The content summary has words like ‘Use of’, ‘Reference’, ‘Intense’, ‘Themes’ and ‘Strong’ so you know is brimming with maturity. Plus you can head stomp zombies!
It’s the bloody gore flying everywhere that lands the island paradise full of the undead a Mature sticker. The ratings board summary reveals a few of the moves we can pull. Luckily there are not spoilers so it’s completely safe to read.
”This is a first-person shooter in which players join a group of survivors who must battle a zombie infestation on a tropical island. Players use baseball bats, knives, axes, shotguns, and rifles to kill waves of zombies. Battles are accompanied by screams of pain, realistic gunfire, and slow-motion effects,” begins the ESRB summary description.
”When zombies are knocked to the ground, players can sometimes stomp on their heads to complete kills. Large blood splatter stains the surrounding environment and players’ weapon. Players can also dismember zombies, and various scenes depict bloody torsos, legs, or other mutilated body parts.”
”As the game progresses, alcoholic beverages can be consumed to increase damage output, resulting in screen-blurring effects; in one cutscene, drunken characters are depicted stumbling around a party. Some sequences also reference drug use; one mission requires players to retrieve drugs for a character (e.g., “I haven’t shot up since the day before yesterday and I’m getting the chills.”).”
”The game also contains a handful of sexual references in the dialogue (e.g., “One rich bugger I investigated was clearly molesting his fourteen-year-old daughter.”); one scene depicts a bikini-clad woman tied to a bed and surrounded by video cameras.”
”The words “f*k” and sht” can be heard in dialogue,” they conclude. It’s best you cover little Timothy’s ears. The descriptors for Dead Island are: ”Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol”.
Overall it sounds like a riot. Dead Island releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC September 9th. Are you looking forward to this RPG full of the undead on an island paradise?
