Deadlight

Zero-Cool · 12-04-2012 08:15AM #1

Yaaaaaaaa another Zombie game! Actually this looks brilliant. Like Flashback meets L4D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50nHNs7QarA

EDIT: Ah BOLLIX!!! It's exclusive to XBLA. Absolute sickner, would have loved to played this.

chin_grin · 12-04-2012 08:57AM

Oooh exclusive you say?! Sweet.(Actually might get mods to move it to xbox....I wouldn't mind leaving it here though). Yeah it definitely has that Flashback\Another World vibe about it (I'd say the control scheme is the exact same. The run up jump looks very familiar!).

A few little things to point out though, there weren't any animation effects for the zombies getting fried. Also having obstacles like cars in your way in a 2d universe when the character could easily just run around them is a bit annoying. But the art is beautiful and very engrossing. I like the title of the game floating above the road...that was a nice touch.

EDIT: Official site. http://www.deadlightgame.com/

And another link to gameplay and some story.

http://kotaku.com/5901216/never-take-for-granted-what-you-have-played-in-zombie-games

‘Never Take For Granted What You Have Played In Zombie Games’

Deadlight is a side-scrolling survival game set in a zombie-infested, ruined Cold War 1980s. It's inspired by writer Cormac McCarthy's "The Road." It plays a bit like Prince of Persia and Another World.

Deadlight was also the last game I saw at PAX East and one I had to shoot video of in a rush, before catching a ride home. So, please forgive the bad camera angle and the rough audio. I think the beauty of the game still manages to shine through.
Thank you to Raul Rubio Munarriz, creative director of development studio Tequila Works, for talking a hurried, harried reporter through the game, while another PAX East attendee got a few minutes at the controls of the game.

Deadlight (official site here) will be out this summer for Xbox Live Arcade. It's not your ordinary zombie game. Melancholy as it is, it was a beautiful close to my PAX East.

Good game, good show.

Mr E · 30-07-2012 05:37PM

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-30-deadlight-review

7/10

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/07/30/deadlight-review

8.5/10

Eurogamer says 2 hours long, IGN says 5 hours, very little replay value, 1200 points? Hmm..... another underwhelming SOA 2012 game?

I'll admit that I read the Eurogamer review first, and it put me right off.
Then I read IGN and I'm not so sure.

EG's comments say that the game clock will show 2 hours, but it actually takes at least double that with deaths, puzzles etc. If it's a great game, then it might be worth a punt.

Edit: ^^ chin_grin closed account? WTH?

Zero-Cool · 30-07-2012 05:40PM

Mr E wrote: »

Edit: ^^ chin_grin closed account? WTH?

Aaawwwwww bye chin

Gunmonkey · 30-07-2012 08:56PM

Mr E wrote: »

I'll admit that I read the Eurogamer review first, and it put me right off.
Then I read IGN and I'm not so sure.

Then dont read the Destructoid or Kotaku reviews :P :
Kotaku

"Should you buy?" NO

Destructoid

4/10

calex71 · 31-07-2012 01:04AM

Boy am i glad I read those reviews, another for the deal of the week list there.

Adamcp898 · 31-07-2012 02:15PM

So that's both Summer of Arcade games I wanted that have turned out to be quite underwhelming

Zero-Cool · 31-07-2012 02:33PM

And thats 2 SOA titles I would have gotten day one definitely for PS3 and not bothered about either now (if they come to PS3 anyway)

calex71 · 01-08-2012 01:04PM

Tried the demo there, whopping 2gb download. It looks fantastic and actually doesn't play as badly I was expecting, certainly more fluid than I was expecting.

Now i'm back on the fence as to whether to pick it up or not

Mr E · 01-08-2012 01:33PM

I have it queued up for download. Looking forward to trying it out.

Gunmonkey · 01-08-2012 02:07PM

calex71 wrote: »

Tried the demo there, whopping 2gb download. It looks fantastic and actually doesn't play as badly I was expecting, certainly more fluid than I was expecting.

Now i'm back on the fence as to whether to pick it up or not

Thats the problem, the reviews say the start is good but drags on later.....and the demo will just be the start of the game which is good but doesnt give any indication of the rest of the game.

Good thing I didnt buy me MSP beforehand

calex71 · 01-08-2012 03:16PM

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Thats the problem, the reviews say the start is good but drags on later.....and the demo will just be the start of the game which is good but doesnt give any indication of the rest of the game.

Good thing I didnt buy me MSP beforehand

Bad thing I have them on my account ..... exactly the right amount and very little to play but old games I've been grinding out...... musssssttttt resisssttttt

Mr E · 01-08-2012 03:22PM

Spare a thought for my dilemma. I have 1180 points in my account.

calex71 · 01-08-2012 03:52PM

Mr E wrote: »

Spare a thought for my dilemma. I have 1180 points in my account.

Ah nooooooooo

Hate when that happens

Gunmonkey · 01-08-2012 05:35PM

Think im at 1140, but have been tempted to blow 800 on Fez.

calex71 · 01-08-2012 05:52PM

Couldn't resist it

I'm enjoying it , not the hardest game I've ever played but it does have without question the best achievement names in a game ever!!!!!!

Bit light so far in terms of the main characters back story and motivation, some of it feels like it was lifted from the waking dead too.

Mr Freeze · 02-08-2012 08:35AM

Mr E wrote: »

Spare a thought for my dilemma. I have 1180 points in my account.

If you are in the Rewards thingy, you might be due a 100msp deposit mid month, from the five surveys.

Then you can go on your spending spree.

I will be waiting for DotW for this one me thinks.

Adamcp898 · 02-08-2012 11:11AM

calex71 wrote: »

Couldn't resist it

I'm enjoying it , not the hardest game I've ever played but it does have without question the best achievement names in a game ever!!!!!!

Bit light so far in terms of the main characters back story and motivation, some of it feels like it was lifted from the waking dead too.

Let me know what you think over all when you're done and dusted with it. Was really hoping for a brilliant Shadow Complex-esque arcade game from this.

calex71 · 02-08-2012 12:44PM

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Let me know what you think over all when you're done and dusted with it. Was really hoping for a brilliant Shadow Complex-esque arcade game from this.

Finished it off 100% this morning, good not great. It's like ShadowComplex minus the complex bit even the zombies are called shadows. But there is no back tracking to old areas with new items in this.

Story is ok if a bit light and almost random at times and you can see the ending a mile off , I guessed the ending in the 1st act

Game clock showed 3 hours when all was done, I'd say I played more than that as I died a fair few times, but that does not mean it's difficult .... far from it. There is little or no challenge in it really.

It has zero replay value too, the collectibles are nearly all in the main path or not very will hidden, in the end I had to replay 2 bits via chapter select to get 4 I missed.

I enjoyed it but wish I'd held off until it was cheaper on sale but sure I couldn't hold me piddle

Adamcp898 · 02-08-2012 01:08PM

calex71 wrote: »

Finished it off 100% this morning, good not great. It's like ShadowComplex minus the complex bit even the zombies are called shadows. But there is no back tracking to old areas with new items in this.

Story is ok if a bit light and almost random at times and you can see the ending a mile off , I guessed the ending in the 1st act

Game clock showed 3 hours when all was done, I'd say I played more than that as I died a fair few times, but that does not mean it's difficult .... far from it. There is little or no challenge in it really.

It has zero replay value too, the collectibles are nearly all in the main path or not very will hidden, in the end I had to replay 2 bits via chapter select to get 4 I missed.

I enjoyed it but wish I'd held off until it was cheaper on sale but sure I couldn't hold me piddle

Yeah I think I'll hold off too if that's the case then, really wanted to buy this and THPS HD day 1, even bought points for that, but I'll be waiting until near enough next Summer when they come down in price or if they're ever released on disc along with 1 or 2 other games. Been a while since there's been a true stand out arcade title for me, although I guess we were blessed a bit for a while.

Mr E · 03-08-2012 10:45AM

I played this last night and really liked the demo. The game is gorgeous and fun to play. The little white arrows remove any kind of challenge from the opening area (hmm.. what do I do now? Oh look, just jump towards the white arrow). I hope they stop doing that after the first area.

Not paying 1200 for this, but I will grab it when it is discounted.

sweetie · 03-08-2012 11:22AM

Mr E wrote: »

I played this last night and really liked the demo. The game is gorgeous and fun to play. The little white arrows remove any kind of challenge from the opening area (hmm.. what do I do now? Oh look, just jump towards the white arrow). I hope they stop doing that after the first area.

Not paying 1200 for this, but I will grab it when it is discounted.

same here - 600 points is plenty for it!

calex71 · 03-08-2012 09:32PM

Mr E wrote: »

I played this last night and really liked the demo. The game is gorgeous and fun to play. The little white arrows remove any kind of challenge from the opening area (hmm.. what do I do now? Oh look, just jump towards the white arrow). I hope they stop doing that after the first area.

Not paying 1200 for this, but I will grab it when it is discounted.

there for the whole game

Pac1Man · 04-05-2014 08:43PM

This is free with Games for Gold at the moment on the 360.

Just finished it and really enjoyed it. Gameplay felt a bit clumsy at times or maybe it was just me. Good ending though.

I really like when a game avoids the happily ever after finale, especially when it is believable and fits in with the darkness of the story.

Zero-Cool · 21-03-2016 05:25PM

Finally, 4 years later and this is coming to PS4!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-21-deadlight-directors-cut-announced-for-june

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyOUeLRm6bI

gizmo · 06-09-2017 05:33PM

Anyone still around finish this? Just completed the Directors Cut version on the PC and existence of the alternate ending aside I have so many questions...

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