Help With Dead Space? (Impossible Mode)

[Macgyvercas]

First off, lose the Pulse Rifle. It does jack shit.

Really now? I've found it as effective as my Plasma Cutter in most cases. Even more so against the Leviathan, since the high ROF causes the damage to skyrocket if you keep landing hits on the damn tentacles.

Although I do think that storing it in the bank and picking up the Line Gun is a fair idea.

Okay, the be fair, the Pulse Rifle is good against the tentacles due to them being a relatively large target, but its not as effective in dismemberment.

The Plasma Cutter has a wider firing area, and the Line Gun will pretty much rip through anything and everything when fully upgraded.

I've purchased the Force Gun, and I plan on using that for the next while (I am now on Chapter 9), and if I have any problems I'll throw it out for the line gun. Thing is, again, the only real problem with ammo I have are these guys: http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Guardians. They suck up ammo like a tank, but the Force Gun should handle them for now.

Trust me, if the line gun fired vertically, it'd own everything.

Guardians...Explosive canisters, if you can get them, fired with Kinesis, make short work of them. The Line Gun secondary fire works well, too.

True, but I never had the chance to use the Line Gun secondary fire. Upside to the Force Gun, in the case I need to buy ammo, god forbid, the Force Gun's is cheapest at 900 credits for 3 shots. This is pretty good considering it's effectiveness at knocking enemies back, especially Twitchers.

Good god I hate the Twitchers!

Bastards are fast enough to dodge the Line Gun. Got around that by aiming at the midriff, but it took me a bit to figure that out.

 

[Nueemann]

When it comes to upgrading the suit, Id recommend you stop upgrading after level 3. The third one is the coolest and has the amount of spaces that you actually need.

Yes, but you can skip suits. I've still got the original at the moment, and I'm planning on getting the 20 slot one and then that's it. (until the military suit anyway)

It's a good idea to either buy the Tank Suit (DLC) or to play through a second time and get the Military suit before doing Impossible, I did that to get the Maxed Out and One Gun achievenents.

 

[Danzaivar]

I'd recommend swapping your pulse rifle with the force gun. The main shot can knock down groups (VITAL for chapter 10+) and the alt-fire mine things are awesome if you're accurate with it. Pulse rifles okay but not really accurate for dismemberment = wasted ammo, kinda a problem on impossible.

Trust me tho, the knock-down of the force gun WILL save your ass against the twitchers you encounter later on.

 

[Nueemann]

When it comes to upgrading the suit, Id recommend you stop upgrading after level 3. The third one is the coolest and has the amount of spaces that you actually need.

Yes, but you can skip suits. I've still got the original at the moment, and I'm planning on getting the 20 slot one and then that's it. (until the military suit anyway)

It's a good idea to either buy the Tank Suit (DLC) or to play through a second time and get the Military suit before doing Impossible, I did that to get the Maxed Out and One Gun achievenents.

Yes spend money to make easy game even easier

And you can't use the military suit in a new difficulty without glitching

Really? All I did was play the game, play it again and bought the suit, then started a new playthrough on Impossible, didn't know that was a glitch.

 

[Nueemann]

Let's see, 3:01 PM my time, just started Chapter 10, think I can finish the game by 10:00?

 

[Nueemann]

When it comes to upgrading the suit, Id recommend you stop upgrading after level 3. The third one is the coolest and has the amount of spaces that you actually need.

Yes, but you can skip suits. I've still got the original at the moment, and I'm planning on getting the 20 slot one and then that's it. (until the military suit anyway)

It's a good idea to either buy the Tank Suit (DLC) or to play through a second time and get the Military suit before doing Impossible, I did that to get the Maxed Out and One Gun achievenents.

Yes spend money to make easy game even easier

And you can't use the military suit in a new difficulty without glitching

Really? All I did was play the game, play it again and bought the suit, then started a new playthrough on Impossible, didn't know that was a glitch.

Y apparently you buy the suit and finish it, and then immediately start a new game on impossible. And you're wearing the suit then, I think. It's a glitch, it's not supposed to happen.

Oh, maybe it's just a glitch they hid purposely in the game, like the cheats. I mean it's not game breaking, and it's helpful enough to make Impossible bearable.

 

[Nueemann]

I'd recommend swapping your pulse rifle with the force gun. The main shot can knock down groups (VITAL for chapter 10+) and the alt-fire mine things are awesome if you're accurate with it. Pulse rifles okay but not really accurate for dismemberment = wasted ammo, kinda a problem on impossible.

Trust me tho, the knock-down of the force gun WILL save your ass against the twitchers you encounter later on.

I wish I had discovered this before I started the game. The Force Gun + Plasma Cutter + Stasis = Rape on any difficulty. The Force Gun kills the swarming enemies easily, knocks down the bigger ones, making them easy to stasis, and the Plasma Cutter finishes them off. Beautiful.

 

[zhoban]

I am currently doing my third playthrough of Dead Space, first one on Impossible, and I'm currently on Chapter 8, but I am having a bit of weapon trouble.

I currently have a Plasma Cutter and Pulse rifle with the Damage and Reload speed along with some Capacity upgraded on each one, I've also got all of the suit upgrades. (Although I believe I have more upgrades on the rifle.)

My question is, should I keep going with these weapons, or replace one with a Line Gun or Flamethrower, and if so, which one should I get rid of, which one do I buy. I like the Pulse Rifle for crowd control, and I find myself using it more than the Plasma Cutter, but the Plasma Cutter is more accurate at range.

Please don't suggest getting a third weapon, since ammo is rare on Impossible, and two weapons are manageable, but I don't think three would be.

EDIT: I also already have the One Gun achievement, and I have all the damage upgrades for both, not just some.

Shinerbock88 on TrueAchievements has a great explanation on how to do everything. Use the Plasma Cutter on normal enemies and bosses, use the Line Gun on enemies where you have to destroy multiple limbs at once like the Lurker and then use the Force Gun on the Swarms or use it on a group of enemies who may have rushed you and you have no time to pull out another weapon. I've been using that guide for my entire Impossible playthrough and it's helped me a lot. I've also used the Stasis and Oxygen cheats. And then I bought the Tank Suit from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace since it has 60% resistance as well as the Heavy Damage Plasma Cutter, Speed Kills Line Gun and Speed Kills Force Gun.

Link to guide: http://www.trueachievements.com/viewcomment.aspx?commentid=47755#vch