After placing the injured daughter on a bed, the couple begin fighting the zombies who are breaking into the room. He rescues his daughter and brings her inside the hotel room. The father opens the door and picks up a fire axe to fight against zombies. A zombie bites the daughter's legs, causing her to become infected with the zombie virus. The daughter is running away from the horde of zombies in the hotel's corridor and dashing towards her room, where her father and mother are staying, when she is caught. After they have settled in a hotel, an unexpected zombie outbreak occurs. The trailer follows a family, consisting of a father, a mother and a daughter, visiting Banoi, an island paradise. The story is presented in reverse chronological order and in slow motion. Retrospectively, the trailer has been considered as being vastly superior to the actual game and seen as one of the best video game trailers ever made. Criticism was reserved for its lack of gameplay information and its depiction of a dead child.

Praise was directed at the trailer's new ideas, story, immersion and tone. It was met with a positive reception from critics. Upon its release on February 16, 2011, the trailer sparked public interest, and the community reaction led Techland to adjust the content of the actual game. The development team also had the goal to show the inevitability and the helplessness of a family in a zombie outbreak. The trailer does not show any actual gameplay, instead telling a short story about the game's world and the background behind its events. The trailer was designed to be emotional, allowing players to care for the characters and to be distinct from trailers for the game's competitors. The trailer was produced by Glasgow-based Axis Animation, with music created by Giles Lamb. The trailer begins with the infected daughter, who has turned into a zombie, being thrown to her death from a hotel window. The story of the trailer follows a family who is attacked by a horde of zombies in a hotel. Dead Island Reveal Trailer is an announcement trailer for the video game Dead Island, which was developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver.

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