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faceless007
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There's actually a decoder in Level 1, on the floor by the bathroom. I copied it there and have been using it to decode all the messages I see (I'm only on level 4 so far...I'm really slow to play horror games).
faceless007
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Random question on my first playthrough: I see a lot of locked lockers (red light instead of blue). Is there any way to open them? Also I've seen a few locked doors--like the one by the tram at the end of Chapter 1, and one in a hallway in Chapter 2, with no discernible way of opening them. Are they unlocked on a second playthrough, or do I return to them later in the game, or something? Just wondering.
I'll say this about Dead Space: It's so good it made me, a seasoned keyboard+mouse veteran, learn to put up with dual-analog controls because the mouse control sucking fucks. Most games I wouldn't have the patience.
I'll say this about Dead Space: It's so good it made me, a seasoned keyboard+mouse veteran, learn to put up with dual-analog controls because the mouse control sucking fucks. Most games I wouldn't have the patience.
I got this game a couple weeks ago and finally got around to playing it.
Gotta say...I'm not a fan of games that spurn large amounts of anxiety. Games where things jump out at you, games that create atmospheres that make you feel uneasy...I just have a hard time playing them. Maybe it's some anxiety disorder, not sure.
But for some reason, even though this game scares the crap out of me and makes me feel this ceaseless, escalating sense of impending doom, I'm oddly compelled to finish it and take in as much of the backstory as I possibly can.
I'm actually loving the fact that you never feel safe. That every corner I approach might have an event that will make me shit my pants. Even better, every corner I approach might hold nothing and a jump moment will come seemingly at random.
I love the fact that the sounds of aliens are all around you. They're stalking your every move, biding their time until they feel the need to strike. Some of the most nerve-wracking shit is when you're walking around a corridor and you hear skittering coming from the walls. You stop and wait to see if anything is going to happen...all the while, the skittering getting closer. And just when you expect something to jump out, the skittering stops and goes away. Nothing friggin' happens. But the next time you hear that, something might.
Hell, the game even screws with you visually. I've watched a good number of monsters run around corners, hop in vents, or disappear over ledges. I always expect to get attacked by them, but it's not always guaranteed. It's just little things the developers put into the game to keep you at a constant state of unease.
Soooooooo goooooooood.
Gotta say...I'm not a fan of games that spurn large amounts of anxiety. Games where things jump out at you, games that create atmospheres that make you feel uneasy...I just have a hard time playing them. Maybe it's some anxiety disorder, not sure.
But for some reason, even though this game scares the crap out of me and makes me feel this ceaseless, escalating sense of impending doom, I'm oddly compelled to finish it and take in as much of the backstory as I possibly can.
I'm actually loving the fact that you never feel safe. That every corner I approach might have an event that will make me shit my pants. Even better, every corner I approach might hold nothing and a jump moment will come seemingly at random.
I love the fact that the sounds of aliens are all around you. They're stalking your every move, biding their time until they feel the need to strike. Some of the most nerve-wracking shit is when you're walking around a corridor and you hear skittering coming from the walls. You stop and wait to see if anything is going to happen...all the while, the skittering getting closer. And just when you expect something to jump out, the skittering stops and goes away. Nothing friggin' happens. But the next time you hear that, something might.
Hell, the game even screws with you visually. I've watched a good number of monsters run around corners, hop in vents, or disappear over ledges. I always expect to get attacked by them, but it's not always guaranteed. It's just little things the developers put into the game to keep you at a constant state of unease.
Soooooooo goooooooood.
Well just completed Dead Space. Good game but there were some flaws with it. Thought they ruined the atmosphere by throwing masses of enemies at you :|
Quick question. What happened to
:|
Quick question. What happened to
the guy who was killing people on the ship? The church leader guy or whatever? They showed his face getting eaten by those face sucker things but I didn't even get to fight him.
faceless007
Member
Dammit, I'm stuck in Chapter 7. Anyone got any tips for the part where you have to
My current guns are Plasma Cutter, Line Gun and Contact Beam. I have plenty of credits to buy another if it will help.
help Nicole survive from across the platform by shooting a thousand necromorphs? There are just too many (playing on Medium) and the fact that I really suck with dual-analog controls doesn't help.
faceless007 said:
Well I did the whole game with only the Plasma Cutter so that should be good enough. The line gun would work also though you would have to reload more frequently. Don't forget you can use body parts as weapons. When the enemy appears on your side use stasis and concentrate on the ghoulies attacking the girl. This really isn't a big deal.
faceless007
Member
Fuck, I can now say that this game is capable of causing genuine fear.
Up to now, I was enjoying the hell out of it, found it mildly creepy but not much more, and I wanted to keep playing 'cause it was really fun. Then, for some reason, on the tram ride back from the scene I named above (thanks for the tips guys, it wasn't as hard as it seemed), the annoying-ness of the enemies and the frustrating nature of aiming gave way to pants-shitting paranoia. I don't know why; they're just the same necromorphs I've been blasting the entire game, but the combination of being stuck on this slow tram car, having lurkers on both sides of the track (they weren't there on the first trip!), and as you're nearing the end of the track, a few more suddenly waiting for you right there--for the first time in a while, I began to feel actual fear creep up on me.
I don't know why that particular encounter did it, but now I'm sitting here in the dark at 2 a.m. and scared to go to the bathroom.
Up to now, I was enjoying the hell out of it, found it mildly creepy but not much more, and I wanted to keep playing 'cause it was really fun. Then, for some reason, on the tram ride back from the scene I named above (thanks for the tips guys, it wasn't as hard as it seemed), the annoying-ness of the enemies and the frustrating nature of aiming gave way to pants-shitting paranoia. I don't know why; they're just the same necromorphs I've been blasting the entire game, but the combination of being stuck on this slow tram car, having lurkers on both sides of the track (they weren't there on the first trip!), and as you're nearing the end of the track, a few more suddenly waiting for you right there--for the first time in a while, I began to feel actual fear creep up on me.
I don't know why that particular encounter did it, but now I'm sitting here in the dark at 2 a.m. and scared to go to the bathroom.
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Deleted member 30609
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I had totally forgotten about that sequence. Thanks for reminding me.faceless007 said:
I love this game, so much.
faceless007 said:
Impossible mode lives up to its name on this one. Took me a couple of tries. Really annoying. D:
Also regarding your previous post I really recommend you get a Force Gun.
Its secondairy firing option shoots a grenade (which immediatly explodes upon contact with the enemy) that does quite a lot of damage. (takes about 12 of them on a fully upgraded Force Gun to kill an enhanced brute in impossible mode) It pushes Isaac to the ground if he's too close near the target though, so use the primairy fire mode to push enemies away from you should they get too close.
The Force Gun's primairy fire mode also instantly kills swarmers and divider's body parts (divider is later in the game, but its parts roam about earlier in the game) with a single hit.
The Force Gun's primairy fire mode also instantly kills swarmers and divider's body parts (divider is later in the game, but its parts roam about earlier in the game) with a single hit.
I recently tried the demo and kept dying against the first wave of monsters. Very embarrasing. I'm just wondering if the demo is a good indicator of the game, because after 3 tries and every med pack the game gives you, I got a pretty negative experience with the game. Looked cool though, I was probably just doing something wrong.
beelzebozo
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was the demo awesome? if so, it's a good indicator of the game's quality.
if it wasn't awesome, the demo sucks and you should just buy the game and agree with me.
if it wasn't awesome, the demo sucks and you should just buy the game and agree with me.
Just beat it. EPIC game.
Although, I do agree with the guy above in regards to the amount of enemies later on. In trying to ramp up the difficulty, they completely negated parts of the game that were designed to creep you out.
Case in point, after I beat the game, I went through the first chapter to get the level six suit upgrade. I was genuinely freaked out again, despite the fact that I had already played it once. The fact that you know the necromorphs aren't going to be coming at you 3-4 at a time in almost every single room makes their appearances a little more "terrifying" than they had been for the last half of the game.
The scare factor sort of turned into a hilarity factor after awhile. Especially when it came to those guys with the explosive balls on their left hand. When they screamed, it reminded me of a constipated goat. :lol
Now I have to watch the web episodes and Downfall.
Although, I do agree with the guy above in regards to the amount of enemies later on. In trying to ramp up the difficulty, they completely negated parts of the game that were designed to creep you out.
Case in point, after I beat the game, I went through the first chapter to get the level six suit upgrade. I was genuinely freaked out again, despite the fact that I had already played it once. The fact that you know the necromorphs aren't going to be coming at you 3-4 at a time in almost every single room makes their appearances a little more "terrifying" than they had been for the last half of the game.
The scare factor sort of turned into a hilarity factor after awhile. Especially when it came to those guys with the explosive balls on their left hand. When they screamed, it reminded me of a constipated goat. :lol
Now I have to watch the web episodes and Downfall.
I should probably replay the game because I missed out on tons of stuff. I usually pay very close attention to what's going on in games but for some reason the way it was convayed to me in Dead Space made me lose focus of what was actually being said.BeeDog said:
I think the ability to walk around where ever you want is why I lost track of what people were saying to me. I was too busy walking around corridoors to bother listening to the conversation going on.
@mh56 that level is part of the game and it's early on in the to. The entire game is not like that but it does seem to fall back onto it quite a lot towards the end of the game. Still worth playing the game though because it's on it's way to becoming a very very good survival horror game.
mh56 said:
There are levels that throw a few waves of enemies at you, but nothing you can't really handle. It only gets REALLY crazy at the end, but by that point, you've got a system worked out and can dispatch things without too much trouble.
I can't speak for Hard/Impossible modes...
Dibbz said:
I didn't even realize that a video screen came up when your crew members talked to you because I never took my finger off the aim button. It's really easy to miss seeing those videos because of this. I blame this on the game and it's ability to make you think that you're always going to be attacked by something.
There's one design choice of this game that I absolutely love, and that is that the developers gave the player the choice to find its way to wherever he needs to go with a click of a button. Although it discourages exploration, it's a great idea and should be done by more developers.
Baloonatic
Member
So I picked up the PC version today and for some reason my left mouse button doesn't work in-game. It's ok on menus and stuff, but I can't use it to melee or shoot. Any ideas?
Edit: Looks like I had to unplug my controller!
Edit: Looks like I had to unplug my controller!
Some people found a cool glitch which makes the game a lot easier on Impossible.
It's near the end of level 3 where you have to descend a large room covered with organic stuff.
At the bottom of this room there's a slamming door which needs stasis to get through and a storage room which only opens with a power node.
Use a power node to open the storage room and you'll find all sorts of goodies inside. The thing you're looking for is the 5k credit; use kinesis on it to lift it up but don't pick it up! Instead drag it outside the room and drop it just in front of the slamming doors.
Now use stasis to go through this door, defeat the ennemies in the corridor and use the save station at the end of the corridor. Reload your game and run back to the slamming door. Stay inside the corridor and use kinesis to drag the 5k credit through the slamming doors and drop it inside the corridor ( again, don't pick it up ! ).
Now run back to the save station and simply run up against but don't save ! You just want the save message to appear with the little tune and that's all..
And now when you run back to the slamming doors you'll notice the 5k credit has respawned outside. So rince and repat: drag it inside with kinesis , drop it, run to the save station then back etc...
You can do this about 80 times before the credit stops respawning, getting you an early 400k credits
It's near the end of level 3 where you have to descend a large room covered with organic stuff.
At the bottom of this room there's a slamming door which needs stasis to get through and a storage room which only opens with a power node.
Use a power node to open the storage room and you'll find all sorts of goodies inside. The thing you're looking for is the 5k credit; use kinesis on it to lift it up but don't pick it up! Instead drag it outside the room and drop it just in front of the slamming doors.
Now use stasis to go through this door, defeat the ennemies in the corridor and use the save station at the end of the corridor. Reload your game and run back to the slamming door. Stay inside the corridor and use kinesis to drag the 5k credit through the slamming doors and drop it inside the corridor ( again, don't pick it up ! ).
Now run back to the save station and simply run up against but don't save ! You just want the save message to appear with the little tune and that's all..
And now when you run back to the slamming doors you'll notice the 5k credit has respawned outside
. So rince and repat: drag it inside with kinesis , drop it, run to the save station then back etc... You can do this about 80 times before the credit stops respawning, getting you an early 400k credits
MrPing1000
Member
Finally got around to getting this for the PC.
What a fantastic game. On chapter 10 atm on hard on first play thru, my only criticisms would be the lack of info on other weapons ingame, how a lot of the other weapons seem to forget all about limb cutting and how ramping up the number of enemies sorta kills the creepiness. Well until the fast ones lol.
Think they've all been mentioned before.
I'm using the plasma cutter, line gun and the pulse rifle mostly. Tried the flame thrower it was useless hard to tell if u are actually doing any damage, doesn't seem to have to knockback of projectiles. So I sold it and got the force gun which I've barely used but I guess it should be useful against the speedy ones. Might try out the ripper.
What a fantastic game. On chapter 10 atm on hard on first play thru, my only criticisms would be the lack of info on other weapons ingame, how a lot of the other weapons seem to forget all about limb cutting and how ramping up the number of enemies sorta kills the creepiness. Well until the fast ones lol.
Think they've all been mentioned before.
I'm using the plasma cutter, line gun and the pulse rifle mostly. Tried the flame thrower it was useless hard to tell if u are actually doing any damage, doesn't seem to have to knockback of projectiles. So I sold it and got the force gun which I've barely used but I guess it should be useful against the speedy ones. Might try out the ripper.
MrPing1000
Member
So anyhoo finished the game today.
lol, he landed like that after I killed him.
Btw
Dunno why people complained about controls on the pc version, worked great for me.
lol, he landed like that after I killed him.
Btw
the general consensus seems to be nicole was dead all along and the end screamer is just another hallucination and thats the line I'd follow too, but I have one question. Right at the end when Isaac gets onto the shuttle the door to the cockpit is locked then suddenly opens. Erm why?
Dunno why people complained about controls on the pc version, worked great for me.
faceless007
Member
I finally beat this game the other night. First I want to give a big fuck you to the guy in the Dead Space-storytelling thread who spoiled that
So fuck you DS spoilers.
Other than that, wow, what an insane last few chapters. The final boss's reveal was awesome, although it's probably a little easy to beat. I will say that the part where you're
was so fucking frustrating with the gamepad, I momentarily switched over to mouse control just for that one part. I don't know how you 360/PS3 players did it. Mouse control also made the asteroid-shooting ridiculously easy.
So then I started a New Game+ on Medium (I'm too chickenshit to try Hard or Impossible). It's really interesting to me how the game starts out by only having a few enemies attack at a time and as a result they're much more frightening and intimidating, but by the last chapters the game throws so many waves at you that they're no longer as petrifying and you get used to fighting them. So when you start a New Game+ and get to keep all your guns (and remember where most of the early encounters are), they're basically a joke and you can mow them down without flinching. I'm not criticizing this, in fact I think it's a fun way to replay the game. I think it's cool how the game subtly changes your expectations of the necromorphs over the course of the game.
In sum: awesome game. Want sequel please.
Nicole is really dead the whole time. Considering how you spend the last two chapters following her around in person and taking orders from her, the final revelation that you were hallucinating the whole time would have been pretty jaw-dropping if it weren't spoiled.
Other than that, wow, what an insane last few chapters. The final boss's reveal was awesome, although it's probably a little easy to beat. I will say that the part where you're
held by the tentacle and have to aim in mid air, except your aiming is all screwed up
So then I started a New Game+ on Medium (I'm too chickenshit to try Hard or Impossible). It's really interesting to me how the game starts out by only having a few enemies attack at a time and as a result they're much more frightening and intimidating, but by the last chapters the game throws so many waves at you that they're no longer as petrifying and you get used to fighting them. So when you start a New Game+ and get to keep all your guns (and remember where most of the early encounters are), they're basically a joke and you can mow them down without flinching. I'm not criticizing this, in fact I think it's a fun way to replay the game. I think it's cool how the game subtly changes your expectations of the necromorphs over the course of the game.
In sum: awesome game. Want sequel please.
I'm going to attempt to beat the game on impossible in a few days, but I have two questions:
1) If I try for the plasma cutter only trophy, can I still use stasis and melee and toss enemies and canisters around? I know obviously not to use other guns.
2) Should I even try to beat it on impossible with just the plasma cutter? It seems like you only get ammo for guns that you own anyway (?), and the plasma cutter was my go to weapon for most of the campaign.
1) If I try for the plasma cutter only trophy, can I still use stasis and melee and toss enemies and canisters around? I know obviously not to use other guns.
2) Should I even try to beat it on impossible with just the plasma cutter? It seems like you only get ammo for guns that you own anyway (?), and the plasma cutter was my go to weapon for most of the campaign.
faceless007
Member
I don't know for sure (PC gamer=don't care about trophies) but since you have to use kinesis and stasis to solve various puzzles I assume they wouldn't count against you.
Vitten said:Some people found a cool glitch which makes the game a lot easier on Impossible.
It's near the end of level 3 where you have to descend a large room covered with organic stuff.
At the bottom of this room there's a slamming door which needs stasis to get through and a storage room which only opens with a power node.
Use a power node to open the storage room and you'll find all sorts of goodies inside. The thing you're looking for is the 5k credit; use kinesis on it to lift it up but don't pick it up! Instead drag it outside the room and drop it just in front of the slamming doors.
Now use stasis to go through this door, defeat the ennemies in the corridor and use the save station at the end of the corridor. Reload your game and run back to the slamming door. Stay inside the corridor and use kinesis to drag the 5k credit through the slamming doors and drop it inside the corridor ( again, don't pick it up ! ).
Now run back to the save station and simply run up against but don't save ! You just want the save message to appear with the little tune and that's all..
And now when you run back to the slamming doors you'll notice the 5k credit has respawned outside
You can do this about 80 times before the credit stops respawning, getting you an early 400k credits
MiamiWesker
Member
My friend just got a copy of this game from Circuit City, totally factory sealed. He opened it, checked the disc and if you angle it you see a 2k logo on the disc. He took a pic and wanted to share it with you guys:
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000420ce0.jpg
If you look at it I swear I see a basketball player as well. :lol Is that a copy of NBA 2k something under the Dead Space paint.
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1000420ce0.jpg
If you look at it I swear I see a basketball player as well. :lol Is that a copy of NBA 2k something under the Dead Space paint.
Haha i want to know this as well.Pojo said:Cool. One last question, I promise.
They have some codes you can input while the game is paused (says so on GameFAQs, anyway) to get like 5 free nodes, some cash, etc. Does this impact the ability to get trophies? It's not a big deal, but I'm scared to try it.
Except I already used the codes, just hoping it works out well (but im only on Chapter 2)
Another question, and this is important to me, but if you upgrade your weapons (for the upgrade all weapons + equipment trophy), will that mess up the "beat the game using only your plasma gun" trophy? I dont know what they mean exactly by "using".
TrAcEr_x90
Member
Just got selected for this game off goozex so it should be in my mailbox very soon. One question, should i just skip right ot hard? or is it like really really hard at that level to get through?
TrAcEr_x90
Member
also i have the obsidian suit downloaded ready for this game. If i install that will it gimp me in any way in the game?
You will be less afraid :lolTrAcEr_x90 said:
The DLC suits take away some of the tension since you aren't struggling to survive quite as delicately. Besides that, everything is the same.
To earlier posters:
Codes don't affect achievements, so I'm guessing they don't affect trophies.