in DEAD SPACE no one can hear you soil yourself

Steam had this for $10, so I picked it up. Great ideas about HUDs and onscreen info, shitting camera implementation and horrible asteroid sequence so far.

I tend to have this assumption about any third-person action game but Dead Space especially is a game I can't imagine playing with a mouse and keyboard. The slow, chunky movement would just drive me absolutely bugshit, whereas it somehow feels okay with a pad.

hahahaha thx to spending a little late night time with this, i was just swinging by this thread to bitch about the stupid fucking asteroid sequence.

hated that part

just played the dead space 2 demo and my number one impression is fuck those crying little mutant babies, fuck them straight to hell

seemed idk notably easier? maybe its just me.

loved this demo once i got the hang of it (never having played the first one).

although the "hacking" mechanic is lame, worse than the one in arkham asylum. bioshock is the only game i've encountered where this is fun...maybe dead space 2 could have you jump into a donkey kong level or a nice game of solitaire?

i was home with the flu all weekend and started playing the first dead space, i love it. and i was so dreading that asteroid sequence, but it wasn't that bad! got through it on my second try, whereas other parts (like the emergency room) took way, way more.

WHAT, YOU CAN STOMP ON THOSE GREEN BOXES AND GET GOODIES?!

oh shit

anyone playing dead space 2? it's kinda the opposite of the first game in that i breezed through everything up until chapter 9, and then it started getting hard (low ammo, tough rooms).

I tried to play the demo but it was too scary for me. :(

I have been playing on Survivalist, seems the right level of difficulty where its hard enough that I can't blow through things. I am only on chapter 6 or so though. Main complaint is not enough anti-gravity stuff so far. You really got to use the telekinesis a lot to save ammo.

i always forget to do that

it kinda sucks that the stuff laying around does no damage when you tk.. just spiky limbs you tear off aliens and those spears that are laying around will kill anything.

like this game alot tho.. playing a new game plus on survival and its not that much more difficult with upgraded stuff from the first playthrough.

Agreed with the mid-stream difficulty. On Normal, spent a few tense moments in Chapters 8 & 9 replaying fights due to low ammo. Going through the container hold, kept running out to save after each kill. I don't use stasis half as much as I should, though. But it's been good for honing the TK skill.

And ramping up the weapons - it's tough spending a power node on an empty bridge spot.

yeah my progress stalled around chapter 8 I think. Don't want to turn down difficulty but have low tolerance for being frustrated outside of work, so I just stopped playing :/

this was superb i thought. level design was just great, always a new twist. and one again they clearly put a lot of thought into the design of the various necromorphs and the different weapons and fire modes, and the relationship between the two. i really enjoyed how strategic it was - often a particular area or sequence would be like a puzzle with different solutions to try to get past it with minimum ammo usage and health loss. survivalist was a well balanced difficulty level. kind of wished i had tried zealot but that might have tipped it too far. will definitely take a pass on hardcore mode tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqWCwcq7egk

starts getting really funny after maybe the 3rd death

never finished dead space 1, giving it another shot. i love the way this game looks and sounds. i also like at the beginning some dying crew member took the time to write "SHOOT OFF THEIR LIMBS" in blood on the wall.

not really into the enemies tho--they are so goofy and flesh-colored and all their angles make them look like 90s fps enemies. also once i realized that when you see a dude scurry past through a vent or whatever doesn't necessarily mean that dude is lying in wait for you down the line (just that there's a monster closet coming up) the game got a lot less scary.

i remember almost nothing about these two games, yet i will happily play the next one

Anyone started into Dead Space 3 yet? It's a sure buy for me, so guess I'm more curious if folks here are also getting the "less scary, more action" impressions I've seen in reviews.

its ok so far.. this isaac dude's life fuckin sucks btw.. you play the game and youre thinking every single thing this guy does turns to absolute shit every time

man i did not like this demo at all

"less scary, more action" WOOF

Listening to all the DS3 talk this week on podcasts has made me restart DS2.

visually it looks stunning, well it does when sat next to Aliens CM

Judging from the reviews now coming out, that's not all that hard to do

and 3 is already marked down 33% today thru Origin for all platforms, physical or not

theres some cool flying around in space parts that are kinda fun when I put in some time yesterday.. but yeah definitely not worth paying full price. Im glad I got the $20 amazon rebate for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNtUzSMKeE

From Glen Schofield, co-creator of Dead Space. Lots of similarities. Set on Jupiter's moon, looking forward to some good exterior visuals at some point in the game.

The first DS is one of my 'pretty good game that I never finished but don't have any reason not to really, also stop buying new games idiot'

so I might have to jump back into that hothouse boss fight then.

Never forget the STOMP

Own DS 1-3, but haven't played the 3rd yet (have that same "stop buying new games, finish your plate" situation). Enjoyed the DS story, so would recommend finishing the first, at least. The final battle is fun. Speaking of story, reminds me I haven't finished "Bioshock: Infinite" either.

i bought DS even though it's not officially supported on my OS and i am only about 25% of the way through downloading it. i hear it's good though.