Dead Space 2 .

Robert1986 · 31 Jan 2011 at 01:19

r3d zombie said:
out of interest guys, how many chapters are their?, think i am on 6 or 7 right now, but they seem pretty short.

13

point decay · 31 Jan 2011 at 01:26

Robert1986 said:
13

damn, i reckon ive only played for about three hours and am half way through, better pace myself (fingers crossed the later levels take longer)

Bennie-Mac · 31 Jan 2011 at 05:01

Although it is a great game so far im not finding it as scary as some older games such as Doom 3 etc. Maybe its because ive played the 1st one a lot and i now know mostly what to expect... For example ill walk into a corridor and there will be a random corpse lying there, "bet thats gonna come to life as soon as i get near it, better aim my gun just incase. Yep just as i thought. *blam*

Still an awesome game though

Robert1986 · 31 Jan 2011 at 05:58

Bennie-Mac said:
Although it is a great game so far im not finding it as scary as some older games such as Doom 3 etc. Maybe its because ive played the 1st one a lot and i now know mostly what to expect... For example ill walk into a corridor and there will be a random corpse lying there, "bet thats gonna come to life as soon as i get near it, better aim my gun just incase. Yep just as i thought. *blam*

Still an awesome game though

Its predictable but its the sound design and ques that make it work so well. It even has monster closets like doom 3.

HeX · 31 Jan 2011 at 08:17

Robert1986 said:
13

There are 15 chapters. However chapter 15 is just the final boss fight.

Took me about 9hr's to finish the game, which I found quite surprising really, as DS one was pretty much 1hr per chapter, so to find that this game is shorter was a bit whaaa?

Still, it was excellent. Can't decide what to do now, do I do a quick New Game+ Normal to mop up the achievements for weapons, or do I go straight for the Zealot one... hmmmm....

Also... final boss was an absolute DF@/!!£$ for me, as by the time I'd reached it all I had left was a single can of Flame Thrower fuel... (only used plasma cutter for 90% of the game)...

Which when you see the final boss you will see how utterly useless having a flame thrower is... so had to spend 5mins of the boss fight running around killing random things just to get the ammo to kill the actual boss! Which caused my death several times.

Finished the game with maxed out RIG, Stasis, Plasma Cutter (original of course), and Flame Thrower. Didn't touch any of the other weapons, and 30/50 achievements, 545G. Not bad for first run through.

I think I'd still say the first is the better game, but only just. The second certainly does iron out a lot of the niggles that affected gameplay of the first (e.g. stasis recharges in DS2, and there are no air cans for a start).

But I think the first game had better story pacing, and better boss battles.

While the second didn't really have boss battles, but had some great action set pieces.

So overall, both great games.

Margaret · 31 Jan 2011 at 10:09

Took me 6hrs 49 mins to finish Dead Space on normal, but I only did normal to get through it quick. I didn't rush though and explored as much as I could for logs. So for me DS2 was longer and has more replay value.

Story in the first is definitely worse than the story in this.

antijoke · 31 Jan 2011 at 10:23

I'm going to get DS1 before I carry on with DS2.

I had to turn it off last night after about 20 minutes, as it was creeping me out too much.

5punk3monk3y · 31 Jan 2011 at 10:54

Konvict you chicken

biron_w · 31 Jan 2011 at 10:57

anticonscience said:
I'm going to get DS1 before I carry on with DS2.

I had to turn it off last night after about 20 minutes, as it was creeping me out too much.

Are girls allowed in these forums?

5punk3monk3y · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:10

biron_w said:
Are girls allowed in these forums?

or furry cats?

biron_w · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:16

5punk3monk3y said:
or furry cats?

antijoke · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:19

It's the whole "Here is a torch, go and shine it in dark corners" thing that got me.

biron_w · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:28

The second game is even worse than the first for that. I think it's probably the darkest game i've ever played.

antijoke · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:30

Will it impact massively if I play the second one first, then the first one?

I can't for the life of me find a copy of the first game.

PiKe · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:33

anticonscience said:
Will it impact massively if I play the second one first, then the first one?

I can't for the life of me find a copy of the first game.

Book place has it.

HeX · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:45

anticonscience said:
Will it impact massively if I play the second one first, then the first one?

I can't for the life of me find a copy of the first game.

Well the 2nd one has a 'Previously on Dead Space' button that gives you a quick overview of what happened in the first.

So you won't be too far out of the loop. Though to appreciate one of the later chapters (and indeed the ending) fully you should really play the first game... well... first.

You can probably pick it up 2nd hand for less than a tenner.

EDIT - CEX sell it for £12 2nd hand.

ic1male · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:48

I just sold my PS3 copy of DS1. I should have asked more. It went within seconds!

FTM · 31 Jan 2011 at 12:55

just got to the chapter where you go back into you know where (dont want to spoil it) and it was very creepy and the audio logs were brilliant

ic1male · 31 Jan 2011 at 13:20

FTM said:
just got to the chapter where you go back into you know where (dont want to spoil it) and it was very creepy and the audio logs were brilliant

Me too. I was REALLY cacking it. I had to take a break, nearly had a heart attack.

Skellig · 31 Jan 2011 at 13:22

Just started last night. Only 10 mins in but so far so good! Can't wait to be immersed again.

I'm not a horror fan (the genre rarely scares me) but I know a well crafted game when I play it. Dead Space 1 was masterfully crafted and I can't wait to complete number 2.