Grats on making it though another April 1st! I was on the hunt for a local copy of Dead Island this weekend, but all local spots were sold out. It seems most retail spots dropped the PC price to $20 bones, so I am thinking that had a bit to due with it, since I saw a copy in store around the middle of the week, before the drop.
Also of note, the game needed a few patches after release. I know the character save one was a biggie, as that was a big cause of me putting this game off from when it released around Sept of last year.
Anyways, I checked a few stores to no avail so I ended up grabbing it on Steam for +$10 bones. Considering the game is 6.5GB and it managed to download and install in about an hour, that pretty much covered my Gas loot and time that would have been spent driving, if a nearby store had a copy.
I was feeling a break from some Skyrim and I got it in Dead Island. The Melee combat is awesome and the choice of fight or flight with zombie encounters is also pretty dope. I also am playing this with a 360 Gamepad on PC, mostly for sloth and my temperament from how I played the Left 4 Dead games. Since I am currently playing Solo, I can get by without the twitch of Keyboard and Trackball controls. 
I got about 2 hours in and am floating around Chapter 2. This title has quite a few side quests, so running around the area makes for optional exploration. World Map is pretty handy too, since wandering around the areas can be daunting on your locations skills (or my lack there-of).
$60 was too much for this game but I feel $30 is reasonable and $20 is awesome. There are also 2 DLC chapters, but I'm not worried about them for now. Each is $9.99 and I am unsure of what they offer. I'll consider these after I mesh the main content.
Dead Island looks mad pretty too. I'm running it @ 1900x1200 in the 100 FPS range. I figure I'll see some bigger frame dips once I get into 5+ zombie rush parties. I figure this will be a good title for me to re-key my old button configs, once I get around to it.  Speaking of getting around to it, Peep some Mods for scenery and battles. I am running vanilla for the time being, so I can get a decent scope of stock features.
Be warned to not play on public Multiplayer servers with Mods. If they run VAC, you might get super-banned.
Fun fact: Steering Wheel is on the right side of vehicles (you drive around). Looking @ Purna's Bio, this game takes place in AU.
Ahh:
Quote The island of Banoi is located just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, located south of the Equator and just north of Australia
Co-Op supports 4 people and has a LAN option, in addition to Online play. Yay to small wonders!
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