Poll: SPOILERS Dead Space 2 has gone too far.
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I shouldn't have read this...I bought the game yesterday, haven't gotten ANYWHERE on it and I'm already freaked out.
Hell I was freaked out by that hallucination of a zombie-like version of Isaac's wife right near the beginning.
Hell I was freaked out by that hallucination of a zombie-like version of Isaac's wife right near the beginning.
No I didn't think the game went too far.People knew before buying the game what the game will offer.
Everyone who was expecting this game since it was announced has checked trailers/dev diaries/gameplay movies.The game is 18+ and is a survival -horror- with a lot of gore.
If you think that exploding babies is "going too far" then you shouldn't have gotten the game.You should have expected something like this to happen.I've seen worse in other games in other games.
The only thing that was scary for me in the game was the sound of those babies/pack made every time they would rush towards me so,yes,I think that was very essential to the ambiance/atmosphere of the game.
Everyone who was expecting this game since it was announced has checked trailers/dev diaries/gameplay movies.The game is 18+ and is a survival -horror- with a lot of gore.
If you think that exploding babies is "going too far" then you shouldn't have gotten the game.You should have expected something like this to happen.I've seen worse in other games in other games.
The only thing that was scary for me in the game was the sound of those babies/pack made every time they would rush towards me so,yes,I think that was very essential to the ambiance/atmosphere of the game.
But the thing is, you're not shooting babies. It's simple as that. You're shooting aliens.HotFezz8 said:
But still, you haven't answered Gralian's question and I'm kind of curious myself about it; why are nurseries 'sacred places'?
Since I was put on probation for my previous post, I will post it again.
Dead Space cannot be taken seriously. It just can't. Consider its context, consider how not serious it is. As such, it should be allowed to do whatever it will.
Seriously, that's the point of games - do whatever without harm to anyone. (Yeah, there's also such games who try be serious. Except that Dead Space clearly isn't. Very clearly.)
Why did I call that human who considers it serious a disabled person? Because making the distinction between real and "for entertainment" is comparable to ability to reason in healthy and unhealthy individuals. On that note, I see why my post could seem offensive being so short and overly to the point, but I merely put out what I think about all the people who go and start bashing pieces of things (that are clearly not serious about themselves) as immoral or moral or whatever and make a big deal out of it.
So, sorry if someone was offended, but I still think that the problem with someone who is offended is still that someone, not the one who offends so easily by not even trying. (In this case: mind you, the forum rules! You are too easy to offend.)
Dead Space cannot be taken seriously. It just can't. Consider its context, consider how not serious it is. As such, it should be allowed to do whatever it will.
Seriously, that's the point of games - do whatever without harm to anyone. (Yeah, there's also such games who try be serious. Except that Dead Space clearly isn't. Very clearly.)
Why did I call that human who considers it serious a disabled person? Because making the distinction between real and "for entertainment" is comparable to ability to reason in healthy and unhealthy individuals. On that note, I see why my post could seem offensive being so short and overly to the point, but I merely put out what I think about all the people who go and start bashing pieces of things (that are clearly not serious about themselves) as immoral or moral or whatever and make a big deal out of it.
So, sorry if someone was offended, but I still think that the problem with someone who is offended is still that someone, not the one who offends so easily by not even trying. (In this case: mind you, the forum rules! You are too easy to offend.)
In a creepy, disturbing way it does.Justanothergamer300 said:
Does that look like a kid to you
You should go and read "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z. Brite. Books can be just as disturbing as video games.MaxP779 said:
What really struck me was how horrible that nursery must have been. A child being surrounded by bright multicolored lights and high contrasting colors is going to be to distracted to learn.
Have you played the first game?HotFezz8 said:
Those necromorphs with the three tentacles that shoot at you?
They're foetuses for god's sake.
The babies are nothing.
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I always thought for Fallout 3 (The Pitt expansion), you so should get the third option of eating the baby and absorbing its powers - otherwise its just either one dick in charge or another. That would give it true choices!MrDeckard said:
OT: As many have said: Lurkers.
Look 'em up.
If that imagery disturbs you, then I kindly suggest to better seperate fiction from reality.
Trying to use video games as a morality barometer is pointless, because you aren't thinking with the same mindset/logic while gaming that you do in real life (suspension of disbelief, anyone?)
Trying to use video games as a morality barometer is pointless, because you aren't thinking with the same mindset/logic while gaming that you do in real life (suspension of disbelief, anyone?)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there feral fetal frightening monstrosities in Dead Space 1? The little things that crawled around and jumped all over the place and had tentacles that basically looked like Link's hookshot from hell?
Er...the part I find most disturbing was actually in Dead Space. Finding the babies that are still human, floating in the vats. They are still alive. They are moving and wiggling around, completely oblivious and content. Knowing that there's nothing you can do to save from what is certain to happen to them is was gets me.
I gues that,s what thye call dead baby humor YEEEEEEAH!!!!!!!!!!
pun humor aside
its their game and they decide what,s okay its not intended for people who cant handle it (conservative moms and kids)
pun humor aside
its their game and they decide what,s okay its not intended for people who cant handle it (conservative moms and kids)
The game isn't trying to offend anyone (intentionally) and it isn't just doing this because it thinks this is funny. It's trying to be scary, if you don't think the concept of a dark nursery filled with crying that just suddenly stops and now it sounds a little like laughing and there's this little tapping noise coming from behind you is scary, then why are you criticizing a game you made, EA game drone 372?
It's just a shame that Dead Space knows how to do horror the same why I know how to please a woman.....I'm so lonely ;_;
It's just a shame that Dead Space knows how to do horror the same why I know how to please a woman.....I'm so lonely ;_;
The part where you see the first exploding baby hug the woman almost made me cry with laughter. But maybe i'm just a little sick.
Anyway, killing the children seems more like a favour than anything else, when you play the Airport in MW2, or the Taliban in MoH (if they hadn't pussied out) your killing innocents or you're playing the bad guy. It's a completely different situation in Dead Space.
They're evil mutants for fuck sake.
Anyway, killing the children seems more like a favour than anything else, when you play the Airport in MW2, or the Taliban in MoH (if they hadn't pussied out) your killing innocents or you're playing the bad guy. It's a completely different situation in Dead Space.
They're evil mutants for fuck sake.