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Dead Space |OT|
- Thread starter Costanza
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I'm stuck again. Chapter 5 I believe.
Back in the medical pavilion. I've met the guy who goes crazy, he sent the regenerative necromorph after me the one time. I made it out. Now I see him a second time and I get locked in an examination room with the regenerative necromorph again and WAY too many others. Is there a secret to this or do I have to take them all out? Because I've been trying for almost two hours. Fuck, I knew Hard was a bad idea.
I only made it through chapter 2 last night before heading to bed, but that still entailed like 2 1/2 hours of playtime. The greatest compliment I can pay the game is that when I started, I cracked open a delicious Newcastle, and when I finally paused the game to go take a piss, I realized I'd left a third of the damn thing untouched after the first few minutes of playing.
A Newcastle! I let it get warm!
This game is basically amazing. This game is, in a lot of ways, more of a spiritual successor to System Shock 2 than Bioshock ever was. The character customization is not exactly RPG level, but it is still WAY up there. You have a ton of choices on how to proceed.
Combat is immensely satisfying. The atmosphere is top notch. The sound design is top notch. The graphics are top notch. The UI is top notch. Every part of the game shines with polish. Dead Space was clearly a labor of love from a talented team of people, and that shows everywhere.
My initial hype for Dead Space was born of its similarity to RE4. What I am pleased to report is that as much as it has in common with the True Game of Forever, there's just as much that Dead Space does differently.
Absolutely a huge game, highly recommended, and a real contender for GOTY.
EA. Challenge Everything. Renegade Team. :worship
A Newcastle! I let it get warm!
This game is basically amazing. This game is, in a lot of ways, more of a spiritual successor to System Shock 2 than Bioshock ever was. The character customization is not exactly RPG level, but it is still WAY up there. You have a ton of choices on how to proceed.
Combat is immensely satisfying. The atmosphere is top notch. The sound design is top notch. The graphics are top notch. The UI is top notch. Every part of the game shines with polish. Dead Space was clearly a labor of love from a talented team of people, and that shows everywhere.
My initial hype for Dead Space was born of its similarity to RE4. What I am pleased to report is that as much as it has in common with the True Game of Forever, there's just as much that Dead Space does differently.
Absolutely a huge game, highly recommended, and a real contender for GOTY.
EA. Challenge Everything. Renegade Team. :worship
Most of the way through chapter 3.
Most intense moment so far
I dunno about all you people comparing this to Bioshock, but this game's aesthetic is so close to Doom 3's that there can be no argument. It's like Doom 3 with enemies that don't happen to be flying skeletons with rocket launchers.
Most intense moment so far
When the tentacle thing grabs you as you enter a corridor and it starts slowly dragging you towards its death hole. I started out by frantically hitting the A button, but that did nothing. I was about to helplessly let it drag me to my death when I realized I could still shoot. That was awesome and had been nicely foreshadowed by the various small holes you see punched through walls
I dunno about all you people comparing this to Bioshock, but this game's aesthetic is so close to Doom 3's that there can be no argument. It's like Doom 3 with enemies that don't happen to be flying skeletons with rocket launchers.
Jazzy Network
Member
That goddamn shooting mission (asteroids) blows. I mean just the shooting part itself.
Philthy
Member
ultron87 said:
This is what I was getting as well. With a hell of a lot more lighting, or at least a way to turn the lighting on.. Sometimes. They handle it the way Doom 3 SHOULD have handled it. The only downside I can think of for this game is that the creatures don't seem to be all that detailed for some reason. Your main character and the other people you are with all look fantastic, but the creature models seem like they're from last generation, while everything else looks current.
Either way, this game is awesome. Not quite as scary as Doom 3 was for me, but it is much more enjoyable so far I think. The puzzles, weapons, and zero G are a BLAST.
BuckRobotron
Member
This has been really well-received throughout the 'net. It would be almost remiss of me not to support such an apparently top-notch single-player survival-horror/action game given that is among my favorite genre/subgenres in gaming. Depends though on CC having it (for $10 card) or Best Buy matching.
My plasma cutter was maxed out in terms of damage and upgraded in capacity and reload time. After I got the level 4 suit schematic I just switched over to the Scorpion Rig since it was a marginal upgrade and I then spent my power nodes on maxing out HP (did not touch air). I have a few upgrades in the Ripper and one power upgrade in the Line Gun.
This isn't really a huge spoiler but it is about a post-game bonus:
Not a story or gameplay spoiler, but don't put your controller down when you beat the game.
Game clock says 9 hours, but that doesn't count deaths and stuff...I'm gonna guess it was closer to 11 just based on my memory.
This isn't really a huge spoiler but it is about a post-game bonus:
you get 10 power nodes upon completion
Not a story or gameplay spoiler, but don't put your controller down when you beat the game.
Game clock says 9 hours, but that doesn't count deaths and stuff...I'm gonna guess it was closer to 11 just based on my memory.
I've decided that even though the PC version is out in 4 days, and I'd probably be able to max it out and then some, I'm gonna go snag the PS3 version after work today. I just want to play this game, badly, and I know for a fact that I'll love it (and I also need to fill out my PS3 library a bit more).
One thing that makes me less hesitant to pull the trigger on this compared to most other games is the inclusion of New Game +. I've said it before and I'll say it again, New Game + should be mandatory for every game out there that it would work for, which is the vast majority of them. That option alone adds immeasurable replay value to a game, especially one that's combat-heavy and doesn't feature multiplayer.
I can easily see Dead Space being one of those very few games where I start a new game literally right after watching the end credits roll (I also did this with Rachet & Clank: Future and Ninja Gaiden 2, as far as this gen goes). R&C: Future took it to another level though by allowing you to actually keep upgrading weapons over the usual limit and to snag new armor exclusively in New Game +, which was a truly awesome touch, and one I'm not expecting Dead Space to feature. These are things that devs need to be doing for their single-player games.
This is promising.
One thing that makes me less hesitant to pull the trigger on this compared to most other games is the inclusion of New Game +. I've said it before and I'll say it again, New Game + should be mandatory for every game out there that it would work for, which is the vast majority of them. That option alone adds immeasurable replay value to a game, especially one that's combat-heavy and doesn't feature multiplayer.
I can easily see Dead Space being one of those very few games where I start a new game literally right after watching the end credits roll (I also did this with Rachet & Clank: Future and Ninja Gaiden 2, as far as this gen goes). R&C: Future took it to another level though by allowing you to actually keep upgrading weapons over the usual limit and to snag new armor exclusively in New Game +, which was a truly awesome touch, and one I'm not expecting Dead Space to feature. These are things that devs need to be doing for their single-player games.
Draft said:
This is promising.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Y2Kev said:
This is a brilliant idea! Glad to hear you liked it all the way through. Work is dragging by at a snail's pace, argh. Of course then I have to wait until late tonight anyway to get the full effect...
Classic_Gs
Member
Agreed, they never send me what I want when i want it.Exarchos said:
plagiarize
Banned
it's a bit of both.Costanza said:
i genuinely hate to say i called this ages ago. Dead Space has been Bioshocked. essentially, it's flown under the radar until about a week or two before release. many many companies base their first shipments on preorder numbers which is usually okay...
but when hype for a game suddenly balloons out of nowhere just before release, the first shipment is going to be woefully inadequate. i've been saying all along that it'd happen to Dead Space. i've been telling everyone at the EB i work at part time to preorder if they had anything more than a passing interest... but nobody wanted to hear.
then, in the last week we suddenly get swamped with people calling about it and asking about it. telling them they need to preorder... they were all just 'nah, i'll just pick it up next week'.
turned away so many people last night. sent them all to other stores but those were sold out shortly after we started doing that. it was kind of depressing knowing all these people were missing out. i didn't take any solace in having called it.
plagiarize said:
I wouldn't say the demand is very heavy as a general rule. I'm going to pick Dead Space up from Circuit City after work today since it's on my way, and when I called this morning they said they had 15 copies of the PS3 version alone. So, your mileage may vary. If the big game shops like EB and Gamestop are sold out, try something like Circuit City or Best Buy.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Alright I know I'm a little late to the party here but wow... this game is amazing.
Just got to chapter 5 after about 6 hours of game time (in game clock says less but I know I've died so much and it doesn't add the time up)
Starting on hard difficulty I thought was a mistake at first. I was honestly battling for my health and ammo at every turn. I've died more times then I can count on my apendages. So far the story is really interesting and I'm curious to see what's going to happen. I do feel now that I'm learning very well how to handle the different enemies and I think your almost forced to playing on hard. I'm definetly enjoying hard mode now!
Now imo, each chapter offers up something unique or awesome. For anyone that has gotten far or completed it. Does this happen throughout?
Mad props to EA for this though. THIS GAME BETTER SELL GOOD!
Just got to chapter 5 after about 6 hours of game time (in game clock says less but I know I've died so much and it doesn't add the time up)
Starting on hard difficulty I thought was a mistake at first. I was honestly battling for my health and ammo at every turn. I've died more times then I can count on my apendages. So far the story is really interesting and I'm curious to see what's going to happen. I do feel now that I'm learning very well how to handle the different enemies and I think your almost forced to playing on hard. I'm definetly enjoying hard mode now!
Now imo, each chapter offers up something unique or awesome. For anyone that has gotten far or completed it. Does this happen throughout?
Mad props to EA for this though. THIS GAME BETTER SELL GOOD!
Zeliard said:
I got mine from Circuit City last night, I got the last copy around 7pm. Unfortunately, I had to explain to them that it was $10 off with an instantly redeemable gift card. They ring the game up, it rings up at $49.99, and then they ring up a gift card at $10. I didn't (stupidly) realize until I got home that they had actually charged me for $10 gift card instead of taking $10 off the price of Dead Space. UGH!
Needless to say, i'll be paying another visit to Circuit City today.
For what it's worth I stepped into a Toys'R'Us looking to pick it up and there was 5-6 people there all trying to buy it and all of them were pissed off because they didn't have the game in yet.Zeliard said:
There was a couple of copies for sale at the Best Buy right next door.
fistfulofmetal
Banned
Y2Kev said:
Nah, he's talking about when:
You enter the dark flickery large surgery room and all the doors are locked. You get attacked by the big fucker and his buddies. You just gotta survive the 2 or 3 waves of enemies before Kendra unlocks the door
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
I can't wait to sit down and play this tonight. I really have a feeling I'll feel the same about it. There's not many game that get feeling of isolation right, so it's a very unique feeling when they do, and this one looks like it gets it right even from the trailers.Draft said:
stimpledorf
Member
_tetsuo_ said:
Oh how i laughed :lol
Thanks to this thread i dont think my hype could get any higher! Roll on the 24th!