fizzelopeguss
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I like how i'm using practically the same guns i did in Dead Space 1
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Dead Space 2 |OT| The Marker Is Not A Sharpie
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Stallion Free
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Plasma cutter-only run baby. I blame the weapon designers for making the default weapon damn near perfect.fizzelopeguss said:
On my second playthough I have really been digging the Seeker rifle, you should check it out.
Here's my final boss strategy:
Really enjoyed the game and they did the New Game+ right so now you can take your stuff and play again on a higher difficulty. I don't think comparing the two is necessary because very little had changed. They just fine tuned the gameplay and then gave us more Dead Space! There were still plenty of scary and uncomfortable moments. Story-wise I think I'll need another playthrough to get all of what was going on.
Final Chapter Spoilers:
When the children rush I used the Force Gun and they never got near me. Their small enough for it to blow them away. Nicole gets pushed back as well so she's taking a bit of damage and keeping her distance even if you're not aiming for her.
Once Nicole is more or less alone then I pulled out my nicely upgraded Contact Beam and hit her once. That was enough. When the marker opens you can get two shots with the Contact Beam. The marker was dead on the second time it opened. Four shots total. Was not all that hard though I did mess it up once and got to see the Nicole death. Nice!
Once Nicole is more or less alone then I pulled out my nicely upgraded Contact Beam and hit her once. That was enough. When the marker opens you can get two shots with the Contact Beam. The marker was dead on the second time it opened. Four shots total. Was not all that hard though I did mess it up once and got to see the Nicole death. Nice!
Really enjoyed the game and they did the New Game+ right so now you can take your stuff and play again on a higher difficulty. I don't think comparing the two is necessary because very little had changed. They just fine tuned the gameplay and then gave us more Dead Space! There were still plenty of scary and uncomfortable moments. Story-wise I think I'll need another playthrough to get all of what was going on.
Final Chapter Spoilers:
The last chapter was very nerve-wracking and quite difficult. I didn't really like it while playing but after the fact I appreciated it from the horror standpoint. Perhaps players get use to checking every nook and cranny for treasure and it's just not possible when you're being chased. I did like that Nemisis-type character and I don't believe you got to kill him. Who knows?
CosmicGroinPull
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HixxSAFC said:
It's only on my new game+ that I discovered my maxed out force gun can blow a whole mob of them to pulp with just one shot. Feels so good.
WrenchNinja
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Really? He makes some pretty bad arguments in there. It doesn't help that he's a reviewer who probably got the game from the publisher for free anyway.NotTheGuyYouKill said:
Not that I don't think Dead Space 2 is worth $60, I definitely think it is. But that article is just poorly written altogether and is just typical of Sterling.
badcrumble
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I can't begin to express my disappointment that Visceral removed that achievement/trophy from DS2.Stallion Free said:
I got to be a fucking surgeon with that thing in the first game.Stallion Free
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"The one thing I don't like about the Plasma Cutter is that it's almost too good."badcrumble said:I can't begin to express my disappointment that Visceral removed that achievement/trophy from DS2.
WrenchNinja
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Do you really need an achievement/trophy to get you to do a Plasma Cutter only run?
Stallion Free
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I'm on PC which doesn't have achievements and did a Plasma Cutter run on both DS1/2 haha.Crewnh said:
badcrumble
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Question about the Plasma Cutter - does it do more damage if you line it up with a limb to hit it with all three targeting reticles, instead of setting it to cut across that limb in a perpendicular fashion? I tend to treat it that way because I've always assumed that this was the case, but maybe I've been wasting my time (it's made me fucking awesome at lining up shots, though).
badcrumble
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Yeah, fully powered-up Stasis and TK are a big big deal and save you tons of ammo.datruth29 said:
When I do my Hardcore run, I'm going to be sure to use TK as much as possible when I'm only up against one or two enemies in order to help me save ammo.
EleventhDoctor
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zlatko said:
The Ripper is just fucking devestating for those guys. The only issue it has is range-so if one of the Spitters comes up on you, you have to switch to a long range weapon ASAP-I haven't had much luck with the Ripper's Alt-Fire.
BruceLeeRoy
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Alright me and my brother just started this last night.
2 things right off the bat.
1st the game is absolutely gorgeous. I can't believe how fantastic the lighting is in some scenes. Best looking game I have played since GOW3.
Secondly its so terrifying. Me and my brother screamed at least 3 times during the first chapter and I don't mean like a "Waaah ahh phew" where you catch your breath and smile after I mean a uncontrolable "AHHHHHHHH!!! *deep breath* AHHHHHHHH!!!" I went to bed jittery.
Bless Visceral Studios they have handily stolen a crown that I never believed would have left Capcoms head.
2 things right off the bat.
1st the game is absolutely gorgeous. I can't believe how fantastic the lighting is in some scenes. Best looking game I have played since GOW3.
Secondly its so terrifying. Me and my brother screamed at least 3 times during the first chapter and I don't mean like a "Waaah ahh phew" where you catch your breath and smile after I mean a uncontrolable "AHHHHHHHH!!! *deep breath* AHHHHHHHH!!!" I went to bed jittery.
Bless Visceral Studios they have handily stolen a crown that I never believed would have left Capcoms head.
Up to Chapter 7 now - this really is an extremely high-quality game. I don't have a very high tolerance for games of this nature, but I feel just empowered enough that I'm not getting too tense or frustrated.
Kills are so damn satisfying; other devs should take note of what Visceral has done in this series. It's not just the dismemberment and gore; it's the "feel" of each weapon and the brilliant sound design as well.
I can't get over how great this game looks. This is an in-house engine, correct? Definitely some incredible talent at Visceral; I can't wait to see what else they're capable of.
I'd ignored the Ripper in the first game, but praise for it here has motivated me to give it a try. Those annoying baby hordes just charge in to their deaths; I took out six with one blade. I'm definitely going to focus on upgrading.
I have been finding that it's harder to hoard ammo and health packs than it was in Dead Space 1. In the first game, if my inventory was full and I was in an area with a lot of pick-ups, I would go back to a store, drop off some of my items into storage, then go back and retrieve the other pick-ups. By the end of the game I had amassed a ton of ammo, health packs and stasis modules. In DS2, the stores are rarely conveniently placed for hoarding and I often find that I get "gated off" from the supply cache before I can get to one. Probably intentional on Visceral's part to a degree.
Kills are so damn satisfying; other devs should take note of what Visceral has done in this series. It's not just the dismemberment and gore; it's the "feel" of each weapon and the brilliant sound design as well.
I can't get over how great this game looks. This is an in-house engine, correct? Definitely some incredible talent at Visceral; I can't wait to see what else they're capable of.
I'd ignored the Ripper in the first game, but praise for it here has motivated me to give it a try. Those annoying baby hordes just charge in to their deaths; I took out six with one blade. I'm definitely going to focus on upgrading.
I have been finding that it's harder to hoard ammo and health packs than it was in Dead Space 1. In the first game, if my inventory was full and I was in an area with a lot of pick-ups, I would go back to a store, drop off some of my items into storage, then go back and retrieve the other pick-ups. By the end of the game I had amassed a ton of ammo, health packs and stasis modules. In DS2, the stores are rarely conveniently placed for hoarding and I often find that I get "gated off" from the supply cache before I can get to one. Probably intentional on Visceral's part to a degree.
fizzelopeguss said:
Yup, me too! Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, Contact Beam, Force Gun. They seem to compliment each other perfectly.
I tried the Javelin Gun and the Detonator and while not bad, they just didn't do it for me. The Pulse Rifle is effective but I use a weapon like that in every other shooter I play. The Ripper is fun, I might get to upgrading it in NG+.
subversus said:
1) In your inventory menu at the store select 'move', instead of sell.
2) Both are good. I did the suit first because it gives you a damage increase on impaling things, which saves ammo. You always seem to have a lot of air refills around when your in space so no need to worry about running out.
3) Legs. Stasis them or set up detonator mines.
subversus said:
1) Store -> Inventory Menu -> Select Item -> Click Move.
2) I'm in chapter 10 and haven't come anywhere close to running out of air with no upgrades. Health is obviously useful but it costs a lot of nodes past the first upgrade.
3) I usually use the line gun on them and take their legs off.
Speaking of the air upgrades, when is there ever a need to get them? I ignored them completely in both games (actually, I mostly ignore the suit upgrades in general). They have to make it possible to get through those vacuum sections if you never upgraded your air, so it seems pretty pointless.
Visualante
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I blame the game designers for not incentivising other weapons.Stallion Free said:
Luken said:SPOILER !
"http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/975303-dead-space-2/58004932"]How to Kill the Ubermorph !
In the first game you could kill the regenerator with ice and fire, now you use the winds.
Can you change the first part of the spoiler hyperlink? You can still see the text that's tagged.
edit: Thanks
CadetMahoney
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yep, air upgrades are pointless.Zeliard said:
brandonh83
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Beat it this morning.
Basically the first, I don't know 7-9 chapters or so is this really great horror/action title, and then the rest is just the original Dead Space. Which means it's damn good, but it kind of loses some points for bringing the horror aspects to a complete halt.
The problem is that I just don't find blasting the same Necromorphs over and over again is all that fun. When it's mixed with awesome little sprinkles of creative horror, I can deal with it because it makes them a little more scary. But when you completely remove that aspect, you're just shooting shit.
Basically the first, I don't know 7-9 chapters or so is this really great horror/action title, and then the rest is just the original Dead Space. Which means it's damn good, but it kind of loses some points for bringing the horror aspects to a complete halt.
The problem is that I just don't find blasting the same Necromorphs over and over again is all that fun. When it's mixed with awesome little sprinkles of creative horror, I can deal with it because it makes them a little more scary. But when you completely remove that aspect, you're just shooting shit.
Barakov
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Beat it last night and enjoyed this one thoroughly. My only gripe is
It's probably the one problem I have with the game. I felt it could of been a lot shorter. Although, I tend to kill everything that crosses my path and that wasn't helping. I really can't imagine what that's like on Hardcore.
the chase sequence the regenerator.
The Praiseworthy
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Just finished the game... ending spoiler:
Ok now I have a question about the hardcore mode ... I know they will give me only 3 saves slot but what happened if i died? will be i restarted back to the checkpoint or all the way back till the last time I really did save?
I laughed so hard in the ending when Issac was sitting in the ship like the ending of the first game touching the keyboard and relaxing and I was like ( oh no not again ) and start covering my face scared then he looks left and sees Ellie and she is like ( What ? )... LMAO XD
Ok now I have a question about the hardcore mode ... I know they will give me only 3 saves slot but what happened if i died? will be i restarted back to the checkpoint or all the way back till the last time I really did save?