GoW 2 or Dead Space?

Nabz · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:10

in a bit of a dilemna for the 360. beat GoW 1 yesterday, and LOVED it. however, i have Dead space and was wondering shell i take a little break from GoW and beat Dead Space then return and play GoW 2 or just go all gung-ho and beat GoW 2? what do you guys think, what would you do and which game do u think is more worthy of my time.

Mark1989 · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:18

Well their both very short depending on your difficulty setting, So i just play both at same time hour or so on one then hour or so on the other.

All thou i did finish dead space in a day i enjoyed it allot and couldnt leave it be lol

ic1male · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:28

Don't go straight on to GoW 2. I think you'll be bored half way through. Play Dead Space. It's fantastical.

Wyrdo · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:29

ic1male said:
Don't go straight on to GoW 2. I think you'll be bored half way through. Play Dead Space. It's fantastical.

I'd do this - have a break from the GoW and get scared instead

Fenris · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:31

Dead Space is smashing game, deffinetly the way to go.

mjones1 · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:34

Dead space is great and it does creep you out.

Sinny · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:39

I have to say, Dead Space revived survival horror for me after Resi Evil 5 which was utterly appauling as a horror game and fantastic as an action game.

go for Dead Space!

Margaret · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:39

Gears of War 2 is the very definition of meh, I got bored after 2 chapters.

Such a repetitive game, the cover mechanic is so boring.

Sinny said:
I have to say, Dead Space revived survival horror for me after Resi Evil 5 which was utterly appauling as a horror game and fantastic as an action game.

go for Dead Space!

Wouldn't say Resident Evil 5 was fantastic as an action game, it's far too clunky and the shooting doesn't have ooomf.

Robert1986 · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:43

Gears 2 if you like online games, Dead Space if you want a SP game.

Margaret · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:47

Robert1986 said:
Gears 2 if you like broken online games

Fixed

Sinny · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:51

Margaret said:
Gears of War 2 is the very definition of meh, I got bored after 2 chapters.

Such a repetitive game, the cover mechanic is so boring.

Wouldn't say Resident Evil 5 was fantastic as an action game, it's far too clunky and the shooting doesn't have ooomf.

Well I thought it was fantastic, but didn't scare me at any point at all. wish they'd get rid of these CGI in games, ruins it for me in horror games.

Margaret · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:53

Sinny said:
Well I thought it was fantastic, but didn't scare me at any point at all. wish they'd get rid of these CGI in games, ruins it for me in horror games.

I find it hard to get into...not a fan of the shooting mechanics just doesn't feel as solid as shooting Necromorph in Dead Space.

Need to finish it for achievements though so....

finga · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:56

Mark1989 said:
Well their both very short depending on your difficulty setting, So i just play both at same time hour or so on one then hour or so on the other.

All thou i did finish dead space in a day i enjoyed it allot and couldnt leave it be lol

Dead Space finished in 1 day?! on easy setting? I never play survival horrors on the easy settings as you just feel cheated when you finish it so fast

Fenris · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:57

Sinny said:
Well I thought it was fantastic, but didn't scare me at any point at all. wish they'd get rid of these CGI in games, ruins it for me in horror games.

What?

Margaret · 3 Aug 2009 at 17:59

finga said:
Dead Space finished in 1 day?! on easy setting? I never play survival horrors on the easy settings as you just feel cheated when you finish it so fast

Yeah it's quite a challenge on hard mode, ammo is so scarce at times it's quite easy to die.

At one point I was in a dimly lit root with 5-6 Necromorph and one of the bosses, took me a few tries to get past that because I had no ammo and could barely see!

Defo going through it on impossible mode after I finish it.

dannyjo22 · 3 Aug 2009 at 18:02

Dead space is 50 times the game Gears is or has been.

Sinny · 3 Aug 2009 at 18:17

Fenris said:
What?

In horror games, it ruins the atmosphere.

Fenris · 3 Aug 2009 at 18:33

Sinny said:
In horror games, it ruins the atmosphere.

CGI = Computer-generated imagery

How do you plan on removing this from games?

Sinny · 3 Aug 2009 at 18:52

Fenris said:
CGI = Computer-generated imagery

How do you plan on removing this from games?

How else do you want me to explain it?

it's a video that is pre rendered into a video container and cuts into normal gameplay. IE a pre recorded video that has been recorded specifically to enhance some scenes.

you must know the difference between viewing CGI and actually playing the game.

here is a quote from wikipedia if you like

Wiki said:
Video games usually use real-time computer graphics (rarely referred to as CGI)[citation needed], but may also include pre-rendered "cut scenes" and intro movies that would be typical CGI applications. These are sometimes referred to as FMV (Full motion video).

I rarely use the word FMV

Fenris · 3 Aug 2009 at 18:54

Sinny said:
How else do you want me to explain it?

it's a video that is pre rendered into a video container and cuts into normal gameplay. IE a pre recorded video that has been recorded specifically to enhance some scenes.

you must know the difference between viewing CGI and actually playing the game.

ohhhhh, sorry I completely missed what you meant, so you want to do away with scripted events like forced cut scenes.

i.e Oh look a massive monster, lets just stand here and watch it run towards us with an equally massive axe INSTEAD of getting out of the way or unloading a few mags into its face.

In that case, yes, I completely agree with you.