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| Dead Space Review by Jeremy |  | | PALGN Review: Screaming is not the only thing you'll hear... | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Totally agree with the review, it's an amazing game. Even the PC port is awesome! Everyone with a PC/360/PS3 needs to buy Dead Space and Mirror's Edge, if only to prove to EA that we will buy new IP from them.
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Spot on Jeremy. Its all about the "atmosphere" that makes this game awesome. Even the quiet moments are are freaky because you are not sure when some Necromoph will jump out of nowhere and attack you.
And yeah, the CQC was not really useful. You couldn't rely on it if you ran out of armour and didn't help much if you ran out of armo.
The real time cute scenes and lack of a HUD were a pretty neat idea. It kept you on the edge and added to the atmosphere.
Plus you couldn't pause the game and access the inventory if you ran out of a particular item and wanted to refill in the middle of a fight. Searching your inventory would be suicidal most of the time. It gave you a sense of desperation as you had no choice but to run away. Pretty cool.
Top game.
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I'm only about 4 chapters into it, but I have an absolute hard on for this game. It's frikkin awesome. The no HUD system makes it totally immersive and the sound - oh my!!! Great review Jeremy. Potential Game of the Year in my opinion.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Definitely a 9, amazing game I haven't enjoyed being on the edge of my seat like this since the original Resi Evil way back on the PS1
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Awesome review for an awesome game, what more needs to be said??
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Great review Jeremy, has definitely bumped Dead Space up on my priority list of must-haves for this crazy season.
Just one question: I didn't understand the line "you can't change difficulty levels on subsequent play throughs". What does this mean exactly, that once you pick a difficulty setting you're stuck with it?
Or that you can't change it in-game on the fly? Wasn't sure what was being inferred here, and why it was a negative aspect.
If anyone could please clear that up for me, I'd be very appreciative 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Has Jeremy had an attack of the toff
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That's grown up speak for a number 2
Great review jeremy i have really been undecided as to whether i should get this maybe because it hasn't received the megga hype of Fallout, Fable etc. But you've convinced me I'll be picking this one up for sure.
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| Windburn wrote: | Just one question: I didn't understand the line "you can't change difficulty levels on subsequent play throughs". What does this mean exactly, that once you pick a difficulty setting you're stuck with it?
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For example, if you pick 'normal' when you first start the game, you'll always be playing on the normal difficulty. Then, when you play through a second time with all the items and upgrades, you'll still be playing on normal. Its nothing major, though I was hoping to tackle the 'impossible' mode with some help from my upgraded weapons.
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Playing it I was actually really surprised that it managed to make it through the OFLC uncensored, when the latest Silent Hill got banned for violence. Dead Space has some pretty gory parts, not to mention that the gameplay revolves around blowing limbs off. It doesn't seem to make sense and gives you the impression that they might be targeting existing franchises with bans, rather than new IP. Which is worrying.
Fantastic game though. For me the highlights are the sound - it has an absolutely excellent 5.1 mix - and the quality of the lighting and shadows.
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Couldn't agree more. Absolutely loved this game. Took me 18 hours to complete on normal difficulty - at first because I was creeping around like a terrified mouse and, later, because I *scoured* that ship for every little piece of ammo, every power node, every item I could.
Once I find the time I'll definitely be playing through on impossible difficulty.
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Good review... i'd give it a 8.5/10 myself (just finished it).
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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This review is completely inaccurate. It's at least a 9.0653892
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Great review. This game is just awesome. I too am up to chapter 4 and absolutey love the graphics, lighting and how everything is intergrated into Isaacs Suit, its a really polished game.
Bring on the sequel.
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Wasn't scary and to much one hit kill crap really pissed me off.
Still the game is really good.
I'm up to chapter 10 on my 2nd playthrough and I still need to max out about 4 weapons to get the trophy.
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| NegativeZero wrote: | Playing it I was actually really surprised that it managed to make it through the OFLC uncensored, when the latest Silent Hill got banned for violence. Dead Space has some pretty gory parts, not to mention that the gameplay revolves around blowing limbs off. It doesn't seem to make sense and gives you the impression that they might be targeting existing franchises with bans, rather than new IP. Which is worrying.
Fantastic game though. For me the highlights are the sound - it has an absolutely excellent 5.1 mix - and the quality of the lighting and shadows. |
It most likely got through because it's sci-fi, bit more leniency towards non human killing.
I really want to grab this game, picked up LBP and Fable 2 so it may take a while to grab; this, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Mirrors Edge, the list goes on. Good time of year for gamers.
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Great review, and a great, GREAT game.
Good you took the review for this too Jez. I'm still not past the second level 
Yes I'm a wuss, bill me!
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Better than Gears 2 PalGN??? riiighhht
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Hyper just rated this a 6/10, yet the only negative points were it was science fiction (the Ishimura looks like every other abandoned spaceship, they say, though I'd like to see any one of them design one differently) and, uh, they sucked at the turret shooting. This game is fantastic, the pacing is great, the atmosphere is wonderfully oppressive, it looks and runs like a dream. And yes, better than GoW2!
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Hey, I finally 100% agree with Jeremy in a review! *jokes*
Top game this, certainly contender for my GoTY, although Gears 2 is pretty damn awesome and I've yet to play Fallout 3....so many games.
Dead Space is a game that just *works*. Nothing in the game at all is flawed and it's got it all IMO.
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Finished Dead Space this weekend and loved most of it. My only problem with it was the pacing (or lack thereof). The game felt like it had to continually throw monsters at you to keep you on your toes, and it rarely spent more than a minute building suspense.
Also very surprised this game got through with an MA rating. Some very, very gory bits.
Overall one of my favourite games this year, though. Hopefully it's a commercial success & encourages EA to take more fantastic leaps into new IP.
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Currently this bad boy is my game of the year. I'm hoping Mirror's Edge matches the quality of this one as it will undoubtably bring EA up from the sludge and get people to really notice them again.
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