Chris the great Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 well, finnished the game last night. all in all, id say it was an excelent game. the presentation is an obvious point of praise, the graphics, story and audio were all top notch. gameplay was actualy pretty limited, all "go there, put that there" with very few excpetions. that said, it worked well. it kept you going deeper into the ship, and taking you back into rooms that had previously been empty only to find a room full of evil was neat. a couple of the puzzles were clever, but with the exception of one mid way moment in the game, i never got stuck. (i jsut didnt think to walk on the outside of the asteroid!) combat was always fun, and stopping the automatic head shot was tricky. tactical dissmemberment was lots of fun. in terms of scaryness, it put it just abouve resi 4. lots of not wanting to turn a corner, but when you do, its not so bad. did get a couple of shocks that made me jump, but it wasn't overdone. all in all, a very good game. don't be afraid, jump in!
Ganepark32 Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 I did the exact same thing as you. Didn't think to go on the outside of the asteroid and had to do that bit so many times before I realised what to do.
Gizmo Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Finally finished this today, only about 6 weeks after getting it! Overall very impressed. Took me awhile to get into it (just didn't have the immediate appeal of Mirrors Edge or Banjo Kazooie unfortunately) but when I did I thoroughly enjoyed it. Never quite reached the heights of obvious camparisons like Bioshock or Resi4, but fantastic nonetheless. Just a shame that the final boss came down to a simple strafe attacks, pound weakspot with machine gun affair. Armed myself to the teeth beforehand and did it in one go without so much as a med kit.
Deathjam Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Finally finished this today, only about 6 weeks after getting it! Overall very impressed. Took me awhile to get into it (just didn't have the immediate appeal of Mirrors Edge or Banjo Kazooie unfortunately) but when I did I thoroughly enjoyed it. Never quite reached the heights of obvious camparisons like Bioshock or Resi4, but fantastic nonetheless. Just a shame that the final boss came down to a simple strafe attacks, pound weakspot with machine gun affair. Armed myself to the teeth beforehand and did it in one go without so much as a med kit. Was gonna perfect the boss first time but actually screwed up one time where he grabbed me, and then I could not shoot the right bits in time before I was eaten. Bit pissed as I knew he was close to death. Well chuffed when I completed it though and it really is an awesome game. Wonder if a sequel is possible.
Chris the great Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Was gonna perfect the boss first time but actually screwed up one time where he grabbed me, and then I could not shoot the right bits in time before I was eaten. Bit pissed as I knew he was close to death. Well chuffed when I completed it though and it really is an awesome game. Wonder if a sequel is possible. im sure i read that it was part of a serise read the wikipedia, they seem to think so. so this is a replicant of somthing older, how about games set throught human history, kinds like eternal darkness? id like to see the creatures taken on with a sword that said, the endeing was rather ambigious (did issac escape?) so theres a chance of returning there again.
jammy2211 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 So after the disaster-purchase that was Tom Clancy's EndWar, tommorow I shall be going into GameStation receipt in hand ready to claim back my £25 to get another game. I'm split on purchasing this or Prince of Persia, the biggest factor is I'm a bit of a pussy. Dead Space looks great but I'm not sure how much of the scary-alien stuff I can take, so I ask, will I need to grow a pair to play this? Should I just go for the safe Prince of Persia option or take the risk? I know the game is hyped as brilliant mind you. I think I'll risk the scariness and go for it, I've become more atoned to this sort of game lately. The odd thing is I used to play the original Silent Hill's and Resident Evil's no problem as a kid 0_o.
Cube Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Dead Space is a grand mixture of Bioshock, Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime. Prince of Persia is a 7-hour-long Quick-time event.
Chris the great Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 between prince of persian and dead sapce (boh are very good but totaly different) my recomendation would go to dead space. im a bit of a pussy (or was), but if im honest, i think i got about 4 shocks the whole time i played, and there werent many moments that scared me. in terms of scares, its scarier the RE4, but i didnt find that scary. prince of persia is good, but it lacks real challenge. prince of persia looks amazine, but dead space is more satisfying to play.
Guest Jordan Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Dead Space is a grand mixture of Bioshock, Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime. Prince of Persia is a 7-hour-long Quick-time event. Couldn't agree more with this...
jammy2211 Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Okies, I'll probs go for Dead Space. Really been meaning to play it for a while now.
Cookyman Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Wow Deadspace and Mirrors Edge now both £17.99 on play.com - tempted, very tempted.
LegoMan1031 Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Wow Deadspace and Mirrors Edge now both £17.99 on play.com - tempted, very tempted. Well i have never played Mirrors Edge but Dead Space is definatly worth a play. I rented it off lovefilm a few weeks ago and loved it!
Aalborg Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 finally got round to play this and it's f****** awesome.. was a bit annoyed by some of the secondary firing of the weapons.. like the pulse rifle.. untill i got rushed in a cramped space by 4 monsters.. was about to give up and reload when i remembered the 360 overhead sweep.. tried it and it tore them to shreds
DiemetriX Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 I think this game is way better than both POP and FEAR2. I'm on my second round of Dead Space and it's still amazing. Hope you guys/gals have surround systems, cause that made this game insanely intense.
Chris the great Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 its simply one of the most absorbing games this generation. it may not be an all time greatest game, but it sucks you in and never lets go. its just the right amount of scary too. enough to get you aprehensive about whats around the next corner, enough to make you paranoid, but never enough to stop you wanting to press on. at £17.99 its an utterly fantasic bargin. it feels so strange to give this much praise to an EA game, just goes to show how much they have improved.
Aalborg Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 great game.. finished it on normal.. Will let it rest for a while and then go back for some of the achivements.. minus the "complete the game using only the plasma cutter".. no thanks.. I don't have that much free time.. Didn't have that much trouble with the bosses and the only one that killed me was the last one.. and NO.. im not going through on harder levels, then I would imagine they could be pretty bad
Gizmo Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 To be honest I think that Plasma Cutter achievement may not be very difficult. If you don't buy any other guns, you'll have plenty of ammo for it, and in 99% of situations it's perfectly adequate.
EchoDesiato Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Yeah, it's one of the easier achievements actually. It's one of the best guns in the game, and there's always plenty of ammo for it.
Aalborg Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Yeah, it's one of the easier achievements actually. It's one of the best guns in the game, and there's always plenty of ammo for it. yeah well should have put it in another way.. Im not that interested in going through the game one more time just for that achivement.. I use the plasma cutter all the time as it rocks.. just need to upgrade my last weapon now and the achivement should be mine... maybe ill go for "peng"..
Chris the great Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 now that ive played a fair bit of resi 5, it seems a good time to point out that dead space seems to be a mixture of the old and new resi styles. while presented rather closly to resi 4-5 in terms of the view and even controles, it seems to harp back to the earlier scares of the serise, somthing 4 and 5 havent really managed, going for tension rather then actual fear.
Aalborg Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 yes Kendra.. i KNOW there isnt much time but if you and everybody else would just stfu i would have plenty of time
LegoMan1031 Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 If anyone still wants this game have a look in your local Morrisions! I went in mine before and seen it for £10 on the 360! I decided to buy it. I had rented it from lovefilm and enjoyed but i thought can't argue with a price like that.
Aalborg Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) hammered through on normal yesterday to get the "one weapon" ach.. now im going through on IMpossible... which it is not.. but you have to plan and conserve ammo.. and don't let them touch you ahhhh.. got the achievement for going through on impossible.. only to discover that i missed one of the easier ones.. buying all the weapons.. an older save "saved" me.. 1000/1000.. the only bad thing i can say about this game is the camera when you get knocked down.. it sometimes turns around and is facing away from the action when you get up.. it was a bit annoying during the fight with the boss in the food storage.. but still peanuts.. this game is in my top 3 on the xbox Edited March 20, 2009 by Aalborg
Dog-amoto Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 Wow! Just finished this game today. Why did I not pick this up when it first came out? Well, I can probably answer that - the demo sucked, but the full game is awesome!
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