I recall that line-to-destination thing being used in Dead Space... was it patched in or something? I mean I only played it for two hours but I did follow a Isaac-issued glowing neon line to my objective a LOT...
Review: Dead Space 2
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To be fair to the game:
1) Not really a problem as the combat is amazing and it's fun to kill large groups of enemies, especially when you have a plethora of weapons on you at one time (really helps to mix up the combat)
2) Do shambling monstrocities formed from decomposing corpses ever really have a welcome to overstay?
I was a little worried about Issac being given a voice this time through- not because I didn't want it to happen, but I was worried he'd be given a voice that didn't "fit" him. I was pleased with what I heard, though; Issac sounds like a confused and frightened but determined (and somewhat deadpan-snarker) human being who knows he's got to get things done in order to survive this. It helped me relate to him a lot better than when he was a blank-slate mute. Also, kudos to EA for fixing all of the PC port problems; the mouse control is exceptionally snappy and responsive and I never felt like I was wrestling it to aim where I wanted to.
Probably one of my chief complaints this time around was regarding some of the "cutscenes" where you suddenly had control of Issac but weren't made explicitly aware of it. I got myself splattered a couple of times just dumbly staring at the screen without realizing I was supposed to be doing stuff.
And a little spoiler aside:
Probably one of my chief complaints this time around was regarding some of the "cutscenes" where you suddenly had control of Issac but weren't made explicitly aware of it. I got myself splattered a couple of times just dumbly staring at the screen without realizing I was supposed to be doing stuff.
And a little spoiler aside:
Does EVERY remotely horror-themed game lately have to have a level in a creepy school? Though I have to say that the Sprawl's school is up there with FEAR 2 in terms of situational creepyness. I also had to laugh when I saw that they were doing a play based on Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
I think Dead Space and Dead Space 2 try for different kinds of horror. While the first one was all about the first encounter with a terrifying enemy, I don't think that is what 2 (in my opinion, at least) was, or at least should, have been about. I think 2 should have forgotten about the enemies themselves being scary, or at least not focus on it as much. I think it was/should have been about the psychological terror of a civilian station falling, along with Isaac's own condition. I remember reading it on here, and if I remember correctly, MiracleOfSound said it
If they had focused more on that, it could have added a whole new psychological level of horror to the game. Anyways, I've beaten it already, and am playing through again to unlock all the suits that I can. Definitely one I will be playing through a few more times.
the Sprawl fell too quickly.
This review was spot on, and the game is still fun after the second and third play throughs.
On the subject of multiplayer, I really liked it and I feel like I'm going to be playing that more than anything else for a while. It's really fresh. They do need to make some more levels and maybe a few more classes and weapons. Oh well, it's really good. It feels like they set out to make it good, not just tacked it on like, in my opinion, Bioshock 2's multiplayer felt.
On the subject of multiplayer, I really liked it and I feel like I'm going to be playing that more than anything else for a while. It's really fresh. They do need to make some more levels and maybe a few more classes and weapons. Oh well, it's really good. It feels like they set out to make it good, not just tacked it on like, in my opinion, Bioshock 2's multiplayer felt.
I disagree. I love to be too scared to play a game. At the time it's not great, looking at the desktop icon and thinking "I want to play, but it's too damn scary!"; but ultimately that feeling rocks, especially when the game in question is actually really good but it scares you senseless. Take for example Amnesia. That game had me scared like a little girl every time, and I gave up at one part not because I couldn't do it due to skill but because I was too scared. I did it eventually, and the feeling remained throughout the game. I loved it, even though I was afraid. It's a strange thing.Anoctris said:
You can want to play a game that makes you scared to play it. It's hard to describe unless you feel it.
Okay seriously, you can't just use this critique that one would give for, say, Call of Duty for something like Dead Space. Besides the repetetive combat, the game is SUPPOSED to look bland because it's a depressing as hell place to be. And as far as the story goes, DS2 actually does a much better job of really fleshing out the world your in and Isaac's character. Dead Space 1 was practically a giant fetch quest.mrhateful said:
Not the greatest game but then again no game is perfect and no game will ever be perfect.
But as for my thoughts I like how they've made Issac a more relatible charater by adding a voice, you can sense his emotions. They've certainly made Issac more of a charater by showing his mechanic side where he has to hack computers and crawl through air vents. and for the game play it is quite enjoyable if you don't mind the similarity to the first game with some changes such as monsters, setting and new charaters.
But as for my thoughts I like how they've made Issac a more relatible charater by adding a voice, you can sense his emotions. They've certainly made Issac more of a charater by showing his mechanic side where he has to hack computers and crawl through air vents. and for the game play it is quite enjoyable if you don't mind the similarity to the first game with some changes such as monsters, setting and new charaters.
Dead Space 2 manual states that since the events of the original Dead Space, the flamethrower technology underwent some advancements while Isaac was locked away for those years. One such advancement was the ability to allow a short, yet sustainable burst of flamethrower thrust and power in vacuumed areas. Also, many people discussed this on the Dead Space forums. One such argument was the following:Wang Wei said:
"The Flamethrower does not work in a vacuum, due to the lack of oxygen needed to sustain the flame. This is technically an error by EA, since in reality hydrazine - a hypergolic fuel - is typically used with a liquid oxidizer stored along with it, and can even burn without any oxidizer as a mono-propellant. Therefore, a hydrazine flamethrower could theoretically be made to work in a vacuum. (This error is corrected in Extraction.)"
So... it works.
More flames for everybody!Most people in the Dead Space universe are Unitologists, the largest recorded religion in Human history, at least in the Dead Space universe. Unitologists claim that death is only the beginning, and that through death they'll all be united together in one large cause, or known as Convergence (to be fair, this is true in the games. Whenever a Convergence event occurs, a Hive Mind is born, which is a massive singular creature composed of thousands of victims. To complete this, they must give their bodies to the Marker. Many who go insane from the Marker's delusions and are religious end up believing it's a holy event, and "embrace" the damnations.dashiz94 said:
So yes, there's a few moments such as that, but most end up running their asses off from the monsters, usually to be cut down in the process. To be fairly honest though, that part of the exploding baby in the arms of the mother is possibly the worst part to watch in the entire game, so if you can overlook it, then you're fine. Until of course you reach "Step 4" of the dementia with the machine, as any of the players can agree, that part was just disturbing. Hope it helps, and do know that Dead Space doesn't shy away from sometimes disturbing content, just wanting you to know before you decide to try it out!
I found Dead Space 2 to be one of the greatest singleplayer games I've played, and after reading that I really wanna try the multiplayer.Nizarras said:
Seem's odd for a game to have such a great campaign mode while having a (seemingly) good multiplayer.
Nice review, I slightly disagree with 4/5 but meh...
I don't know what difficulty is being shown in the review. All I know is I put the game on the hardest difficulty available from the start and they are significantly more evil than whatever was being shown. They just stood there, letting her shoot them. Their hits did like no damage. I'm lucky to survive two hits from anything bigger than the pack.
Why do I keep doing this to myself? It could be so much easier! I might even have ammo! I've been going through chapter 10 (not sure if I got to 11 yet. I might have) on two ripper ammo and whatever scraps the necromorphs drop (used instantly).
Why do I always have this compulsion to make everything so difficult? For everyone else in my boat, what are we thinking!?
Why do I keep doing this to myself? It could be so much easier! I might even have ammo! I've been going through chapter 10 (not sure if I got to 11 yet. I might have) on two ripper ammo and whatever scraps the necromorphs drop (used instantly).
Why do I always have this compulsion to make everything so difficult? For everyone else in my boat, what are we thinking!?
didn't play the first game cuz even if the series isn't supposed to be scary and only startling...I know I'd be freaked out of my pants
but Dead Space 2 does intrigue me...if I went through the events of the first game I'd need to be locked up in a mental asylum too =.=
like seriously
but Dead Space 2 does intrigue me...if I went through the events of the first game I'd need to be locked up in a mental asylum too =.=
like seriously
I haven't bought it just yet, but I'm getting it some time. This was pretty helpful, thank you. I wasn't particularly horrified by the first game, although it did have some good atmosphere at points and a great story. Of course, I don't get scared a lot by games or movies. Although, Dead Space was particularly very very fun. I couldn't jump when a necromorph popped out at me: I was to busy laughing as I sawed his arms and legs off with a hovering blade of pain.
i didnt find when Isaac had dementia moments scary like nicole appearing every so often i felt like oh shut up nicole nobody cares. i didnt like that you could change the objective line because i felt it was alot scarier when your looking at your map and your thinking is something going to jump out at you. Armour upgrades were boring just new suits plus you stop looking like an engineer -_- and if upgrade your weapon to the max e.g. the seeker rifle you dont need to blow off the limbs. The marker im confused about that i swear on the DS1 is was a null to stop the necros getting told what to do from the end boss ?. The jet pack made the anti grav bits boring i liked jumping from one platform to another and flamerthrower in space whaaaat -_- but i liked Isaac's voice because wasnt a macho space marine voice i just think DS1 was better like how the the first letter of every chapters name spelt out nicole is dead. soooo i think i was meh complete it about 5 times got 48 out 50 achievement.
Wonder how many people that thought dead apace 1 was not scary do not have 5.1+ surround sound?
I dunno if i would say the game was OMFG scary. But i would say the tension that the use of sound created in that game created was a bit nerve racking. Like when you could hear stuff crawling thru the ducts above you, or hear noses coming thru the ducts who knows form how far away, or girders creaking like they going to give away.
Biggest scare moments of ds2 was again the sound. The whole pop out stuff was never scary it was done to death in doom and etc, so us old school fps players just aim and shoot when stuff start bursting out of lockers, vents, ceilings, flooring, etc rather than go OMG mob number 1000 burst out of X i am so scared. But the nice quiet moments when a very LOUD sound came blasting out of your subwoofer and speakers, especially when you attention was drawn elsewhere.
Beyond that my biggest gripe with dead space 2 is just how predictable the plot was, i mean i loved the game it is a ton of fun and the lack of backtracking made it 10x better for me than the first one, but i could see almost every plot point from 10 miles away, the game just just too predictable in that reguard.
I dunno if i would say the game was OMFG scary. But i would say the tension that the use of sound created in that game created was a bit nerve racking. Like when you could hear stuff crawling thru the ducts above you, or hear noses coming thru the ducts who knows form how far away, or girders creaking like they going to give away.
Biggest scare moments of ds2 was again the sound. The whole pop out stuff was never scary it was done to death in doom and etc, so us old school fps players just aim and shoot when stuff start bursting out of lockers, vents, ceilings, flooring, etc rather than go OMG mob number 1000 burst out of X i am so scared. But the nice quiet moments when a very LOUD sound came blasting out of your subwoofer and speakers, especially when you attention was drawn elsewhere.
Beyond that my biggest gripe with dead space 2 is just how predictable the plot was, i mean i loved the game it is a ton of fun and the lack of backtracking made it 10x better for me than the first one, but i could see almost every plot point from 10 miles away, the game just just too predictable in that reguard.
You don't really make a good case as to why you like this game so much. This review makes it sound mediocre at best. A supposed horror game that "never truly gets scary?" Well that's pretty pointless. I felt that way about the first dead space and still enjoyed it, but it's that not-going-the-whole-nine-yards factor that is making me pass on this game, at least for a while until a major price drop.
