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Extra Punctuation: Dead Space 2 Is No Resident Evil 4

Yahtzee Croshaw - "Holding my nose and picking through the comments on my Dead Space 2 review, I'm seeing a lot of argument over what the game is "intending" to be. Is it survival horror, or psychological horror, or action horror, or hammer horror or what? Some argue that its over-the-top gore means it's not trying to be serious, but I don't believe that. If it's not trying to be serious horror, what's with the soundtrack and the environment design? There are moments (and one moment in particular involving an eyeball and something that does not belong near an eyeball) that are quite genuinely unnerving."

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NukaCola5578d ago

Resident Evil 4 wasn't scary and you couldn't shoot and move. Oviously they are different games, both good though.

tunaks15578d ago

"Extra Punctuation: Dead Space 2 Is No Resident Evil 4"

no Dead Space 1 was.

JsonHenry5577d ago

Of course not. Dead Space 2 has 20% extra action!

JohnApocalypse5577d ago

You need to play Dead Space 2 with headphones and the lights turned off for it to really find it scary

distorted_reality5577d ago (Edited 5577d ago )

And this is why it isn't a great survival horror/horror game. A good one will scare the fuck out of you in broad daylight, and a great one would give a child a heart attack.

I don't think the game loses out any - it's still a great game. Just sick of people calling it a horror game.

@ below - since when do you have to do specific things to get scared by something in the horror genre? A well written and directed horror book/movie/game scares you regardless. Dead Space 2 does not do this.

As I said, it's not a criticism of the game at all, as the game is great the way it is. It just ain't a horror game by any stretch.

Visari5577d ago

Dead Space 2 stopped being RE4 when they removed the 180 turn.

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EA Shoots Down Dead Space 2 Remake Rumors: 'No Validity to This Story'

EA has shut down rumors that EA Motive considered a Dead Space 2 remake before shelving it due to low sales of the previous game, saying there's "no validity" to the reports.

XiNatsuDragnel774d ago

Sure.... right.... at least remake dead space 3 w/o microtransactions bs.

XiNatsuDragnel773d ago

I sometimes I wished I didn't Ngl lol

Knightofelemia774d ago

Why not remake DS2 whether shot down or not it's still my favorite game next to DS1. As much as I hate EA I would buy or would have bought DS2 day one.

MeteorPanda774d ago

No validity XD "Guys guys, we cant possible make a good game or cater to the gamers wants, stop"

Yi-Long774d ago

I don't know if sales met their expectations or not. I just know that the high review scores received my attention so I was interested in buying it, but its price stayed high (50+ bucks) for so long that I simply never bothered picking it up.

Tacoboto773d ago

Doesn't pay full price
Doesn't pay *any* price
Ponders if sales met expectations regarding an allegedly canceled sequel.

Gee...

Yi-Long773d ago

Well, for starters, I'm sure there are plenty of games I never bought which did, somehow, still, meet their sales-expectations.

Concerning Dead Space; I never played and thus cared for the original. It's in multiple genres (shooter, sci-fi, horror) I don't particularly care about so it was barely on my radar pre-launch. I was never its target-audience.

When reviews hit, and it was scoring big, it gathered my interest, so while it wasn't in my field of interest, it mrans that I wanted to give it a fair shot and at least give it a try, as I do with many games across different genres; I tend to just cherry-pick the good stuff and see if it's for me or not.

But, I do wait for sales on those games I take a risk on.

Kornholic773d ago (Edited 773d ago )

Lol, you are a huge part of the problem. If a very high-quality game is not even worth 50 bucks to you, then what is?

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13 Years Later, Dead Space 2 Is Still A Perfect Video Game

Nameer from eXputer: "Dead Space 2 is a sequel that delivers such a feast that by the time you're done, you're not only full but also satisfied."

Aaroncls7794d ago

It was amazing. All 3 DS games game solid for me, but 2 was special.

hombreacabado794d ago

i can do without ds3 but the first two are solid.

mariopasta794d ago

Hope they remake this one too. Just like they did with number 1. The remake of Dead Space 1 was perfection

Terry_B794d ago

thanks to the digital pass for it it was not perfect..in fact its difficult to find a working copy since many years.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX897d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled896d ago

I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April

DaReapa896d ago

BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.

Inverno896d ago

I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.

1nsomniac896d ago (Edited 896d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast896d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial895d ago

Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!