HoC experiences Dead Island Riptide: Day 3

It seems to go out of its way to prevent multiplayer

Today my basement is so cold that I pretty much have to wear pants. Don't worry though, it's supposed to warm up by this afternoon...

Dead Island Riptide has a lengthy prologue/tutorial which takes place on a sinking ship. The same sinking ship I mentioned yesterday. It is fairly lengthy and filled with numerous cut scenes. It is a level that you do not get through fast.

What I did not know yesterday though...

"The prologue does not support co-operative play."

Well of course not. Why would it?

Apparently it doesn't support sound either.

What I had previously thought a random glitch also hit Graybush and Coxxorz at approximately the same point in the level.

The complete loss of all game sound. This happened to me on Tuesday night and I had to restart my Xbox 360 to get my sound back. Coxxorz and Graybush both lost all game sounds but still had Xbox Live party chat which must have been even weirder. Graybush restarted everything. Coxxorz managed to survive with just returning to the dashboard and relaunching the game.

So not a random glitch but a bug that effects everyone. All sound cuts out half way through first level. Now that seems like something that would have been pretty easy for quality assurance to miss. Gamers don't need sound do they?

Back to the prologue.

So with Coxxorz and Graybush in an Xbox Live party with me I got to listen to them both separately work their way through the (lengthy) first mission. The mission that I had already finished. I watched some hockey, played on my iPad, found a story and emailed it to Coxxorz, checked out our website. You know, regular stuff. For 30 minutes or so...

Or so.

But finally, eventually, they each finished their own prologue and I was invited to join them in game. After scrambling for a few minutes to find just where I had put down my controller I joined them.

Within two days! A record for the Dead Island series as we managed to play multiplayer within the first week!

All I have to report about Dead Island Riptide multiplayer so far is it is very similar to the original Dead Island. No surprise I guess.