A Thorough Look at Dead Space
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2019
- This is a video retrospective and critique of the Dead Space trilogy, developed by Visceral and published by EA. It looks at how each game approaches its genre different, and how entirely divergent game experiences can come from the same well of themes and images. Spoilers throughout.
__TABLE OF CONTENTS__
Dead Space 1-- 00:16
Dead Space 2-- 26:49
Dead Space 3-- 58:11
Dead Space 3 Awakened-- 1:29:39
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One of my favorite things was how increasingly angry his screams get over the course of the games when he's stomping on necromorphs. That small aspect really resonated with me because I felt like Isaac and I both just wanted it over.
Isaac: (calm)
Sees Necromorphs: "FuCkInG DiE!!!"
if u keep stomping isaac starts cursing at what he's stomping on
@@kid-ronin even in the first game? 😳
@@davidfasthands474 just 2 and 3
@@kid-ronin loved that detail
Ellie: Isaac, what are you doing here?
Isaac Clarke: moon's haunted
Ellie: what?
Isaac Clarke: *loading a plasma cutter and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted
Oliver G what??
🤣 wut
It’s the meme about the space ghosts.
halfpintrr meme about the predatory moon sized telepathic monstrosities that exist in the dead space universe
where is this meme from? I've heard in another format in reference to another game.
The unintentional artfulness of having the camera slowly sink into the snow at the end was a funny touch, to me.
And somehow, fitting to the topic at hand. By the time you realize it's happening, it's too late.
Who says it was unintentional? :D
An electrical engineer vs. necro monoliths, Lovecraftian monstrosities, his hallucinated ex-girlfriend, and a disturbing parody of Scientology. Man, Issac Clarke has worse luck than Gordon Freeman
well at least he is not hired by a guy in a suit and has a suitcase which contains black dildos
Worser*
@@EagleSix52 Where do i sign up?
Let's stop pretending he's an engineer, Isaac is a soldier ass soldier
@@nickd7036 Well, he actually did worked with Merchant Marines (!)
I still can't believe that after:
The first game, set entirely on the Ishimura, a ship designed to cracking open planets for minerals and;
The second game, where you revisit the Ishimura, a ship designed for cracking open planets for minerals;
The third game, has a monster that is a moon, does not have you go back to the Ishimura and use it, to crack open the monster that is a moon, like, come on, it's right there!
Super late comment but, that's probably what we would have gotten if visceral got greenlit for a sequel :(
Damn never thought of that before
The Ishimura was destroyed when the Sprawl exploded in Dead Space 2 tho
@@Hypercheeker Did ya see it's body? If not, horror rules still apply :D
@@buriednameless965 that would never have worked. I dont understand how people would think it would. It takes a couple of years to set up the gravity tethers and their mounts in order to crack a planet. How long do you think anyone would last trying to land on a brethren moon to set them up? They would be destroyed quick sharp. Cracking a moon would never work. That's probably why it wasnt implemented.
"A thunderously successful for-profit death cult." -another great turn of phrase from the Notorious N.C.G.
I personally loved "The Adventures of Captain Boyfriend and his Steadfast Companion Sullen, Whiny Engineer Man"
Seizure warning starts at 1:19:30 it continues until 1:19:42. It's pretty bad, so be aware if you're even the slightest bit prone to it.
CULL THE WEAK
@@trelewis3
Yo what the fuck Lewis
@@LukeSparrow221 Don't even have to be epileptic, it's just hard to look at period.
Lol so much butthurt, yall wouldn't last a second in a mw3 lobby without holding back tears 😂
@@TheReZisTLust ya because an mw3 lobby is generally a collection of decent human beings and i massively envy anyone who has had the precious opportunity to spend time with those gentle people
As a San Francisco resident, I can confirm that the sound of the BART train going through the transbay tunnel is indeed "the worst sound in the history of man."
Aye carumba, man!
Brendissimo - I have to agree! The BART is ungodly, for sure!!
But try the Central Line on the London Underground between Bank and Bethnal Green, Eastbound. The sound can be truly horrifying...
Jeff Schmidt, Sound Designer for The Exorcist used recordings taken from microphones inserted in the space between carriages on the trains there, to capture what he described as "metal-on-metal, submerged and compressed - tortured if you will..." Some of these audio recordings were used at part of the final soundtrack...
^^ That may be true, but it sounds to me like the noise my wife makes when I wipe my dick on the curtains after our less and less frequent (and more and more perfunctory) lovemaking.
guess you never had somali neighbours
The hardest working man on TH-cam strikes again.
He is the Aristotle of our time and about video games
Mauler got new EFAP out? I must see it.
@@dimas3829 lol I was about to bring him up too. Noah lives the casual life, which is great.
A Working Class Hero is something to be!
I love this man Amazing work Noah!
“Like fine whiskey in a bucket of mop water.” 1:29:00
What a metaphor.
*looks at title* aww, dead space.
*remembers that visceral was shut down* awwww, dead space ;-;
Check out the Callisto protocol
Dead Space Remake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Noah, you're an inspiration in a TH-cam scene full of people with video production skills but who couldn't write themselves out of a paper bag. Your writing and depth of analysis is second to none.
Thanks for putting our thoughts on paper
100
@nazarene Hell if I know but maybe that paperbag was once part of a D&D campaign.
Recording your whole script in 1 take while making frequent mistakes isnt good video production
@@qpangfreak the "mistakes" are so minor. They dont distract from the video at all.
I reckon it'd be a nice touch if Nicole's RIG health bar was empty when she faces away from you at @ 16:45
good point
Even the anime got that right
Oddly, my copy on the ps3 had her RIG be empty.
it'd be too on the nose
*APPEARS IN A FLASH OF GLORIOUS LIGHT*
Noah Gervais: "I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide."
MFW I was rewatching LOTR last night.
The Dead Space 1/2, Hellraiser 1/2 comparison was dead on genius. What a fantastic way to describe them. Thank you for that.
Also Event Horizon was almost copied 100% for DS.
I love every single review on this channel. I was almost racing to finish the games I cared about experiencing just so I could watch this whole video without any unwanted spoilers. It's such a delight to know there are so many other people who enjoy hearing Noah craft well thought out scripts and talk about video games for usually over 90 min
This video reminded me of Kelly Hurley's [I misremembered] writing on gothic horror. For her it's an instrumental genre, resurfacing in times of crisis, that reflect the horrific crisis in subjectivity that whatever new social force is creating. For the original gothic authors, this was the horror of modern science confirming the body was a material 'thing', unspecial and largely indistinct from the spectrum of the natural world. It's cool to see how dead space combines this scientific register of horror with the specifically late capitalist crisis in subjectivity caused by increasingly dehumanising work culture
solid comment 5/5
Super interesting. Would love to read more about that, what's your source?
@@waterguyroks Hurley (1996), "The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle"
what a great and interesting way to think about it. Noah's discussion of the understandable and almost relatable message of the Church of Unitology was a perspective on the story world of Dead Space which I had never really considered, but makes me appreciate it as social commentary more than I already did.
Yes but how do you kill the brethren moons?….
You use the very dehumanizing tools to reclaim your individuality
only noah would stand in knee high snow, and read names out of a notebook for five minutes
While his camera sinks into the snow
@@blacklight2888 and that just makes him even better.
@@blacklight2888 The camera is representative of my mental stability
while at night
Litteretly 10$ pr name he reads out
Dead Space 3: "OH DEAR GOD WE'RE GONNA GO UNDER QUICK THROW EVERYTHING AT THE WALL, HOPE THAT SOMETHING STICKS. WE HAVE TO DO THE MASS EFFECT 3 AND CATER TO A DEMOGRAPHIC OF GAMER WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND!"
Awakened DLC: **ACCEPTING OF THE FACT THAT THEIR SHIP IS SINKING, THE DEVELOPERS ALL ADJOIN TO THE UPPER DECK TO PLAY ONE LAST SWAN SONG**
EA forced them to cater.
Dead Space 3 wasn't the devs' idea and vision of the game jackass, EA forced their hand to make it an action coop game as horror games were apparently ''too difficult to market in comparison".
The devs originally wanted to explore more of Isaac's dementia in a SINGLEPLAYER game and make a story around that, but EA didn't allow it. So in other words, fuck EA
@Taaha Ali not really. The desire to keep your livelihood going isn't exactly bad, and desperation is as much part of being an artist as pure inspiration. The idea that every product an artist, or team thereof, produces is pure and free of capitalist requirement is a lie. We all gotta pay our bills. That doesn't inherently reflect negatively on our moral standing.
The first time I ever played DeadSpace, I experienced it over the course of a single weekend, while sitting in one of those surround-sound gaming chairs and listening to it in high-def audio. It was the scariest, and most unsettling gaming experience I've ever had.
Lame
@@UserName-tv1sy YOURE lame!!
"flesh as commodity", gives an extra layer of unsettling huh?
One fun fact: Isaac's voice actor in Dead Space 2 isn't a new guy specifically cast for the new, more reckless Isaac, but the same one from the first game given more than just grunts and breathing to record. This is why I'm perfectly fine with it -- sure, it's not as spooky, but I can believe the same guy living out another necromorph outbreak would react the way he does in-game, sounding more exasperated than nervous or traumatized. For some people (myself included) a character who uses his occasional speech to say roughly what the player might be thinking at the time is a lot easier to identify with than a mute protagonist, as it can be more believable than silently accepting whatever happens.
In the first game I felt like I was Isaac. In the second, I felt like a puppeteer.
@@nickd7036 To me playing a game like this is symbiotic in nature when it comes to how you feel about the character and their predicament. You play the game both trying to understand and feel the atmosphere and story from your own point of view "what if this was me, how would I deal with the games plot", and issacs, "trying to understand his way of dealing with the plot". Haveing him as a mute to me traded more of the second for the first (which in the case of just how good the trilogy is anyway, isn't a major or even inconvenient minor deal) You focused more on the side characters than issac at most points to try and get a grip of the actual story telling of the game, it felt autonomous controlling him and how he interacted with the other characters, especially on later playthroughs. 2 and 3 gave you a way to feel about HIM. Giving him a personality gave you a way to then not only experience the game primarily from your own perspective, but from his as well, you could now identify with him. Condemn him, sympathise with him, build a bond (or not) with him, and try and work him and his decisions out. It gave me a slightly better way overall to view the story. There are trade offs either way, but like I said, i found it easier to bed in to the story of the games and identify more with who i was controlling and "sharing" the game with in 2 and 3, which in turn enriched the over all depth of those games a bit more from the first. I do truly see them as a natural progression of each other in terms of how they continued the games core mechanics and feel whilst keeping the changes subtle. Great achievement.
@@nickd7036 How could you possibly feel like Isaac when Isaac wasn't even a real character? He had no personality, no voice, not even a face until the very end. He was a blank slate for you to project YOURSELF onto.
@Han Solo You can't "feel like" someone that doesn't exist, you arrogant prick
@@janesmith1840 you feel what you imagine the character to be feeling, you know thats what he meant.. im sure he meant the same as what you stated
The camera sinking into the snow at the end is perfect 😂
My favorite part of this series (3 included) was the psychological and cosmic horror. Like, yeah, it sure is spooky when a scary monster jumps out but what really gets me is that Isaac kept the truth of Nicole's death from himself. Gets under my skin in a way I can't explain. And don't get me started on convergance...
R.I.P. Visceral... Damn you EA!!!!
Fuck you EA*
E. egotistical A. assholes they must be stopped
Dude, my entire life I have been thinking that someone should do something with that BART noise. I never actually played dead space but it makes me unreasonably happy to know they used that sound.
Noah Gervais: “ the flesh is a commodity, and yours is going cheap”
Me: fuuuuuuuuu.....
I literally keep coming back to this video because of how artful it feels to listen to you talk about dead space. Easily my favorite sci-fi universe and you nail it on the head with the details
I really wanted to hear that airlock noise but you didn't edit it in, can you keep that in mind for future reviews? Love your content.
It makes me so sad that Dead Space and it's creators were shown such disrespect. They were superb titles that defied the trend of homogenizing games and mass market appeal. And then they didn't. Dead space to it's creators represented the end of that stage of their careers, rather than the artistic triumph it was known to be by it's fans.
I wonder how many other seminal titles were likewise stigmatized to their creators. It's terrible to think of.
I respect you so much for these. Please never stop.
Holy shit that’s such a natural way to create an endscreen, you always manage to impress with the entry and exit
camera slowly melt down into snow pile
Kayne & Lynch had asymmetrical co-op: one guy hallucinating, the other guy trying to figure out WTF was going on.
The shooting & controls are hokey, but I have a strange almost inexplicable affection for the first title.
The game gets a bad rep tbh
We got 2 more videos coming yall. One on Wolfenstein and one on American McGee's Alice. Then in the not too distant future one on Red Dead Redemption. He's going to start covering console games too in the future.
red dead is going to be an epic
three games and two hours of edited video later - noah has finally learned to Aim for the Limbs!
He seems to be aiming for the limbs always to me...
“Like fine whiskey in a bucket of mop water” bless your writing
I'm more in the camp that Dead Space 3's original ending makes more sense in the context of Dead Space 2, what Isaac said about "not being afraid anymore", it makes sense. He's familiar with fighting the necromorphs, and has seen so much of the ugly side of humanity (due to the indoctrinated unitologists) that he lost so much hope in humanity and himself. He already forgave himself for Nicole's death, but he seems more motivated now that he had (and taken) a chance to save Ellie and end the Moon once and for all. I found it inspirational when I played through it all those years ago. After I saw Awakening, I thought the 180 from Bittersweet to Nihilistic in tone was out of place given how they decided to end the 2nd game and kept escalating the theme that Ellie gives Isaac hope all throughout 3's campaign. Maybe I read too much into it and have nostalgia for a game a lot of people dislike, but I still hold my opinion.
I love how you don't over edit your videos. A little slip up is kinda refreshing to hear every so often. Your analysis are great, thanks for the quality content.
Noah truly deserves far more than 682 patrons.
“Industrial Hell.” That’s exactly how I’ve described this game.
This is a public service to those like me who were too scared to play the game. Good work.
It's not that scary, if you're interested I'd recommend trying it out on normal or easy.
Pussy. I beat the whole game straith to the end with no hesitation. Now im starting new game+
@@trager8933 I very much doubt your mom would permit you to play dead space.
@@markwhitfield3658 do you even know how hard is the leviathan boss ?
Charlie,Rolling Thunder lol i beat that boss first try in under 2 minutes. That boss fight was underwhelming af
I wonder if you will make an update video for the Dead Space remake? It came out earlier this year so your thoughts on it compared to the original would be awesome to hear in my opinion.
This is seriously long, and I'm only 45 minutes in, and I fucking *love* it. Thank you for this gift.
I was also uneasy at first about the unedited voice stutters, but then realised this meant you were reading from one *meaty* script, and you gained so much of my respect. Fantastic work and observations, I love it.
The first letter of each chapter of Dead Space 1 spell out,
NICOLE IS DEAD.
Fun fact.
"Fun."
First letter in each of the Awakend Chapters is RIP.
DS3's Chapters spell out "BROTHER MOON IS AWAKE"
"The 1982 The Thing is the iconic one."
Also known as the Hydrox effect. It's not about who was original, it's who did it better.
Oh Noah. Your videos are just so unique in the gaming critique sphere on youtube. There's this unrivaled authenticity about your videos best encapsulated by how the camera falls into the snow by the end of the video. Keep the videos coming, all of them are a joy. Thank you!
Perfect timing. Just completed the trilogy and have been wanting some analysis of the games. Thank you.
Noah, I'm so grateful for how you do these videos. I love the pacing, the natural delivery, lack of aggressive editing. It's so, so well done man.
Appreciate the Sisters of Mercy feature in the opening. Great video as always
You're the all-time best content creator I've come across, so this is not only written to thank you but hopefully affect the algorithms that might introduce others to your wonderful work, perspectives, and fantastic sense of humour. I trust no one as much as your critique of interactive media, knowing that it's not only informative but also kind, and nuanced.
If I were going to sing your praises, I'd be here all day.. was going to say my topn (in no particular order) were Resident Evil, Fallout, McGee's Alice.. I've listened to them all a stupid amount of times, but honestly the new best is whatever material of yours I'm listening to at the time. Thank you so very much, Noah. You're a bright spot in my day :D
I knew I'd missed something by not getting through 3 in co-op, but never realized it was to such a degree. Gonna have to find a friend who snagged it on XBL Gold or was sitting on it for this long for another go.
Also, excellent choice of lead-in music. A little Sisters for some brethren moons.
I'll play the co op with you, if you need someone man. My gamertag is Duh Tuhmunutah.
@@fiendwithoutaface6833 I might take you up on that. Might be a bit before I take you up on it as my plate is kinda full right now, though.
@@nekobun It's all good, just shoot me a text on Xbox, and we'll get together when you get the opportunity.
@@fiendwithoutaface6833 did you guys ever play
@@Julian-qj7pl I don't believe I ever received a message from him, no. Why do you ask?
Food for thought, what if Ridley Scott (Alien '79) cut the movie like this:
[Alien '79]
3rd act: Lambert and Parker were just killed, Ripley rushes to the self destruct and sets it. While slinking through the corridors of the Nistromo to reach the shuttle, the xeno pops up out of the ladder port. Ripley stops, the xeno's face inches around the corner into view...
Cut to exterior view of the Nostromo
Cut to distant view of the Nostromo
Cut to view of Nostromo being a tiny speck in the starfield
A bright flash erupts as the Nostrmo dissintegrates into nothing more than light breifly illuminating the darkness of space.
Credits
[Alien '80 DLC]
The rest of the 3rd act and 4th act where Riply survives and signs off.
Credits
My point being that this is how I personally feel about how DLC should NOT be implemented; a near 180 degree universe change for an additional purchase. It just feels disjointing.
And yeah, Alien is my favorite movie, the next being John Carpenters: The Thing
49:45 I never expect a Sisyphus reference in a video game review. But when Noah provides one, I'm simply delighted... but not surprised.
What's Syphilis??
Oh, Syphilis.
@@sprinkdesign7170 It's Sisyphus... a Greek myth. Not "syphilis." lol
Just google "Sisyphus"... you'll see.
I actually rather liked the final boss of Dead Space. I liked taking on a defeating a behemoth after hours of being afraid of what roamed the halls of Ishimura.
I don't think I've ever knowingly run into anyone else who played "Black Planet" in like twenty years.
The noise of the weapons under vacuum is really just the pinnacle of sound design in gaming IMO. You feel the heft of the weapons through your body with that deadened thump.
Damn. You are a masterful analyst. If I wasn't broke as a joke I would be trippin you at least a couple of bucks every month due to the countless hours that you have softened my grueling hour-and-a-half one-way work commute with your videos.
Raycevick will be pissed.
@Imba Game
Another guy on TH-cam who does video game critiques. He's interesting, taking the time to discuss the more mechanical aspects of video games.
I swear, the true horror is seeing you spend ammo on shooting boxes, instead of stomping them open or breaking them with kinesis.
Noah once said that most of the time he plays games on easy. That's probably the reason he wasted ammo
man people get triggered by the most minor, inconsequential things
GENUINELY
@@fabioa.8008 fr
part of the experience of these reviews is the uncanny blend of best in class analysis alongside genuinely abysmal gameplay. The dissonance is stomach churning.
@@graboidgang9077i completely agree 😭 watching his dark souls video was crazy, idk how you learn so much about a game when you play so badly. but he’s so good at understanding these games. and i think it’s really valuable to have a kinda shitty stoner gamer talk about his experience with the game.
what i love the most about his reviews is his thematic analysis. he’s a beautiful writer and he really cares about the stories being told, and the politics that he infuses into his analyses are always really poignant. he cares about how these games reflect on the real world, on real people and real history. i appreciate that a lot.
Please don’t stop making videos dude - this is some top-notch stuff
The observation of how critical the A) believable setting, and B) unsettling sound design are to the overall effectiveness of the game's horror really shows how critical and analytical Noah is.
So I clicked on this randomly, thinking, "Ooh, another Dead Space retrospective I can throw on in the background while I work on a project!" Fast forward 1.5 hours, I'm finished with the project, and this is STILL GOING ON.
WHAT.
IS THIS NORMAL.
I'M KIND OF TURNED ON?????
XDDDD
I have been waiting for you to tackle this for a while. Your thoughtful, illuminating analyses are always welcomed and appreciated!
EVENT HORIZON: THE GAME
Imagine if this game took place right after the Event Horizon fell into "Hell" and you were Lawrence Fishburne and had to fight your way out of Hell.
I think thayvwouod ruin the terror of the unknown. At the end of EH, having already experienced the insanity of being close to Hell, the thoughts each individual viewer comes up with for Hell are infinitely more horrifying than anything they could've put on screen.
the necromorph pieces should have twitched occasionally after being chopped apart and defeated, to underline that they are operating on an unnatural unkillable biology
you're too kind with the uploads
YES I was wondering when you would upload again! We miss your awesome thoughtful content in these turbulent times in the industry!
Than you for sharing Noah. It's always a pleasure listening to your videos.
2 uploads in two days? THE MADMAN!
Too-early-to-have-watched-the-video-yet-gang represent.
Roll call
Not-too-early-to-have-watched-the-whole-video-but-haven't-finished-it-anyway-before-commenting-gang
You know how it be
You are to this day my favourite TH-camr. Great job, another fantastic analysis.
Somehow you always manage to give me new insights, even when I thought I had a game all figured out.
Dude, I've been excited about this video since you first announced you were releasing it. I love Dead Space, and I love the analytical and sharp nature of your writing; it's a match made in heaven.
The haunted house/reptile house comparison is absolute genius.
I had hoped that after Resident Evil 5 that Matt and Pat of Super Best Friends Play would give Dead Space 3 co-op a try, even though I knew that Pat would complain the whole time (their brief look during their Shitstorm of Scariness is all the proof I need for that). Hearing you say how much better the experience was with a friend makes me think it could have been one of their best LPs. RIP SBFP.
The final end of Dead Space 3 reminds me of the Dark Horse Aliens comic books.
Your ending to this video was the cherry on top, man I love your videos. Please never stop making them
I don't know whether I should feel sad or happy that when Re4 dropped they dropped most of their System Shock inspirations and just decided to hop on the Re4 trend instead
I believe that, within the games lore, having experience and training in 0g is considered a very valuable skill. It’s why they fly issaac out; he has special engineering training along with other implants like the soldier types.
Well worth the wait. Thanks again for putting the effort in to continually make these great videos.
One of the few channels where I add to watch later any time a new video pops up. I always know a ton of thought and work went into it.
Thanks for another gem, keep up the good work noah
. *pauses vid after 20 secs* ... not only have I stumbled across this vid of my favourite game series (so far) and this channel for the first time , upon opening it I am greeted with Sisters. Real tears of joy here. Good stuff. *unpauses vid*.
Awesome, there is something so ..enjoyable in listening to these, it's pretty calming, interesting, and well thought out. As far as I know, there aren't a lot of channels that do this exact type of content - and you are real good at it! Thank you for the videos!
I can't understate how much I love your work man I watch these over and over and fall asleep to them
Congratulations on 100k subscribers, Noah.
I’m majoring in visual theory with the goal of applying critical theory to video-games and I just want to tell you that you are a huge inspiration and I hold your writing as the best in the business. Your inter-medial analysis is something my other favourite writers on youtube could really learn from and the freedom and literacy you use in your writing adds so much flavour! Thanks for being such an awesome creator!
This is incredibly well written, worded and packed full of awesome attention to detail. And I can't imagine the countless hours you've invested Into this documentary. It's been a fun ride Dead space. You sir have a new sub.
Always a delight to see more from you Noah.
The problem I have with Dead Space 1 is that it's not nearly as good at being as atmospheric and scary as it's trying to be. Every scare in the game is the most loud, obvious, and unsubtle assault on your senses as possible, yet it tries to come off as a slow burn sophisticated horror title. The mechanics and weapons are also just too slick and satisfying to cultivate a creepy horror atmosphere, ironically the game being so fun to play takes away from the atmosphere it wants.
Dead Space 2 gets criticized for being "just an action game" but I think it's just a more honest expression of the what the first game was going for. It's also loud, unsubtle and filled with goofy splattergore but the tone is a lot more B horror instead of A horror and it meshes together a lot better. Plus the weapons, the variety of locales and visuals are just a lot stronger and more engaging. It's much the superior title in my opinion. Normally Dead Space 1 would be more of my jam, but I just don't think it's very good at what it was trying to be.
I’m personally really hoping the remake really understands this…
The best foam hand of all time.
Excellent as always.Can't believe you stood out in the snow to read all those names! This channel continues to be one of the very best for games analysis.
I'm thrilled to see a video in Dead Space in 2019. It's hard to overstate what a great analysis you have done on this trilogy. I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you.
After playing the remake, I found myself asking the question if this version of humanity is even *worth* saving. They consume and destabilize entire solar systems for resources, perhaps even more so than the aliens in Independence Day.
It’s fitting that humanity ran afoul of something even more voracious.
Thorough look at my pants after watching this review
just tried playing dead space 2 again, jesus fucking christ how did i ever beat it in hardcore the game is fuckin insane.
Appreciate all the work you put into these videos.
This is a gorgeous dismemberment of such an awesome game series.
You sir have been an hour to listen to. Absolutely brilliant
I just restarted playing the series again...
Dead Space was awesome. I remember the first playthrough of the first game. How relieved I was when I saw save stations. It was unnerving, the atmosphere was awesome. And the twist was good. Not entirely unexpected, but good. The only thing I would have as a slight criticism would be parts of the fight system. Sometimes it just felt unresponsive, like not being able to reload if you are not aiming. Maybe that was by design, but it felt clunky at times.
Still, it was certainly the best game. It did so much setting up this universe, backstories and so on.
Dead Space 2 for me is rather close though. The horror wasn`t as good, also because it already was slightly more action focused - and seeing the same enemies way more often kind of dulls the horror of them at some point. They introduced some new enemy types, but some we already knew from the first game. But: I felt the gameplay was the best in the series. Combat felt a bit more fluid, less clunky compared to 1. But every weapon had its own ammo, making inventory management still a thing. It also enhanced on the story and universe. As a player, you learned more about the markers, how they worked, what they to do peoples brains and so on. And the whole term "make us whole" got more information. Where it was more of a creepy sentence we didn`t know exactly what it meant, now it started to come together.
And then ther was 3... not to say I hate it, but it was certainly a mixed bag. I think it had some good ideas. If you go for coop I think it was a good idea to have the characters face different hallucinations the other player can`t see. Especially if you played with voice it was interesting if your coop partner freaked out a bit, where you didn`t know why. It also expanded even more on the universe, the necromorphs. Part of the combat system I also liked, the idea that you can build weapon combinations was interesting. That you only have 1 ammo type though was a big step backwards for me. Because it really made inventory management way easier. Which is to me a bad thing for survival horror.
Still, I am really sad that they basically killed it. What a waste, I think if they handled DS3 better, the whole DS universe would have more to give. At least 1 game more, so to speak.
Quality content every time.
Someone get that man an umbrella & a torch. Stat.
Surely the best TH-camr there is. He genuinely makes me see games from a new angle that I could never put into word myself.
Damn! Christmas is coming early this week :)
Thanks for the extra videos Noah :)