so the entire game can be played in coop right? who's with you for most of it?
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Dead Space 3 |OT| Can I Play With Madness?
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so the entire game can be played in coop right? who's with you for most of it?
suddenly it makes sense. wish he was in the game more then.
I've been playing anonymous drop-in, drop-out the entire way, since I don't have many people I know on Origin who also have this game. It's been working pretty well, except I wish there was a way that I could send a chat message to the individuals I'm playing with (nobody seems to have a mike) - Origin allows you to send text message to people you're friends with, but not people you're playing with that you're not friends with. The co-op missions with Carver are definitely worth playing through for again and they make the
re-used assets of the side missions a lot less noticeable (at least if you're playing as Carver 
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).Mostly the capacity upgrade and the personality one.
DS1 and DS2 both look gorgeous on the PC. Definitely worth playing through again, if you've only ever played the console versions. (No Severed DLC on the PC for DS2 though. -_-)
I really enjoyed the sound work in this game (as I did with the other two) - that noise that the trip mines make when they go off is great if you're playing with a 5.1 or great setup. My favorite Necromorph sound is still the shriek the Stalkers make.
The English Conquistador
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Ahh man, after starting to replay this game, it's reminded me of how strong the game starts out. Really fantastic set pieces, great music etc.
Wasn't a big a fan of the way everything was coming together after the half way point though. So much garbage.
Wasn't a big a fan of the way everything was coming together after the half way point though. So much garbage.
is it me or did the guys with the giant explosive blob hands get new audio? they almost sound human and it also creeped me out whenever they showed up.
the surround is great. when they're shuffling inside the vents and moving to a different opening, you can hear the ratting around you. good shit.
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
I greatly dislike the save system. I normally wouldn't say this concerning Visceral but it feels lazy and very poorly implemented. I was playing the 2nd side mission in single player and I couldn't get pass a certain part so I decided to attempt it yesterday. Well I come back and essentially I had to replay the entire mission. Issues like that should never happen. Otherwise I'm thoroughly enjoying the game except for at the end of chpt.4 I believe it is, the game feels the need to throw
and other necromorphs at you. Also the fact that it a certain enemy is tweaking on the ground and its a narrow corridor, you can't run past him and have to wait until he finishes with his tweaking
numerous regenerators
Deuterium
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I just don't understand why anyone who has played a previous Dead Space game, wouldn't automatically start Dead Space 3 on the highest (Impossible) difficulty.
I mean, talk about getting your monies worth in terms of play-time and challenge.
I am the same way with Halo campaigns. I always make sure I play the game on Legendary on the very first run through. IMHO, it makes all the difference in the world.
And I am no expert gamer, by any stretch of the imagination. However, practice, perservernance (and a lot of dying) builds character.
I don't know, to each their own.
I mean, talk about getting your monies worth in terms of play-time and challenge.
I am the same way with Halo campaigns. I always make sure I play the game on Legendary on the very first run through. IMHO, it makes all the difference in the world.
And I am no expert gamer, by any stretch of the imagination. However, practice, perservernance (and a lot of dying) builds character.
I don't know, to each their own.
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
I just don't understand why anyone who has played a previous Dead Space game, wouldn't automatically start Dead Space 3 on the highest (Impossible) difficulty.
I mean, talk about getting your monies worth in terms of play-time and challenge.
I am the same way with Halo campaigns. I always make sure I play the game on Legendary on the very first run through. IMHO, it makes all the difference in the world.
And I am no expert gamer, by any stretch of the imagination. However, practice, perservernence (and a lot of dying) builds character.
I don't know, to each their own.
Nah man I started on impossible and I couldn't beat the first chapter, so to hell with all that noise you're spouting j/k. But seriously, it's no joke, you're terribly underpowered, there is no opportunity to upgrade your rig or weapons, stasis and kinesis are useless as enemies power through stasis...yes I couldn't believe it either. Also enemies DON'T stagger unless hit with 3-4 shots which may or may not sever a key limb. So no, I wouldn't recommend it and I'm actually good at games so this isn't empty bitching
Deuterium
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I hear ya', Allonym. I guess I am just a glutton for punishment. Seriously, I am just an average gamer. I just keep chuggin' away until I get past a level. Like I said, I am quite the expert at getting my ass handed to me. But eventually, after multiple attempts and trying different strategies, I will hit upon one that allows me to get past the real tough spots and onto the next challenge.
Don't get me wrong...I understand it may not be for everybody, and I am sure for many, their patience would run out after getting killed a dozen or more times at the same section.
For me it depends on the game. For games that I just want to experience once I usually keep the difficulty low so I can enjoy myself. On the other hand, games I really enjoy and get into I try and do the highest difficulty throughout multiple playthroughs. Dead Space 3 is one of those games, though I'm not sure I could handle hardcore.I just don't understand why anyone who has played a previous Dead Space game, wouldn't automatically start Dead Space 3 on the highest (Impossible) difficulty.
I mean, talk about getting your monies worth in terms of play-time and challenge.
I am the same way with Halo campaigns. I always make sure I play the game on Legendary on the very first run through. IMHO, it makes all the difference in the world.
And I am no expert gamer, by any stretch of the imagination. However, practice, perservernance (and a lot of dying) builds character.
I don't know, to each their own.
Started up a co-op Pure Survival game with a buddy tonight. This feels like the way the game was intended to be played; no ammo/med pack drops, enemies from both sides are more manageable, some cutscenes make more sense and even have some cool little touches added with 2 players.
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The first co-op mission was really cool,
. I look forward to playing the rest of the game with a friend, and am especially looking forward to the co-op exclusive missions.
For example, on the Eudora when Isaac is blown out into space and fumbling for his helmet, Carver jets past (since he's already in a suit) and slaps the helmet to Isaac
The first co-op mission was really cool,
especially since the person playing as Isaac doesn't see/hear the same things Carver does
i checked the coop stuff and some puzzles are altered for coop too. pretty nice small touches.
JRW
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You should also try the Line gun if you haven't already, I'm currently using a Heavy line gun with maxed out Damage rating and it's just shredding enemies, sometimes body parts go flying in every direction lol.
I also hate those damn feeders tho....
EatChildren
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Finished it in solo. Quick and dirty overall thoughts: it was okay, but I stand by my thoughts of it being misdirected in design and narrative in pretty much every respect. Some great ideas there, but none hit the mark or are explored as much as they probably should have been. Weakest entry in the series, so for me it goes Dead Space > Dead Space 2 > Dead Space 3. I liked Extraction a lot more than I expected, but I think it works far better as a companion piece to the original rather something to compare.
Graphics, art, and audio were all outstanding. Maxed out it looked incredible in my opinion, so much so I'd say it's one of the best looking games going around. No idea why EA didn't make a bigger deal of the PC port, and that there was talk of it being a "direct port", which tends to generate cynical impressions. The SSAO, screen space reflections, bokeh-like DOF, etc all looked absolutely fantastic. It might be all smoke and mirrors, as graphics rendering usually is, but the art and technical teams totally knocked it out of the park. Sound was like the rest of the series, more or less perfect. Great weapon and enemy sounds, moody Alien-esque music, rich ambience. The only sound bug I ran into (if it's a bug) was those explosive necros. Their audio mix (5.1 via Dolby Headphone) had their voice always sound as if it was coming from my behind, loudly, no matter where they were in the level. Every other enemy was fine.
Won't score it just yet, but those are my "I just finished" impressions.
Graphics, art, and audio were all outstanding. Maxed out it looked incredible in my opinion, so much so I'd say it's one of the best looking games going around. No idea why EA didn't make a bigger deal of the PC port, and that there was talk of it being a "direct port", which tends to generate cynical impressions. The SSAO, screen space reflections, bokeh-like DOF, etc all looked absolutely fantastic. It might be all smoke and mirrors, as graphics rendering usually is, but the art and technical teams totally knocked it out of the park. Sound was like the rest of the series, more or less perfect. Great weapon and enemy sounds, moody Alien-esque music, rich ambience. The only sound bug I ran into (if it's a bug) was those explosive necros. Their audio mix (5.1 via Dolby Headphone) had their voice always sound as if it was coming from my behind, loudly, no matter where they were in the level. Every other enemy was fine.
Won't score it just yet, but those are my "I just finished" impressions.
the story struggles between the solo and coop narratives. they didn't seem to be able to balance the two with the way Carver acts or appears in the story. i'm noticing it a lot during the coop mode in comparison to the story. certain parts of the coop has weird transitions when it looked normal in Solo and vice-versa.
quite a shame. i'm thinking they didn't have time to do completely custom cutscenes between modes.
just got the game today and i'm suffering from black borders all four side. My windows desktop is fine but when i'm in-game, there's black border all 4 side. i trying changing all the screen resolution in-game but no luck. it happen to me as well in AC3. Anyone knows how to extend to resolution to the edge of my monitor? I have an ATI6850 and i fumble every screen resolution setting i could find both in-game and windows as well.
I'm at a point where I just want the game to end, but it keeps on going. The (late game spoiler)
And clumsy hit detection leads to me getting caught in knockdown loops, sometimes to my death.
So much of the game is good, but I stopped having fun a couple hours ago. Really hoping co-op can change my opinion of the last few chapters.
giant aliens aren't fun to fight. At all.
So much of the game is good, but I stopped having fun a couple hours ago. Really hoping co-op can change my opinion of the last few chapters.
Freezasaurus
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I just finished it and I had a fun pretty much the whole time. If I have a complaint, it's the ridiculous enemy mobs you're forced to fight at times, considering this is supposed to be a survival-horror title.
Just finished it. The second to last chapter was pretty awful, and the last chapter was scarcely more than one giant action set piece. Kind of cool to look at, but had a flagrant disregard for the laws of physics.
Plot did a reasonably OK job of explaining things, but I think through all the various media formats and releases the franchise has gone through, there's been some lack of communication that has muddied things.
Plot did a reasonably OK job of explaining things, but I think through all the various media formats and releases the franchise has gone through, there's been some lack of communication that has muddied things.
So Convergence is when a Marker consumes the total bio mass of an entire species to sculpt a massive firm for itself. This was already hinted at before, no problem.
There's a whole telepathic network of Marker Moons, and the Tau Volantis moon isn't tapped in due to its state of incompletion. Fine, with you so far.
The Tau Volantis moon is somehow networked with the Earth Markers, broadcasting it's command to be made whole. Er... Why is it tied into those Markers, but not the Moons?
The Moon needs to be stopped, because otherwise it will tell the other moons about Earth and it's Markers, and Convergence will begin. Wait, what? We already know Convergence can occur independently of this, it nearly happened at the end if DS2. Why don't the other moons already know about them? Why would they "eat" us, Convergence would make a new moon. Or are we just talking about this formation of a new moon beast when we're talking about them "coming and eating us," 'cause that doesn't seem to be the case...
There's a whole telepathic network of Marker Moons, and the Tau Volantis moon isn't tapped in due to its state of incompletion. Fine, with you so far.
The Tau Volantis moon is somehow networked with the Earth Markers, broadcasting it's command to be made whole. Er... Why is it tied into those Markers, but not the Moons?
The Moon needs to be stopped, because otherwise it will tell the other moons about Earth and it's Markers, and Convergence will begin. Wait, what? We already know Convergence can occur independently of this, it nearly happened at the end if DS2. Why don't the other moons already know about them? Why would they "eat" us, Convergence would make a new moon. Or are we just talking about this formation of a new moon beast when we're talking about them "coming and eating us," 'cause that doesn't seem to be the case...
Watch the post you quoted and spoiler tag it appropriately. Some people might get spoiled.
MagicWithEarvin
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Sorry if this has been posted, but if you take the first letter in every chapter then it spells out:
So, I beat the game just now. I need to recollect my thoughts, but the last few chapters were pretty awful.
Brother Moons Are Awake
So, I beat the game just now. I need to recollect my thoughts, but the last few chapters were pretty awful.
KingofGourds
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Just completed it solo. Overall as I've seen people say, the first half of the game is great. Things kinda fell apart for me after that. I still enjoyed it, but the more the story progressed the more half-baked it seemed.
Also I should have played on a higher difficulty than normal. Once I had enough resources to craft one of the better guns not one single enemy type was able to give me any trouble.
One of my favourite parts about the DS1+2 was that feeling by the end where it just felt like a gauntlet of pain and death that you could barely make it through. I just didn't feel it this time.
Also I should have played on a higher difficulty than normal. Once I had enough resources to craft one of the better guns not one single enemy type was able to give me any trouble.
One of my favourite parts about the DS1+2 was that feeling by the end where it just felt like a gauntlet of pain and death that you could barely make it through. I just didn't feel it this time.
nephilimdj
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Wind's Howling
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Did you seriously miss the
navigation soldier in the seat that got his head cut off?
Finished it. Really disliked chapter 14 and onward, which was disappointing after such a strong first half. All the flotilla stuff was great. It got a little weaker once the Tau Volantis stuff starts, but it's still not bad. I thought the final section was awful.
It felt like whoever was responsible for crafting the enemy encounters decided to just throw all finesse and pacing out the window, instead opting to just throw as much shit as you as possible from all directions. Strategic dismemberment became irrelevant, as there was always too much going on to even bother. Just fire at the mass of enemies until they all stop moving. Mash X until you don't see any more items glowing. Move on to the next room. Nothing felt important.
I loved most of the game, and I'm glad I played it. It just takes a bizarre downward turn near the end. It's like a mashup of two games. One is a really great Dead Space game. The other feels like it was made by a B team who had all the parts of a Dead Space game but didn't know how they were supposed to fit together.
Everything except the environment in the alien city was awful, in my opinion. Enemy encounters, a majority of the plot points, the final boss fight.
I loved most of the game, and I'm glad I played it. It just takes a bizarre downward turn near the end. It's like a mashup of two games. One is a really great Dead Space game. The other feels like it was made by a B team who had all the parts of a Dead Space game but didn't know how they were supposed to fit together.
MarshMellow96
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Still getting the odd stutter even with D3DOverrider. Is there anything else I'm missing?
Moff
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pc sales are 4% of the cake? I doubt digital sales are so big that they could make a difference here. thats incredibly low. even if there is a dead space 4, I doubt we will see a decent pc version. thanks to viceral though, the pc version have improved from game to game, dead space 3 was actually quite decent, apart from the vsync 30 fps issue.
darkjedi187
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So the farming glitch in ch8 was intentional and their might be additional spots. I think I found another one in the first ship after you meet Ellie. Not sure, but I'm going to check it out tonight.
captainnapalm
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Why do I do it to myself. I went and bought Dead Space 3. Even though I found both 1 and 2 deeply unsettling.
I don't get when people say these games aren't scary. I never get scared by movies or most games, but playing Dead Space games with headphones on always freaks me right out.
Maybe scared isn't the right word, but man I'm on edge and tense. I think it's the sound as much as anything.
Anyway, early impressions on PC is that the game runs like a dream and looks incredibly sweet.
Playing through the first chapter in that Blade Runner-esque futuristic city really has me dying for a solid sci-fi action adventure game, shorter on scares but with more story/adventure elements. I love Dead Space and its settings, but I'd prefer a more relaxed gaming experience. I guess I'm in the minority as most people want these games to be as creepy as possible. I'm in it for the cool sci-fi.
I don't get when people say these games aren't scary. I never get scared by movies or most games, but playing Dead Space games with headphones on always freaks me right out.
Maybe scared isn't the right word, but man I'm on edge and tense. I think it's the sound as much as anything.
Anyway, early impressions on PC is that the game runs like a dream and looks incredibly sweet.
Playing through the first chapter in that Blade Runner-esque futuristic city really has me dying for a solid sci-fi action adventure game, shorter on scares but with more story/adventure elements. I love Dead Space and its settings, but I'd prefer a more relaxed gaming experience. I guess I'm in the minority as most people want these games to be as creepy as possible. I'm in it for the cool sci-fi.
Shotgun Kiss
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When disassembling weapons, can you get stuff like scrap metal back, or can you only reduce them back to unassembled components?
I feel like I'm being too tight with using my parts to build things; I'm at chapter 6, and only have a plasma cutter, line gun/force gun, and the DLC enervator.
I feel like I'm being too tight with using my parts to build things; I'm at chapter 6, and only have a plasma cutter, line gun/force gun, and the DLC enervator.
Just the components.
Ripper chews up Feeders. It's been way nerfed in this one, but it does handle those bastards like it used to handle everything else.
PC is not used for gaming in the UK. Even that in mind I doubt this game will do huge numbers on PC, it is just a very console centric franchise.
I was under the impression you could load up a previous chapter as long as you had completed it, was I wrong?
Anyways, at least you weren't too far into it.
General question regarding the save system:
I completed Chapter 5 (God I hate those fucking things), and went just far enough ahead to get the 'Progress Saving' update, but then backtracked to do the Conning Tower side quest. I finished that, and have now gone on to continue the main story, but saved and quit just as I reached the tram station. The game showed the Conning Tower as 'Objective Complete', but I did not get another 'Progress Saving' notification after that. Does that mean it's actually complete? Or will I have to do that whole thing over again now?
Don't dismantle the planet cracker plasma cutter that you get for the DS2 save file though.
There is a bug which makes you unable to build the thing again. You just can't access the planet cracker upper tip.
Yes. After completing a chapter it is available from chapter select.