I think I just sh!t myself!

[Baasha]

Began playing Dead Space last night (no lights, midnight, headphones and volume turned up) and holy mother of god it's a disturbing game.

I always seem to be low on ammo and those creepy, dead, ugly, nasty necro-thingamajigs keep attacking me. I even tried to set up a peace process and settle through diplomacy but they were intent on getting into fisticuffs!

I think this is the scariest game I've played to date. I remember FEAR was pretty scary but Dead Space really takes the cake. And, it is so brutal!! :twisted:

What do you guys think about the game? And, are you looking forward to Dead Space 2?

 

[RavenSEAL]

Please don't remind me.... D:

 

[zokudu]

Go buy Amnesia then youll see scary.

 

[lavaheadache]

Dead Space is/was one of my all time favorite games. Definately had things I would have changed about it but overall I loved it.

I hold dead space right up there with the resident evil series, minus nemesis cause that was a turd

 

[DominionSeraph]

Great game. Especially good for OCD types who obsess over efficiency to stay well ahead of the curve. (IIRC, I had four or five weapons completely upgraded, full stasis, full health upgrades, full O2, full telekenesis, and a bank full of ammo and health by the end of a run on normal. My brother-in-law, on the other hand, got behind the curve. He got so far behind that he was put in the position where he had to sell power nodes for health and ammo, which just got him further behind. He eventually got to a point where he couldn't continue at all. [no money, no health, and no ammo and up against one of the situations where the enemies are swarming.] And that was on Easy. [He's really not very good])

If you're wondering:
Line gun secondary fire for multiple enemies.
Ripper primary fire for single enemies.

Most efficient way in terms of profit per enemy. (Not counting melee or TK)

 

[Udgnim]

good game as long as you can get the controls to work properly

look forward to Dead Space 2

 

[xboxist]

I've been playing this game in 10-minute increments. It's just too stressful for me...lol

Starting chapter 2 tonight. I'll hit chapter 3 by next weekend if I'm lucky.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I'm embarrassed to say, but I actually was playing this a while ago and stopped because I was tired of the scariness. Freaking creepy sounds and monsters popping out of nowhere.

 

[zerocool84]

Go buy Amnesia then youll see scary.

Dead Space was a freaky game but Amnesia takes it to a level never before seen.

 

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Go buy Amnesia then youll see scary.

yep
I thought Dead Spaces scariness wore off after a while and I thought it was more jump scares while Amnesia is just plain all over scary

 

[simonizor]

Once you get used to the triggers that cause enemies to spawn, it's really not all that scary. It's the same type of thing that Doom 3 had going on. The enemy doesn't even exist until you reach a certain point in the map, and then it jumps out at you. Common places for this to happen are at doorways, vents, and around corners. Once you learn how to anticipate it, the game gets old fast.

 

[Joemonkey]

My favorite game ever is Batman Arkham Asylum, and in close second is dead space

i REALLY hated the two parts where you had to shoot the shit via cannons outside the ship, but the rest of the game was phenomenal

 

[Dankk]

If you seriously think Dead Space is scary, then yeah, you'd better not play Amnesia. Don't play Fatal Frame or Silent Hill either. In fact, just stay away from survival-horror games altogether.

I say this because Dead Space isn't actually a survival horror game in my eyes, rather, it's roughly a 3rd-person shooter with some horror elements tacked on (similar to FEAR, even though that's first-person).

 

[vshah]

system shock 2 was pretty intense and scary back in it's time

 

[Dumac]

Dead space isn't a horror. It's more of an action game.

Don't get me wrong; I liked Dead Space. However being armed with the tools to completely destroy ANYTHING thrown against you doesn't make for a scary game.

"OH NO A ZOMBIE!"
*boom*
"Oh...it's dead."

The same thing goes for the RE series. Honestly, Amnesia is the only good horror game I've played recently.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Dead space isn't a horror. It's more of an action game.

Don't get me wrong; I liked Dead Space. However being armed with the tools to completely destroy ANYTHING thrown against you doesn't make for a scary game.

Perhaps the experience is different on PC with mouselook and all. I know the asteroid sequence is insanely difficult on PS3 (takes like 20-30 attempts and final success mostly comes down to getting an easy sequence) but I've read that it doesn't even register on PC.

This guy is certainly not using a PS3 controller.

If aiming is easier on the PC version that would certainly negate it being a survival horror.

 

[konakid7]

I played dead space earlier this summer and loved it. Only wish I had a better system so I could enjoy the graphics more. I thought it got a little monotonous towards the end, but overall the story is awesome. Looking forward to number 2!

 

[toyota]

Dead space isn't a horror. It's more of an action game.

Don't get me wrong; I liked Dead Space. However being armed with the tools to completely destroy ANYTHING thrown against you doesn't make for a scary game.

"OH NO A ZOMBIE!"
*boom*
"Oh...it's dead."

The same thing goes for the RE series. Honestly, Amnesia is the only good horror game I've played recently.

you are confusing survival with horror. not having lots of weapons or being able to always fight back makes a game survival. Dead Space and especially earlier RE games are most certainly horror based.

 

[zerocool84]

you are confusing survival with horror. not having lots of weapons or being able to always fight back makes a game survival. Dead Space and especially earlier RE games are most certainly horror based.

But then you forget about survival horror games that combine both elements.

 

[toyota]

But then you forget about survival horror games that combine both elements.

no I am not forgetting about that at all. I was simply saying that what he is referring to is survival not horror.

 

[CurseTheSky]

I like Dead Space and thought it was somewhat scary (haven't finished it yet), but some of the scare comes from the poor PC controls - 3rd person over-the-shoulder makes it fairly difficult to aim in tight spaces and at weird angles. It was fine for Mass Effect, where a lot of the combat is in large open rooms, but when you have zombie mutant things chasing you down, the fact that it's difficult to aim properly adds to the tension. I will say that it was quite a shock when one of the zombie things got back up after I "killed it" and started walking by the "corpse."

As others have said though, Amnesia takes scary to a whole new level. I literally can't play more than ~30 minutes of the game at a time because it gets my nerves going too much.

 

[zokudu]

Also honestly I felt the story line in Dead Space was lacking somewhat. Its like Issac is a zombie himself and just does what hes told by anyone. Not to mention the game was very linear which while not a bad thing I found to be meh honestly.

 

[Dumac]

no I am not forgetting about that at all. I was simply saying that what he is referring to is survival not horror.

You have it backwards

In RE and Dead Space, your only goal is to SURVIVE by shooting a billion zombies. There is NO horror element. The game isn't set up to scare you to your bones with horror. You are just supposed to try to survive against an onslaught of enemies. Having weapon != horror. What scary about one-shotting a boss with a rocket launcher?

Amnesia is an actual horror game. It makes you scared. It gets in your head and screws with it.

Hell, just check the wikipedia pages

Amnesia is listed as a "horror" game
Dead Space is listed as "survival horror"

There is that survival term you were mentioning

 

[toyota]

You have it backwards

In RE and Dead Space, your only goal is to SURVIVE by shooting a billion zombies. There is NO horror element. The game isn't set up to scare you to your bones with horror. You are just supposed to try to survive against an onslaught of enemies. Having weapon != horror. What scary about one-shotting a boss with a rocket launcher?

Amnesia is an actual horror game. It makes you scared. It gets in your head and screws with it.

Hell, just check the wikipedia pages

Amnesia is listed as a "horror" game
Dead Space is listed as "survival horror"

There is that survival term you were mentioning

Dead Space and older RE games are horror games whether you accept it or not. heck if Dead Space was a movie it would be a sci fi horror flick. horror means scary and Dead Space and earlier RE games are scary to most people. survival obviously means being able to to survive. its much harder to survive when you have little ammo or no way to fight back. I guess there really isn't a right or wrong here since they overlap a bit and are certainly open to your own interpretation.

 

[tviceman]

Go buy Amnesia then youll see scary.

Without a doubt. Anyone that thinks deadspace is scary will have a heart attack playing Amnesia.