Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Nice find, NickyJ. I've been working my way through this and the other games all evening 

I've never been able to find Brian, but Michael is in the mansion. He'll basically be your team medic. The baby is a zombie anyway, so that didn't make much difference.
Well, it make sense to save some young healthy woman (or two) for procreation purposes.The only exception is when you have your family with you and good friends.
Is there any other way to win without going to the island?
I did this, essentially. Except Bonnie (Female Brian) left me at the mall. I escaped the area with Kayden and Jennifer/Justin, but after five playthroughs I was sick of her whining about how much Micheal/Michelle hated her and I threw her to the zombies. Needless to say, this startled young Kayden who ran away from me. I made it to the island alone, but from an earlier playthrough I had figured out what I needed to do to make it. I didn't save anyone, but I survived.I survived the game. I didn't discover the "secret" of the island, but I managed to hold off the final zombie horde. Brian and I made for a great team -- independent, feisty, "don't take crap from anyone". We went to the mall, left when they tried to take our guns (good choice), leaving Justin there to die. I saved Brian in the alley, took the speedboat, and left the baby to die.
Is there any other way to win without going to the island?
You finished the game with the following scores:
Medical: 50
Engineering: 80
Athletics: 52
Hand to hand: 50
Firearms: 68
Reflexes: 54
You managed to kill 57 zombies.
You managed to get the following people to safety:
Brian