Dead Space - A new System Shock?

N'Al on 14/10/2008 at 11:00

Quote Posted by vurt

It's not the end of the world.

No it's not. It's just that, in general, there's many reasons for getting annoyed (or at least slightly peeved) with games reviews nowadays, but chiding a reviewer over something he hasn't even done is not one of them.

Also, clearly, SS1 did the whole audio and video log thing long before SS2; did you just choose to not remember or know about that? ;)

Anyway, that's all I'm going to say on that.

JohnnyTheWolf on 14/10/2008 at 11:34

In CVG review, they said it has "the atmosphere and storytelling of BS and the horror of System Shock 2".

Whatever that means...

Morgoth on 14/10/2008 at 16:43

(http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=971174) http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=971174

Gamespot: 9.0

(http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=970751) http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=970751

IGN: 8.7

june gloom on 14/10/2008 at 18:21

Quote Posted by JohnnyTheWolf

In CVG review, they said it has "the atmosphere and storytelling of BS and the horror of System Shock 2".

Whatever that means...

That one I can understand, sort of. Bioshock was intended to have atmosphere in gobs- I mean there's only so much you can do with a standard futuristic sci-fi ship like in SS2. Too bad they fuck it all up by having 10,000 enemies around the corner at all times. As for storytelling, well I guess some faggots think Bioshock's storytelling (note: that doesn't have anything to do with the story itself) is somehow superior to SS2? I dunno, the only thing it did better than SS2 was the two points where you finally met a majour character face-to-face, albeit with a window between you. Other than that SS2 was superior.

Sulphur on 14/10/2008 at 22:28

I'm probably going to give this a shot sometime in the future. It looks fairly decent.

Platform-wise, I don't really give two hoots about the Securom/activation bullcrap on the PC because EA actually yielded when it came to Spore's DRM fiasco (unlimited uninstall-reinstalls, yay); but I'm prolly going to get the PS3 version anyway. My PC's quite out of spec now and I don't intend to upgrade it this year.

Oh yeah, and that reminds me. I need to get my PS3 back from Sony's service centre. :erg:

JohnnyTheWolf on 14/10/2008 at 23:08

I'm curious to learn more about the game's difficulty settings and save system. With all the references made to BS, I'm starting to fear the worst...

Volitions Advocate on 14/10/2008 at 23:34

ugh! Canada Fails. Can't get the PC version till the 21st. wtf.

Scots Taffer on 15/10/2008 at 03:30

So has anyone played this? I was utterly in the "rental" camp based on gameplay videos in spite of someone trying to convince me of the merits of the comic prologues that I haven't bothered looking at yet.

Eldron on 15/10/2008 at 06:46

launch trailer:

(http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41504.html) http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41504.html

I'm really liking this, and if this games has an inventory system, does this mean there will be no vitachambers? :)

mothra on 15/10/2008 at 12:53

ATTENTION: don't look at the "launch" trailer if you don't wanna be spoiled big time. they even show some "boss" character and reveal important plot info. I'm very, very sad that I've seen it already.