JoystickDivision: Many video games create trauma, tension, and danger in their gameplay by employing various diseases in their stories. Some have become iconic over time, building a reputation as being particularly mean or disfiguring. Others have triggered iconic events in the games which they reside. Others still represent entire genres that dominate large portions of the current video game market.
So we're going to pay homage to these various afflictions in a list. Surprisingly, they are prevalent in many legendary franchises, and can be seen limiting a main character, a loved one, an enemy, or peripheral characters along the edges of a main storyline.
But they all profoundly impact the overall outcome of a game, and present considerable challenge to us as players, as well. We hope you enjoy our account of the greatest video game diseases in history.
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.
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.
No validity XD "Guys guys, we cant possible make a good game or cater to the gamers wants, stop"
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.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
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."
Hope they remake this one too. Just like they did with number 1. The remake of Dead Space 1 was perfection
thanks to the digital pass for it it was not perfect..in fact its difficult to find a working copy since many years.
No love for the 'Manhattan Virus' in Crysis 2?
That was a nasty one!
even though it wasn't on the list the blacklight virus was pretty nasty in prototype
Do the mutations from Parasite Eve count? They were pretty creepy - http://www.youtube.com/watc...
How bout people being mean to things people own, is that a disease?
where is the MANDRAGORA from sword of berserk on the sega dreamcast......one hell of a game