Dead Space 2 Is No Resident Evil 4
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It seems like there's always something designed to vex those who give it any thought. I think the folding helmet/armor/batmobile thing is ridiculous, too....from a design standpoint its not only impractical but usually impossible for the device to accomplish its intended job (like, say, being airtight). That said, I can at least theorize that sometime in the far future they've developed some amazingly sophisticated nanotech memory metal that does all that for dirt cheap, thus making a helmet like that more practical.
What REALLY bothers me is that punk ass gun deal in RE4. Not that he's especially out of place, but clearly the guy has three important bits of information that create massive, glaring plot holes so far as I am concerned. Specifically:
1. He knows how to get around that complex safely and secretly, because he's always ahead of Leon everywhere you go.
2. He must be immune to the whole parasite/exploding head/virus thingy because he's one of a handful of people clearly unaffected.
3. He has all the guns that Leon needs, but Leon's such a danged goody-two-shoes that he stops and politely buys stuff from this fellow as he can afford it. What The....as they say in TV Tropes: Fridge logic anyone??!!?!?!?
What REALLY bothers me is that punk ass gun deal in RE4. Not that he's especially out of place, but clearly the guy has three important bits of information that create massive, glaring plot holes so far as I am concerned. Specifically:
1. He knows how to get around that complex safely and secretly, because he's always ahead of Leon everywhere you go.
2. He must be immune to the whole parasite/exploding head/virus thingy because he's one of a handful of people clearly unaffected.
3. He has all the guns that Leon needs, but Leon's such a danged goody-two-shoes that he stops and politely buys stuff from this fellow as he can afford it. What The....as they say in TV Tropes: Fridge logic anyone??!!?!?!?
Kinda funny how Half Life 2 actually puts out a tone of that which Yahtzee points out. The thing I am talking about is offcourse the zombies that have been turned how they are by headcrabs.
First off you got the screams. Put them on fire. You'll know what I'm talking about.
Second. When you kill them by whacking the headcrab off, you can see that they still are human.
I found that disturbing in many ways.
Good article, and you made me chuckle at the helm part. I see how all those moving bits can create a problem. For making a protective layer at least.
First off you got the screams. Put them on fire. You'll know what I'm talking about.
Second. When you kill them by whacking the headcrab off, you can see that they still are human.
I found that disturbing in many ways.
Good article, and you made me chuckle at the helm part. I see how all those moving bits can create a problem. For making a protective layer at least.
I remember saying to myself the entire time while playing Dead Space 2 that "Isaac Clarke should really get a helmet that isn't set to peel away in a cut scene situation". Seriously, there are occurrences in cutscenes in which a strike to the head could be fatal but the helmet still comes off. Keep up the great work Yahtzee.
I loved Dead Space 1, and I mean I really loved it. To the point that I played it through three times on different difficulties and collected every Trophy. It was scary and had just enough gore and in my opinion a good story.
Dead Space 2 on the other hand... I have yet to buy. The reviews, the comments and trailers have put me off. Games with gore are good, but games just deliberatly trying to be gory and 'Gruesome' just dont appeal to me. For instance I have never seen the appeal of the Saw films beyond the story behind them. I dont want to watch a man pull his eye out or cut his arm off or whatever.
I'll probably get the game eventually, when its cheaper probably so i can see for myself. But im already dissapointed that the series has taken this direction.
Dead Space 2 on the other hand... I have yet to buy. The reviews, the comments and trailers have put me off. Games with gore are good, but games just deliberatly trying to be gory and 'Gruesome' just dont appeal to me. For instance I have never seen the appeal of the Saw films beyond the story behind them. I dont want to watch a man pull his eye out or cut his arm off or whatever.
I'll probably get the game eventually, when its cheaper probably so i can see for myself. But im already dissapointed that the series has taken this direction.
The helmet argument i agree with. Not because i find it unrealistic, but because it just feels a bit overdone these days. Also i was a bit disappointed by the games cover. It just wasent anywhere near as ominous as the cover for the first game.
Please review vanquish. I feel like it would be one of those games that you would have so many colourful things to complain about, things that other reviewers seem to have missed. I certainly did...
Re: ending sequence to RE4. That was such a slap across the face that I almost dropped my controller. 15 seconds before, Leon delivers what is possibly his lamest line all game, which is btw INCREDIBLE given how many awesome ones he had before. And then, with brilliant accompanying music, you get a very serious (and lame line free) look at a nice peaceful village turning into a bunch of freaks. Who you just shot to pieces like a giggling school girl.
Damn capcom. Right in the family jewels. Didn't know you had it in you.
P.S. I must still be in proximal-to-valentines-day-forced-optimism mode, making review requests. *FORCES OPTIMISM EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
Re: ending sequence to RE4. That was such a slap across the face that I almost dropped my controller. 15 seconds before, Leon delivers what is possibly his lamest line all game, which is btw INCREDIBLE given how many awesome ones he had before. And then, with brilliant accompanying music, you get a very serious (and lame line free) look at a nice peaceful village turning into a bunch of freaks. Who you just shot to pieces like a giggling school girl.
Damn capcom. Right in the family jewels. Didn't know you had it in you.
P.S. I must still be in proximal-to-valentines-day-forced-optimism mode, making review requests. *FORCES OPTIMISM EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
Wait a minute, why does the improbable nature of the helmet pulls you out of the game?
What about all those in game instructions that tells you to press for "action" ?
I don't need a press a button in real life to run. It stands to reason that Issac wouldn't either.
Or hell... what about the weapons? It would have been cooler if Issac took actual tools and turned it into weapons through the work bench. Instead we are shown an action scene where the plasma cutter which fires beams of plasma is normally used a medical device. That is one malpractice suit just waiting to happen.
That you can acquire full working suits of armor in any shop. You are the only one in the game that uses this capability. If I had a vending machine at my workplace that sold guns and armor and the zombie apocalypse occurs, you can bet that I would do my hardest to get at those spoils.
... this game doesn't scare me ... it just frustrates me.
What about all those in game instructions that tells you to press for "action" ?
I don't need a press a button in real life to run. It stands to reason that Issac wouldn't either.
Or hell... what about the weapons? It would have been cooler if Issac took actual tools and turned it into weapons through the work bench. Instead we are shown an action scene where the plasma cutter which fires beams of plasma is normally used a medical device. That is one malpractice suit just waiting to happen.
That you can acquire full working suits of armor in any shop. You are the only one in the game that uses this capability. If I had a vending machine at my workplace that sold guns and armor and the zombie apocalypse occurs, you can bet that I would do my hardest to get at those spoils.
... this game doesn't scare me ... it just frustrates me.
The zombie screaming in HL2 creeps the hell out of me every time I hear it. I like to think that they're just decayed/mutated/insane enough not to be able to think or vocalize properly, but human enough to still react recognizably to pain. Which is horrifying in itself.Fronzel said:
On topic, kinda: I loved the fold-out suit in Iron-Man 2
Unrealistic, yes, but very very awesome.
It's a fun game. And the atmosphere is still creepy enough to keep you on your guard, with the 'anything can happen'. Yeah it's a bit more action-packed, it's fine with me, I actually *enjoyed* it, which is something I learned after RE4. The shifts in the horror-genre of games has been disappointing, but as a game by itself, is it still fun to play? And i'll have to say yes, it's a top-notch game with awesome creatures and graphics and weapons. Yes, some games are selling out the horror with more action, but they are still very enjoyable. One can only hope that something new will come to replace that which has been lost since the earlier Silent Hill and RE games. Sorry tho, Amnesia wasn't it, found that a lil boring and tedious to be honest...
And like someone else pointed out, there are toooo many other things that are so far removed from reality that a little folding helmet shouldn't take that much from the experience...unless it opens and closes every 5 minutes. Somethings you just need to not think too much about..it *is* funny that it always seems to be open at the most inopportune moment, I'll admit.
And like someone else pointed out, there are toooo many other things that are so far removed from reality that a little folding helmet shouldn't take that much from the experience...unless it opens and closes every 5 minutes. Somethings you just need to not think too much about..it *is* funny that it always seems to be open at the most inopportune moment, I'll admit.
Ceramics dude. I don't know if metals can be ceramics but I do know ceramics make some of the best impact proof suits available. Isaacs suit on the other hand is intended for industrial use so you'd guess heat and cold proof and moderately good against pressure and with all them carbon nanotubes we have now by a space age I'll bet we'll have the means.
Yeah, I always find it amusing how so many people just automatically agree with everything Yahtzee says even when they haven't played the game.Serenegoose said:Hey, it's my viewpoint, but I didn't have to say it! Thanks, Miracle!
PS what he said.
Judge for yourselves, folks!
Enough with the friggin horror complaints, its so irritating, If you haven't turned 40 already and stopped bitching maybe you'll find a game to consider scary? If not, look in the mirror and scream your lungs out. Ugh just shut up!!! Its a great game that "Startles" and "Scares" hell it scared the hell out of of me because of the atmospheric consider I put myself in while playing. You figure it out Yahtzee, oy.
I gotta say that foldy uppy helmet thing in the Lost in Space movie pissed me off more than the CG monkey.