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Dead Space 2 Review Thread
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MrTroubleMaker
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Can't wait till it goes up on Steam
It's to early, in about three days an OT could go up. I don't know who is doing it though.Ihya said:
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I'm so excited for this game. PC / Console is my only hard desision is it day and date for PC?
Even if the PC version isn't getting second class treatment like the first game, it's nowhere to be found on Steam, and EA is digging in their heals when it comes to using their own DD service.BruceLeeRoy said:
I just said fuck it, grabbed the PS3 LE. I'll grab the PC version later.
I mean, it's a no brainer if you have a triple. You get a free copy of the downloadable title, a free copy of the Wii port game and the guarantee that the game will work correctly which is still a ? with the PC version.
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I didn't have any issues either after I did a bit of research.ArjanN said:
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Good point man. Ps3 it isDraft said:
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
Wow, these reviews are fantastic, especially EDGE. I loved the original, so I was expecting this to be good but this is well beyond my wildest hopes.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
Gravijah said:
The first is available pretty cheaply now. I think it's still well worth playing. It's more about gameplay than story.
faceless007
Member
Do we have any word yet on what copy protection will be on the PC version?
Opus Angelorum
Member
faceless007 said:
EA recently said they were committed to relaxing DRM, so SecuRom (Dead Space) should be out.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
If no one makes an awesome OT (BruceLeeRoy, come on... you know you want to, haha) by this upcoming Thursday, I'll do one. I don't promise greatness, so whoever is awesome OT-makers, step up!
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Man I want to so bad I just don't have any time. I'll try and make a couple graphical elements for whoever ends up putting it together.
I was under the impression that BruceLeeRoy was gonna make it, but no one seems ot know for sure :SMrTroubleMaker said:
Edit: Oh okay, then we have no one doing it for sure as of this moment :S
Edit: Nottheguyyoukill: Do it, so it gets done
I'm probably gonna be extremely busy in school the coming 10ish weeks so I won't even have time to play this :'(Edit3: Wait... Smilies are back again? Or are they just cached on my pc? :S Weird. :lol
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Minamu said:I was under the impression that BruceLeeRoy was gonna make it, but no one seems ot know for sure :S
Edit: Oh okay, then we have no one doing it for sure as of this moment :S
Edit: Nottheguyyoukill: Do it, so it gets done
Edit3: Wait... Smilies are back again? Or are they just cached on my pc? :S Weird. :lol
Alright, I guess I'll do it. Hopefully work and school will be manageable enough for me to work on a decent one.
And the smiley's aren't back
It's just your desires causing you to hallucinate.Minamu said:I was under the impression that BruceLeeRoy was gonna make it, but no one seems ot know for sure :S
Edit: Oh okay, then we have no one doing it for sure as of this moment :S
Edit: Nottheguyyoukill: Do it, so it gets done
Edit3: Wait... Smilies are back again? Or are they just cached on my pc? :S Weird. :lol
Wait...
Where did the smilies go?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Jerk 2.0 said:
A nice farm upstate. At least that's what I heard.
I think Evilore said they were detrimental to debate or something. There's a thread in OT.
Good man. Nah I remembered I installed some script soNotTheGuyYouKill said:Alright, I guess I'll do it. Hopefully work and school will be manageable enough for me to work on a decent one.
And the smiley's aren't back
and :lol show up as the regular smilies, but they only do for me, so it doesn't serve that much of a purpose Im not usually one to be swayed by review scores... well especially on games Im looking forward to anyway. (I guess I review scores do play a part in certain instances... like Darksiders last year for example).
Anyway, that said, my hype has gone through the roof after that Edge score and excerpt. Cannot wait for this game.
Gonna go all old-skool and only play at night like I used to do with scary games as a kid. Pitch black room.... Sennheiser's cranked in my ear and sit right up close to my new 1080p Bravia.... Gonna be rad!
Anyway, that said, my hype has gone through the roof after that Edge score and excerpt. Cannot wait for this game.
Gonna go all old-skool and only play at night like I used to do with scary games as a kid. Pitch black room.... Sennheiser's cranked in my ear and sit right up close to my new 1080p Bravia.... Gonna be rad!
(I posted this before, but the thread was pretty dead. Added a few new things.)
After playing through the demo at least ten different times within the past few hours, I have a few comments:
1) I'm really liking the adjustments that have been made to the controls. Having to reload by tapping L1+X frustrated me so much in the first game. A simple Square tap makes things a lot more fluid. I also prefer having stasis mapped to L1+Triangle, but I'm not really sure as to why though. Tap Triangle to use your stasis refill is nice addition too. I also prefer Health being on Circle. L3 for liftoff is cool.
2) Kinesis is fantastic now due to its speed upgrade. I really like how quickly you can recover all of the items in a room using it. (something I did in the original so I could listen to audio logs before a battle started) Dismembering a Necro's arm, quickly grabbing it with kinesis, and then impaling him with it is one of my favorite things to do now. It's extremely satisfying.
It also seems to be quite a bit stronger than it was before. You can toss dead bodies a fair bit farther than I remember. There also seems to be more interaction between thrown objects and enemies. Throwing corpses into a Necro's legs and watching it stumble and then fall is quite entertaining. Now, that may have been possible in the first game, but I didn't use kinesis enough in combat to tell for sure.
3) I really enjoy the new Zero-G mechanics. I never liked the whole "jumping through the air just to stand on another platform" mechanic of the first. I was also annoyed that the move took up the L1+Triangle button combination.
4) I like the enemy designs. The way the human limbs are simply hanging off the main body just looks so interesting.
5) The Javelin is so damned cool. I especially love the electricity that shoots out using the alt fire. The plain old explosion from the beta was kind of lame.
6) I'm kind of torn about the whole classic/versus centered crosshairs. I think the centered version is nice and sleek, while the classic version seems more immersive. I think I prefer the line gun's centered version more because of how close the reticule dots are to each other. Unfortunately, using the classical version over the centered version is a bad idea when the boss monster grabs you and you have to shoot its weakpoint. It seems much harder to accurately place your shots on the "sack" using classical.
7) I like the new loot containers.
8) I like being able to see how much ammo I have for each gun by holding in the directional buttons.
9) I like how streamlined the store is now. Rows/Columns make it much easier to move through compared to a singular list.
Few Questions:
1) What determines the item drops? I noticed the items were different every time I played. (I used different weapons and strategies each go around.)
2) Did the Javelin's alt-fire require an extra round of ammo in the beta? I remember codecow mentioning that the team believed it was overpowered (and it was), so I was wondering if the additional round being used was a way to balance that out. It kinda sucks in SP though. :/
Also, did the round count for a Pulse Rifle launched grenade go up? For some reason, I was thinking that it was around 10 rounds in the beta. Now it is 25. Of course, it may have been 25 from the get-go.
3) Is it true that there are several different suit categories (engineer, military, etc.) that can each be upgraded to different levels (Engineer Rig 1, Engineer Rig 2, Advanced Rig 1, Advanced Rig 2, etc.)?
4) Was the map only removed for the demo or is it gone from the game entirely?
After playing through the demo at least ten different times within the past few hours, I have a few comments:
1) I'm really liking the adjustments that have been made to the controls. Having to reload by tapping L1+X frustrated me so much in the first game. A simple Square tap makes things a lot more fluid. I also prefer having stasis mapped to L1+Triangle, but I'm not really sure as to why though. Tap Triangle to use your stasis refill is nice addition too. I also prefer Health being on Circle. L3 for liftoff is cool.
2) Kinesis is fantastic now due to its speed upgrade. I really like how quickly you can recover all of the items in a room using it. (something I did in the original so I could listen to audio logs before a battle started) Dismembering a Necro's arm, quickly grabbing it with kinesis, and then impaling him with it is one of my favorite things to do now. It's extremely satisfying.
It also seems to be quite a bit stronger than it was before. You can toss dead bodies a fair bit farther than I remember. There also seems to be more interaction between thrown objects and enemies. Throwing corpses into a Necro's legs and watching it stumble and then fall is quite entertaining. Now, that may have been possible in the first game, but I didn't use kinesis enough in combat to tell for sure.
3) I really enjoy the new Zero-G mechanics. I never liked the whole "jumping through the air just to stand on another platform" mechanic of the first. I was also annoyed that the move took up the L1+Triangle button combination.
4) I like the enemy designs. The way the human limbs are simply hanging off the main body just looks so interesting.
5) The Javelin is so damned cool. I especially love the electricity that shoots out using the alt fire. The plain old explosion from the beta was kind of lame.
6) I'm kind of torn about the whole classic/versus centered crosshairs. I think the centered version is nice and sleek, while the classic version seems more immersive. I think I prefer the line gun's centered version more because of how close the reticule dots are to each other. Unfortunately, using the classical version over the centered version is a bad idea when the boss monster grabs you and you have to shoot its weakpoint. It seems much harder to accurately place your shots on the "sack" using classical.
7) I like the new loot containers.
8) I like being able to see how much ammo I have for each gun by holding in the directional buttons.
9) I like how streamlined the store is now. Rows/Columns make it much easier to move through compared to a singular list.
Few Questions:
1) What determines the item drops? I noticed the items were different every time I played. (I used different weapons and strategies each go around.)
2) Did the Javelin's alt-fire require an extra round of ammo in the beta? I remember codecow mentioning that the team believed it was overpowered (and it was), so I was wondering if the additional round being used was a way to balance that out. It kinda sucks in SP though. :/
Also, did the round count for a Pulse Rifle launched grenade go up? For some reason, I was thinking that it was around 10 rounds in the beta. Now it is 25. Of course, it may have been 25 from the get-go.
3) Is it true that there are several different suit categories (engineer, military, etc.) that can each be upgraded to different levels (Engineer Rig 1, Engineer Rig 2, Advanced Rig 1, Advanced Rig 2, etc.)?
4) Was the map only removed for the demo or is it gone from the game entirely?
I heard some rumblings on some podcast or other that DS2 is much more linear than the first...
Anyone know if this is true?
Two factors that helped to make Dead Space such a great game (for me anyway) were:
1. The freedom the player had to upgrade weapons/suits etc in any way they wanted... and
2. The level design. DS was still a linear experience but the levels themselves were designed in a such way that each separate section of the ship - while cut-off from the previous sections - allowed a certain degree of free-roaming and exploration. It was just a satisfying experience.... especially when compared to other games that just keep funnelling you forward down a somewhat straight line.
I think it would be a real shame if Dead Space 2 lost that and went with a traditional linear experience ala games like Gears etc.
Anyone know if this is true?
Two factors that helped to make Dead Space such a great game (for me anyway) were:
1. The freedom the player had to upgrade weapons/suits etc in any way they wanted... and
2. The level design. DS was still a linear experience but the levels themselves were designed in a such way that each separate section of the ship - while cut-off from the previous sections - allowed a certain degree of free-roaming and exploration. It was just a satisfying experience.... especially when compared to other games that just keep funnelling you forward down a somewhat straight line.
I think it would be a real shame if Dead Space 2 lost that and went with a traditional linear experience ala games like Gears etc.
pixel monkey
Banned
Max said:
Why use m/kb for third-person survival horror games on the system when the X360 controller for PC is perfect for them? Playing through the original with mine was sublime.
You should pick one up.
brandonh83
Banned
edit: nevermind, dumb question I had about the first game =\
Beer Monkey
Member
pixel monkey said:
Actually, the Dead Space 1 360 controller controls were really fucked on the PC. Half the thumbstick was deadzone. Since they won't put out a PC demo for DS2, I'm afraid to buy it for PC.
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Well the mouse also made the game piss easy. Completely broke the difficulty curve.pixel monkey said:
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Already, somebody answer this for me:
I'm doing the |OT| (I'm actually done most of it, surprisingly enough), but I was wondering whether I can post it tomorrow or if I have to wait until Tuesday.
I'm doing the |OT| (I'm actually done most of it, surprisingly enough), but I was wondering whether I can post it tomorrow or if I have to wait until Tuesday.
SolidSnakex
Member
NotTheGuyYouKill said:
I'm guessing Tuesday as the LBP2 thread was posted last Tuesday.
kyo_daikun
Member
NotTheGuyYouKill said:
I would do it on tuesday to be safe.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Alright Tuesday it is, thanks guys.