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« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2008, 06:03:17 PM » |
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I just finished this up the other day. Originally i had been really excited for this game, but after playing up to about Chapter Eight that faded quickly. It's a completely solid game... maybe a little above the rest when you factor in the sound design and atmosphere. But otherwise it left me feeling like i was just supposed to get from Point A to Point B over and over again.
The mythology had a lot of potential, and the logs that you find throughout the game really fill in the details. But i had almost no interest in my character, his backstory, his love interest or his motivation. I mean, he never spoke or really even interacted with any of the other characters. They flickered onto the screen, barked my next orders at me and off i went. Even if i was in the same room as them, they would just talk at me for awhile before completely ignoring me.
I love when horror manages to mix so well with science fiction. "Strategic dismemberment" is a great concept that worked pretty well. And like i said, the sound, visuals, mythology and spooky atmosphere are all top notch. So Dead Space had a lot of positives to work with, the promise of a great game was there... but i just found it lacking.
-Rude
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« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2008, 09:08:11 AM » |
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I agree with a lot of what you had to say, Rude. I beat it yesterday and I really enjoyed playing through it. Horror games aren't really my game of choice (though Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube is one of my favorite games ever). I can see it becoming a good franchise, especially seeing how the game ended. Also gives a lot of room to expand the weapons and their development.
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« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2009, 02:14:26 PM » |
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So Dead Space is on XBL games on demand now and Ive been pondering getting it. How is the game length? Im getting a little tired of these really short x box games Ive played recently.
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2009, 02:39:25 PM » |
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I think my run through was like 12 hours or so. But it's such a fantastic survival horror game. Rarely does a game like Dead Space come along. And for what, $20 now? It's totally worth that. According to the Gamespot forums some people say 12 or 15-20
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« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2009, 05:08:43 PM » |
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I would even say it's worth it just to go out and buy the official copy. It's probably just as cheap as the Live edition (I'm guessing here, I don't have Live), it's still pretty easy to find in stories, and then you don't have to clog up your hard drive. Even though I've beaten it a couple of times, I think it has potential to be a 'dust-off,' where you just feel like playing it again a couple of months down the road.
The only thing I do agree on with some critics is that, except for the beginning segment's creeping horror, there's no real pacing to it. Most scares have no build-up and pay-off, it's just monsters leaping out at you. Granted, that can still scare the piss out of you, especially at night with a good sound system, but it doesn't have that lingering feeling of dread after you turn it off the way some other games do (like Condemned 1 or Silent Hill 2). This doesn't make the limb blasting any less awesome by any means, so I do recommend it.
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« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2009, 05:44:24 PM » |
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well I have 2 hard drives, and one of them is a fresh 120, so HD space isnt going to be a problem
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