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hmmm this or farcry 2 tomorrow? :O
Dead Space Is Awesome!!
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is this out on a digital download in the uk?
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41717.html watched that review and now its another bloody game i have to buy, it looks great and i think ill grab this over farcry2 which sadly doesnt seem to have delivered gameplay wise going by what people have reported..
yes direct 2 drive make sure its the uk site not the US else you cant download it
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Excellent stuff !, actually had checked d2d, but must have been on the US site..
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anyone know if the download is available from 12?
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Trust me Far Cry2 is shockingly poor Dead Space is much better. Got Far Cry2 as well today and played it for all of 10 mins before turning it off (probably forever!!). FC2 is yet another in a long line of overhyped games with dodgy high score reviews from corrupt websites. You will not believe how poor some of the gfx are and how small the entire game is (3.16GB install and only 50 files in it). All you have is one large map which appears to be open world free form but in reality you have to run all around it to very similar looking locations and just repeat missions etc etc. I would say FC2 is smaller than Crysis Warhead and looks much worse as well. Its also very dumbed down for console owners which is reflected in the way the games controls work as well as the way you move around in it.
After playing this a bit more gotta say it feels like a classic survival horror game. Very Silent Hill/Resident Evil with lots of The Thing influenced monsters and some truly gruesome action for example you think you have killed something in a corridor then later when you return and see its corpse you run along ignoring it but it gets up and still tries to get you!! It takes a lot to kill some of these things and the 18 certificate is because its pretty gory in places!! Lots of neat gameplay features as well like an auto map which uses parts of the environmental gfx to illustrate the way to go instead of you having to keep looking at the ingame map screen just hold down the analog button for a fraction of a second to see an illuminated line showing the direction to move in.
Sound design is outstanding. I have an Asus Xonar D2X and this game sound amazing on it the deep bass and metal creaking sounds are very well done as is the squelching noise when you walk/run over dismembered limbs!! The combat is also very tactical in that you have to dismember limbs to get a quick kill and most of the time the monsters move in a random pattern after the first shot or even before so its not as easy as just shooting then stomping them. RPG elements as well in suit/weapon upgrades and you have to carefully choose which to upgrade and when otherwise it makes the gameplay harder depending on your environment. Game atmosphere is very similar to the movie Alien in the running through corridors with flashing lights and lots of coloured smoke parts.
Sound design is outstanding. I have an Asus Xonar D2X and this game sound amazing on it the deep bass and metal creaking sounds are very well done as is the squelching noise when you walk/run over dismembered limbs!! The combat is also very tactical in that you have to dismember limbs to get a quick kill and most of the time the monsters move in a random pattern after the first shot or even before so its not as easy as just shooting then stomping them. RPG elements as well in suit/weapon upgrades and you have to carefully choose which to upgrade and when otherwise it makes the gameplay harder depending on your environment. Game atmosphere is very similar to the movie Alien in the running through corridors with flashing lights and lots of coloured smoke parts.
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To me I thought it was much worse than Crysis as at least you could free roam in Crysis. In FC2 if you freeroam you are liable to get killed quickly by the stupid respawning system or AI 100% accuracy from several miles away!!If you played Far Cry 2 for 10 mins you didn't get past the tutorial
It's not Crysis stuff but it is better than that
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im sick with envy now..
sacked this game after 2hr and wont be going back.. thought it was horrible..
Does that mean you can only install/uninstall 3 times on one pc?
When you uninstall the game you are 'credited' an installation back. So you can install it on the same PC as many times as you like provided that you remember to uninstall it before a format etc etc
It's a bit gay if you ask me because I don't tend to uninstall stuff before a format.
What would happen then if your HD dies or have massive crash and have to do a fresh install without doing an uninstall?
Would not worry about it as whenever you reinstall Windows EA would consider it as another PC as the SID would be different so you get an effective 15 installs before you need to contact them. Also once activated you can just backup the game folder to a blank DVD or another HD anyway as like 99.9% of PC's games it does not need the registry entries and recreates them so just backup the activated game folder then recopy if you are that concerned about it. Obviously if you do this 14 times then you would have to call EA with your proof of purchase on the 16th time!!
PC all the way I have mine hooked up to a 40" HDTV and Dead Space looks pretty good on it. Just get a DVI to HDMI cable and wireless 360 pad for your PC then you are good to go and can even use it for FPS games via xpadder which allows you to map any PC gamepad to keyboard/mouse commands. Kicking it back on the sofa playing PC games on a giant HDTV is about as good as it gets for gaming
This sounds nice, but playing an fps with a gamepad is like I don't know ??
Give me a moment & I will post my serial number as well
No bread in that picture so you must be a pirate
I'm looking forward to this game. Can't decide wether to get it on PS3 or PC though - how do you think it woudl run on my XPS? (specs in sig)
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No bread in that picture so you must be a pirate
I'm looking forward to this game. Can't decide wether to get it on PS3 or PC though - how do you think it woudl run on my XPS? (specs in sig)
I would get it for the PS3 purely from a controls perspective. As many have said, the keyboard and mouse feels awkward and somewhat clumsy when playing this game on a PC.
As for your spec, I think the graphics card will cause you grief because Dead Space is a graphically intense game. Sure it would run but I think you’ll have to reduce the detail levels. Believe me, this is a game where you'll want ALL the eye-candy on
The PS3 will of course guarantee maxed-out graphics and a decent framerate 
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