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[Pancho]

Any more news about the Severed DLC? I totally want to play it already

 

[Beer Monkey]

I have an Ignition save (saved after the first hack, not complete) and all the doors are still locked and I get no hacker suit. Anybody else experiencing this?

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Is he really the antagonist?

He is an antagonist, but just one of several...

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More than anything, the central antagonist is Isaac's own fractured mind that's being warped by Nicole and the Marker. Teidmann simply serves as an outside force that continually fucks things up for Isaac on his trek across the Sprawl. I do like the fact that Teidmann isn't really a bad guy. If you pick up the text and audio logs, you can see he was trying to ultimately do something good (even if he is a complete dick). I do wish Visceral had expanded his role more, there was more potential to be mined from the conflict between Isaac and Teidmann.

 

[Beer Monkey]

I have an Ignition save (saved after the first hack, not complete) and all the doors are still locked and I get no hacker suit. Anybody else experiencing this?

Never mind, found a hacker suit schematic in Chapter 2. Wish I'd found it sooner.

 

[DigiMish]

So in Chapter 10

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(Ishimura)

, the enemy overslaught got ridiculous starting with the long tunnel. In many parts after that, they just kept coming and coming. Very disproportional from earlier in the game. I can see what people have been talking about. You can say it ruined what would have otherwise been a nostalgic chapter.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Only played about an hour so far; somebody remind me how upgrades work. The plasma cutter and the refurbished plasma cutter upgrade separately, correct? As in they are treated as separate weapons. Same with the rigs?

 

[bucknuticus]

Only played about an hour so far; somebody remind me how upgrades work. The plasma cutter and the refurbished plasma cutter upgrade separately, correct? As in they are treated as separate weapons. Same with the rigs?

The 2 plasma cutters upgrade at the same time if I remember right.

 

[DigiMish]

Only played about an hour so far; somebody remind me how upgrades work. The plasma cutter and the refurbished plasma cutter upgrade separately, correct? As in they are treated as separate weapons. Same with the rigs?

They're separate weapons, but they share the same upgrade path and nodes, meaning that if you place 5 nodes in the plasma cutter, they'll automatically be there in the refurbished plasma cutter. Same for the hacker Contact Beam.

There's only 1 upgrade path for the rig, no matter which one you have on.

Also, later the game gives you an option to yank all the power nodes out of a thing for a 5k fee.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Exactly what I needed to know. Excellent.

 

[EatChildren]

So, doing a bit of research on the wiki, its no wonder how easy I found the last boss with the seeker rifle. Unless you're a terrible shot, when upgraded it might as well be the win button.

 

[Carnby]

final boss comment...

Spoiler

when fighting Nicole and her minions, walk up to Nicole and allow her to grab you. you will witness what is possibly the best death scene in the whole game.

 

[Jinfash]

Has anyone tried any of the DLCs? I need some impressions before I bite.

 

[Sevket-Erhat]

final boss comment...

Spoiler

when fighting Nicole and her minions, walk up to Nicole and allow her to grab you. you will witness what is possibly the best death scene in the whole game.

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you sadist

 

[luxarific]

Has anyone tried any of the DLCs? I need some impressions before I bite.

Here's a listing of the DLC packs.

I got the Supernova pack, because I was having trouble getting through the first four chapters on Hardcore without it (

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kept on dying at three big battles around/in the Unitologist cathedral and I was trying to get to the top of the church before my first save. Yes, I suck!

). It's helpful since it gives you the

Spoiler

ripper

, which as has been said previously in this thread, is probably one of the best weapons in the game when it comes to crowd rushes, and it gives you the

Spoiler

contact beam

, which is good for bosses. It also gives you a suit that increases stasis time by 10%. Oddly enough though, the

Spoiler

contact beam/line gun/increased stasis time didn't seem to affect the first boss you meet in the medical bay. I think Visceral wants you to just duke it out tediously with the the plasma cutter.

The nice thing about this pack is that it also unlocks all the ammunition for these guns, w/o having to pick up schematics, though you don't get these until the second store (another reason why I think Visceral really wants you to win the

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first boss battle with the damn plasma cutter)

.

Note: I don't think the DLC packs are necessary at all if you're not trying Hardcore. The checkpointing is so good I never got frustrated on my first two playthroughs - and I died a lot, heh.
I was just getting really tired of playing through the first two chapters repeatedly on hardcore (guess this must be what quality assurance testing must be like). It's really easy to die in Chapter 1 for some reason (for me at least) and there're those damn

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laundry and train

fights in Chapter 2 (although as a whole Chapter 2 is less frustrating then Chapter 1, since you have kinesis and stasis by that point).

 

[Replicant]

Warning: there is a glitch involving the Unitology suit and Vintage suit. When I bought the Vintage suit, all of a sudden my Unitology suit disappears (as opposed to being stored back into my safe). Luckily when I login back into the store I find it again and can be obtained for $0. But other people have reported that they experienced the same problem with Unitology and Security suit.

As a side note, how many suits do we get in the game anyway? So far I've only got: Security, Vintage, Engineering, Hacker (Ignition) and Unitology (CE).

 

[luxarific]

The Advanced suit - the last one you get.

 

[MarshMellow96]

Wow multiplayer with randoms is terrible. There is an objective people!

 

[ultron87]

final boss comment...

Spoiler

when fighting Nicole and her minions, walk up to Nicole and allow her to grab you. you will witness what is possibly the best death scene in the whole game.

Yeah. That one was pretty good. Though I really expected

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him to shoot the javelin through his eye considering how much the game seems to enjoy eye violence. Especially if you got to see the one for messing up on the needle machine.

 

[LiK]

Warning: there is a glitch involving the Unitology suit and Vintage suit. When I bought the Vintage suit, all of a sudden my Unitology suit disappears (as opposed to being stored back into my safe). Luckily when I login back into the store I find it again and can be obtained for $0. But other people have reported that they experienced the same problem with Unitology and Security suit.

As a side note, how many suits do we get in the game anyway? So far I've only got: Security, Vintage, Engineering, Hacker (Ignition) and Unitology (CE).

360 here and I didn't encounter any suit glitches. Bought all the ones available in the first playthrough and had the Zealot one here as well.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

So in Chapter 10

Spoiler

(Ishimura)

, the enemy overslaught got ridiculous starting with the long tunnel. In many parts after that, they just kept coming and coming. Very disproportional from earlier in the game. I can see what people have been talking about. You can say it ruined what would have otherwise been a nostalgic chapter.

I did NOT want to go back to that fucking place expecting it to be a nest.

...and it didn't disappoint.

My second run through has been anxiety free except for when I just started chapter 10. I enjoy it, knowing I'm about to get my ass kicked.

People are confusing survival horror with destroying everything they come across. I want to get to the end of the level with two bars of health, limping and low on ammo. I want to SURVIVE, not dominate.

That level is the beginning of the end-game and it's a good reminder of just who the boss is in the future.

...in case you're not sure who I mean, the bosses are the necromorphs.

 

[Macattk15]

Yeah. That one was pretty good. Though I really expected

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him to shoot the javelin through his eye considering how much the game seems to enjoy eye violence. Especially if you got to see the one for messing up on the needle machine.

Yeah I never really understood that.

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If a needle goes through the pupil of your eye you are fine? But if you miss the spot you die a horrific death?

 

[Minamu]

My copy still haven't arrived Granted, zavvi have some serious issues with deliveries nowadays, but still. A class mate in the building across the street ordered it after I had recieved my dispatch mail, and his copy arrived last Tuesday, yet mine haven't arrived. Or maybe it has, and some jerk have stolen it while I was in school Or it's lost in transit, which is just as bad...

 

[Trevelyon]

Yeh boi

onto Extraction!

 

[JRW]

Wow so im on Chapter 11 and only now just realised there's no achievements for finishing the game on Survivalist lol. Why did I even bother with this difficulty then.. damn

 

[betweenthewheels]

final boss comment...

Spoiler

when fighting Nicole and her minions, walk up to Nicole and allow her to grab you. you will witness what is possibly the best death scene in the whole game.

Spoiler

I love how his jaw goes wonky, nice detail

 

[bluedeviltron]

final boss comment...

Spoiler

when fighting Nicole and her minions, walk up to Nicole and allow her to grab you. you will witness what is possibly the best death scene in the whole game.

You know what's better than that death scene?

Pausing in the middle of that death scene.

 

[Jinfash]

Is it just me or is the sound design of DS2 less impressive than the first?

I completed a run through DS1 right before I started 2, and if I were to compare the first few chapters of both games I'd say the first comes out on top in that department. It was the most unique thing about the series, I hope it gets better in later chapters :\

Here's a listing of the DLC packs.

I got the Supernova pack, because I was having trouble getting through the first four chapters on Hardcore without it (

Spoiler

kept on dying at three big battles around/in the Unitologist cathedral and I was trying to get to the top of the church before my first save. Yes, I suck!

). It's helpful since it gives you the

Spoiler

ripper

, which as has been said previously in this thread, is probably one of the best weapons in the game when it comes to crowd rushes, and it gives you the

Spoiler

contact beam

, which is good for bosses. It also gives you a suit that increases stasis time by 10%. Oddly enough though, the

Spoiler

contact beam/line gun/increased stasis time didn't seem to affect the first boss you meet in the medical bay. I think Visceral wants you to just duke it out tediously with the the plasma cutter.

The nice thing about this pack is that it also unlocks all the ammunition for these guns, w/o having to pick up schematics, though you don't get these until the second store (another reason why I think Visceral really wants you to win the

Spoiler

first boss battle with the damn plasma cutter)

.

Note: I don't think the DLC packs are necessary at all if you're not trying Hardcore. The checkpointing is so good I never got frustrated on my first two playthroughs - and I died a lot, heh.
I was just getting really tired of playing through the first two chapters repeatedly on hardcore (guess this must be what quality assurance testing must be like). It's really easy to die in Chapter 1 for some reason (for me at least) and there're those damn

Spoiler

laundry and train

fights in Chapter 2 (although as a whole Chapter 2 is less frustrating then Chapter 1, since you have kinesis and stasis by that point).

Thanks! Yeah, I'm going for hardcore too, and ended up getting the Supernova pack after reading this. It's a good pack, and doesn't feel like paying for cheats as as much as DS1's packs.

 

[MarshMellow96]

ERGH the last boss is really pissing me off. I can't use health packs and I get fucked from behind from things I can't even see. To top it off, every fucking time I die I have to wait a fucking age to try it again because the death scenes are so fucking long. I really don't want to have to knock the difficulty down from Zealot so late in the game.

/rant

Using Contact Beam, Plasma Cutter, Line Gun and Ripper. Any tips?

 

[LiK]

ERGH the last boss is really pissing me off. I can't use health packs and I get fucked from behind from things I can't even see. To top it off, every fucking time I die I have to wait a fucking age to try it again because the death scenes are so fucking long. I really don't want to have to knock the difficulty down from Zealot so late in the game.

/rant

Using Contact Beam, Plasma Cutter, Line Gun and Ripper. Any tips?

Try using Contact alt for crowd control and use primary on boss.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

ERGH the last boss is really pissing me off. I can't use health packs and I get fucked from behind from things I can't even see. To top it off, every fucking time I die I have to wait a fucking age to try it again because the death scenes are so fucking long. I really don't want to have to knock the difficulty down from Zealot so late in the game.

/rant

Using Contact Beam, Plasma Cutter, Line Gun and Ripper. Any tips?

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Ripper/Contact Alt Fire/Line Gun for the kids. Contact Primary Fire for Nicole and the Marker, assuming you have enough ammunition.

 

[ultron87]

ERGH the last boss is really pissing me off. I can't use health packs and I get fucked from behind from things I can't even see. To top it off, every fucking time I die I have to wait a fucking age to try it again because the death scenes are so fucking long. I really don't want to have to knock the difficulty down from Zealot so late in the game.

/rant

Using Contact Beam, Plasma Cutter, Line Gun and Ripper. Any tips?

You can skip the long death scenes by hitting start and choosing "Checkpoint Restart".

 

[Muffdraul]

To top it off, every fucking time I die I have to wait a fucking age to try it again because the death scenes are so fucking long.

I believe you can open the pause menu and hit "Return to Checkpoint" or whatever to skip those.

 

[PolishQ]

Lots of good strategies for the final boss in the previous posts; as for the long death scenes, you can bypass them by pressing pause - restart from checkpoint.

 

[MarshMellow96]

Update: I did it!

I kept getting past the second marker shooting section and getting killed by something. Managed to get a third and took it out. Feels good, man.

 

[B33]

He is an antagonist, but just one of several...

Spoiler

More than anything, the central antagonist is Isaac's own fractured mind that's being warped by Nicole and the Marker. Teidmann simply serves as an outside force that continually fucks things up for Isaac on his trek across the Sprawl. I do like the fact that Teidmann isn't really a bad guy. If you pick up the text and audio logs, you can see he was trying to ultimately do something good (even if he is a complete dick). I do wish Visceral had expanded his role more, there was more potential to be mined from the conflict between Isaac and Teidmann.

Well said.

He's played as an outside catalyst while

Spoiler

Isaac struggles internally

, but feels severely underdeveloped.

 

[faceless007]

Weighing the merits of the PC version: Do I still need to register the game with an EA account if I'm only going to play single-player?

No one knows the answer? Does anyone here have the PC version?

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

No one knows the answer? Does anyone here have the PC version?

Upon first load of the game, it asked me to sign into my EA account, i have no idea if it tied the key to it (no mention was made). Pretty sure you dont have to sign in anyway, so if you dont, the key should never be locked to anything, with only the activation needing to be revoked (which you can do by right clicking the icon in Games Explorer and clicking Revoke).

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Some higher quality Severed screens:

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Judging by the drill in the background of that last shot, we'll be revisiting the Titan mines?

 

[luxarific]

Some higher quality Severed screens:

I'm not usually a fan of release-date DLC, but I have to say I wish they'd give us a date for Severed already. My space bucks are burning a hole in my virtual pocket.

Recently rewatched the Extraction cutscenes on youtube. Man, I'd forgotten how annoying Lexine is. Particularly compared to

Spoiler

Ellie. Actually, I wonder if Ellie is resistant to the marker a la Lexine - she didn't seem to be experiencing any ill effects, although it's not like you really got a chance to talk with her.

 

[bucknuticus]

Quick question, I got ignition from perorder but never bothered to play it because I heard it was shit. But I've now seen it unlocks stuff in game. So my question is, if I play and beat ignition now will I get that stuff in my dead space 2 game I already started? Or do I have to start a whole new game?

Bumping for new page.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Haven't seen this posted, if it was, doesn't hurt to have it posted again

Dr Pepper has three RIGs for download. Just get a code on the right of this page
http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14293266.html
If you have ad-block enabled you probably wont see it. I used Google chrome incognito to get the three codes (refresh for a new code). Then go here http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/ make an account for each code, log in your EA info then you should get the new suits Works for PC360

 

[tenchir]

has anyone mentioned that amazon has all 3 version for $40 today?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1282741102&pf_rd_i=468642

I am not sure if the PS3 version is the limited edition with Extraction or it's the new standard without.

 

[Struct09]

has anyone mentioned that amazon has all 3 version for $40 today?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1282741102&pf_rd_i=468642

I am not sure if the PS3 version is the limited edition with Extraction or it's the new standard without.

It got its own thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421033

I don't think anyone is sure if the PS3 copies will come with Extraction or not.

 

[big_z]

So in Chapter 10

Spoiler

(Ishimura)

, the enemy overslaught got ridiculous starting with the long tunnel. In many parts after that, they just kept coming and coming. Very disproportional from earlier in the game. I can see what people have been talking about. You can say it ruined what would have otherwise been a nostalgic chapter.

wait until later the onslaught gets much worse. imo the game falls apart a bit from chapter 11 onward because of it.

final boss comment...

Spoiler

when fighting Nicole and her minions, walk up to Nicole and allow her to grab you. you will witness what is possibly the best death scene in the whole game.

yeah i thought it was awesome but mainly because it looks hilarious.

 

[Replicant]

Recently rewatched the Extraction cutscenes on youtube. Man, I'd forgotten how annoying Lexine is. Particularly compared to

Spoiler

Ellie. Actually, I wonder if Ellie is resistant to the marker a la Lexine - she didn't seem to be experiencing any ill effects, although it's not like you really got a chance to talk with her.

Hear, hear. I hope they'd at least recast the actress if they're planning to bring that character back for Severed. Because part of the annoyance was the way the actress speaks.

 

[Pancho]

Hear, hear. I hope they'd at least recast the actress if they're planning to bring that character back for Severed. Because part of the annoyance was the way the actress speaks.

And the over use of eye-makeup
And her silly hairdo

And I really want to see how visceral will tie all of these loose plot points for example as to why

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Lexine is inmune to the Marker and sort of makes anyone near her inmune to the effects too while they are close to her.

So many loose ends, I hope they don't pull a Kojima.

 

[JRW]

Finished my first play through DS2 tonight, It was a struggle on Survivalist but oh what a great feeling of accomplishment as the end credits rolled.

DS1 & 2 are simply the best gaming experiences Ive had this generation, Kudos to all involved.

 

[JEKKI]

this game is too strong!!

I beat it on friday, I want to sell it since Im broke and wanna afford even more new games,

instead I have jus found myself restarting the game on higher difficulty!!

love it!!

 

[MarshMellow96]

Haven't seen this posted, if it was, doesn't hurt to have it posted again

Dr Pepper has three RIGs for download. Just get a code on the right of this page
http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14293266.html
If you have ad-block enabled you probably wont see it. I used Google chrome incognito to get the three codes (refresh for a new code). Then go here http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/ make an account for each code, log in your EA info then you should get the new suits Works for PC360

Is there actually anyway to get on the 'regular' IGN from a UK IP address? I just get uk.ign everytime...

Yeah.. The

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regenerator

chapters weren't that bad for me. I got the feeling it was going to be crowded rooms like in the first, where you literally have to run around silly for a few minutes. The Ripper made things an awful lot easier, although there were some parts where I just had to run.

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Best tip I found for the regenerator was to Ripper its legs off, put a Line Gun secondary in front of it and then stasis it. It gets caught on the mine, and, on top of it being a little slower, it ends up with no arms either! Good tactic for delaying the thing when you have to wire the door during your first encounter.

 

[Synless]

Confession time, I have only ever played the demo for any of these games. I know this is kind of a dumb question given the thread, but are these games good? I just played a demo for Extraction on the PS3 with Move and I have to say that I am intrigued. Is Extraction cannon?