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Dead Space

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  • Liquid GhostLiquid Ghost DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES, TOO?! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I wonder if limbs removed by giving corpses the old Mike Haggar Stomp actually count towards...
    ...any of the related achievements. I got Marksman during a regularly scheduled thumping session, but that may have just been the nefarious "achievement lag" that seems to crop up every now and then, since I had just killed one of those scythe-armed dudes with the church slacks a few moments beforehand.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Green wrote: »
    Behemoth wrote: »
    I find myself stomping on every corpse that I come across. I can't be the only one.

    I stomp every corpse I find and every corpse I make. I feel the best way to make sure they're dead is the crush their heads with my boots.

    I stomp the hell out of everything I kill, but mostly because it's very cathartic.

    MOTHER *stomp* FUCKER! *stomp*

    A thousand times this

    That too. It certainly helps alleviate some of the fear when you can curb stomp the thing that just scared the hell out of you.

    Also, has anyone successfully killed an enemy with only melee? I believe there's an achievement for killing some number of enemies with melee only.

    I've tried, but it seems like it takes a lot of hits. I've finished off almost-dead enemies that get too close, but I think you have to stasis them to have a chance at full health, especially since they sometimes block your attacks with their claws D:

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Can you actually hurt them when they're in stasis? I remember feezing a slasher and blasting him with the cutter a few times, then he woke up and ran me down like nothing happened

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Green wrote: »
    Can you actually hurt them when they're in stasis? I remember feezing a slasher and blasting him with the cutter a few times, then he woke up and ran me down like nothing happened

    Of course! They just react slowly. It's very useful for strategic dismemberment for faster necromorphs. You probably just didn't hurt it enough to kill it.

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  • ScottyScotty Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Just got the game for PS3, and have to wait a few hours before I can play because my wife is watching something on our 40" Samsung 1080p glory box.

    I'll be all over this game very soon. (or maybe it'll be all over me)D::winky:

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Rockin' the new sig/avatar! What what.

    EDIT: [size=+2]PAUSING DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR TIME, WHOO-HOO.[/size]

    There was about thirty minutes between my saves, 20 or so of which were paused, and my time only moved ten minutes on the save screen.

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Chapter 9 (PS3) trophy question/spoiler:
    So I got 1000/1000 at the shooting range on the military ship, but didn't get the trophy for it. Anyone else have this problem? Or is that not the shooting range where you get the trophy?

    Also: Holy fuck, leaping from that ship in zero G as explosions go off behind me, panning the camera around, all this shit floating through the air. Brilliant. This game has some real, real incredible moments.

    Chance on
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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    043 wrote: »
    Rockin' the new sig/avatar! What what.

    EDIT: [size=+2]PAUSING DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR TIME, WHOO-HOO.[/size]

    There was about thirty minutes between my saves, 20 or so of which were paused, and my time only moved ten minutes on the save screen.

    That's nice. I hate it when games don't stop the clock because I often pause and leave it alone for hours at a time. This way it's a more accurate measure of how much you're played.

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  • Drunk_caterpillarDrunk_caterpillar Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    TheUnsane1 wrote: »
    So lets say I like RE games but HATE HATE RE:4 and also like fps style games in this genre like Condemned. Am I correct to assume I will still like this? (my main beef with RE:4 is it doesn't feel like RE and because the title is RE I can't enjoy it as much because its such a departure from what I wanted out of RE games)

    Oh. You're one of those.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I killed an enemy with all melee, yes. Just got this game, intensely scary. I only played for about 20 minutes so far and had to take a break.
    I'm very early in, just got the stasis thing, only fought 3-4 enemies thus far.

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  • brynstarbrynstar Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    mescalito wrote: »
    Picked this up last night

    there's no multiplayer right?

    Nope, no multiplayer. Single player only. Thought it seems to have plenty of motivation for multiple playthroughs.

    I just completed Chapter 5. It's still fantastic.

    I'm also among those that stomp nearly every corpse. The stomp is among the most satisfying I've seen in a game.

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    How fuckin' crazy would multiplayer be?

    Multiple miners running around, trying to clear the rooms of wave after wave of AI controlled Necromorphs? Like Gears 2's Horde mode but nastier.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    So... I really want to get back to this but the children are up, and I won't be that dad. In the meantime, I'm pondering my decision to upgrade my RIG so early. Should I have bought something else with my Chapter 1 credits, do you think?

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    So... I really want to get back to this but the children are up, and I won't be that dad. In the meantime, I'm pondering my decision to upgrade my RIG so early. Should I have bought something else with my Chapter 1 credits, do you think?

    Are you using one of the DLC suits? If so, I'd say focus on weapons for just a little while.

    If you aren't, upgrade your air and health ASAP.

    Also: The game is trying to take my precious cutter away. But I didn't get this Class H for nothin', goddamnit!

    043 on
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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    So... I really want to get back to this but the children are up, and I won't be that dad. In the meantime, I'm pondering my decision to upgrade my RIG so early. Should I have bought something else with my Chapter 1 credits, do you think?

    Nah, upgrading the rig is a good idea. You can never have too much health or air.

    You can upgrade the weapons later when you get a feel for which ones you're using the most.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    What I mean is that I have a RIG Lvl 2 now, but I'm also putting nodes towards health and air. I think I remember something in the description of the upgraded RIG that said it was more armored. Was that true?

    Also, I haven't downloaded any RIGs. I want to play the game as intended my first time through.

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    What I mean is that I have a RIG Lvl 2 now, but I'm also putting nodes towards health and air. I think I remember something in the description of the upgraded RIG that said it was more armored. Was that true?

    Also, I haven't downloaded any RIGs. I want to play the game as intended my first time through.

    Then yeah, upgrade the shit out of the HP and Air supplies.

    043 on
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  • JakorianJakorian Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    So is the force gun good or should I stick with something else?

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Jakorian wrote: »
    So is the force gun good or should I stick with something else?

    I'm almost halfway through and I use the basic cutter the most. They're flooding me with Ripper and Line ammo right now, so I'm sticking with those.

    Don't bother with the Pulse Rifle, it's only good when swarmed, and even then, there are other options.

    043 on
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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    God I want to go out and get a lot of bright lights and unicorn stuffed animals and put them around my TV.

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  • spectraspectra Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I am not sure about the lore, but at least from a gameplay perspective, the RIG is totally separate from the armor suits you wear. I always thought they were separate things, seeing how people have RIGs who have basically no armor on. If you upgrade your suit, the RIG still keeps whatever upgrades you have for it.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    So guys, in chapter 6. This is a big HOLY SHIT thing. And don't click it, spoilers.
    When you're in the zero G area, right after being grabbed by the tentacle again, before going into the actual zero G, there's a little "THIS IS A ZERO G AREA!" caution sign with stuff scribbled on it. IT'S A TRANSLATION GUIDE FOR THE ALIEN SYMBOLS.

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  • Nimble CatNimble Cat Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Bah. Gamefly always sends me something crappy from the bottom of my list whenever a new game comes out that I want to play.

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  • Darius BlackDarius Black Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I was totally going to get this game on the 14th, and got my girl to check in at EB Games to see if they had a copy, but it turns out that the PC version isn't coming out until the 21st. Damnit, on the same day I pick up Far Cry 2 and LBP. Just a week before Fallout 3. I hate that shit. Now I'll never get to play it.

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Guys, we're about to hit Page 100!

    I'm gonna get a new OP ready.

    043 on
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  • TheUnsane1TheUnsane1 PhiladelphiaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    TheUnsane1 wrote: »
    So lets say I like RE games but HATE HATE RE:4 and also like fps style games in this genre like Condemned. Am I correct to assume I will still like this? (my main beef with RE:4 is it doesn't feel like RE and because the title is RE I can't enjoy it as much because its such a departure from what I wanted out of RE games)

    Oh. You're one of those.

    Yea yea blah blah blah better controls, not a remote control character, blah blah. I'm not here for that. I just wanna know if the game is fun and is enough different from RE:4 to make it not feel like RE:4 in space. Strafe makes it look more promising.

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  • 043043 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    [size=+2]http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=72568[/size]

    The new thread is up. This time, there's an OP, and everything.

    Look at me go.

    043 on
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  • Jedi_BoiJedi_Boi Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Jedi_Boi wrote: »
    THIS GAME IS AWESOME!...

    I'm stuck and need help though.

    Don't open spoiler unless you're past chapter 7!!!!
    I'm stuck in chapter 6 or 7. I need to destroy the tethers so I can release the asteroid with the beacon. I destroyed the first two tethers inside the chamber, but I have no idea how to get to the second two.

    HELP PLEASE!

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  • JakorianJakorian Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Jedi_Boi wrote: »
    Jedi_Boi wrote: »
    THIS GAME IS AWESOME!...

    I'm stuck and need help though.

    Don't open spoiler unless you're past chapter 7!!!!
    I'm stuck in chapter 6 or 7. I need to destroy the tethers so I can release the asteroid with the beacon. I destroyed the first two tethers inside the chamber, but I have no idea how to get to the second two.

    HELP PLEASE!
    You have to jump on the asteroid and run to the other side while not getting smashed by those ring things

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