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Blood_Tears on 21 January 2011

Link: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/114/1145296p1.html

Closing Comments

Dead Space 2 is more than just an action game and it's more than a survival horror game -- it's a game that tells a really personal story about a guy who has been seriously scarred by the events around him. That premise alone makes it interesting, but Visceral Games melds it with rewarding combat, shocking enemies, and huge set pieces before tossing it into a world that's truly creepy and scary. I didn't find multiplayer that interesting and would've liked to have seen Isaac stop being an errand boy, but none of that spoils what you're getting here. The shocking moments, the gruesome deaths, and the fun of playing through this experience again and again are what I took away from this one.

 

Dead Space 2 is an excellent game, and it's well worth your time and money.

Presentation - 9.0
Graphics - 8.5
Sound - 9.5
Gameplay - 9.0
Lasting Appeal - 9.5

 

Overal - 9.0





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disolitude on 21 January 2011

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.



pariz on 21 January 2011
disolitude said:

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.

I still haven't played the original one and I was planning to do it soon. Your words tore my heart to pieces.



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PullusPardus on 21 January 2011
disolitude said:

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.


You very much missed the obvious.



disolitude on 21 January 2011
pariz said:
disolitude said:

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.

I still haven't played the original one and I was planning to do it soon. Your words tore my heart to pieces.

It really depends what you like in your horror games... If you liked the horror found in Alan Wake, REsident Evil 4-5...you will like Dead Space too. The..."Its only scary till I have it in my gun sights..." type of horror.

I preffer the less in your face and more psychological scares which make you uneasy. I found Portal more scary after the system tries to kill you, than any of these games...



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disolitude on 21 January 2011
PullusPardus said:
disolitude said:

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.


You very much missed the obvious.

Enlighten me of the obvious I missed...



nightsurge on 21 January 2011
pariz said:
disolitude said:

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.

I still haven't played the original one and I was planning to do it soon. Your words tore my heart to pieces.

I wouldn't be too worried.  Sounds like his oppinion was in the vast minority. I played it and loved it as a survival horror game.  Probably even more than I liked Alan Wake.



nightsurge on 21 January 2011
disolitude said:
pariz said:
disolitude said:

Do I bite the bullet? Glowing reviews...love survival horror.

But dead space 1 had glowing reviews and was touted as survival horror. In truth it was a really shitty survival horror game...a good shooter...but complete shit for people that don't like their survival horror dipped in to action batter.

Im guessing I'll hate this one too...but will rent it.

I still haven't played the original one and I was planning to do it soon. Your words tore my heart to pieces.

It really depends what you like in your horror games... If you liked the horror found in Alan Wake, REsident Evil 4-5...you will like Dead Space too. The..."Its only scary till I have it in my gun sights..." type of horror.

I preffer the less in your face and more psychological scares which make you uneasy. I found Portal more scary after the system tries to kill you, than any of these games...

Really?  Portal scared you? That's.... different. What other actual survival horror games have you played and liked?



disolitude on 21 January 2011
nightsurge said:

I wouldn't be too worried.  Sounds like his oppinion was in the vast minority. I played it and loved it as a survival horror game.  Probably even more than I liked Alan Wake.

Cause both fine examples of survival horror.

Seriously though they need to invent a new genre for games like Alan Wake and dead space. Shooter horror maybe. Cause there isn't any "survival" involved... Map tells you where to go, what to shoot and how to shoot it.

Its strictly walk, aim, shoot, rinse, repeat...type of game.



cura on 21 January 2011

The game sees to borrow from FEAR. IF you live survival horror games then I think you should check it out regardless of the gameplay or it being "too action orientated".

Tacked on multiplayer that looks to be a poor imitation of L4D...I would have thought visceral games would have known better. At least they've seem to nail the single player game. 

I'm playing through dead space again in anticipation of dead space 2. 

If only I could play it now! haha