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The first week of every month, Short Pause breaks down the games offered to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Every week after that, they focus on one platform and discuss their experiences with just those games.
This week, the author writes about starting off disappointed in Vessel and being surprised by Dead Space 3. Find out why!
I may end up giving Vessel a try after all! I thought Dead Space 3 was much better than what many people suggested, it still had a creepy atmosphere, jump scares, but with added action. I'm OK with that
ppl in the industry blame dead space 3 for the failed sales of alien:colonial marines.
Which sounds kind of silly because having played Alien: Colonial Marines, I can tell you it's because that game was just not very good. Dead Space 3 was leaps and bounds better than Alien: Colonial Marines, it's not even comparable. All of this stings me to say because I had such high hopes for A:CM, and if there is one thing I enjoyed about it was that it actually did a good job paying homage to the movies as far as references goes. But yeah, A:CM is the only one to blame (and Gearbox) for the poor sales of A:CM, IMHO.
@thedude
I agree colonial marines is not that great. but the sales were so bad, I guess they had to blame something.
the claim was that dead space 3 came out like a week or two before alien. so ppl who played dead space 3, played alien colonial marines and felt it was crappier than it should have been.
@kreate
Keep in mind, there was a ton of negativity slowly seeping out prior to the launch of A:CM which may have deterred many from pre-ordering or going out an buying Day 1. Then when the floodgates opened and all the abysmal reviews and negative publicity (which probably was far worse than any that fell upon Dead Space 3) started pouring out, that probably impacted sales more than anything else. There is hope however for fans of the Alien franchise with Alien: Isolation looking better and better with each showing. Here's hoping its the Alien game fans have been waiting for!
im hoping the aliens isolation's game pace wouldn't be too slow.
I know its not a action game but im hoping its not just running around not doing anything.
so far it looks ok. hoping to be better though.
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me too! always wanted to play it, but didnt want to pay until i tried it, this solves all those problems.
This month, PlayStation Plus members can download Towerfall Ascension and Strider on PlayStation 4
Lots of cool games. Never played any of the Dead Space games, I guess I'll start with the one they offer
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@Transported
I feel the exact same way. It's shame because usually video game sequels get better (at least they are supposed too) but Dead Space literally got worse as it got further and further away from what made the original so fantastic.
Part 3 for was just a former shell of what 1 was and I couldn't even make it to the end without returning it to Gamefly.
3 was definitely the worst.
Had none of the creepy atmosphere the 1st one had.
A great example of when catering to the casual market back fires.
Agreed with pretty much everyone. I'm adore the hell out of the original Dead Space. And even DS2 was incredible as well. DS3... killed it for me. I never even bothered to get platinum, let alone play it more than once. DS1 & 2; I've got 10+ playthroughs on each.
I platinumed the first one and almost did with the second one and to me the second one is the very best of them all.
i only played DS3 demo but i dont think it can top DS2.
i'll definitely DL it and try it but the demo with snow and daylight was a terrible set up for the franchise.
TowerFall and Strider? Hell yeah!!
Dead Space 1 hit al the right notes, the latter games went the resident evil evolution route and began to focus more on action and blockbuster set peice elements and less on immersion and pacing. Such a shame :(
I almost bought Strider several times in the last 3 months but always convinced myself to hold off. Delighted I did :D Just bought Valiant Hearts so that'll keep me busy until next tuesday :)
Dead Space 3 was definitely not as scary as the first, or as good as the second. It is more of an action game and much less of a horror game. But, it wasn't a terrible game and is certainly worth playing especially for free.
You can get DS 1&2 for cheap. I wouldn't pass them up! Dead Space>Resident Evil(new games anyways) IMO.
you can indeed compare DS to RE4 5 and 6 and DS1&2 ARE way better than any of these but by any mean you can compare DS to Code Veronica and before cause DS is no survival horror it's a TPS action game.
I would suggest playing the earlier ones, since Dead Space features a linear story (so you're going to be confused if you know nothing of the previous titles) and 3 was a departure from what we saw in 1 and to a lesser extent 2.
@xheavyx:
don't start with 3. if you're going to play dead space, the only one you really need to play is the first one, and it's dirt cheap to buy.
"Lots of cool games. Never played any of the Dead Space games, I guess I'll start with the one they offer"
How the hell do you get disagrees for a comment like that????? What the hell is there to disagree to?
Dead Space 3 is terrible, and you can tell why people are disagreeing by just reading the replies
Don't start off with the 3rd game, it was terrible! Number one was my favorite
@Transported
I completely agree with that
@mikeslemonade
I agree with that also
That's a pretty bad idea. Dead space 3 is the worst and you would have no idea whats going on because 1 and 2 are pretty crucial to the story.
Damn! I just bought Strider :(
That's the thing with PS+. Sometimes you buy a game, and then very shortly after you could have got it free on PS+ haha. This has surprisingly not happened very often to me, actually. Probably because I don't buy that many downloadable games. But I was bored and I tried the Strider demo and it was so awesome I had to keep playing, so I bought it. Oh well.
Strider, Muramasa, Dead Space and Tower fall Ascension, can't wait to play those.Not so much the Dead Space but hey it's free.
its weird but ive been playing muramasa rebirth for the last week after seeing it free on ps+... did australia get something early for once?
Does Australia operate off the EU store? (Or maybe Asia?) EU's had Muramasa free for PS+ since the end of April it looks like. The list posted here is for North America, EU is getting the same list except LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes in place of NA's Muramasa.
Was going to buy the two PS4 games when they came out, great there free now also Lego game for the Vita :D
EDIT: Just realised this was a US article to avoid confusion here is what Europe are getting also Doki Doki Universe is cross play so 3 PS4 games this month !
Entering PS Plus:
2nd July: TowerFall Ascension
2nd July: Strider
2nd July: Dead Space 3
2nd July: Vessel
2nd July: LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes
2nd July: Doki Doki Universe
