Dead Space

As always, I'm late to the party and just recently went in on an XBOX 360 with my brother. I've had some fun with it so far, but the only games we had to kick things off were the Gears of War series, which isn't really my bag, so I was looking for something that would hold my interest a little better and found it in Dead Space.

I'm sure there's already been a lot of discussion and praise for this game here on the forum, as it contains many elements that we as fans of Japanese entertainment are familiar with and enthusiastically enjoy, but I didn't see a thread so I figured I'd tack one up just to say that this is one of the most fun, immersive and well-crafted games I've played or seen played in a very long time. The cinematic nature of the story is captivating even if it is somewhat underdeveloped, and really allows you to become involved in the situations you play and in getting out alive. But it's the look and design of the game that really hooked me. Aesthetics abound, from the ship itself and style implemented in the technology and futuristic attributes to the stage layouts to the battle armor, horrific enemies and the beautiful and haunting vacuum/exterior segments.

The sound production is pretty stellar, too. The absence of overt music really adds to the spooky atmosphere and the brief snippets of panicked music effects add tension to deadly encounters and make startling surprises that much more startling.

Fantastic voice acting to boot, which is important. Bad voice acting can become annoying and distance you from the unfolding of the plot, but the cast of Dead Space all do their roles justice and make the characters seem like people. I'm about a third of the way toward completing the game already and I'm starting to dread seeing it end, but that still leaves me with the infinitely cool looking sequel to play through.

Anyone else have fond experiences or favorable opinions of this game?

Dead Space 1 was amazing. It was creepy and was like playing RE in space. Dead Space 2 was a disappointment.

Dead Space was great, I rented the game the first time around only to buy it later on that week. Its a very good game and has a wonderful storyline, which is really hard to say with newer 3rd person shooters.

Im not a fan of the asteroid shooting level (at least the second one). That trophy has escaped me for over a year now.

Dead space 2...I played a bit of it (kind of broke at the moment so no buying games). I'm not too sure what to say. What I did play, it didnt capture me as the 1st one did, though to be honest I beat Dead Space a little over 15 times, so i may be burned out from DS.

There's a second asteroid blasting level?! Goddammit. I had way too much trouble the first time around.

What was disappointing about Dead Space 2? Everything I've seen on it makes it look superior at least in execution to the original.

Bolt said:

There's a second asteroid blasting level?! Goddammit. I had way too much trouble the first time around.

What was disappointing about Dead Space 2? Everything I've seen on it makes it look superior at least in execution to the original.

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The first game is creepy, you don't have a lot of weapons, you have to make due with what you have, it's not rush in and blow stuff up. Dead Space 2 is more in your face with the action. A lot less creepy. Granted this is just my opinion, but DS1 was far superior. There is also this entire is he crazy or not thing going on that's just a huge cliche.

Bolt said:

There's a second asteroid blasting level?! Goddammit. I had way too much trouble the first time around.

What was disappointing about Dead Space 2? Everything I've seen on it makes it look superior at least in execution to the original.

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I didnt have to much of a problem on the second asteroid level, its just I cant maintain 50% shields for the trophy/ achievement.

As for Dead Space 2, from what little I played it was ok. I wasnt drawn into it like the 1st. The difficulty curve was really bad. Excluding Zealot, seem rather too easy.

Yeah the first Dead Space hd that creepy factor going for it. Dead Space 2 seemed to have a more pshycological "he is going crazy?" sort of vibe but I enjoyed both games though