Dead Space 2

[KAC]

Difficulty seemed fine to me. Game was a little under 7 hours for me. In the last sections, you need to run not stay back to shoot everything. Is that what you are referring to?

Also game is difficult for those who experimented a lot with weaponry in terms of upgrading and not keeping the same upgraded weapon to max out an upgrade. For example the pistol equivalent and assault rifle equivalents are all you really need to max out. Other guns you should only max damage and leave everything else (where ever possible).

Also max out your health, you will need it.

[Nagorak]

I'm playing on Zealot and it doesn't seem possible to run. All it takes is a single necromorph hitting me and I die. I don't see how it's possible to run by them all without taking a hit at some point, especially with the ones that shoot the three projectiles. One hit at full health from them and I die.

[Nagorak]

Well, I went back to an earlier save and tried running through with the Force Gun to knock guys out of the way, and it worked better. This time I also have some med packs, whereas before I had none, so hopefully it will go better. Thank goodness I kept multiple saves along the way or I'd have been screwed.

Edit: This time it was pretty easy. Using the Force Gun was the trick. It got me past all the enemies, and also in the final battle quickly took care of the guys attacking me. I might have been able to beat the final battle before actually, as it didn't turn out to be that hard. It helped actually having med packs though.

Funny thing is after the last battle there's a cut scene, and after that you're back in control of yourself flying. But I didn't even realize I was back in control, and just kept watching because I thought it was still a cut scene. It seemed like it was taking forever, and I was like, wtf? And then my guy hit some debris and died.

Pretty good game overall.

[bob saget]

Too bad we didn't get some of the added content that consoles got.

[Lurk]

Just got this with amazon today, installed and can't stop playing. I'm having a blast and even using a gamepad!
Is it me or some of the textures are actually worst than the first DS?

Jumped off my chair a couple times, excellent game so far.


EDIT: btw, was the game ever patched, should I look for one? Origin says nothing, gamershell has one posted.

[Lurk]

update

found out the update is a new exe which should unlock all items as well as fix a few issues but it is recommended to install after first playthrough, since it will act as a spoiler.

For those of you with AMD cards, I STRONGLY suggest to install the latest RadeonPro Preview build and enable FXAA and SMAA in the game's profile.
I just tried playing with both at medium level, and the jaggies ar COMPLETELY gone without any evident performance hit so far. Graphics look incredible now.

Would like to add that this game blows off socks in the lighting and sound departments. PURE DOPE!

[acroig]

Would like to add that this game blows off socks in the lighting and sound departments. PURE DOPE!

You got that right!

[Kain]

How does Dead Space's sound design compare to that of Dead Space 2's? The same or was there an improvement?

[Lurk]

On memory DS had good sound as well.
In DS 2 it just seems much more refined.
It appears they made quite an effort in that direction.
Some of the necro screams make me shiver, and I think all electronic, mechanic and structural noises are amazing and create a truly believable and creepy atmosphere.