There are not many occasions when I feel an emotional connection to a videogame not least a trailer for a amae. This trailer for dead island was released months before the titles launch but was produced so well that, upon viewing i felt quite emotional. The trailer has an unfolding story in reverse, the result of which flows backwards showing the eventual circumstance for the tragedy. The music, written by Giles Lamb; Savalas was so poignant that I couldn’t help but feel for the families’ plight portrayed during the trailer.

The game itself does not live upto the adverts inferred content – the idea that the game would be some sort opf survival horror about a family was certainly interesting and was a first as far as I know, but instead it’s an fps survival horror gore fest with little emotional attachment, a real missed trick I think. The advert stands alone then as an example of true emotiomnal content and perhaps I felt this way as a family man, empathising with the situation. What do you think?