Dead Space 2 Gameplay

[BRPunk]

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5755043

The team decided to show some Dead Space 2 footage today at the PAX panel. Right at the beginning of this video.

[StingingVelvet]

Still no PC version right?

I have my fingers crossed.

[BRPunk]

As of yet, the PC version is TBA. EA hasn't officially cancelled it, but they're not currently working on it either. I'm hoping they keep it in development, because Dead Space in Eyefinity rocks.

[yogibbear]

How dumb does his new spacesuit look?

[dopefish]

Dead Space was my favorite game of the year it came out and after.

I am 100% not interested in Dead Space 2. They basically said they're going to focus less on the horror and more on action. The suit looks dumb and goes against all the planning and design of the original Gothic-inspired suit and environment.

My interest may change as more and more about the game are revealed and shown off, but as of right now I'm just not interested in the sequel unfortunately.

[StingingVelvet]

Yeah, they have been pretty up front about it now being an action game. I still want a PC port in case it is a great action game, but it is certainly a disappointment since the original was a rare actual survival horror game.

It's all about the unwashed masses now, my friend.

[BRPunk]

I have to disagree. There was a lot of survival horror elements to Dead Space, but Dead Space was to me about as close of a balance between action and survival horror as something like Resident Evil tends to be. Something along the line of the original couple Silent Hills would be more survival horror to me, as it's more about the atmosphere. While Dead Space did have a good atmosphere, once you got used to it, a lot of the game was spent simply mowing down necromorphs. With that in mind, what I've read of Dead Space 2 hints that they're keeping a similar mixture or action and horror. If they lean too much towards action though, I must agree, it won't be worth looking at.

[StingingVelvet]

I never played Silent Hill, I just know Dead Space had limited ammo, limited storage and was slow-paced and very scary. That seems like survival horror to me.

[Tanuki]

T-minus a week-ish to release and all I know is that this game needs a new marketing team.

[yogibbear]

Wait... WTF is this game not coming out on PC?

:cry:

[redrain85]

There's a PC version. In fact, there's even a Collector's Edition on PC which is a bit surprising. Usually companies like EA skip the CE on PC when doing multi-platform releases.

I'll wait until after the game is released and read what people think of it, before considering a purchase. The original Dead Space on PC would have been perfect if it wasn't for the idiotic decisions regarding the controls.

[Armenius]

I never played Silent Hill, I just know Dead Space had limited ammo, limited storage and was slow-paced and very scary. That seems like survival horror to me.

Silent Hill was pretty much the same. An added bonus to SH was your character played like the normal guy you're supposed to be, with no weapons or combat training which made the game even more tense. People disliked SH because of this, but I think it was a great part of the whole experience. If you have a PS2/Xbox/PS3/Xbox360, you should grab a copy of Silent Hill 2, it is one of my favourite games of all time. The story is really compelling and makes you care about all of the characters involved. The Xbox version is the better because of the extra content, by the way.

...While Dead Space did have a good atmosphere, once you got used to it, a lot of the game was spent simply mowing down necromorphs. With that in mind, what I've read of Dead Space 2 hints that they're keeping a similar mixture or action and horror. If they lean too much towards action though, I must agree, it won't be worth looking at.

A lot of horror games are like this, where they have a typical setup to the tense moments and you become acclimated to it. The initial experience is still worth it and helps you continue on with the story to see what happens next. I have to admit that even the third time I played through Dead Space, I still had that weird uneasy feeling, like when reading an H.P. Lovecraft story.

As far as the game focusing more on the action, it kind of makes sense in the sense of story progression. You have to remember that Isaac has already experienced these things now, so in effect he is used to fighting them. I'm still confident that they'll be able to shake things up with some new experiences in Dead Space 2. I just hope EA won't commoditize this series like they have a lot of other series (Bioware games, for one) and keep the game great.

[Lisapro]

game play is way better than in the first part in my opinion.. you have way more time to try things and its not so scary too :D

[Armenius]

game play is way better than in the first part in my opinion.. you have way more time to try things and its not so scary too :D

Why is this a good thing?

For the record, the demo (on Xbox 360) almost had me crapping myself... Need to GF it to play through it (I rarely buy console games these days and there's no way I'm paying $60 for a PC game...).

[bobwarner01]

Dead Space I heard alot about it , but have not got it online or in the stores . There is shortage about it as told to me. Hope i can take its experience soon. :(