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Dead Space 2 Demo Impressions

Josh from For the Love of Gaming plays the Dead Space 2 demo

adlt4901d ago

When I wasn't scared...it was a great experience! I loved the demo and I haven't played the first one. Might have to pick that one up. Something about games can scare me, movies don't. I don't quite understand it haha.

VenomProject4901d ago (Edited 4901d ago )

The reason why games scare you more than movies is because you're in control of the protagonist.

In a movie, you already have a predetermined mindset. You know that somehow the hero will always beat the beastie, you know the heroine will always find her missing daughter...In a game, you're relying on your own intuition and reflexes to survive.

This is what I love about video games, they bring a certain level of interaction that movies will never have.

WhittO4901d ago

Games are always WAY scarier to play than watching a scary movie.

For me its because in a movie you can prepare yourself for what is about to happen, like when one of them is getting chased, so you can just watch to see what happens.
In a game you have to control that chase and make sure you escape, it feels like it is happening to you haha.

Sound design is 60% of what makes a game scary, you could have a really crap looking game and have it still be really scary by the sound design/soundtrack etc.

Like when I think of Silent Hill 2 the first thing I think of are all the sounds haha, like the soundtrack or even the noises for selecting equipment lol.

Even games that aren't meant to be totally scary (Resistance 1/2 and even Killzone 2!) still have parts where you start to sh*t yourself lol. Especially R2 where you are going through an abandoned house in pitch-black and all you can hear are grunts from the chimera somewhere inside.

Jaces4901d ago

The demo was pretty fun but the scary factor has been thrown out the window.

It's more jump out of hiding places a screaming "boo". The movements aren't as clunky and heavy as the first which is good I guess, I really didn't have a problem with the slow/heavy movement.

What I came away with from the demo was a sort of action orientated game with monsters. This doesn't feel like the survival/horror that the first Dead Space brought to the table.

This is a demo showing a small portion of the game so I'm not basing anything off of it, just saying what I felt when I played. Still excited and still have it preordered, cannot wait. :D

galgor4901d ago

loved the demo. just left me wanting more!

SkylineR4901d ago

Yeah I liked the demo quite a lot. Never played the original either.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws19d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman19d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath219d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai24d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga24d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole21d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville22d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5224d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_24d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville22d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM24d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka23d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_24d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long28d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0927d ago (Edited 27d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.