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Dead Space 3 |OT| Can I Play With Madness?
- Thread starter NotTheGuyYouKill
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Judging from the demo, I feel like the sound design has taken a step backwards.
Bodies (and body parts) are now completely silent when they get kicked around as you run over them, which is really a shame - that sound used to startle the hell out of me, even after I'd cleared out an area. Now corpses feel hollow and have no physicality.
The dive roll sound is barely audible. The rig is supposed to be very heavy, but the audio here is very weak. Again, no sense of weight.
I could be imagining this one, but even the stomp sounds softer to me.
I'm probably the only one bothered by these things, but the sound design was one of the biggest strengths of the previous two games. I'm definitely not pleased with the changes/additions in DS3.
Bodies (and body parts) are now completely silent when they get kicked around as you run over them, which is really a shame - that sound used to startle the hell out of me, even after I'd cleared out an area. Now corpses feel hollow and have no physicality.
The dive roll sound is barely audible. The rig is supposed to be very heavy, but the audio here is very weak. Again, no sense of weight.
I could be imagining this one, but even the stomp sounds softer to me.
I'm probably the only one bothered by these things, but the sound design was one of the biggest strengths of the previous two games. I'm definitely not pleased with the changes/additions in DS3.
Messofanego
Banned
I haven't played the demo, but that sounds worrying. Hope it's because of an early build. Those are things many people appreciate, too.
I remember them saying in a Dev diary (mentioned in the beginning) how important sound was. It would be a shame for them just to throw it out like that.
SlasherJPC
Banned
The dive roll audio is fairly weak in the final game but running around the dead enemies bodies still makes the squishy sounds and whatnot.
Thanks, slasher - I was hoping you'd chime in. Did you notice that the "body sounds" were missing in the demo, or are they just mixed really low in the demo and final? I strained to hear anything in the demo, but heard nothing - are they loud in the final, as they were in 1 and 2?
SlasherJPC
Banned
Let me put my headphones on and give it a whirl. I know they were definitely there though.
Well after checking I'll admit there not super loud. Especially if there is background noise. So, take that as you will. Has that made my experience bad, no, but I can see audio junkies having some beef with it.dancrane212
Member
Did they make any changes to the controls with DS3? It's been awhile since I played 2 but something felt "off" while I was playing the demo (shooting necromorphs with the plasma cutter in particular).
SlasherJPC
Banned
You know I had a similar feeling at first as well. Put in the other games and it felt the same to me. So not sure If I just wasn't remembering them, or if it's just a subtle change, but I haven't had any issues with the controls as of this point.
Messofanego
Banned
Let me put my headphones on and give it a whirl. I know they were definitely there though.
Might as well throw out my expensive headphones then! What use are they when I can't notice the sloshing of dragging dead bodies around.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Awww no come on. There is still plenty of awesome sounds in the game. These are small dings
Trust me. Just wait till you hear the sound of the rushing air and snow storm outside. To be totally honest I thought the sound was overkill in DS2. I'm fine with it being in, but I'm glad to hear its been turned down a bit.
My Amazon order hasn't shipped yet. Don't fail me now...
Messofanego
Banned
Awww no come on. There is still plenty of awesome sounds in the game. These are small dings
Oh great, now I have to go down to ground floor and pick up my headphones before they're snowed over.
Actually I don't, I will check for you. I know originally we had a really cool idea for an unlock but it ended up getting shot down.
We did get a crate of Slim Jims at work with the Isaac packaging and I ended up eating a bunch that people were trying to save (because of the packaging) near the end of the game. I love meat sticks.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Dance Inferno
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Just played the demo. That drill section is such complete and utter bullshit. It was obviously designed for co-op: one guy handles the enemies and the other guy handles the drill. Very frustrating to play solo.
SirMossyBloke
Member
All I did was freeze the drill, kill the enemies, shoot in drill. Then repeated.
Oh and occasionally running around the small circle screaming when the drill got too close.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
At Chapter 12, quick impressions:
+ Graphics, sound are superb.
+ Same awesome gunplay from DS1, 2.
+ Side options missions are nice addition.
- Normal difficulty is absolute cake.
- I prefer the item management system in DS1 and 2 (ammo, weapons, all of it).
- Human enemies suck, their AI is terrible and they aren't fun to fight. Thankfully, they appear infrequently.
+ Graphics, sound are superb.
+ Same awesome gunplay from DS1, 2.
+ Side options missions are nice addition.
- Normal difficulty is absolute cake.
- I prefer the item management system in DS1 and 2 (ammo, weapons, all of it).
- Human enemies suck, their AI is terrible and they aren't fun to fight. Thankfully, they appear infrequently.
Use stasis on the drill, it makes it way easier. Also note there are stasis recharge units.
All sounds promising. Thanks for the impressions.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Good enough for me.
How long have you been playing for? And how many chapters left?
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Praise the marker.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Had this pre-ordered, but I anticipate a quick price cut so I cancelled.
CadetMahoney
Member
please tell me harders are not unlockables after being forced to play through normal?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
SlasherJPC
Banned
Yeah he does, one of the first things I tested out
Faaantastic. Always used that to vent my adrenaline, lol.
He could talk about being a developer of a game that gets a lot of shit on this board while still being an active participant. But they already got a FUSE guy for that...
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
FUSE has it worse than Tomb Raider on GAF right now.
Well, maybe not that bad.
And yes! I think it switched over sometime this week. feelsgoodman.jpg
Seriously? My estimate says Tuesday. Are you in the US?
I don't think I've caught up on the TR situation on GAF yet. Does GAF still hate it? Or are they gonna let up?
Yeah, I put my order in yesterday though. I'll probably just change it to free shipping if it's going to take that long, hopefully it won't be longer with free.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Last I knew still hate. So far we've had Hitman hate, Tomb Raider hate, and Dead Space 3 hate. Hopefully this isn't a trend
Neither have I, but you can always expect a similar reaction from fans of an established series when the latest game in said series strays too far from its foundations (which seems to be the case with TR). Generally speaking, people here don't seem to take well to extreme streamlining, in pursuit of a larger audience.
Feel free to correct me on the TR situation, as I only have very superficial knowledge of what's going on.
Sounds cool..does anyone know how many chapters are in the game ?
nhlducks35
Member
Go bitch to customer service, and they'll probably fix it for you (might give you free 1 day shipping).
Just did, got it all fixed and they actually did give me the shipping free now. So thanks for that!
I think for the sake of the story/plot Visceral had no choice but to incorporate human AI enemies into the gameplay based on the story and its progression throughout the series leading up to DS3.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I'll admit I don't find the human fights appealing in the game and it's one of the worst aspects of DS3. When I say that though, it's really not bad, it's just I had to find a few things I didn't like about the game and the human stuff is one of them. Though I agree with your thoughts. Not to mention the series has had humans trying to intervene or get in the way before, now you just get to fight back a few times.
If I'm not mistaken Isaac now has earthgov, the CEC and Unitologists after him?