciding whether the remnants of an military camp work with a group of prisoners or whether one wipes out the other.
I'm sure if they wanted to they could think up a whole lot of different quests that aren't fetch quests.
Man, this makes me want to dead island escape lol
I think it was already said that it was not open world a while ago... Don't care enough too find proof but going back to streamlined linear games with thick content has been needed in the game world open world has it's place in games but getting away from it makes the game feel more personal to me
Bro the geo farm scientist is literally the evil scientist from dead island 1
Niiiiice
Hello Sir!
This game is “can you do this?” And “I’ll do this if you do this”
Yeah I hope DI2 relies less on fetch quests.
Who do you voodoo?
Honestly I just hope that Dead Island 2 has a good story and gameplay
In my personal opinion, the story and gameplay started becoming crappier after Dead Island. I'll give the benefit of the doubt and presume it was due to funding issues
But hopefully maybe they won't butcher it. Not to mention I hope they explain what happen to Charon/Kevin. Because I remember in Riptide he was captured but they never talked about him again. Despite him being written in the story as this "big villain" that influenced a lot of things. You'd think they would have him still be strongly involved in the story of Riptide, but they pretty much ignored him.
Yeah they just carted Charon off for debriefing - I was glad to see he got a backstory in Escape but I hope that they do bring him back for DI2. I would love it if he was behind the outbreak in California.
Let's see if Dead Island 2 gets a release. The bad thing is, it probably gonna be a mess regardless, due that development hell
This aged like milk
Escape dead island seems like a decent game, why wasn't it ported to higher consoles
I think Escape should have been included in the definitive edition but it wasn’t well received when it first came out. It is very different from Dead Island and Riptide and a lot of people didn’t like the gameplay and the unclear story, while others just didn’t like the cartoony style.
So people who liked Dead Island didn’t like it and people who didn’t like Dead Island had no reason to play it to see whether they would like it.
It’s a shame because parts of Escape are really great.
absolutely underrated game, the story is phenominal.
How about bring back Jin & give her a better outcome cause they did her character outrageously dirty for no reason!
That & make Sam B & crazy kung fu ninja wolf bitch Xian team mates cause I love those 2.
I hope Xian is back - would fit in with her and Sam B splitting off from the others in Survivors (if they decide to make that canon), since we know Sam B is making a return. Sadly can't see them doing anything about Jin.
I could barely handle The evil Within's dreams and whatnots, I wouldnt handle Escape From Dead Island lmao
It is a lot, I still don’t know what the trains were about.
Just play the games people. Dont jump into a series in its 3rd installment when you can pick up the old ones for 10 bucks each and play them
This was actually really good when I played escape dead island I didn't hear the concussion part so I completely missed it so I thought I was in a drug trip playing it well It has changed my opinion on the story abit then but the gameplay for it is still awful but great summary for this underrated franchise
The note about the concussion is super easy to miss. I didn't quite hate Escape's gameplay, but it definitely got a lot better after picking up the assault rifle.
She's clearly stretching the video to hit the 10 minute mark
It’s been 12 years Dead Island came out in 2011
September 2011 so it hasn’t been 12 years quite yet.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming yeah
Main thing i'm hoping for in dead island 2 is to find out the fates of all out protagonists from the previous games
(I mean there is no way they are dead after all the skills they have by the end of dead island 1 and riptide) but i wanna know what they are doing by now
Well we know Sam B is back, and Xian has been in every Dead Island game so hopefully we see her (and the others).
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming i doubt we might see our aussie reps like john or purna (they are probably back in Australia) but i do hope we atleast get mention of them like if john got back to Adelaide and met up with his wife and daughters and such
@@volpe7436 you're probably right but I like to imagine that there's a Dead Island version of the BSA that they're all a part of now and they just head in to find sources of outbreaks as they crop up. Otherwise Sam B is just the unluckiest guy ever.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming i know there is a theory that the original survivors from exposure to the chemicals in riptide might now be carriers for the virus still immune themselves but now beign the reason it's spreading (but considering their appearances in other locations i doubt it but maybe) i would love to see them taking up an active role in fighting the infections around the globe (cause like i said in the original comment the protags by the end of dead island 1 and riptide are basically the equivalent hydrogen bomb in human form i haven't forgotten going through all of riptide as john with only these hands the zombies never stood a chance)
Tldr: dead island protags vs zombie = hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby
This video only needs to be the words long: hoodoo you voodoo
Literally just a star wars reference. Execute order 66
If you not want to play the game watch this! 😎
Do*
I was so mad I wasn't given the choice to kill/leave Jin.
Too bad I haven’t played dead island and dead island 2 is coming on February not April
It got pushed back to April, the 28th of April to be exact.
@@EvenBadWolvesGaming now I felled like a dumbass
Lol it’s ok they only pushed it back a month ago or so.
Just to note both Escape Dead Island and Dead Island Epidemic are both non-canon according to Deep Silver.
Do you mean Survivors and Epidemic? Because there is nothing from Deep Silver that says Escape isn’t canon from what I’ve seen. If anything the Deep Silver site and press releases are pro Escape being canon.
Tip: less repetitive words 😅😅😅
Other than that? Great video
Noted, thanks for the tip.