I never wanted a game to flop so badly.

Can't trust reviews that you haven't paid for! That's what my grandmother always says.

This. Well played EA.

haxxiy said: hunter_alien said: Well I liked Joystiqs take on the game. It looked to me that the single-player segment of the game is pretty badass It's exactly the same as DS2 without the scary allucinations... or any scare at all for that matter. Less even than the difference between two Call of Duties.

It still seems like a decen survival game. For me the DS series was more like RE past the 4th one. Decent thriller/survival, but nothing more. It never had the crzy scary factor like SH or Sirene...

hunter_alien said: haxxiy said: hunter_alien said: Well I liked Joystiqs take on the game. It looked to me that the single-player segment of the game is pretty badass It's exactly the same as DS2 without the scary allucinations... or any scare at all for that matter. Less even than the difference between two Call of Duties. It still seems like a decen survival game. For me the DS series was more like RE past the 4th one. Decent thriller/survival, but nothing more. It never had the crzy scary factor like SH or Sirene...

On retrospect the first and the second DS had their scary moments though... more than RE5 at least. In DS3 there are some good things they could have used to amp up the horror, but in the end these ideas fell flat. 

I really believed Dead Space 3 would stick to its roots and provide another brutal ass horror experience, but it seems I was wrong. It's pretty upsetting. There's such a shortage of traditional survival horror games. They all end up transforming into COD clones in an attempt to make an extra buck, even though that never really works (see RE: 6). Guess I'll be picking this one up in the bargain bin.

haxxiy said: hunter_alien said: haxxiy said: hunter_alien said: Well I liked Joystiqs take on the game. It looked to me that the single-player segment of the game is pretty badass It's exactly the same as DS2 without the scary allucinations... or any scare at all for that matter. Less even than the difference between two Call of Duties. It still seems like a decen survival game. For me the DS series was more like RE past the 4th one. Decent thriller/survival, but nothing more. It never had the crzy scary factor like SH or Sirene... On retrospect the first and the second DS had their scary moments though... more than RE5 at least. In DS3 there are some good things they could have used to amp up the horror, but in the end these ideas fell flat.

Too bad. Yeah agree with the scary part, I mean they where on par IMO with RE4 on scarry level. Not OMGIJUSTSHATMYSELF scarry, but still good. Never the less, do you recon it would be a good buy at a bargain price? Is the lenght at least the same ( meaning pretty decent by todays standards ).

Don't forget that 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 4 in EA World.

Still going to platinum the game. I'll reserve my judgement until i finish the game.

Yes, the game has a pretty decent length, although I recon you can rush through with microtransactions and avoiding the side quests. You are looking at... mmm... some nine hours of single player, perhaps.

Like I said before, the game feels pretty much the same as DS2... meaning the gameplay is good, so despite the lack of freshness, it's still better than most stuff you'll find out there. 

Oh yeah, and the plot is a bit better than DS2, but characters still suffer from chronic cutscene incompetence and whatever.