The Real Sandman said:
garcicus said:
Haha First! Great video... always come back on wens just for this... it makes my hump day
Oh mighty Mod God, smite thee.
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Anywho...
It always makes laugh when people tell me how "scary" and "atmospheric" Dead Space is. Really, its about as scary and atmospheric as Saw or Hostel. Its not so much survival/horror as it is more of an interactive gore porno.
It is. Though it's only REALLY scary on the first playthrough. I will admit though, that the feeling of isolation was diluted somewhat since Isaac wasn't totally alone this time.
If you want to get the most out of Dead Space 2, do what I did - slap on a turtle beach headset and crank up the settings (Volume, Bass and of course the sound range expansion or w/e it's called) it completely changes the experience. I was able to hear so many more sounds than I did without it it was like night and day.
I'm not gonna argue that it's largely jump scares, but for some reason Dead Space succeeds where Resident Evil has failed lately. By which I mean that the DS series pretty much forces the player into a near-constant state of paranoia, which only helps build on the tension and atmosphere.
Now, I maintain that nothing scares the piss out of you like the Silent Hill series (namely #2, and hopefully 8 which is looking good so far) but DS does a decent enough job while keeping a genuinely interesting plot going. At least now Isaac has a personality.
tl;dr Game is awesome, hater's gonna hate.