Dead Space III - PS3
I finished this after about 19 hours which included most (but not all) optional missions. I was a fan of the first two so maybe I am a bit biased but I found this game to be fun as well.
It is more action paced then the first two and doesn't necessarily have the same horror feeling...even though there are several tight quarter instances that do live to that hype. The graphics are good, nothing ground breaking but definitely solid. You will definitely need to use your stasis much more in this game (which is a good thing) to survive unless you get a monster weapon. I played the single player and not the co-op so now the Mrs and I are going to play it together (now that I know what to expect playing with her lol).
The weapons creation system seems a bit confusing at first, so I didn't mess with it much. Basically you get two weapons with two firing modes for each. I stuck with a standard machine gun/cutter combo for one gun and then a line gun/grenade launcher for the second. There are a lot of possibilities on creating weapons so I look forward to that playing it a second time through.
The story is "ok" and you will be lost if you haven't played the first two, but be honest...are you really playing this for the story lol? I beat it on normal, died a few times but nothing major so I think the difficulty was a bit easy but not too bad for a "normal" mode. There are harder modes for the more experienced gamer to mess with.
Negatives
- Less 0 gravity stuff as well as less actualy in space with the oxygen countdown stuff to do. There weren't many bosses as well. Finally, the save option now sucks as there is no save station, AND you can't save during an optional mission. You will have to play the optional mission completely over if you save part way through.
Conclusion...If you liked the first two even though this is a bit different on some aspects it is still Dead Space fun. I look forward to messing with creating different guns the 2nd time through as well as the co-cop which has some side missions only available this way.
I give it about an 8...good game, but nothing of a "wow" factor...here is hint to help when you are swarmed with necromorphs.
Next up is GOW IV which has been pre purchased...looking forward to playing that one
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Last edited by spimp13; 02-15-2013 at 01:00 PM.