Dead Space 2, Sweet Options

[AC9breaker]

My copy of Game Informer came in yesterday and man what a treat.



Some key points that got me excited from the article.

1. Issac is back and gonna be leading people
2. Issac mentally unstable
3. Issac is gonna have personality and have some dialogue
4. You won't be errand boy and can send NPC to do menial tasks
5. Balanced pacing instead of constant pressure of fear
6. Smoother controls and greater accessibility
7. Actual control in zero gravity movement instead of just jumping from point to point
8. Plasma Cutter won't be nerfed, other guns will be more awesome
9. Online is totally gonna be included
10. Horde mode and possible L4D versus mode?
11. Release date, sometime 2010
12. i excite

[Crushinator]

I don't know if I like the idea of Isaac being the main character again. It almost feels like a "Bioshock 2" kind of move where its like "yeah i fucking want a sequel BAD... but not like this."

Isaac just doesn't seem like the type to be "taking the fight to the necromorphs," in DS1 he was kind of established as this underdog type character, low self esteem, pining for his GF, etc etc. Even things like his posture and body language lent heavily to how his character came across. Now they're placing him in this General Washington badass "finish the fight" role? Doesn't make sense to me.

And how is NOT having constant pressure and fear a good thing for a horror game? You should be in "turtle poking his head out" fear mode AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

That said, I'm digging the improvements in Zero-G mode, and as long as the multiplayer is a horde/competitive thing and not co-op through the main story, I'm down.