Just Completed Dead Space- MUST PLAY GAME!!

Hey all,

Just a few minutes ago, I completed Dead Space. Damn, that was an amazing game all around. Firstly, its powered by a deep and engaging story that places a value on the few characters in the story and help propell it through each of its exciting and different 12 chapters. Graphically, this game has top-notch detail, lighting, and technical effects. It also pulls of its dismemberment gameplay to perfection as the dismemberment is very believable and pleasing till the very end. Artistically, the aliens tend to scare A LOT. They are gruesome, grotesque and overall abominations.

The gameplay is tight as well, with an emphasis on an over-the-shoulder 3rd person view similar to an Uncharted or Resident Evil 4. The gameplay is very simple, with only a few weapons that you can upgrade as you progress. With each weapon, there are various uses for them and they each tend to correspond to a different type of creature. The boss fights always are exciting and the puzzles also test your logic and ability to solve tasks. The HUD in the game is all within your character, allowing you to stay in the game and keeping things scary.

Overall, this is a very scary game with a great atmosphere, tight gameplay, and a deep storyline that expands into animated movies as well. THIS IS A MUST-PLAY!

I don't like scary games.

I sold my Silent Hill after 20 mins playing it.:x

I don't like scary games.

I sold my Silent Hill after 20 mins playing it.:x

EZs

IMO Dead Space should've won the best graphics this year. I'm not too much into graphics, but I can hopnestly say that the graphics in that game boosted the atmosphere to space... to dead space.

Also, does no one finds funny how Dead Space is nominated for best voice acting and yet, the main character never speaks a single word?? lol

I don't like scary games.

I sold my Silent Hill after 20 mins playing it.:x

EZs

Many of you would be surprised but Dead Space's engine is actually The Godfather's!!! I really liked the game but I am a picky person so here's what I didn't like about it: - same environment (the exact same problem as with FEAR and Bioshock) - monsters do get "old" by chapter 9; you start rushing through the missions not to deal with them - wish there was something other than monsters to kill - not enough adventure/exploration/puzzles in the game - not enough interaction with characters, not many cinematics - "dead" main character, aka absolutely no emotions or dialogues - girlfriend isn't presented well enough for the player to have any sort of emotional connection with her - limbs more important than head? are their brains stored there? - body stucture of monsters is too similar to humans Last mission was great! We get to be "outside" and there were lots of dialogues and cinematics; even got to see some emotion from the main character. I wish it'd be more like that throughout the whole game. More interaction, dialogues, cinematics, environment. Hope they will add all of that in the sequel!Davidhye

Doesn't it use the Tiger Woods game engine?

I got annoyed by the "Ugh...why me?" objectives so I didn't finish it. Plus the Ripper is hilariously fun but too loud, so I can't play it in class.siLVURcross

Favorite weapon though moved from the plasma cutter to the force gun, holy crap that thing is awesome, nothing like stopping a brute in mid charge and then blowing off an arm with a contact beam shot.

I don't like scary games.

I sold my Silent Hill after 20 mins playing it.:x

EZs

If your talking about the first Silent Hill on PS1, then I understand.

[QUOTE="EZs"]

I don't like scary games.

I sold my Silent Hill after 20 mins playing it.:x

Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="EZs"]

I don't like scary games.

I sold my Silent Hill after 20 mins playing it.:x

dream431ca

If your talking about the first Silent Hill on PS1, then I understand.

Hey all,

Just a few minutes ago, I completed Dead Space. Damn, that was an amazing game all around. Firstly, its powered by a deep and engaging story that places a value on the few characters in the story and help propell it through each of its exciting and different 12 chapters. Graphically, this game has top-notch detail, lighting, and technical effects. It also pulls of its dismemberment gameplay to perfection as the dismemberment is very believable and pleasing till the very end. Artistically, the aliens tend to scare A LOT. They are gruesome, grotesque and overall abominations.

The gameplay is tight as well, with an emphasis on an over-the-shoulder 3rd person view similar to an Uncharted or Resident Evil 4. The gameplay is very simple, with only a few weapons that you can upgrade as you progress. With each weapon, there are various uses for them and they each tend to correspond to a different type of creature. The boss fights always are exciting and the puzzles also test your logic and ability to solve tasks. The HUD in the game is all within your character, allowing you to stay in the game and keeping things scary.

Overall, this is a very scary game with a great atmosphere, tight gameplay, and a deep storyline that expands into animated movies as well. THIS IS A MUST-PLAY!

MonkaTG

I thought it looked cool, but then I played the demo, seems very overrated IMOWaffle_Fish

I got up to the part where you have to shoot the asteroids and haven't played it since. Stupid things like that shouldn't be in a survival horror game, it's too hard to get them all with the Dualshock controller.LightReflection

And why is it so hard exactly?? I have both trophies for both ADS Cannon parts

The story was a disappointment IMO. I just started to not care near the end of the game. It was a RE4 ripoff, but it was still a great game. The first time you play it, you do get hooked, but I was just disappointed once I finished it.gbpman630

i mean just because it used that over-the-shoulder camera doesnt make it a rip-off... its just a camera angle... How was the story a disappointment? If you read the text logs and listened to the audio file things then the story really builds momentum

Want a cookie? The cannon moves too slow for the amount of asteroids you have to take out. I'll probably go back to it one day but that part really pissed me off.LightReflection

Nope, I don't. I just wanted to make a point here: it's definitely doable and by a large margin.

[QUOTE="LightReflection"]Want a cookie? The cannon moves too slow for the amount of asteroids you have to take out. I'll probably go back to it one day but that part really pissed me off.GreenGoblin2099

Nope, I don't. I just wanted to make a point here: it's definitely doable and by a large margin.

yea i don't remember having any trouble with that....

my hands got stock with the stupid dead space controls in every game.McdonaIdsGuy

[QUOTE="McdonaIdsGuy"]my hands got stock with the stupid dead space controls in every game.Jandurin

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="McdonaIdsGuy"]my hands got stock with the stupid dead space controls in every game.McdonaIdsGuy

[QUOTE="killerfist"]I'll get it for cheap, same with Fallout3. Too many mixed reactions about the game.Salt_The_Fries

Firstly, its powered by a deep and engaging story that places a value on the few characters in the story and help propell it through each of its exciting and different 12 chapters.MonkaTG

I thought that the story was extremely dull. The plot twist was almost too obvious from the opening cutscene, and it simply wasn't as engaging as System Shock 2's or even Doom 3's (they all basically have the same story, only SS2's is more detailed).

Also, the story only really cropped up in three or four chapters - most of the game was driven by endless fetch-quests that made the game feel like a chore to complete.

The boss fights always are excitingMonkaTG

As far as I can remember, there were only two types of bosses that you fought during the game (with only minor variations between them), and you fought them so often that they felt far more tedious than exciting ("urgh - giant tentacles again?!").

Overall, this is a very scary game with a great atmosphere, tight gameplay, and a deep storyline that expands into animated movies as well. THIS IS A MUST-PLAY!MonkaTG

The game wasn't too scary - it relied far too heavily on 'things jumping out at you' scares, which lost their surprise after about an hour into the game (also, the music changed whenever enemies were nearby, so you always knew they were coming).

Still, I'll admit that the gameplay was enjoyable and the graphics were impressive.
It's definitely not a must-have game, imo, but if you're looking for a solid action game and don't mind tedious repetition, it's worth a rental.