I think we were all a bit shocked when Techland told Kotaku earlier this year that the family so poignantly represented in the award-winning trailer for Dead Island wouldnât actually be in the game.
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The backlash was sudden, and perhaps itâs why curious gamers who ignore the directions when the game first starts are treated to a bloody tableau, a room that shows how things ended after the trailer does.
The video above includes the original trailer footage and a new, in-game, Kotaku-edited ending captured straight from the game. Donât watch if you want to discover the room, and its inhabitants all on your own.
Update: To answer a couple of questions. The window in the room isnât visible, itâs behind impenetrable Venetian Blinds of +1 no-looking. I spent 30 minutes circling the resort grounds (three times) looking for the corpse of the little girl (animate or not) and had no luck. In fact, I have yet to see a single child in the entire game. What is this? Sandals.
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Six Minutes with Dead Islandâs Asphyxiated, Burned, Chopped Zombies
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Sure it has bugs, but Iâm still really enjoying my time with this expansive, tropical take on killing the undead. More »
