Dead Space?

[*PrimalNemesis]

So do any of the Advocacy members play the Dead Space series? If so what are your on the series? What are some things that could be improved? What are some things that you though worked well for the games? How was your overall experience with the series?

[Bio-Boosted Dude]

My friend gave me his Dead Space product key for free to activate it on Steam. I played the first 45 minutes or so and am enjoying it quite a bit.

The mouse and keyboard controls make it hard to do just about anything though. I'm usually alright with tank controls and am one of the few people that thinks Resident Evil 4/5 have fine control schemes as they are, but I'm having trouble moving about and aiming in Dead Space. It does add to the stress levels though which makes things a bit more tense and entertaining.

I got used to keyboard/mouse with RE6 though quite quickly, so hopefully the same will happen with Dead Space

I didn't actually realize it had become a massive franchise when I got it though. Super out of the loop here, I just got it so I had something new to try out. I'm really surprised. I'll see how much I enjoy it before I decide whether or not I wanna get stuck into the others.

[Matt Bellamy]

I own the three games... And am a bit saddened, but a little happy at what it has become.

 

The first game was clearly meant to be a survival horror game. It was pretty good overall, and had a pretty decent plot, despite Isaac being a silent protagonist for the game.

 

The second game still wanted to be a survival horror game, but started showing off some action. Isaac this time has a voice, and the story just gets more interesting while adding some more characters and depth to the plot.

 

The third game is clearly an action game. A few small jump scares, but by this time it has taken on a more "Gears of War or Mass Effect" cover and combat style. And really, it was pretty good. It was kind of dumbed down in some aspects of the items/ammo, but was still felt like a continuation of Dead Space 2 while unfortunately moving away from its roots of Dead Space. Co-Op was another new feature, but one I didn't personally use.

 

See, why I am saddened is that it seems to be going the "Resident Evil" route and becoming an action game with "Zombie/Monsters" as enemies, where their original forms were that of Survival Horror. So while I tended to prefer the more combat oriented #3, I still enjoy a good survival horror game.

 

i am hoping they make a Dead Space 4... Simply due to the atmosphere of the game, and the technology.

 

Oh and the Plasma Cutter is the best weapon in all 3 games. Upgrade that little bugger and you should have no problems.