History TearJerker / DeadIsland

* Not even Creator/{{Tobuscus}} who does his "Literal Trailers" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5c9BzohM4 could make this funny]]. In fact, ''just the opposite''. Dear god, the trailer was bad enough, but having it ''bluntly described to you as you watched it''? Dear god.
** "Wave... goodbye..."

* Roger Howard's eleventh tape recording, in which he details [[spoiler: his rapidly degrading physical and mental health as a result of the virus taking effect,]] whilst desperately clinging to memories of his wife and son. It becomes much worse when you find his final recording [[spoiler: right next to his lifeless corpse.]]

* Roger Howard's eleventh tape recording, in which he deatils [[spoiler: his rapidly degrading physical and mental health as a result of the virus taking effect,]] whilst desperately clinging to the fond memories of his wife and son. It becomes much worse when you find his final recording [[spoiler: right next to his lifeless corpse.]]

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** Indeed, as you progress through the game you start seeing zombies wearing things like football helmets and straitjackets... signs that they were trying to protect themselves or others trying to protect them to no avail.

** Serious case of {{YMMV}}. This troper laughed his ass off.

* YMMV, but Anne Snyder.

* Not even WebOriginal/{{Tobuscus}} who does his "Literal Trailers" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5c9BzohM4 could make this funny]]. In fact, ''just the opposite''. Dear god, the trailer was bad enough, but having it ''bluntly described to you as you watched it''? Dear god.

* YMMV, but Anne Snyder.

*** What is even worse is that oftentimes, when you go back to the spot where you found them crying over a family member they just killed, a door is bashed in and there are ''bloody streak marks'' that show the person being carried away.

*** What is even worse is that oftentimes, when you go back to the spot where you found them crying over a family member they just killed, a door is bashed in and there are "bloody streak marks" that show the person being carried away.

** This troper encountered one other NPC like that, who had killed his brother. What makes these [=NPCs=] especially sad is that you cannot interact with them at all. They just sit there going crazy, and you can't even escort them to safety.

* Not even WebOriginal/{{Tobuscus}} who does his "Literal Trailers" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5c9BzohM4 could make this funny]]. In fact, ''just the opposite''. Dear god, the trailer was bad enough, but having it ''blunty described to you as you watched it''? Dear god.

* Many missions you do in and of themselves are pretty somber. One quest giver in the second act asks you to find his family [[spoiler: and kill them, [[FateWorseThanDeath as he knows they have turned]]]]. Another involves a worried father asking you to distribute flyers with pictures of his family, [[FridgeLogic not even realizing no one (living, at least) will see it in the zombie-infested streets.]] Yet another has you find some morphine for someone [[spoiler: who then dies after you administer it to him, with your only consoliation that he died without pain.]]

** This troper encountered one other NPC like that, who had killed his brother. What makes these NPCs especially sad is that you cannot interact with them at all. They just sit there going crazy, and you can't even escort them to safety.

* Many missions you do in and of themselves are pretty somber. One quest giver in the second act asks you to find his family [[spoiler: and kill them, as he knows they have turned]]. Another involves a worried father asking you to distribute flyers with pictures of his family, [[FridgeLogic not even realizing no one (living, at least) will see it in the zombie-infested streets.]] Yet another has you find some morphine for someone [[spoiler: who then dies after you administer it to him, with your only consoliation that he died without pain.]]

* Not even {{Tobuscus}} who does his "Literal Trailers" [[http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/02/23/dead-island-literal-trailer could make this funny]]. In fact, ''just the opposite''. Dear god, the trailer was bad enough, but having it ''blunty described to you as you watched it''? Dear god.

* Many missions you do in and of themselves are pretty somber. One quest giver in the second ask asks you to find his family [[spoiler: and kill them, as he knows they have turned]]. Another involves a worried father asking you to distribute flyers with pictures of his family, [[FridgeLogic not even realizing no one (living, at least) will see it in the zombie-infested streets.]] Yet another has you find some morphine for someone [[spoiler: who then dies after you administer it to him, with your only consoliation that he died without pain.]]
* There's also the guy near the beginninng of the game who is sitting in a pool filled with blood, and littered with the corpses of his family, who he had to kill. There's also other encounters like this. Also, [[spoiler: Jin's death.]]

*** It becomes even sadder when you start playing the game. You have to break into a room to make it out of the hallway. ''It's THE family's room.'' What makes it REALLY sad? '''THE HUSBAND AND WIFE FROM THE TRAILER'S BODIES CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN ON THE FLOOR, HOLDING HANDS.'''

*** It becomes even sadder when you start playing the game. You have to break into a room to make it out of the hallway. ''It's the family's room.'' What makes it REALLY sad? '''The husband and the wife's corpses are holding hands.'''