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Post by Tuffty on Apr 10, 2024 17:45:45 GMT
I was surprised to hear it didn't sell well but perhaps these are EA standards
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Post by apollo on Apr 14, 2024 16:50:03 GMT
Its a shame, the remake didn't lead to a new game (really don't think remake of 2 was needed). maybe EA was expecting 5 or 7 million sales?
The game does not need to be massive budget game, while its nice to have this glossy amazing looking game, just make a survival horror type game focusing on key strengths of the series. It really shouldn't be a shooter or co-op gears type game (looking at your DS3)
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Post by quadfather on Apr 15, 2024 11:44:44 GMT
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Post by wunty on Apr 15, 2024 11:51:11 GMT
Ha, that's very cool.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 15, 2024 11:52:56 GMT
I didn't think it was a massive twist. It was kind of hitting you over the face as it went on. Not the Easter egg but the whole situation.
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Post by wunty on Apr 15, 2024 13:30:55 GMT
Sudden urge to play through the remake again actually
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Post by Duffking on May 28, 2024 17:37:46 GMT
Playing this over the last few days and enjoying it at a lot.
I'm really, really not finding it scary in the slightest though. It's weird, all the elements for it to be scary are there but in practice it's just... not. I guess it's just some combination of the relentless pacing which doesn't allow much time for suspense (someone once told me it's got a slow burn build up, and I suppose they were right if they comparing it to Dead Space 2 but that's about it) and massive OTTness of the violence makes it ultimately a bit silly more than anything else. Probably also the relatively predictable enemy spawns as well.
Good fun though.
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Post by rhaegyr on May 29, 2024 9:32:08 GMT
It's the 'kill room' nature of it that removes the tension for me. You always know exactly when and where the enemies are coming from.
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Post by wunty on May 29, 2024 10:19:49 GMT
It's an awesome game but I've never found any of them scary. A couple of moments across all three that are a bit creepy but that's only when there's downtime, which is fleeting. It's too intense to actually be spooky. It's hard to be scared when you're running around fully maxed on adrenalines blasting chunks off dead twats every two seconds.
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Post by richardiox on May 29, 2024 10:23:06 GMT
Also there's such an abundance of save points and it's so easy to spam the "objective marker floor trail" that I find the game loses a lot of the horror-tension as a result.
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Post by richyroo on May 30, 2024 15:56:48 GMT
I got myself a new 55" OLED TV yesterday.
I will be playing through this again for a 3rd time over the weekend to experience the inky black darkness.
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Post by richyroo on May 30, 2024 15:58:44 GMT
It's an awesome game but I've never found any of them scary. A couple of moments across all three that are a bit creepy but that's only when there's downtime, which is fleeting. It's too intense to actually be spooky. It's hard to be scared when you're running around fully maxed on adrenalines blasting chunks off dead twats every two seconds.
I love the Dead Space Series, but I agree with everything you said.
The scariest (or most un-nerving) part for me is in DS2 when you revisit the Ishimura. The first 10 mins of the level and you don't come across a single enemy. It's all about the tension wondering and waiting for something to happen.
Sometimes less is just more.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 22, 2024 23:19:01 GMT
As mentioned in the 'Currently playing' thread, I've just started this, and... yeah. It's a bit good! I don't usually play with a headset - it's not the most comfortable of things when you have lopsided Dumbo ears, plus headset hair is an omnipresent threat - but I've made an exception here. A good choice, I think, as the sound design is excellent. Combat has been a lot of fun so far. The dismemberment mechanic serves as an excellent point of differentiation between this and most other third-person shooters - rather than aiming for the head first and foremost, and pumping rounds into the torso as a last resort, you start by going for the limbs.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2024 23:23:33 GMT
I don't usually play with a headset - it's not the most comfortable of things when you have lopsided Dumbo ears, plus headset hair is an omnipresent threat - but I've made an exception here.  |
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 22, 2024 23:24:46 GMT
@rummonkey You're not far off  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2024 23:28:27 GMT
The sound is fucking amazing though, gives it a real sense of place. I'd like to see it get the Fallout treatment and get a TV show, think it would be well suited.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 23, 2024 15:00:10 GMT
How easy/viable is it to use the Plasma Cutter for the entire game?
I think there's a trophy for doing so, but I'm not particularly bothered about that - I'm just really enjoying the weapon in question!
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Post by dfunked on Jun 23, 2024 15:33:43 GMT
There's an enemy type introduced after you get the flamethrower that I'd imagine would be a bit of a ball ache, but apart from that probably pretty doable.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 23, 2024 16:10:51 GMT
I think it's pretty doable especially as it is low-key the best gun in the game.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jun 23, 2024 16:15:48 GMT
The line gun is handy and there's another gun that's worth having for different reasons. Those are the only ones I had/used for the whole game
That was in the original, but I assume it's the same in the remake
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Post by Zuluhero on Jun 23, 2024 17:16:02 GMT
I pretty much always just use the plasma cutter. Are there other weapons? 😅
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 23, 2024 17:19:16 GMT
Zuluhero Allegedly  I've only found one other so far - the Pulse Rifle - but I haven't been tempted to equip it, as the Plasma Cutter is just so damn good.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 24, 2024 22:10:04 GMT
I think I've made life marginally easier for myself by putting the other weapons into storage, so I'm no longer picking up ammunition for them.
Is there a point to smashing air vents, aside from sheer catharsis?
Really enjoying the game - four chapters down already, and I'm having to tear myself away from the PS5 each night. Always a good sign!
There's an enemy type introduced after you get the flamethrower that I'd imagine would be a bit of a ball ache, but apart from that probably pretty doable.
Is that the
'explodes into lots of little bugs upon death' one? 'Tis quite a pain in the dick, to be sure.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 27, 2024 19:30:27 GMT
I'm glad the zero-g sections in Ch. 6 are over and done with! I was so disoriented that I spent half my time flying into walls, wondering from whence the enemies were attacking me.
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Post by richyroo on Jun 27, 2024 20:44:43 GMT
You guys really should try all the other weapons. Many of them are really good now, they have been completely overhauled since the original.
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Post by retro74 on Jun 27, 2024 21:23:20 GMT
I think I might buy this, I find games I’ve completed several times very relaxing and I’m a big fan of relaxation
Obvs it was PS3 and 360 versions I’ve completed, not the remake
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Post by quadfather on Jun 27, 2024 21:40:59 GMT
Should definitely try the line gun. It's fucking devastating
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Post by wunty on Jun 27, 2024 22:40:10 GMT
Ripper all day long for me
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 29, 2024 19:16:38 GMT
They really foreshadowed the hell out of the big 'twist' ending, huh? |
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Post by deez on Jun 29, 2024 19:28:28 GMT
They really foreshadowed the hell out of the big 'twist' ending, huh? It barely registered as a twist for me, and I was waiting for the real twist I'd heard so much about. |
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