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Dead Space 2 |OT| The Marker Is Not A Sharpie
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Salaadin said:
I really like the plasma cutter but for DS2 I really needed a second weapon for crowd control. Maybe if I had upgraded my stasis earlier I could've coped better but plasma cutter + force gun carried me a long way and I eventually switched to mostly contact beam + force gun with the cutter for cleanup.
I also used TK a helluva lot more than in DS1. On my zealot run I'm using it even more than my first play through (have maxed stasis doesn't hurt either).
did anyone else notice the room in the last chapter where you could look outside the window and see a really horrendously bad skybox? i mean it is really, REALLY low res and you could even see the seams between the sides. it is worse than the google maps thing in resistance 2. how the hell could they overlook that? lazy...
highrider
Banned
I find myself using the seeker rifle more than the plasma cutter on subsequent plays. Very reliable when fully upgraded and it seems to get a lot of ammo drops. Love the way they tuned the zoom, very intuitive. You do need to have fully upgraded stasis for close combat though.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Posting with some love for the Seeker rifle. It was my most used gun after I got it, was not expecting that at all. One thing I never worked out though, is damage in alt fire separate from damage dealt normally, as in if I upgrade normal damage stat, does alt fire also get upgraded? Is alt fire upgraded damage on top of normal damage, or separate from it?
Heh, this Joystiq article about the opening scene in the game is fantastic. Meet the face of Franco!
highrider
Banned
ThoseDeafMutes said:
I'm kind of curious about that myself. It seems to do the same damage whether zoomed or not. It always removes any limb it hits in my experience. I particularly like it on the tentacle babies. I always had trouble hitting them without burning a lot of stasis.
plagiarize
Banned
tentacle babies are for stomping. if they're on the floor anyway. stasis STOMP STOMP STOMP.pickle said:
highrider
Banned
plagiarize said:
I dunno, they're always zipping around the walls and shit. I hardly ever stomp them. I'm on my third playthrough on zealot will fully upgraded everything and i still horde stasis like a miser. I'm always afraid i'll flippantly use it on a few lesser enemies and then get bum rushed with an empty meter..
man i just finished this shit and the plot got confused even more from the first game
fun game though goddamn
k so what the fuck actually controls necromorphs, hive minds or markers? i know technically the marker always created the necromorphs, but what happened to the casting a dead space so that the infection couldnt occur. are the markers pro or anti necromorph lol
how did the necromorphs on this station know wtf to do without a hive mind
shit is banans
how did the necromorphs on this station know wtf to do without a hive mind
shit is banans
fun game though goddamn
â Narayan
Member
I honestly don't think we'll ever figure it out. As much depth the Dead Space universe has, I wonder if the creators of the universe themselves know what's going on.Duki said:
Duki said:
Xenu, obviously. Praise be Altman!!!
srs answer
The writers haven't sort that out yet. So far it seems the Necros are entities that got created by exposing dead bodies to the marker but not intentionally created by the marker.
And oh, what's everyone's fave quote from DS2? Mine: "FUCK YOU!! AND FUCK YOUR MARKER!!""
Just finished a few mins ago.
A very atmospheric game to say the least. I found myself pushing myself backwards in my chair when backing my character up during a scary scene more often than not. The last time I did that kind of thing was when I was a kid jerking my controller upwards whenever I made Mario jump in a game.
Was I better than DS1? - Yes in some ways and no in others. Less variety in the levels, more control, less bosses, but less frustrating ones. It does what it does well. Fans of the other will enjoy this for sure, and then some.
A very atmospheric game to say the least. I found myself pushing myself backwards in my chair when backing my character up during a scary scene more often than not. The last time I did that kind of thing was when I was a kid jerking my controller upwards whenever I made Mario jump in a game.
Was I better than DS1? - Yes in some ways and no in others. Less variety in the levels, more control, less bosses, but less frustrating ones. It does what it does well. Fans of the other will enjoy this for sure, and then some.
Just used my second Hard Core save,
Not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Did all of Disc 1 (Ch 1-6) on my first try, then used my first save around the middle of chapter 9, which was good because almost immediately after using a save I proceeded to die to stupid mistakes and rushing things three or four times.
start of Chapter 12, right before the drill sequence. For my third I think I'll be doing it right before the needle machine. So far, so good.
Not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Did all of Disc 1 (Ch 1-6) on my first try, then used my first save around the middle of chapter 9, which was good because almost immediately after using a save I proceeded to die to stupid mistakes and rushing things three or four times.
http://www.destructoid.com/dead-space-2-severed-sees-the-return-of-the-twitcher-194830.phtml
It looks more frantic than Dead Space 2. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. Especially since Twitcher is back in the game.
It looks more frantic than Dead Space 2. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. Especially since Twitcher is back in the game.
Figured I would restart my Hardcore playthrough, as I had allready used up 2 saves by the end of Chapter fucking 6! Yeah. You see why I did it?
I love this game, but fuck this game. Seriously. Got to the Tram Sequence, without even getting hit a single time. Full blue rig. A Puker comes through the Tram window, no problem, I deal with him like I did with all the other ones. So I rip into him with the Ripper.
He goes into flailing/dying animation. Out of nowhere, invisible death. Somehow, as he was dying, he managed to kill me.
On a full, blue, rig. One fucking hit.
Wat!? That shit angered me.
Just had to let it get off my chest.
I love this game, but fuck this game. Seriously. Got to the Tram Sequence, without even getting hit a single time. Full blue rig. A Puker comes through the Tram window, no problem, I deal with him like I did with all the other ones. So I rip into him with the Ripper.
He goes into flailing/dying animation. Out of nowhere, invisible death. Somehow, as he was dying, he managed to kill me.
On a full, blue, rig. One fucking hit.
Wat!? That shit angered me.
Just had to let it get off my chest.
just finished my first playthrough... actually played through both Dead Space 1 and 2 in two weeks for the first time..
Both games have piss poor endings.. the beginning and middle part of both games are great. But why couldn´t they just finish good also..? the last parts of both games felt like a chore compared to the beginning and middle part.
I wish the whole game would be as amazing as this gif
Both games have piss poor endings.. the beginning and middle part of both games are great. But why couldn´t they just finish good also..? the last parts of both games felt like a chore compared to the beginning and middle part.
I wish the whole game would be as amazing as this gif
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Seriously, it's been a month but the PC version is still screwed up...
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
99% sure it has been confirmed to NOT be coming to PC.Salaadin said:
Speaking of which, I was under the impression that the "Severed DLC" was said not to have been developed in tandem with the game itself.
So this would mean that in about 1 month the DLC was started on, finished, sent for cert ( or w/e ) and approved all within that timespan?
So this would mean that in about 1 month the DLC was started on, finished, sent for cert ( or w/e ) and approved all within that timespan?
BeeDog said:Seeing as how the DLC focuses on an entirely different character, I don't mind if they worked on this in parallel. The base game was fully-featured as is.
A rare case, but I agree with you. Nonetheless, doesn't change the fact that I won't be able to play it, ironically ( obviously ) they opted to use pc-version screenshoots of the Severed DLC as PR material, as can be seen in the GAF thread.
Finished it on PC.
Amazing game, really high quality entertainment here. Probably the best horror sci fi experience since Aliens for me.
Great great job from the guys at Visceral. The game delivers a lot, one of the best games of the generation no doubt.
Compelling story, great gameplay, beautiful graphics and atmosphere. And that last armor, man that shit was badass.
Keep it going EA and Visceral, this is the kind of gaming that is worth spending money on.
Amazing game, really high quality entertainment here. Probably the best horror sci fi experience since Aliens for me.
Great great job from the guys at Visceral. The game delivers a lot, one of the best games of the generation no doubt.
Compelling story, great gameplay, beautiful graphics and atmosphere. And that last armor, man that shit was badass.
Keep it going EA and Visceral, this is the kind of gaming that is worth spending money on.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
I really like Isaac's character in this game, I hope he isn't the main character for the rest of the series though, poor guy deserves a break. Maybe Gabe can take over at some point.
Monkey Pants
Outpost Games Creative Director
KAOz said:
Part of the Puker that can catch people is that when you do damage to him, the bile/puke that spews from the wounds does damage. It can actually be quite helpful. If you take off his arm while he's next to another Necro, he'll spray bile from that arm stub and damage the Necro next to him.
So, if you Ripper a Puker close to you, watch out. You're creating a lot of wounds that spray damaging puke everywhere.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Please tell me I'm not the only one who
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You guys weren't kidding about Chapters 13-15. Weakest part of the game.
drilled into Isaac's face the first time I attempted to stick the needle in his eyeball
You guys weren't kidding about Chapters 13-15. Weakest part of the game.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Corky said:
Yeah...at first I was trying to go through it slowly and kept dying. Realized I was probably "playing it wrong"
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Got round to finishing this on zealot last night which was my third playthrough. Fun but it's put me off the idea of hardcore mode a bit, I died so much on the last few chapters. And that was with maxed out weapons and rig.
Duki said:
lawl, indeed. I don't know what to say. Maybe I can fanwank it and pretend that
the dead space area cast by the marker is limited in field (IIRC, it only covers a few meters) whereas the telepathic signal is far more reaching. Like one of them has the reach of a torch light while the other has the reach of a sun light or something like that
And I'm slowly crawling to Chapter 13 on Zealot. I wish I have more time to play games but 1-2 hours per day is all that I have. So far it's been fun and easy though. I was surprised when my maxed out Plasma Cutter 2-hit killed a black necro. Didn't know that was possible. And the Contact Beam's alt is on a destroy-them-all setting at this point. I have 4x3 ammo reserves just for Chapter 14 and 15 though. Fuck the regenerator.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
tsigo said:
Creates a singularity that destroys the entirety of reality before recreating exactly as it was.