Dead Space

I ended up binning this, and trading it for sweet FA. :(

I didn't like the over the shoulder camera angle. Same with Arkham Asylum. Uncharted spoiled me.
 
Picked this up on the basis of a couple of good reviews and this thread.

was a snip on ebay

Anyone know any games that are similar to this that I might enjoy too? This is definitely my genre.. Loved Resi Evil 4, FEAR 1 and 2 etc
 
I tried the demo and thought it was good, but my brother put me off playing the full game saying it has a very weak plot. Anyone thinks the same/differently about it?
 
SharkyMcShark said:
Resident Evil 5 for starters.

Doom 3 is reasonably similar to Dead Space, although quite old now.
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Yeh I've had resident evil 5, I didn't like it much as the 4th... it left me feeling empty.

Think I'm going to try Fallout 3 again. I bought it when i was at uni and i only had a really small t.v. and couldn't see what was going on when I was playing so i sold.
 
Bo_7iDaR said:
I tried the demo and thought it was good, but my brother put me off playing the full game saying it has a very weak plot. Anyone thinks the same/differently about it?
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The plot is weak but the main appeal is the suspense/atmosphere.

The gore is cool... I remember having lots of fun with the shredder taking off limbs of my enemies.. going for the knees and then seeing them crawl towards you is fecking quality.

Has some great boss fights to. Definitely play it.
 
Am I the only one that found the story interesting?
 
afrocentricity said:
Am I the only one that found the story interesting?
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It's not very original, Doom 3 had almost the same story, but nontheless I enjoyed playing it, actually I was thinking of starting it again these days... Such an amazing atmosphere (I didn't want to play it during the day because of it:D), better than Resident Evil 5 IMHO, I don't like what they've done with it, turning it into some all-action shooter...


And the bad thing is that from what I've read, Dead Space 2 is moving in same direction...
 
CROmanc said:
It's not very original, Doom 3 had almost the same story, but nontheless I enjoyed playing it, actually I was thinking of starting it again these days... Such an amazing atmosphere (I didn't want to play it during the day because of it:D), better than Resident Evil 5 IMHO, I don't like what they've done with it, turning it into some all-action shooter...


And the bad thing is that from what I've read, Dead Space 2 is moving in same direction...
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yup... not sure what to expect. Even though I liked RE5, it was not survival horror. For DS2 this seems like a bad idea...
 
Sorry for bumping this but is anyone in the beta? Perhaps if we join at the same time, we'd be able to play.

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I didn't like it. Everyone else seems to.

You can pick it up for next to nothing.
 
I'm not gonna get the demo, this is a game i'm going to buy regardless. Really enjoyed the first one.

The first game that's actually made me jumpy in years.
 
Randall Flagg said:
Did you give it a good chance? It rivals all other games in its genre imo
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Probably not as much as I should have. It was one of the first games I played after trekking the non gaming wilderness for around 5 years.
 
Part 2 getting good reviews all round from what I can tell.

Dead Space 2 Review - PlayStation 3 Review at IGN

Had never even heard of the 1st one a year or so ago, a friend recommended it to me went out and bought it same day and was very pleasantly surprised at how good it was.

This is out on Tuesday I think. I shall be purchasing
 
Been playin wit a mate (taking turns on single player)... great game, we were hooked...
 
Review round up.

With EA's Dead Space 2 just a few days away from European release, the first batch of reviews have made their way onto the internet.

Here's what the US press thinks of Visceral Games' second third-person frightfest....

First up are our US cousins at Games Radar, which gave the game 9/10, claiming it keeps "almost everything that made the original great while taking suitable steps to amp up the fun".

According to the review "Dead Space 2 will please both the series' fans and those just starting with this haunting adventure."

Giant Bomb awarded Dead Space 2 5/5 stars, calling it a "damn fine horror-action game". Its reviewer states that although "Dead Space 2 doesn't do anything especially new" it "does everything exceedingly well".

Joystiq opened its review by succinctly describing Dead Space 2 as "an action title that rarely slowed long enough" let the reviewer "soak in the atmosphere or take stock of the horrors" but the few occasions it did "are genuinely creepy".

Speaking about Sprawl, the game's new setting, the Joystiq reviewer describes it as a place that "feels much more lived in than the Ishimura" which ultimately "helps to ratchet up the fear".

IGN labels Dead Space 2 as the "new gold standard" for survival horror games.

The game seems to have struck a chord with IGN, which says it is more than just another action game, and is more importantly a "really personal story about a guy who has been seriously scarred by the events around him".

Multiplayer doesn't go down as well as hoped, and according to the review "isn't that interesting".

GameTrailers also awarded Dead Space 2 9/10. Although it feels "very familiar" at first, it quickly becomes "one of those rare games that just keeps getting better" with "moments that stick with you for quite some time," it says.

"Multiplayer is a disappointment" but overall it is an "accessible game that won't leave fans in a lurch," it adds.

The folks at 1UP have given the game an A-, saying that Dead Space 2 has "a pretty spectacular opening, a memorably over-the-top ending, and a flurry of crazy action setpieces throughout".

While "there's nothing glaringly wrong" with multiplayer without a "steady stream of additional levels, or a strong community to sustain it" the multiplayer will come to feel "a bit empty in a few months".

Dead Space 2 gets a 9.5 and wins the Editor's Choice award from Destructoid. The game is described as "a ludicrously intense, graphically gorgeous, thoroughly atmospheric game" that "ramps up the absurdity to dangerous levels".
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Really, really want this after loving the first one but not sure I can justify a day one purchase.

I suspect I'll cave though.

Haven't spotted any exceptional deals online funnily enough.
 
You are as bad, if not worse than me when it comes to buying games, Xander. :lol:
 
Movement is much improved, as is shooting. So far so good with the story and the settings are much more colourful. Zero G sections are miles better and there doesn't seem to be any load screens. You can grab limbs and sharp items with telekinesis and use it against the fcukers but I've been to busy panicking to get it right...

If you liked the first, get this...
 
The angle doesn't bother me at all.

But anyway, I'm playing Dead Space 2 at the moment (up to chapter 6, I think), and feck me if it isn't a freaky fecked-up game. I'm loving it!
 
afrocentricity said:
Movement is much improved, as is shooting. So far so good with the story and the settings are much more colourful. Zero G sections are miles better and there doesn't seem to be any load screens. You can grab limbs and sharp items with telekinesis and use it against the fcukers but I've been to busy panicking to get it right...

If you liked the first, get this...
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:lol:

Same with me, I load up a pole or stabby-limb and get ready to role then I lose my shit when five of the things burst out of nowhere.
 
Xander45 said:
Gonna grab this at the weekend and scare myself silly. I am interested how it's going to start due to how the last one ended.
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Speaking of the first one, I never played it. I think I might need to get it just so I can piece the whole story together. But apparently you don't need to have played the first to play this, and so far I agree.
 
Absolutely loved Dead Space until I got to those fekking Asteroids. Had a total mental block.
 
afrocentricity said:
Movement is much improved, as is shooting. So far so good with the story and the settings are much more colourful. Zero G sections are miles better and there doesn't seem to be any load screens. You can grab limbs and sharp items with telekinesis and use it against the fcukers but I've been to busy panicking to get it right...

If you liked the first, get this...
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I liked the first one until it got a little too monotonous. I thought the story needed to progress and the gameplay needed to go beyond kill move kill move kill move and repeat. Is this one any different?
 
cesc's_mullet said:
Speaking of the first one, I never played it. I think I might need to get it just so I can piece the whole story together. But apparently you don't need to have played the first to play this, and so far I agree.
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They seem to have covered that basis with the classic "He's lost his memory!!!!" bit. And there's the video on the main menu to give you an overview of how it went, i'd still get it though as it's a great game and i loved the space basketball late on.

Got to chapter 2 as i was only on for a bit last night but loving it so far, very much in the firsts ilk which is never a bad thing.
 
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