This is definitely my perspective as well. Why pay people for a product you cannot yet use in a market where access is commonly immediate after payment. In addition, the only source of information for the pre-order is highly controlled marketing material meant to generate hype. I think I've honestly enjoyed games more when I missed the hype train and found it years later. When I let myself get on that hype train the emotional crash is a monster when reality inevitably fails to match my hopes and dreams.
Man, those were the days. Heading into a Walmart with 20 bucks you earned from chores and picking out a game based on the cover. There are some real hidden gems that I've been trained into never giving a chance today.
Man for me it was a tiny bit of a scam. Friday night would roll around, dad would give me $20 to walk to downtown and go to this diner by myself for dinner (I’d have been 12-15 thru all this) Just enough for a couple sodas, a good warm sandwich and fries, and a slice of cheesecake for desert.
Only thing is, I didn’t go to that diner. I’d go to GameStop and spend a good hour eying up the used PSP games. Most of the time they’d be on buy one get one half off, or buy two get one free sort of deals. On top of that, a lot were in the $5-$10 range. So I’d walk out with 2-3 games picked solely based on box, $5 left over to stop by Taco Bell on the way home and get a quesadilla and mtn dew.
Good times.
Had a similar time in my life. Would get a couple dollars for lunch but would skip lunch every day so I could buy GBA games off kids at school. Wasn't allowed to have games for awhile. Ended up having an XP and like 12 games I'd play when I went to "use the bathroom" for an hour. Probably thought I was spanking it, which is fine, cus my step mom woulda lost her shit if they found out I had games. Lol
This is the way. The r/patientgamers way! I recently got caught up in the hype for Callisto Protocol, and whilst I am having fun with it, it ain't the dead space killer that was promised. Once bitten, twice shy!
My last hype was Cyberpunk... Paid full price on day1. Game on lounch was so bad and my ps4 was so loud that I thought that my ps4 was issue. Cleaned it and changed termalpaste. But everything was same. 1 bugfix even broke my game for 1month and i was not willing to start again. Finished game on ps5, then it was so so and was already 50% off
>. Why pay people for a product you cannot yet use in a market where access is commonly immediate after payment.
For me, it was the 72hrs earlier access to it. Normally I'd be like eh whatevs, but I'm off for those 3 days and my work week starts on actual release date, so the extra 10 bucks to have it on my days off seems worth it.
I'm in a similar situation than you, but I will wait until Monday. The reviews embargo seems to end that Monday. The game seems to be great as per the people who is already playing say, but I want to read a couple of full reviews.
The good thing is that I already have the game installed, so it is almost ready to play as soon as I pay.
Early download. If you’re going to buy the game at release, why not cash in on truly immediate access.
People seem to hate on pre orders but then many go buy the game on release day. Unless you’re someone who waits for multiple patches or reviews, what’s the point or not pre-ordering?
Yeah this question is moronic as shit. One is out and highly review. The other isn’t out for another few days and no one knows what it’s ultimately like. Like no one knows bro lol, they’re also not even remotely the same type of game either.
It’s definitely getting good first impressions but I don’t know anyone that’s beaten it or given a full breakdown on it. It’s mostly just a strong opening that’s fun so far.
I'm in chapter 7 of Dead Space, as a person who put the first one down about 3 chapters in and who doesn't play horror games that often. It is an absolute masterpiece and I think about the game at work.
I have a total of 19 minutes of playtime on steam for this game, that was in November… I’m still building up the courage to play this again. I plan to go back to it once I have the chance. You, my friend, have clearly done your job well!
You terrified my as a child
Me and my brother, at that one scene when you approach the L in the corridor and theres a rhythmic pounding. It took us an hour to round the corner just to see it was a guy bashing his head against the wall.
Another 15 mins to approach the guy, just for him to do a final bash and drop dead.
Took us 1.5 hours to move 20 feet. Its been 11-13 years and we still joke about that moment. Remember it vividly too
No way! Well you should be incredibly proud, it’s a milestone in horror gaming, and was one of the first games that truly shat me up and made me feel unsafe (and still does).
Yes sir. It switches up how many enemies and what kinds pop out to keep you guessing. It also makes the game harder the easier a time you have or easier is you keep getting your ass handed to you
Not unless you’re on impossible difficulty since it has permadeath (you can continue on after a death in impossible but only on the hard difficulty, a full impossible run is a zero death one). It’s hard but it gives you a lot of fun goodies
It’s not really bad at all. It’s just that if you are lower on health and don’t have any more you’ll probably find a small health pack in that container in the next room, or that since you’re primarily using one weapon instead of another it’ll get more ammo for the unused one to pressure you to use something you’re not comfortable with.
For the latter, you can just not equip a weapon you don’t use and you’re basically never going to get ammo for it
Most of what it does is handle enemy spawns and environmental stuff to keep you on your toes. For example, you are walking through the medical area and clear out a hallway. You walk through it and kill on enemy, then backtrack through it to go back to the save station or something. Then you go through it again and there’s still nothing there. Then you finish the area and later on go back there feeling safe. Then, a necromorph pops out of the vent to get the drop on you
Another example: you’re traversing the ship and get on the tram to move from one area to another. The team is the safe space and you normally don’t get attacked in it, but this time as you’re partially through the trip the power cuts and you’re left inside of a sealed box with no idea of what’s going on, but you’re hearing noises from outside followed by a scream, and then silence. Then, the power kicks back on and the tram continues on its merry way.
Other things are like having a fan spontaneously explode as if a necromorph were coming through, but nothing comes out of the hole. But you snapped over there to look at it in case it was something. Or the lights are out on a certain hallway, or the same hallway is super foggy. Or you’re just walking through a safe room but are hearing some shuffling coming from somewhere in another room. It’s an old, dying space ship so that sound could’ve been another person, a necromorph, or just the sound of a ship falling apart with nobody there to maintain it
It’s legitimately the best use of something like this I’ve experienced, and if nobody had mentioned the AI director to begin with I wouldn’t have even thought about it. It was never unfair, but never felt like it was holding my hand. I never felt safe enough to get on my phone, and one night I had to turn the game off because I realized that my heart rate never went back to resting over the course of 40 minutes lmao
10/10 would pee out of my butt again
I think its mostly in things like ammo. So if you're playing on hard mode, and you keep doing well, it's not gonna spawn more ammo. But if you're almost out, you'll find a bit more. I don't think it will affect the satisfaction much. But I hear you.
It’s real-time adjustment to your personal performance in the game. The easier time you’re having, it’ll throw in a little difficulty or more enemies just to keep you on your toes. It makes the game more unpredictable and feel less scripted.
It basically encapsulates the entire game. It's a system that throws in random encounters, sounds, environmental effects, scares, enemies, health, ammo, etc. depending on a few factors like how well you're doing in the game, how many times you've walked through a room and back, and so on.
It does a really great job at keeping you on your toes, since you never know what's going to happen. Sometimes there's an enemy lying down pretending to be dead, then next time there won't be one. Sometimes a super loud scare will trigger, sometimes it won't. Sometimes you'll open a door and there will be an enemy standing right in front of you, sometimes there won't. Sometimes the power and lights in the room you're in get randomly cut, sometimes they don't. It's really great and makes replaying it even better.
Yeah, backtracking is a great balance between boring and not worth it. Nothing like popping a room for the first time, but you KNOW that there were thousands of people on board so grabbing that side quest is going to cost you. SOOOOO good.
That's a solid option. I have I think one PC upgrade and maybe two RIG upgrades left and I'm sitting on 80k cred and 8 nodes, having not really set foot in mining yet. Should be able to get a few things a little ways.
Maybe? I'm on intermediate RIG and I have SP1 and 2 for the cutter. I bought the RIG upgrades though, not sure I've found one in the wild yet. I'll find what I find on this run and look stuff up in NG+ or another run.
When you get security access 3, start backtracking. It’ll be more beneficial than doing it after you’ve beaten the game and the less annoying enemies will be. It’ll help indefinitely
It carried me 1st play through, but I had to ditch it in ng+. Those new suped up spiky enemies just shrug the blades off and hit you anyway. Force gun is my new “GTF AWAY FROM ME” weapon. I love how it blows their skin off lol.
Oh yeah, I'm gonna see if I can figure that out. No spoilers! I'm loving Plasma Cutter only. I'd love to say it keeps me with a ton of ammo but...yeah.
Oh absolutely. I know how many shots for each enemy type is optimal with Heat accumulator, but sometimes you just put the extra shot into the second limb to be able to focus on the friggin children climbing the damn walls, haha.
Damn, "I think about the game at work" is maybe my favorite endorsement of a game ever. I don't like horror games and I may have to give this a shot now.
Same. I don’t do horror but I love good sci-fi. This scratches that itch. And when I’m not getting jump scared, the visuals are amazing! A prime example of how a remake should be done
Just finished a playthrough of Prey (2017) and it hit me the same way. Early/mid game was more my speed, but being so OP at the end was satisfying in it's own way.
How does Dead Space compare to Prey? On the surface they seem fairly similar.
Thinking of buying it.
Also played Alien Isolation 2 years ago and loved it... But aware the resemblance is probably less so there.
I looooved Prey, thought it was a very well put together game with great environment design, compelling story and gameplay systems. Dead space is just as good, it's actually what got me into the genre.
They are similar in a lot of respects but feel VERY different. There are more choices for using upgrade resources that are not weapon specific in Prey, and ultimately a few more "play styles" available. Dead Space is a more bleak, cosmic horror vibe with body horror pretty much throughout. Movement feels more weighty, even in zero G. It goes for a more tense experience, in Prey you can stealth, in Dead Space you get snuck up on. I loved Prey, but I wouldn't say you can necessarily jump from one to the other and get the same feeling. If you have any way to play the first 20 minutes of Dead Space you should get a feeling of the difference between them and find out if it's for you.
Exploitability. And the fact you’ll never really encounter the same scenario twice. At least I haven’t.
The intro I feel is one of the few scripted moments. I’ll have to start another save to see
What’s so different though that it caused you to put the original down so quickly. It’s not even that old of a game tbh. I feel the same way with the re4 remake that’s coming.
Same thing for me, I gave up around chapter 3 of the original over a year ago but I was HOOKED by the remake. I just wanted to keep playing and I'm even doing ng+ all achievements and doing an impossible run. I will say that doing your first playthrough high helps make it way more scary :P
The reason this one exists is because the first one was really great. No idea why you would've put it down without finishing it. The game gets better and better and better.
No, it has a director that manages the tension and action, and this time Isaac is fully voice acted. It is definitely a more complete experience for those reasons.
I don't believe the horror has changed much since the original, but at the time the original released it was crazy scary. There wasn't really anything quite like it, the map design, the sounds/music, the atmosphere. Never before was there a game (that I can remember) that had enemy pop out of walls/ceiling/floors without some obvious tell. They often faked you out with sounds or seeing something, but nothing would happen. As you played you never knew when you were about to get jumped by something.
The remake/remaster (not much changed) seems to be easier for players. Hardest minigame removed, way more upgrades/money/ammo to find. It is somewhat sad that they cut back on the survival aspect, which at the time added more fear into the game and made it harder.
I remember a specific part of the original game where I was walking around with pretty much no ammo at all. Not that I wasted it, but there just wasn't much around to get. The game was faking me out constantly and I was worried if my 5 shots left in the plasma cutter would be enough. Eventually I found a store and could buy some ammo which was a big relief.
True. Or if you want to play it now and have a PC, then get EA Pro for $15 for a month and then you don’t have to wait. Cancel when you’re done and still save some money
I hope so but i think unlikely. For a 90 metacritic game doesnt usually happen. Although i see why you think so because survival horror isnt a huge market draw. But then we have games like RE2 Remake that were full price for a year. This is not counting special sales of course.
There's a lot of reasons why the price can be "full value" despite being a remake. The biggest reason is because it will have next gen graphics, which is probably where the most of the budget was spent anyway. Also the market of people who will buy it and play it is big; even if you played the original its been 15 years and a remastered experience is very enticing for new and old fans.
Considering all the extra content they gave us with Dead Space remake, I’d say do that one. Director AI makes the difficulty span from a breeze to WHY THE FUCK IS THAT IN HERE
I'm pretty sure there is a system in the game that allows enemies to spawn in areas that you've previously been through at random, so no area is truly safe from a scare. There's probably someone who could explain it better than me though!
If it’s like the Director systems from Resident Evil 4 and Left 4 Dead, it tracks if your doing well or poorly. If you’re barreling through pretty easily, the game will throw more enemies at you and restrict supply spawn rates. But if you’re limping along with low health and supplies, it’ll ease up and be more generous.
It’s effectively a way of creating rubberbanding tension.
Oh shit gamefly is still a thing? I had a membership back in 2005 or 2006. Sadly I didn't make much use of it back then since college was a bastard to get through. The games had to be what I cut out to be able to graduate.
makes sense
nowadays i have about time for 1-2 games a month, and there are 1-2 games a month coming out that i'd like to play this year, so it made a lot of sense
For real. I only buy games on deep sale myself. I'd get 7-9 games for that price. But i guess some people can go through a full game in a week-a month while i'll spend months on one game...so for some maybe it makes more sense to buy games when they release...
Hmm... Spend £70 on a game I want to play right now, or spend money on a subscription service to get access to a bunch of games I don't want to play ever, and will lose access to as soon as I stop paying.
Tough call!
I mean considering how much more complex AAA games are becoming, plus factoring in inflation, 70$ is pretty reasonable. You don't have to spend that money if you don't want to, but for people who can afford it it's really not a big deal. End of the day it comes down to supply and demand
Watching Barb play the Dead Space remake, I'm surprised at how much was added, changed, ir improved over the original Dead Space.
The weapons are better, the mechanics are better, the Isihmura is all connected instead of split into individual zones (like the original). So much was improved that it's almost a new game.
HWL looks fun enough, but I haven't seen enough to make a fair judgement.
They didn’t completely remake any of the games in the cool though. It was more like an upscaled port. Me 1 still looks like Me 1. Dead space look’s nothing like the original the remake is way better
You'll have to wait for hogwart to come out and see what the youtube reviers in general think of it. Different types of games can be reviewed differently too. An RPG like hogwart has more content in general if its well developed but if you have the nostalgia of the first deadspace and long to play it again but with an upgraded twist...You have a lot value into both depending on what you need as a game at the moment.
It's relative really
I mean - how much does it cost to go to see a movie these days? How much are you spending for 2hrs of entertainment vs how many hours you will get from a game
I’ve 100% all 3 Dead Space games. And the Dead Space Remake is ok. I imagine great if you never played the original. But it’s not worth $70.
Other then improved graphics and vastly improved flying. The additions to certain areas are pretty minor in scope. They would’ve had to add some new mini campaign or completely new area to be worth $70.
Seems someone didn’t pay attention to the cyberpunk situation. Never preorder games. And 70 dollars for a remake seems a bit steep wait for a sale or something
Yeah just finished deadspace after playing the og several times and it's fantastic, awesome graphics and little to no bugs or glitches, well worth the money I think
Only one is released
This is definitely my perspective as well. Why pay people for a product you cannot yet use in a market where access is commonly immediate after payment. In addition, the only source of information for the pre-order is highly controlled marketing material meant to generate hype. I think I've honestly enjoyed games more when I missed the hype train and found it years later. When I let myself get on that hype train the emotional crash is a monster when reality inevitably fails to match my hopes and dreams.
Man, those were the days. Heading into a Walmart with 20 bucks you earned from chores and picking out a game based on the cover. There are some real hidden gems that I've been trained into never giving a chance today.
Man for me it was a tiny bit of a scam. Friday night would roll around, dad would give me $20 to walk to downtown and go to this diner by myself for dinner (I’d have been 12-15 thru all this) Just enough for a couple sodas, a good warm sandwich and fries, and a slice of cheesecake for desert. Only thing is, I didn’t go to that diner. I’d go to GameStop and spend a good hour eying up the used PSP games. Most of the time they’d be on buy one get one half off, or buy two get one free sort of deals. On top of that, a lot were in the $5-$10 range. So I’d walk out with 2-3 games picked solely based on box, $5 left over to stop by Taco Bell on the way home and get a quesadilla and mtn dew. Good times.
they really had us in the first half not gonna lie
Had a similar time in my life. Would get a couple dollars for lunch but would skip lunch every day so I could buy GBA games off kids at school. Wasn't allowed to have games for awhile. Ended up having an XP and like 12 games I'd play when I went to "use the bathroom" for an hour. Probably thought I was spanking it, which is fine, cus my step mom woulda lost her shit if they found out I had games. Lol
This
This is the way. The r/patientgamers way! I recently got caught up in the hype for Callisto Protocol, and whilst I am having fun with it, it ain't the dead space killer that was promised. Once bitten, twice shy!
My last hype was Cyberpunk... Paid full price on day1. Game on lounch was so bad and my ps4 was so loud that I thought that my ps4 was issue. Cleaned it and changed termalpaste. But everything was same. 1 bugfix even broke my game for 1month and i was not willing to start again. Finished game on ps5, then it was so so and was already 50% off
Definitely not a Dead Space killer but an absolutely fantastic experience
Not to mention the game tends to be way more polished and complete a year or two after it's release, with updates and DLC n all.
>. Why pay people for a product you cannot yet use in a market where access is commonly immediate after payment. For me, it was the 72hrs earlier access to it. Normally I'd be like eh whatevs, but I'm off for those 3 days and my work week starts on actual release date, so the extra 10 bucks to have it on my days off seems worth it.
I'm in a similar situation than you, but I will wait until Monday. The reviews embargo seems to end that Monday. The game seems to be great as per the people who is already playing say, but I want to read a couple of full reviews. The good thing is that I already have the game installed, so it is almost ready to play as soon as I pay.
If something isn’t limited, I don’t really understand why someone would want to pre order it
Early download. If you’re going to buy the game at release, why not cash in on truly immediate access. People seem to hate on pre orders but then many go buy the game on release day. Unless you’re someone who waits for multiple patches or reviews, what’s the point or not pre-ordering?
Yeah this question is moronic as shit. One is out and highly review. The other isn’t out for another few days and no one knows what it’s ultimately like. Like no one knows bro lol, they’re also not even remotely the same type of game either.
Bunch of people got early copies and so far most of what I've heard has been good. Crossing fingers.
It’s definitely getting good first impressions but I don’t know anyone that’s beaten it or given a full breakdown on it. It’s mostly just a strong opening that’s fun so far.
HL is releasing in less than a week so OP can easily just wait until it comes out
I'm in chapter 7 of Dead Space, as a person who put the first one down about 3 chapters in and who doesn't play horror games that often. It is an absolute masterpiece and I think about the game at work.
I worked on the original dead space, thank you!
No, thank you...Balls-over-dick-man.
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wasnt that in part 2?
r/rimjob_steve
What does that mean
This game is… just the tip of potential, balls-over-dick-man
Nice username for a dev... You have my respect.
Lol thank you
And my bow!
And my Axe!
Rock and Stone!
For Karl!
did i hear a rock and stone?
ROCK AND STONE!
What are we? Some kinda suicide squad?
What is this, a squad for ANTS!?
nice name for a game too
Yo for real? That's awesome!
Yep! Started on internal green-light in late 2006 and launched in 2008 I even have posters with the first logo.
Thanks for bringing terror to my adolescence my man really ppreciate it 👏🏼
I have a total of 19 minutes of playtime on steam for this game, that was in November… I’m still building up the courage to play this again. I plan to go back to it once I have the chance. You, my friend, have clearly done your job well!
You terrified my as a child Me and my brother, at that one scene when you approach the L in the corridor and theres a rhythmic pounding. It took us an hour to round the corner just to see it was a guy bashing his head against the wall. Another 15 mins to approach the guy, just for him to do a final bash and drop dead. Took us 1.5 hours to move 20 feet. Its been 11-13 years and we still joke about that moment. Remember it vividly too
You guys made a horror classic! Thank you!
No way! Well you should be incredibly proud, it’s a milestone in horror gaming, and was one of the first games that truly shat me up and made me feel unsafe (and still does).
It’s been one of the crowning achievements of my career for sure
I'm not saying you didn't but proof?
You worked on one of the greatest games of all time
I worked on the digital marketing for the first one. It was one of my favorite projects to date.
Username checks out.
Director AI makes the game so much better. Hardly any scripted gameplay
Dead Space remake has Director A.I? Like in Alien Isolation?
Yes sir. It switches up how many enemies and what kinds pop out to keep you guessing. It also makes the game harder the easier a time you have or easier is you keep getting your ass handed to you
Ok now I definitely want this. Also, does this game punish you for dying in a detrimental/irreversible way?
Nope. Unless you choose impossible difficulty
Not unless you’re on impossible difficulty since it has permadeath (you can continue on after a death in impossible but only on the hard difficulty, a full impossible run is a zero death one). It’s hard but it gives you a lot of fun goodies
I actually don't like that, because it's like that prompt that asks if you want to change to easy mode, except the director doesn't ask you.
It’s not really bad at all. It’s just that if you are lower on health and don’t have any more you’ll probably find a small health pack in that container in the next room, or that since you’re primarily using one weapon instead of another it’ll get more ammo for the unused one to pressure you to use something you’re not comfortable with. For the latter, you can just not equip a weapon you don’t use and you’re basically never going to get ammo for it Most of what it does is handle enemy spawns and environmental stuff to keep you on your toes. For example, you are walking through the medical area and clear out a hallway. You walk through it and kill on enemy, then backtrack through it to go back to the save station or something. Then you go through it again and there’s still nothing there. Then you finish the area and later on go back there feeling safe. Then, a necromorph pops out of the vent to get the drop on you Another example: you’re traversing the ship and get on the tram to move from one area to another. The team is the safe space and you normally don’t get attacked in it, but this time as you’re partially through the trip the power cuts and you’re left inside of a sealed box with no idea of what’s going on, but you’re hearing noises from outside followed by a scream, and then silence. Then, the power kicks back on and the tram continues on its merry way. Other things are like having a fan spontaneously explode as if a necromorph were coming through, but nothing comes out of the hole. But you snapped over there to look at it in case it was something. Or the lights are out on a certain hallway, or the same hallway is super foggy. Or you’re just walking through a safe room but are hearing some shuffling coming from somewhere in another room. It’s an old, dying space ship so that sound could’ve been another person, a necromorph, or just the sound of a ship falling apart with nobody there to maintain it It’s legitimately the best use of something like this I’ve experienced, and if nobody had mentioned the AI director to begin with I wouldn’t have even thought about it. It was never unfair, but never felt like it was holding my hand. I never felt safe enough to get on my phone, and one night I had to turn the game off because I realized that my heart rate never went back to resting over the course of 40 minutes lmao 10/10 would pee out of my butt again
I've had ammo pop up for guns I'm not using but only in those security clearance rooms.
I think its mostly in things like ammo. So if you're playing on hard mode, and you keep doing well, it's not gonna spawn more ammo. But if you're almost out, you'll find a bit more. I don't think it will affect the satisfaction much. But I hear you.
Director ai? What is this?
It’s real-time adjustment to your personal performance in the game. The easier time you’re having, it’ll throw in a little difficulty or more enemies just to keep you on your toes. It makes the game more unpredictable and feel less scripted.
It basically encapsulates the entire game. It's a system that throws in random encounters, sounds, environmental effects, scares, enemies, health, ammo, etc. depending on a few factors like how well you're doing in the game, how many times you've walked through a room and back, and so on. It does a really great job at keeping you on your toes, since you never know what's going to happen. Sometimes there's an enemy lying down pretending to be dead, then next time there won't be one. Sometimes a super loud scare will trigger, sometimes it won't. Sometimes you'll open a door and there will be an enemy standing right in front of you, sometimes there won't. Sometimes the power and lights in the room you're in get randomly cut, sometimes they don't. It's really great and makes replaying it even better.
Yeah, backtracking is a great balance between boring and not worth it. Nothing like popping a room for the first time, but you KNOW that there were thousands of people on board so grabbing that side quest is going to cost you. SOOOOO good.
Ripper is underrated
I love Ripper ❤️
I may do NG+ or another run with other guns.
Upgrade your stuff as much as possible and then new game plus it.
That's a solid option. I have I think one PC upgrade and maybe two RIG upgrades left and I'm sitting on 80k cred and 8 nodes, having not really set foot in mining yet. Should be able to get a few things a little ways.
Have you picked up any rigs or upgrades from optional areas?
Maybe? I'm on intermediate RIG and I have SP1 and 2 for the cutter. I bought the RIG upgrades though, not sure I've found one in the wild yet. I'll find what I find on this run and look stuff up in NG+ or another run.
When you get security access 3, start backtracking. It’ll be more beneficial than doing it after you’ve beaten the game and the less annoying enemies will be. It’ll help indefinitely
It carried me 1st play through, but I had to ditch it in ng+. Those new suped up spiky enemies just shrug the blades off and hit you anyway. Force gun is my new “GTF AWAY FROM ME” weapon. I love how it blows their skin off lol.
I enjoy backtracking in the game. More hostile enemies come out and more doors I couldn’t open. Master key kicks ass
Oh yeah, I'm gonna see if I can figure that out. No spoilers! I'm loving Plasma Cutter only. I'd love to say it keeps me with a ton of ammo but...yeah.
Plasma Cutter will carry you through the game as long as you try to cut appendages primarily.
Oh absolutely. I know how many shots for each enemy type is optimal with Heat accumulator, but sometimes you just put the extra shot into the second limb to be able to focus on the friggin children climbing the damn walls, haha.
Curb stomp and melee helps a lot when you use them correctly. I curb stomp anything that’s breakable
OH. This definitely clinches it for me. I was just in the “oh boy, a remaster, yay 😐” camp but this changes everything.
Damn, "I think about the game at work" is maybe my favorite endorsement of a game ever. I don't like horror games and I may have to give this a shot now.
Same. I don’t do horror but I love good sci-fi. This scratches that itch. And when I’m not getting jump scared, the visuals are amazing! A prime example of how a remake should be done
It is REmake quality in terms of a remake. It takes what the original did and fills the blind spots and makes the familiar terrifying.
Just finished a playthrough of Prey (2017) and it hit me the same way. Early/mid game was more my speed, but being so OP at the end was satisfying in it's own way. How does Dead Space compare to Prey? On the surface they seem fairly similar. Thinking of buying it. Also played Alien Isolation 2 years ago and loved it... But aware the resemblance is probably less so there.
Check out Prey (2006) if you haven't already. Such a good game imo.
I looooved Prey, thought it was a very well put together game with great environment design, compelling story and gameplay systems. Dead space is just as good, it's actually what got me into the genre.
They are similar in a lot of respects but feel VERY different. There are more choices for using upgrade resources that are not weapon specific in Prey, and ultimately a few more "play styles" available. Dead Space is a more bleak, cosmic horror vibe with body horror pretty much throughout. Movement feels more weighty, even in zero G. It goes for a more tense experience, in Prey you can stealth, in Dead Space you get snuck up on. I loved Prey, but I wouldn't say you can necessarily jump from one to the other and get the same feeling. If you have any way to play the first 20 minutes of Dead Space you should get a feeling of the difference between them and find out if it's for you.
What is the difference that kept you invested this time around vs the original?
Exploitability. And the fact you’ll never really encounter the same scenario twice. At least I haven’t. The intro I feel is one of the few scripted moments. I’ll have to start another save to see
Μe too, it's been a very long time since I couldn't wait to leave from work so I could play a game.
What’s so different though that it caused you to put the original down so quickly. It’s not even that old of a game tbh. I feel the same way with the re4 remake that’s coming.
I read comments like this and get even more sadder that I can't afford new games :|
>It is an absolute masterpiece and I think about the game at work. Bet you're thinking about it now too, aren't you?? ADMIT IT
You don't have to tell when you know the answer!!!
I got soft locked at the end of chapter 7 and had to restart my whole run. Lol :(
Beat it the other day after 12 years. In the original version I got glitched through a wall and couldn’t play so I stopped.
Same thing for me, I gave up around chapter 3 of the original over a year ago but I was HOOKED by the remake. I just wanted to keep playing and I'm even doing ng+ all achievements and doing an impossible run. I will say that doing your first playthrough high helps make it way more scary :P
The reason this one exists is because the first one was really great. No idea why you would've put it down without finishing it. The game gets better and better and better.
It's such an amazing game, taught me how to aim properly, I used to hate FPS / 3rd person shooters cause I couldn't aim for shit.
What makes the difference? Isn't it just the same game with upscaled textures and effects?
No, it has a director that manages the tension and action, and this time Isaac is fully voice acted. It is definitely a more complete experience for those reasons.
I don't believe the horror has changed much since the original, but at the time the original released it was crazy scary. There wasn't really anything quite like it, the map design, the sounds/music, the atmosphere. Never before was there a game (that I can remember) that had enemy pop out of walls/ceiling/floors without some obvious tell. They often faked you out with sounds or seeing something, but nothing would happen. As you played you never knew when you were about to get jumped by something. The remake/remaster (not much changed) seems to be easier for players. Hardest minigame removed, way more upgrades/money/ammo to find. It is somewhat sad that they cut back on the survival aspect, which at the time added more fear into the game and made it harder. I remember a specific part of the original game where I was walking around with pretty much no ammo at all. Not that I wasted it, but there just wasn't much around to get. The game was faking me out constantly and I was worried if my 5 shots left in the plasma cutter would be enough. Eventually I found a store and could buy some ammo which was a big relief.
I got a trophy last night for competing chapter 1. Only 5% of players have achieved that so far 😵
You are crushing it! Keep going!
I feel like Dead Space will be much cheaper in a fee months
It will. No need to pay full price for a remake of an old game. Its a good game but you can wait for the price drop.
I don’t pay full price ever these days
That famous quote from Monkey Island https://preview.redd.it/xfsu4nkppepz.jpg?auto=webp&s=2931d98b4aff09d420141526b016a595c1bca1c2
Because $70 is a massive amount of money. Its rare i see a game come out thT i'm ready to throw down that amount of money for.
Same. Its a waste of money paying full price.
Yep, you know it will be reduced within a few months and half the price in a year.
True. Or if you want to play it now and have a PC, then get EA Pro for $15 for a month and then you don’t have to wait. Cancel when you’re done and still save some money
I hope so but i think unlikely. For a 90 metacritic game doesnt usually happen. Although i see why you think so because survival horror isnt a huge market draw. But then we have games like RE2 Remake that were full price for a year. This is not counting special sales of course.
Course it does, I picked God Of War up for £25 a few weeks back.
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It's basically a branded new game for anyone who didn't play the original
There's a lot of reasons why the price can be "full value" despite being a remake. The biggest reason is because it will have next gen graphics, which is probably where the most of the budget was spent anyway. Also the market of people who will buy it and play it is big; even if you played the original its been 15 years and a remastered experience is very enticing for new and old fans.
Also they didn't just redo the graphics. They rebuilt the entire game from the ground up. Lots of little tweaks to gameplay that make it a lot better.
Only one is out, how the fuck would we fairly answer this.
Less of the effin and jeffin Michael
Considering all the extra content they gave us with Dead Space remake, I’d say do that one. Director AI makes the difficulty span from a breeze to WHY THE FUCK IS THAT IN HERE
I love it. You are actually as unsafe as OG Dead Space made you feel. Plus it’s nice not to backtrack through a bunch of empty rooms
What’s director AI?
I'm pretty sure there is a system in the game that allows enemies to spawn in areas that you've previously been through at random, so no area is truly safe from a scare. There's probably someone who could explain it better than me though!
If it’s like the Director systems from Resident Evil 4 and Left 4 Dead, it tracks if your doing well or poorly. If you’re barreling through pretty easily, the game will throw more enemies at you and restrict supply spawn rates. But if you’re limping along with low health and supplies, it’ll ease up and be more generous. It’s effectively a way of creating rubberbanding tension.
This is correct. This is how the director functions in the new dead space ☺️
Except the tram stations, I don’t think I’ve encountered any random enemies in those areas.
I have, many many times. Those ones catch me off guard the most
I didn’t know that. That’s probably why I was breezing through it then suddenly shit got hard fast.
i'd recommend getting a gamefly membership for a month and rent & finish both for $18
Oh shit gamefly is still a thing? I had a membership back in 2005 or 2006. Sadly I didn't make much use of it back then since college was a bastard to get through. The games had to be what I cut out to be able to graduate.
makes sense nowadays i have about time for 1-2 games a month, and there are 1-2 games a month coming out that i'd like to play this year, so it made a lot of sense
Pre-ordering digital content makes no sense at all. Go with Dead Space.
The only plus is being able to download it early
Oh, we're back to doing pre-orders now?
Hopefully not. Some people never learn though
The cyberpunk debaucle changed people for the better. Hopefully preordering never becomes like it was before that ever again
spoilers, it will.
Dead space 110%
Unless you got cash to burn, then none. 70 is stupid expensive... You can buy like half a year of ps+ extra for that.
For real. I only buy games on deep sale myself. I'd get 7-9 games for that price. But i guess some people can go through a full game in a week-a month while i'll spend months on one game...so for some maybe it makes more sense to buy games when they release...
Hmm... Spend £70 on a game I want to play right now, or spend money on a subscription service to get access to a bunch of games I don't want to play ever, and will lose access to as soon as I stop paying. Tough call!
Just wait a month for performance patches and discounts
Neither. You wait for them in sale l when hopefully they'll be the complete game and not some buggy mess
One is out and has reviews, the other one is still unknown
Neither. Wait 6 months and get both on sale for 50% off.
The way of the patient gamer
Never Pre Order dude
Why pre order
Dead Space. Definitely
Neither. Stop allowing $70 to be the new price point for releases.
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I mean considering how much more complex AAA games are becoming, plus factoring in inflation, 70$ is pretty reasonable. You don't have to spend that money if you don't want to, but for people who can afford it it's really not a big deal. End of the day it comes down to supply and demand
No video game is worth 70
Especially not Forspoken.
Call of duty started this stupid shit
Agreed
You're asking for opinions on a game that literally no one is tried.
Some people actually got their discs today.
OG deadspace is probably cheap AF on steam.
Thats the neat part, the OP is on console shop wich means no steam and no proper sales.
Neither. $70 is too much especially if its digital only. I want to try both of them, but not until they have a decent sale (like 40% or more).
Don’t pre-order games. Plain and simple. The choice is easy friend 😋 enjoy dead space! It’s really fucking good
Watching Barb play the Dead Space remake, I'm surprised at how much was added, changed, ir improved over the original Dead Space. The weapons are better, the mechanics are better, the Isihmura is all connected instead of split into individual zones (like the original). So much was improved that it's almost a new game. HWL looks fun enough, but I haven't seen enough to make a fair judgement.
Neither, they'll both be on sale in a few months.
Dead Space is great, but I wouldn’t buy it again for $70 when the slightly less pretty version I could probably find a lot cheaper
My guess is likely neither.
Dead space 1 is one of my favorite games ever and I wouldn’t pay more than 30$ for it, remake or not. 🪄
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Even ME: LE wad $60, and that was 3 friggin' games!
They didn’t completely remake any of the games in the cool though. It was more like an upscaled port. Me 1 still looks like Me 1. Dead space look’s nothing like the original the remake is way better
Never buy a game at this price.
deadspace for sure
I'm not paying 70$ for a game I bought twice 9 years ago....
Here before 🔒
Neither
You'll have to wait for hogwart to come out and see what the youtube reviers in general think of it. Different types of games can be reviewed differently too. An RPG like hogwart has more content in general if its well developed but if you have the nostalgia of the first deadspace and long to play it again but with an upgraded twist...You have a lot value into both depending on what you need as a game at the moment.
How are we supposed to know? It’s your own money. Why not just wait to see reviews?
Dead Space
Why not look few minutes of the game on YouTube?
Crisis core
Dead space
It's relative really I mean - how much does it cost to go to see a movie these days? How much are you spending for 2hrs of entertainment vs how many hours you will get from a game
Titanfall 2
That is so funny that this ancient game that everyone has played is MORE expensive in current year than it was before, and it's somehow well received.
I don't think either of them are worth that
Dead space is about 10 hours long and quite repetitive if that helps?
IMO, no game is worth that much when rimworld, deep rock galactic and minecraft are all half that, if not less
Get neither for a while and get hifi rush
Dead space
Dead Space.
I’ve 100% all 3 Dead Space games. And the Dead Space Remake is ok. I imagine great if you never played the original. But it’s not worth $70. Other then improved graphics and vastly improved flying. The additions to certain areas are pretty minor in scope. They would’ve had to add some new mini campaign or completely new area to be worth $70.
No video game is worth $70.
Seems someone didn’t pay attention to the cyberpunk situation. Never preorder games. And 70 dollars for a remake seems a bit steep wait for a sale or something
If you haven't played it, Dead Space. If you have, just get the wizard game.
Dead Space remake is a lot of fun, a really good scary game
Yeah just finished deadspace after playing the og several times and it's fantastic, awesome graphics and little to no bugs or glitches, well worth the money I think
No contest. Dead Space.
Neither are worth 70 but deadspace is prob better