Dead island

[thanatos]

I have played a little bit of it on the PC, but I need to find a way to either cool my GPU better or to afford a better GPU, because it's really taxing what my 2-year-old video card can handle (note: gameplay is smooth, but it drives the card so hard that my computer ends up rebooting after 20-30 minutes of gameplay to keep from overheating).

I LOVE it so far. Very few games manage to pull off first-person melee with any kind of success, especially when melee is almost all you are able to do, but Dead Island seems to be able to do so, and it's an absolute blast to play. The fact that all your weapons are constantly breaking down and must either be repaired or replaced does a lot to add to the intensity and atmosphere, and the fact that the melee is so up close and personal means you never really feel "safe" from the zombies. I love Left 4 Dead, but the guns do give you the chance to keep the fight at a distance and only have to worry about the occasional zombie (or a special zombie) posing any real threat to your character. With Dead Island, every zombie you encounter is a threat.

Like I said, I only have a couple of hours worth of gameplay simply because of the challenge my GPU presents, but based on my first impressions, it's a must-have.