Difference between Dead Island and Riptide?

[BloodyBlades]

I was going to buy them both but I noticed in the little video preview it looks like they just started the same? Is Riptide basically just the original with DLC? should I still buy em both or just Riptide?

[TheDuckyOne]

Same question here

[Epicaricacy]

Dead Island: Riptide is the sequel to Dead Island. After playing both, it would seem the content in Riptide is DLC that goes along Dead Island. I would buy Dead Island first and then Riptide. Then you can import your game data from Dead Island to Riptide.

[bradrg]

Riptide and dead island have the same gameplay mechanics, but they are completely different games set in completely different locations, so it's definitely worth buying both.

[TheDuckyOne]

Riptide was far better than the original in my opinion, but way shorter that the original.

[rexpiscator]

Riptide is a direct continuation of Dead Island, directly from the ending as you get in the chopper after leaving the Prison. Riptide had additional game mechanics as well, Boats, Hub Defense especially, Team Members who are vendors and NPC fighters. If you play through Dead Island, and then immediately go to Riptide, you'll see the differences. The Devs changed a few things to make it more interesting playthrough, imo.

[Avenger1324]

If you enjoyed Dead Island then chances are you will enjoy Riptide. If you didn't like the original, then there is nothing here to change your mind on the series.

Riptide takes the original game and makes a series of small tweaks and improvements - adding some new weapons, vehicles, zombies, skills and a new playable character, set on a new but familiar looking island. Combat and gameplay are pretty much the same, with the focus still on melee weapons, though guns and ammo are more widely available.

The hub defence missions are a nice addition, as are the "Dead Zones" that contain elite zombies and better loot. Both of these are good fun in coop, and you can easily join other players at a similar point in the story.

Riptide doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, and delivers a solid extension to Dead Island.

[BloodyBlades]

Originally posted by Avenger1324:

If you enjoyed Dead Island then chances are you will enjoy Riptide. If you didn't like the original, then there is nothing here to change your mind on the series.

Riptide takes the original game and makes a series of small tweaks and improvements - adding some new weapons, vehicles, zombies, skills and a new playable character, set on a new but familiar looking island. Combat and gameplay are pretty much the same, with the focus still on melee weapons, though guns and ammo are more widely available.

The hub defence missions are a nice addition, as are the "Dead Zones" that contain elite zombies and better loot. Both of these are good fun in coop, and you can easily join other players at a similar point in the story.

Riptide doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, and delivers a solid extension to Dead Island.

bruh... this post is 6 months old.. dont comment on old ass posts lmfao
FYI, you wasted your time i didnt even read your comment

[TheDuckyOne]

Originally posted by Avenger1324:

If you enjoyed Dead Island then chances are you will enjoy Riptide. If you didn't like the original, then there is nothing here to change your mind on the series.

Riptide takes the original game and makes a series of small tweaks and improvements - adding some new weapons, vehicles, zombies, skills and a new playable character, set on a new but familiar looking island. Combat and gameplay are pretty much the same, with the focus still on melee weapons, though guns and ammo are more widely available.

The hub defence missions are a nice addition, as are the "Dead Zones" that contain elite zombies and better loot. Both of these are good fun in coop, and you can easily join other players at a similar point in the story.

Riptide doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, and delivers a solid extension to Dead Island.

(this is all about your first paragraph) That's actually false. I hated the first Dead Island with a passion. The game had more bugs than Goat Simulator and I'm not even exaggerating. Then Riptide came out and the game is actually polished and fun. It has a bigger variance of zombies, loats of new weapons, way better maps, boats etc etc. The main protagonists now also properly speak to eachother in the entire game, not just in de last part (like the original Dead Island). Riptide has better mission structure, better mechanics, better everything. Only problems I have with the game is the ending and the fact the game is quite short.

I see 0 reason to play the original game over Riptide. Riptide immediately throws you into the action and begins you on a sinking ship with shotguns and AK's fighting hordes, whilst DI1 just makes you run from zombies as a beginning.

TL;DR: play Dying Light instead or play Riptide. Don't play the original Dead Island lol.

[rexpiscator]

I actually enjoyed unraveling the entire story despite the jank, so I definitely needed all 3 to figure out what had happened. That aspect of being an adventurer and weaving it together across the 2 main games and the Ryder White DLC was a part that made the series one of my favorites...

The storyline in DL was the jank...plus the QTE ending--the DLC didn't really help either. SIde quests made up for it a little, but there was not many as the DI series it seemed, could be wrong, just seemed as though there wasn't a lot of 'scripted' quests, just short list of random 'encounters' you keep grinding through. The Day/Night cycle loses it's 'Zazz', once you get high enough level to compete.

[TheDuckyOne]

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

I actually enjoyed unraveling the entire story despite the jank, so I definitely needed all 3 to figure out what had happened. That aspect of being an adventurer and weaving it together across the 2 main games and the Ryder White DLC was a part that made the series one of my favorites...

The storyline in DL was the jank...plus the QTE ending--the DLC didn't really help either. SIde quests made up for it a little, but there was not many as the DI series it seemed, could be wrong, just seemed as though there wasn't a lot of 'scripted' quests, just short list of random 'encounters' you keep grinding through. The Day/Night cycle loses it's 'Zazz', once you get high enough level to compete.

DL's storyline is still 10x better than DI1 and Riptide combined though. :/

[rexpiscator]

Well I feel Dying Light's storyline, imo, focused too much on the Rais character...he became a Far Cry 3 Vass parody and, sorry, but I feel that the QTE ending after winding through the pretty thin story of the event was janky[what actually did cause the virus to spread in Harran, btw?], and the DLC further complicated and made a mess of what story there was. There was still the data drive floating around out there somewhere...? The ending to DL was all about the parkour and speed run to the top of the buildings...once there, pffttt, the game was over with no real solution/conclusion.

[demon_monkey1]

Originally posted by BloodyBlades574:

Originally posted by Avenger1324:

If you enjoyed Dead Island then chances are you will enjoy Riptide. If you didn't like the original, then there is nothing here to change your mind on the series.

Riptide takes the original game and makes a series of small tweaks and improvements - adding some new weapons, vehicles, zombies, skills and a new playable character, set on a new but familiar looking island. Combat and gameplay are pretty much the same, with the focus still on melee weapons, though guns and ammo are more widely available.

The hub defence missions are a nice addition, as are the "Dead Zones" that contain elite zombies and better loot. Both of these are good fun in coop, and you can easily join other players at a similar point in the story.

Riptide doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, and delivers a solid extension to Dead Island.

bruh... this post is 6 months old.. dont comment on old ass posts lmfao
FYI, you wasted your time i didnt even read your comment

Lol at the way you think that every reply should only be about you. Hope this one doesn't annoy you too.