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Gamescom Dead Space 2 Trailer... Wow.

Posted on Wednesday, August 18 @ 15:30:08 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

There's a new Dead Space 2 Trailer out in honor of Gamescom, and I gotta say, Holy Crap!

It might seem stupid of me, but I've never played Dead Space (the first). I know, I know. I'm not a real gamer. How did I land myself in the GR offices without having played Dead Space. What am I? Some kind of non-game-playing-person?

Honestly, I'm a total wuss when it comes to horror games, and my impression is that Dead Space did that job to the fullest of its ability. Kind of turned me off from the title. Since then, I've been trying to expand my normal game-playing palette in favor of genres I wouldn't normally even touch. It helps that getting review assignments has already given me a taste of what it's like to play games I don't even want to play. Reviewing games has also given me a greater grasp of what I think is a great game and what everyone should think is an awesome game. This doesn't always apply, but like I said, this is just something I'm trying.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: I would never have given Alan Wake a second look. It just wouldn't have been my cup of tea. I bought the game on the cheap, played through the story, and found some mechanics I really enjoyed. I also didn't mind the general glaze of dread and anxiety in the game. I really enjoyed the combat mechanics and the story.

Another example of why I'm pretty interested in Dead Space now that the second title is coming out is that I can't stand to play sequels to games where the story line actually matters. I was really excited for Mass Effect 2, but couldn't just pick up the sequel without playing through the original.

What does GR think of the trailer above? How stupid am I for not playing Dead Space when it came out? How smart am I for going back to it before playing the second game?

Tags: Dead Space, gamescom, Xbox 360, ps3, trailer

Comments

Odbarc
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Aug 18th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Horror based video games are lame. I can't SEE anything. That's not scary, that's just bothersome. If I wanted to not see things, I'd play Fallout with my eyes closed or something.

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Zotman
Joined: Oct 2005

Posted: Aug 18th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I'm with Odbarc on the darkness thing. The two things I have most in video games are always having to use a flashlight, and swimming levels in first person shooters.

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Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Aug 18th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Dead Space wasn't even that scary.

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Aug 18th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Dead Space isn't as scary as it is suspenseful. There's more of a pure want to not die than actual fear of what you're fighting.

Also, Isaac is probably the ballsiest guy in video gaming I know.

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Reign
Joined: Jan 2010

Posted: Aug 19th, 2010 at 8:27 am
That trailer seems very familiar... Oh wait

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Reign
Joined: Jan 2010

Posted: Aug 19th, 2010 at 8:28 am
No link? Hmm.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Aug 19th, 2010 at 9:49 am
@Reign: Yes, God of War , still looks cool. I like sequences that really change the normal gameplay, no matter what the title is.

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Yoshi
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Aug 19th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
@Zotman: Swimming levels. grrrrrrrr.

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