Hands on with "Dead Island"

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article/hands-dead-island

What should hold Dead Island back instead ends up being its greatest strength. Yes, on paper it looks like you've seen this all before. The core mechanics — killing zombies online with pals, weapon making, special-powered undead, RPG elements in a shooter — have been done in other games, but somehow once I played it for myself, none of that mattered.