Dead Space on GOG - gog.la/MakeUsWhole Also wonderful work by @sparkiegames on the intro! Sometimes it's Sparky1j. He's everywhere. I would've had this out in October if I could've, but Haze was overpowering. I'm also desperately behind on emails but playing catchup, so I'll pin the games list back when it's more managed.
Haze - the game? I remember that on the PS3 methinks. Cheers for the upload, hope you're well! Just started Mystery of the Droods last night 😂 I'm already stuck!! 🤣 That intro was totally fckn epic 🙏 I remember the mobile game too...! Hah
Also. No turning on big red alien devices or trying to harnessing foreign(cough demon) technology ala Doom. Those wiley greedy corportations am i right?
It wouldn't have helped. The Ishimura was an illegal mining operation, if they're already out they're doing illegal shit what makes you think they'll OSHA the hell out of Aegis 7's Mining Colony and the USG Ishimura?
On the rare times it happens it's pretty boring but you do get to see how ridiculously fleshed out the science progression systems are. All sorts of robots and tech start coming out I had no clue the game had.
@@MandaloreGaming The geneticist gave me laser eyes, and as a medical assistant it appearently fell to me to help him hunt down and kill a radioactive teleporting monkey-clone. I lost those eyes due to the radioactivity scrambling my genes, but it was cool while it lasted. The janitor was inconsolable.
I mean it only ever goes right in heavy roleplay servers, otherwise it just collapses as either the antag goes crazy or a based clown takes the antags gear and causes mayhem.
@@MandaloreGaming This is why I kind of like playing chef. Something about walking out into a hallway full of mayhem and just taking a couple of corpses to make into burgers and barricading yourself back into your island of vague normalcy is hilarious to me.
17:13 well some recent remakes showed us that remake isn't always about adding more content, it's sometimes about cutting content and making you unable to buy the original
@@ianhall6614 or if it's on GoG, the standalone installer. I have quite a few of them that I will be able to use forever (barring catastrophic drive failure, but then physical discs can break too).
@@Salted_Fyshi think hes talking about the gta "remastered" collection, they censored a little bit of content, and before the release they removed the original versions from steam
The only reaction I remember when playing this game: "Oh, so THESE were the fucks who shut down the Anti-Meteor System and made me go through that hell!"
Dresden is a one of heart of Nazi Military Industrial Complex and important railway for Nazi logistic. So yeah Dresden deserved to be morphed into fire tornado.
I've worked with the Wii controllers before, and I can tell you that the waggling shit isn't because they thought it was fun, it's because the designers gave up after trying to get that rectangular little bastard to fucking cooperate. It has a few accelerometers that give a /rough/ idea of where and how the controller is moving, as well as a list of functions that trigger off those readings. In theory, you can build gestures or different actions around these functions. However, the INFURIATING part is that they work MOST of the time, but not enough to actually include in a shippable product. Like if spacebar was bound to jump, but the spacebar only worked 80% of the time. The only thing that even remotely works like it should is the waggling function (it's been like 5 years I don't remember it's actual name, but I remember it was labelled stupidly), so it ends up just being an 11th button for the controller.
When I was in a band I connected a pair of wiimotes as midi controllers to my setup, strapped them to my wrists and waved my arms around like a wizard to control synths at our gigs. For like 10 years now I've thought I was a chump that couldn't figure wiimotes out, because I can confirm: they do exactly what you expect 80% of the time, and whatever the Fuck they want the rest of the 20%, no matter what I did with them :L
From what I know the more accurate tech used for Motion Plus was supposed to be in the original controller but a combination of cost saving and a corporate 'this is good enough' saw it shelved. Of-course when they launched most of the developer and player feedback was that, it was in fact, not good enough. By the time they introduced the Wii-Motion Plus it faced the problem most add-on hardware faces, the audience is not going to buy it unless they need it, developers aren't going to design their games to require it because they don't want to shrink their market by excluding people who don't have the addon. Bundling the hardware with the game makes the box price higher, shrinking potential audience, and is hard to do if you're not the one also making the hardware. Also considering the Wii had gained a reputation for being for casual gamers at that point, many hardcore gamers avoided the platform, and more enthusiast gamers are more likely to buy add-ons.
For such a strange spin-off, I gotta admit I was very invested in the characters and story when I was younger, despite the flaws. Way more interesting setup than you’d think for a rail shooter.
Honestly, only game I'd call better in the entire Rail Shooter genera personally then Dead Space: Extraction, is Killer 7. And I know some people that would refuse to argue that last one is even in that genera.
@@LORDOFDORKNESS42 I would certainly disagree with it being a rail shooter, if only because you have control of moving forward and backward. But it is one hell of an experience.
Love the attention to detail the developers put into this obscure Wii spinoff. In the Wii version you twist the wiimote to activate the vertical/horizontal secondary fire on the plasma cutter. So genius! The co-op is really fun too.
Haze dominated my brain for a full week. Couldn't focus on school, laughed my ass off in random places just thinking about him, couldn't sleep without thinking of Haze. All that from one video. Haze is a legend, prove me wrong.
@@MandaloreGaming same the only place around me that has any games like that is a local pizza place and Walmart. Most arcade games are gone except in actual arcades that still exist like Dave & Busters and all those arcade bars that have been popping up all over the place.
If anyone lives close to Burlington new jersey there's a mall there with an entire area dedicated to arcade classics. Simpsons, star wars, crazy taxi, time crisis, and many more are still there (last I checked a few years ago in 2018) so if anyone is near there I highly recommend setting aside time for a visit. Tldr: there might be an arcade in a mall in Burlington new jersey, check it out.
@@Rauser142 I think it could be done in a serious manner, you could have humans digging into the core of the earth with some big drill in the middle and construction workers who maintain the drill in dig outs on the sides, then they run into some monsters, maybe you could have some underground housing and such to break up fighting around the drill. Eventually, the protagonist has to escape back to the surface.
I played this one on the wii and I will say that the "shaking to make your glowstick work" is actually a great addition in that one. You need to shake the right stick, meaning that during the dark sections, you'll sometimes need to make a choice between being able to see and being able to shoot. It's a lot of fun.
Oddly enough, this Wii version was my introduction to the Dead Space franchise. I remember this game being much fun especially with the rifle mod for the Wiimote. Highly underrated and overlooked.
@@chaoswraith The moment I bought a 360 I immediately grabbed a copy of 1 & 2. Regardless, Extraction was incredibly fun especially using the Wii rifle. It's the closest to VR Deadspace without having a headset. Using a remote doesn't do this game justice.
Same here. bought this game used with a few other Wii games, not expecting this to be as good as it was and got majorly hooked into the story and comics in the game. when I got a PS3 later, immediately I bought dead space 1 and loved it.
@Michael Smith Because anyone with the name chaoswraith is just an edgy, gatekeeping virgin who thinks that being pessimistic and nihilistic is the way to live
I don't think they're underappreciated, it's more that we've had about 40 years of them, so we're pretty much done exploring the genre at this point since basically anything that can be done with it has been done by now and it's not a very compelling gameplay loop so there's not a demand to just make more for the sake of it.
The problem with VR games is that many people live in conditions which make VR setups awkward. As a result you have two extremes: Big corps which make games to promote the tech and don't really care about the game itself and small indie studios that can push revolutionary things, but they will not have the polish because of small teams, shoestring budget and problematic visibility. Think Fall Guys - game had everything, but next big game lands and everyone forgot about them. It's like 3D western porn, which more or less stuck in horrible 80s era until the point where Source Filmmaker gathered enough attention and raised enough people knowing how to 3d animate. All tools were there, but there were no medium to pull people into.
I always thought this was a mindless rail shooter, it's quite the nice surprise to see how much they cared. As always, love the details about the behind the scenes stuff like how the music was composed and the use of cut concept art.
I like the part that shows the initial chaos. The immediate craziness that happens when a outbreak scenario occurs is always my favorite part of any “undead” setting.
I love that the starter engineering suits in dead space games are always itchy pyjamas with some metal slapped over the body parts most likely to get crushed/burned/lacerated. The Devs did a good job of showing how it would be like using toilet paper to stop a charging pike, when asteroids or machinery knocks your limbs off in one swipe
Speaking of Dead Space, you should try Shadow Tower Abyss, it also has limb chopping mechanics and it even predates Dead Space 1. It’s made by FromSoftware and is like Dark Souls with guns. The music, story and level design are fantastically wonderful!
Yep, Shadow Tower is definetly a Mandy-type of game, considering how obscure and weird it is. I mean, show me a game where I am slicing parasites of bodies with a sword in one moment, and in the next I‘m mowing down harpies with a M16.
One thing I firmly remember from Extraction was that McNeill was kind of a fucking badass. Mans had to amputate his own arm in space and still made it out. Well... kind of.
I only played Extraction ~two years ago on an emulator and I have to say that I've had a wonderful time. I really enjoyed this game. I was so hungry for more that I found and emulated that Dead Space game for Android and honestly was impressed how good it was. Same thing with the Android game of Mass Effect. They really tried their best for those mobile games back in the day unlike nowadays.
I recently found your old Dead Space reviews and I loved them. So happy to see you talking about Dead Space again. I've been playing through the games with classic rules and it's been a pretty good time. So damn pumped for the remake and super excited to see Glen Schofield return to survival horror with Calisto protocol.
I remember playing this when I was younger, and honestly being really impressed with it. It's good for the genre and the story was actually interesting. Even going to revisit some of the places you step into in the main series was just a fun time. Love to see you talk about it!
For what it's worth, this game was a pretty entertaining spin off. And it's great to see the Dead Space from the perspective of someone who witnessed the initial outbreak. A lot of horror games follow the events, with you picking up lore to piece together what happened, so you always see people begging for games to show off the case zero event, And it's nice for a game to actually show that side of things.
Glad you're giving this game it's due respect. On a console that had so many good rail shooters I still think this is the best one. Gets my award for best usage of Wii remote ever.
Despite 3 and the spin off I've never played, I feel like every dead space game has been some of the best horror games of all time, even the mobile game which I still wish was on the app store
I have fond memories of playing the mobile game in my study hall during high school. I was sat in the back of the class so I could wip out my phone and play games. That semester I finished Dead Space mobile, the walking dead season 1, and the first Max Payne game
Would've been cool if the new protagonist's name was another mash up of sci fi authors, but newer ones since it was a newer take on the trilogy: Alastair Banks (Alastair Reynolds and Iain M Banks) William Hamilton (William Gibson, Peter F Hamilton) Charles Jemisin (Charles Stross, N K Jemisin) Larry Baxter (Larry Nevin, Stephen Baxter) Greg Watts (Greg Egan, Peter Watts) etc.
@@DinoDave150 Haha thanks man! Just kind of whipped them up. I'm partial to Alastair Banks, but that might be because Revelation Space is so damn good, and has some serious gothic horror overtones that would play well with Dead Space.
Couldn’t tell you how excited I was when these characters got DLC in 2. I even named a town in animal crossing after Lex once. Loved Dead Space, hopefully they stay true to it and it’s lore in the remake
I dont think anyone will see this comment, but Dead Space Extraction was so great to me as a teen, that for the past 12 years. My username has ALWAYS been "PSEC" when making a new computer
Dammit, Mandalore, now you've left my brain swimming with ideas for a Dead Space VR game; which we'll of course never get. It could be amazing if done right... ho-hum.
another gem. You know, some days are bad days until Mandalore drops a new video talking about good old games, it brings back a few memories of a better time, thank you friend
@@rofflesvanwagon yes!! Combination of the interesting nature of the games he chooses, plus some quality of his voice I can’t quite pin down, is just, good
i seriously loved this game. When Dead Space came out dude. I was SO into the world and everything. i had this game and I loved how it played with "what you see, vs whats happening". I loved the animation, and the "animatrix" styled one too. then three happened..... BUT then the DLC happened :D....
"Then three happened.....BUT then the DLC happened" is so accurate it hurts. My favorite parts of 3 were the ship graveyard, which was fantastic in concept yet didn't quite stick in the landing, the frozen station with starving people eating infected and turning into the husks, and snow suits.
@@dougdynamo9398 For me Dead Space 3 has some of the best levels in the entire series.....and they're entirely locked behind Co-op. As shoe-horned in as Co-op was the Co-op only levels are some of the best I've ever played.
@@Dantarn It's been a very long time since I played it, so I might be missing some good level design and moments. But the fact the two areas I mentioned previously still stands out to me is testament to how impactful those areas are, at least for me. It's a true shame their ideas for co-op weren't fully realized because EA had to be the money-hungry villains that they are.
I love Dead Space 3's environments and overall story, really the only thing that drags that game down for me is the gameplay changes that moved it solidy out of survival horror. If someone took deadspace 3 and remixed it back into a survival horror game but keeping most of the rest of it the same I think it would be great.
This is... interesting for sure! Souls remakes, Dead Space remake or spin-offs : this is interesting to see many people digging into older games with a lot of respect, depths and love, while not being "endorsed heirs" at all! I guess "external eyes" are sometimes perfect for the job : you got people remembering only what was good, player-side, and trying their best to live up to your name and wipe out the bad or boring stuff. Stuff like this medical bay barricade are legendary. Thanks for your videos, as always ;) Such a treat ^^
I was just having a 30 minute conversation about EA and what they did to visceral games and dead space with a coworker. Just walked away from that to see you posted this, the stars align!
I loved the video ending! Honestly when I played it that was the best part to me: seeing how the environment was fucked by the previous people trying to survive before Isaac got there. Everything else was decent but not amazing.
18:30 "Power overwhelming." "Delighted to, sir!" "Battlecruiser operational." "Locus acknowledged." "Never know what hit 'em." "Carrier has arrived." "I thought you'd see it my way." *Hydralisk noises.*
I learned in one of my gaming classes that some companies will make a simple rail shooter to test their set pieces once they have gameplay nailed down because a rail shooter is really set piece after set pieces and its a good idea of how it might play and what makes snice in story and all with being bogged down my gameplay and all just a simple test before making a big set piece in the normal engine snice you can throw a sample in a rail shooter quicker than. Months on it then it not working
Quite interesting game, even if I will never play it would love to play a VR version as you said. Speaking of music love the addition of ghost master soundtrack.
Mandalore yet again you have managed to post on the night I get home after drinking, amazing! I love drunkenly watching your vids in bed and then re-watching later and paying better attention.
well that scene you showed of from extraction, isn't the most casual reaction to encountering alien life in a sci fi story. that award goes to the 1994 miniseries red planet. in it a family of colonist's of a planet named new aries, who when inspecting their hydro farm get's attacked by an native animal, called an water seeker. but they quickly find out it's actually an illusion created by a straight up alien, who starts copying their words to learn their meaning. do you what the families reaction is, to this life changing, worldview shattering discovery? they treat the thing like a stray dog the parent's want the thing need's to be back in the wild, while jim want's to keep it like it's some pet. it's only until later they actually recognize the thing as an intelligent creature, and at that point i half expect the alien whose name is willis, getting into a huge rant about how stupid they are. here's the full miniseries on youtube if you do not believe me th-cam.com/video/qMeZjmQbj-0/w-d-xo.html
Based on the book by Robert Heinlein. Also Willis wasn't the first alien humans encountered, as they knew about the full sized Martians and other native life forms.
10:01 This. This is why I watch your videos. Such a sly wit that always catches me off guard. You have an unexpected dry humor that is entirely your own. Very nice video man.
I was was pleasantly surprised that this was included for free in Dead Space 2: Limited Edition when Dead Space 2 first released. I was really glad that I got to play through this before starting Dead Space 2.
The memories I have of playing this on ps3, it was so nice to have this alongside my ps3 copy of DS2, having another perspective on the colony/ship was pretty awesome
I have a special place in my heart for rail shooters. It's some of the first types of video games I played. Point Blank on the PS1 was such a passion of mine as a kid. My dad was really into guns, and he was super proud of me for being a crack shot.
There are remakes and remakes, games from 1995 of course can use a remake or remastering but because they run out of ideas and/or sequels they found that remaking/remastering is selling a game based on name and nostalgia ... did Mass Effect 1-3 really need a remake? Well no, they are entirely playable unlike say Wing Commander that are rather old games and could use a remake but Mass Effect *name* still is recognizable as Wing Commander series been long dead.
17:33 _Ooohh..._ You sir have *excellent* taste in Sci-Fi-Anime. For anyone wondering, that's _Planetes (2003)_, perhaps the most "hard" hard-Sci-Fi-Anime, or series in general, out there. I might even go so far as to say it *even* rivals _The Expanse_ in terms of realism, because _Planetes_ doesn't have any magical drug that makes people immune to otherwise deadly g-forces or anything else that can't be explained by today's science. For christ sakes, they even show in the very first episode that pretty much every astronaut has to wear diapers while out on EVA, which is a real thing.
Wow, that was such a short shot I didn't even realise. I support the idea that it's more realistic than The Expanse. It also doesn't have magically efficient engines that can support a 1g burn almost indefinitely. But The Expanse needs at least those two things to make interesting combat. I'm more concerned about people who call Mass Effect realistic despite their FTL making no sense even within the confines of manipulating mass.
That intro wow, too amazing Finally Mandy reviewed the best FPS on Wii xD 9:59 Found the Home Alone reference 😂 I hope people won't forget who killed Visceral games and pre-ordered the remake. They'll regret it
I got this on the Wii because i was a big Dead Space fan (note "was" due to DS3). For an on-rails shooter i thought it was pretty good and tied in well with DS1 as you pointed out. Not the longest games but it's still worth getting if you like Dead Space.
Huh. I totally admit to passing this game over because "oh, it's just a rail shooter" - pleasant surprise to see it's far more than that. I might have to emulate it on Wii sometime or something. And yeah, it would be fantastic in VR. The Resident Evil 4 VR port (not on rails, but it's a VR implementation of a similar game style) is stellar and I'd love to see more classic games given that treatment.
Dead Space really was a perfect series for me. They absolutely nailed a perfect mix between the slasher genre where you get a decent cast of characters surviving, never knowing who will be killed and atmospheric dread with an alien artifact tearing people apart mentally. There's also so many unique necromorph designs that were never used. The body horror aspect was so well utilized like The Thing. I only ever wished for in the series was instead of fighting hordes of enemies, maybe tone the scale down yet make every part of this creature try to kill you. I'd rather fight one or two necromorphs in a hallway where every time I sever a body part a new horror could emerge. I'm apprehensive about the remake to an absurd degree. That "ambient" fog on the ground makes no sense and really bothers me. But their dismemberment demo was pretty impressive for it to be in that preliminary stage.
'I guess 'Prostagma?' 'Vulome', but thats another story' Stop sleeping on it, tell that story. Plus, a very good excuse to use AoM music in an appropriate place!
I am sad to say that the Remake didn't bring any of the cut enemies to the game. But holy shit did the Remake blow it out of the water. If you're watching this and undecided on whether to get the Remake I issue you a challenge: Go buy it on Steam and use your free one hour of play time. If you aren't sold on the changes in that time, fair enough. But I think you'll appreciate it if you're new to the series or a returning veteran. The only people I've heard hate on it are TURBO purists, which is funny because Motive shows a shitton of respect for the source material and stays very authentic to the old experience while adding new, and dare I say, improved life into the game. The turbo purists are the type of people who look at Isaac's new dialogue (which is expertly performed by Gunner Wright and very well written to keep in line with a Dead Space 2 Isaac) and then stubbornly keep to their guns that the silent protagonist was better in every way. Despite the fact that Isaac really only ever speaks when spoken to in the Remake. If anything, I actually wished there a few more times in the game where I could get his input on things happening... It's that good. Go play it, please.
Another great review! Glad I found this channel, you do have your criticism but you always balance it with your appreciation and it's nice to hear your opinions without having to try and block half of it out.
The first time I encountered an active reload system was in Mafia, I think. It might have been a bug though. If you fit reload, and made a roll jump right after it, your gun was reloaded instantly.
I wish more games counted the reload partway through the animation rather than after it's fully completed, it's such a bitch switching out *just before* the final frame and having to do it again
@@spacebassist i feel like i encountered a game that kept where you left off with the reload at a certain point in the animation. So if you just slapped in the magazine but didn't chamber it and switch to a different gun real quick, when you switch back then you'll just finish chambering it. Cant remember it's name though so either I'm misremembering or it's been years. Or I've smoked too much.
@@DisorientedWanderer I can honestly see that existing. I'm being an armchair gamedev but surely you could update a variable with what frame/stage of the animation it's in and call it again when switching back Also I don't mind just having the animation count it part way through so I can feel like a pro gamer for "reload cancelling" lmao
12:09 I'm glad people still remember House of the Dead 2, my favorite of the series. So many hours on the Dreamcast at my grandmas house as a kid were spent on HotD2 and i'll always love it.
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Dead Space on GOG - gog.la/MakeUsWhole
Also wonderful work by @sparkiegames on the intro! Sometimes it's Sparky1j. He's everywhere.
I would've had this out in October if I could've, but Haze was overpowering. I'm also desperately behind on emails but playing catchup, so I'll pin the games list back when it's more managed.
please add encased to the list
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The Nightmare Before Thanksgiving. 🦃
Haze - the game? I remember that on the PS3 methinks. Cheers for the upload, hope you're well!
Just started Mystery of the Droods last night 😂 I'm already stuck!! 🤣
That intro was totally fckn epic 🙏
I remember the mobile game too...! Hah
Can't open the link for some reason.
All Dead Space games are the story of why paid overtime and safety regulations are needed in the engineering industry.
Any industry for that matter
Also. No turning on big red alien devices or trying to harnessing foreign(cough demon) technology ala Doom. Those wiley greedy corportations am i right?
Dead Space is basically an OSHA PSA
I guess we're ignoring the fact not to dig up some alien artifact that changes people physically to sharp limbed monsters
It wouldn't have helped. The Ishimura was an illegal mining operation, if they're already out they're doing illegal shit what makes you think they'll OSHA the hell out of Aegis 7's Mining Colony and the USG Ishimura?
"It makes it feel like a Space Station 13 round gone wrong"
I strongly object to this analogy because it implies that SS13 rounds can ever go right.
On the rare times it happens it's pretty boring but you do get to see how ridiculously fleshed out the science progression systems are. All sorts of robots and tech start coming out I had no clue the game had.
@@MandaloreGaming The geneticist gave me laser eyes, and as a medical assistant it appearently fell to me to help him hunt down and kill a radioactive teleporting monkey-clone. I lost those eyes due to the radioactivity scrambling my genes, but it was cool while it lasted.
The janitor was inconsolable.
@@MandaloreGaming What server or servers do you recommend?
I mean it only ever goes right in heavy roleplay servers, otherwise it just collapses as either the antag goes crazy or a based clown takes the antags gear and causes mayhem.
@@MandaloreGaming This is why I kind of like playing chef. Something about walking out into a hallway full of mayhem and just taking a couple of corpses to make into burgers and barricading yourself back into your island of vague normalcy is hilarious to me.
That 3rd person camera fakeout at the start of the game has to be one of the funniest things I've seen
Lmao
You love it when you can tell a studio knows its audience and is having fun with their game
ive rewatched this part like 7 times it is so funny
@@dennishogan5696 It's so well done too lmao
It's so cheeky I love it.
17:13 well some recent remakes showed us that remake isn't always about adding more content, it's sometimes about cutting content and making you unable to buy the original
All the more reason to buy the original physical copies. Never trust a remake, especially when EA is involved.
@@ianhall6614 or if it's on GoG, the standalone installer. I have quite a few of them that I will be able to use forever (barring catastrophic drive failure, but then physical discs can break too).
What remake are you talking about?
@@Salted_Fyshi think hes talking about the gta "remastered" collection, they censored a little bit of content, and before the release they removed the original versions from steam
@@ianhall6614 Physical copies don't even have the game on them anymore. Just a downloader more often than not.
*Finally the best FPS on the Wii*
Eh, I liked Conduit 1 & 2.
That and metroid prime
Love you Spiff!
Nah, Red Steel 2 all the way. (but seriously, me and my friends once managed to recreate Doom in Boom Blox)
Have you ever played Call of Duty: World at war on the Wii it's easily the best game of the 2000s
The only reaction I remember when playing this game: "Oh, so THESE were the fucks who shut down the Anti-Meteor System and made me go through that hell!"
Part of the ship, part of the crew
Get in the fucking chair, Shinji.
God it's so much better in the remake, with you essentially 'teaching' the ADS guns how to shoot.
They were also the ones that barricaded the door to the morgue, so yeah, fuck 'em.
@@WTFisTingispingis The remake is DEI trash.
11:04 “Dresden make over”, Jesus that is grim.
I love it.
As a Dresden resident, I full-heartedly agree with everything you wrote.
totally wasn't expecting the WWII joke
Dresden is a one of heart of Nazi Military Industrial Complex and important railway for Nazi logistic. So yeah Dresden deserved to be morphed into fire tornado.
Here I took it as a Dresden files joke, as Harry Dresden the Chicago wizard loves to use fire, on everything, always.
@@robertmarsh5322 That sounds much more likely tbh. Never heard of that.
I've worked with the Wii controllers before, and I can tell you that the waggling shit isn't because they thought it was fun, it's because the designers gave up after trying to get that rectangular little bastard to fucking cooperate. It has a few accelerometers that give a /rough/ idea of where and how the controller is moving, as well as a list of functions that trigger off those readings. In theory, you can build gestures or different actions around these functions. However, the INFURIATING part is that they work MOST of the time, but not enough to actually include in a shippable product. Like if spacebar was bound to jump, but the spacebar only worked 80% of the time. The only thing that even remotely works like it should is the waggling function (it's been like 5 years I don't remember it's actual name, but I remember it was labelled stupidly), so it ends up just being an 11th button for the controller.
When I was in a band I connected a pair of wiimotes as midi controllers to my setup, strapped them to my wrists and waved my arms around like a wizard to control synths at our gigs. For like 10 years now I've thought I was a chump that couldn't figure wiimotes out, because I can confirm: they do exactly what you expect 80% of the time, and whatever the Fuck they want the rest of the 20%, no matter what I did with them :L
Crazy to know tbh
They licked a lot of problems with the motion plus but by then, it was probably too late.
From what I know the more accurate tech used for Motion Plus was supposed to be in the original controller but a combination of cost saving and a corporate 'this is good enough' saw it shelved.
Of-course when they launched most of the developer and player feedback was that, it was in fact, not good enough.
By the time they introduced the Wii-Motion Plus it faced the problem most add-on hardware faces, the audience is not going to buy it unless they need it, developers aren't going to design their games to require it because they don't want to shrink their market by excluding people who don't have the addon.
Bundling the hardware with the game makes the box price higher, shrinking potential audience, and is hard to do if you're not the one also making the hardware.
Also considering the Wii had gained a reputation for being for casual gamers at that point, many hardcore gamers avoided the platform, and more enthusiast gamers are more likely to buy add-ons.
The other part is that they wanted to show off what is possible with the Wii and use it to the fullest.
For such a strange spin-off, I gotta admit I was very invested in the characters and story when I was younger, despite the flaws. Way more interesting setup than you’d think for a rail shooter.
I was so pissed at that bald scientist when me and brother played this the first time, I was so satisfied when he got ripped
The characters were fantastic, and I like that Gabe and his wife came back in the dead space 2 dlc
With the amount of work they did to appease EA, Visceral did not deserve what happened to them.
Honestly, only game I'd call better in the entire Rail Shooter genera personally then Dead Space: Extraction, is Killer 7.
And I know some people that would refuse to argue that last one is even in that genera.
@@LORDOFDORKNESS42 I would certainly disagree with it being a rail shooter, if only because you have control of moving forward and backward. But it is one hell of an experience.
9:58 Oh man he didnt just put signature marv scream he also made it blend with ambiance imitating the composer, unepectedly well done sir
Truly a man of commitment and focus
What I fear here is that he skillfully hid the gachi reference real well in this episode since I simply can't find it.
@@StrikeWarlock There's a gachi scream at 16:02 spliced with the Tormentor's roar, it's just lower pitched. Same joke from his Dead Space 2 review
@@puddll Damn well done
Love the attention to detail the developers put into this obscure Wii spinoff. In the Wii version you twist the wiimote to activate the vertical/horizontal secondary fire on the plasma cutter. So genius! The co-op is really fun too.
Haze dominated my brain for a full week. Couldn't focus on school, laughed my ass off in random places just thinking about him, couldn't sleep without thinking of Haze. All that from one video. Haze is a legend, prove me wrong.
SMOOTHIE TIME~
Who's Haze?
@@KageMinowara th-cam.com/video/qn1rsvwkQLc/w-d-xo.html
thank me later
@@KageMinowara watch the anonymous agony video, it's going to be painfull
@@KageMinowara Ben's son.
This could be an arcade cabinet game at the movies.
I remember Time Crisis and the Star Wars ones sucking up everyone's money, though the local ones here got rid of those probably over a decade ago.
@@MandaloreGaming same the only place around me that has any games like that is a local pizza place and Walmart.
Most arcade games are gone except in actual arcades that still exist like Dave & Busters and all those arcade bars that have been popping up all over the place.
If anyone lives close to Burlington new jersey there's a mall there with an entire area dedicated to arcade classics. Simpsons, star wars, crazy taxi, time crisis, and many more are still there (last I checked a few years ago in 2018) so if anyone is near there I highly recommend setting aside time for a visit.
Tldr: there might be an arcade in a mall in Burlington new jersey, check it out.
@@MandaloreGaming I’m pretty sure those House Of The Dead 1 and 4 cabinets survive purely on spite alone.
@@MandaloreGaming that star wars one... never beat vader but man was I hungry for that W
A modern day construction worker action horror game would be great, using hammers, drills, nailguns and any tools at your disposal to fight monsters.
@@Rauser142 That’s basically exactly what Dead Space is.
@@Rokaize Dead Garage
Dead rising?
@@Rauser142 I think it could be done in a serious manner, you could have humans digging into the core of the earth with some big drill in the middle and construction workers who maintain the drill in dig outs on the sides, then they run into some monsters, maybe you could have some underground housing and such to break up fighting around the drill. Eventually, the protagonist has to escape back to the surface.
@@Rauser142 Well what could Isaac not do with a futurist gun or machete?
Still so wild that Brian Evanson wrote a Dead Space book. Such a talented writer making what is essentially EA approved fanfiction.
reminds me when Richard Morgan wrote Crysis 2.
Or is it?
@@kallemort Peter Watts wrote the novel to that game and he portrays Alcatraz as a pre-insanity Deadpool in a nanosuit, it's hilarious.
Yes. Too bad the books are stupid expensive now
Greg Bear writing Halo books
I played this one on the wii and I will say that the "shaking to make your glowstick work" is actually a great addition in that one. You need to shake the right stick, meaning that during the dark sections, you'll sometimes need to make a choice between being able to see and being able to shoot. It's a lot of fun.
Oddly enough, this Wii version was my introduction to the Dead Space franchise. I remember this game being much fun especially with the rifle mod for the Wiimote. Highly underrated and overlooked.
Most likely only because you didn't start with 1 or 2.....
@@chaoswraith The moment I bought a 360 I immediately grabbed a copy of 1 & 2. Regardless, Extraction was incredibly fun especially using the Wii rifle. It's the closest to VR Deadspace without having a headset. Using a remote doesn't do this game justice.
Same here. bought this game used with a few other Wii games, not expecting this to be as good as it was and got majorly hooked into the story and comics in the game. when I got a PS3 later, immediately I bought dead space 1 and loved it.
@Michael Smith Because anyone with the name chaoswraith is just an edgy, gatekeeping virgin who thinks that being pessimistic and nihilistic is the way to live
Never stop what you're doing, Mandalore.
Rail shooters may be the most under appreciated genre. Absolutely astounded there are so few made for VR so far.
Dead Space VR would absolutely slap. Horror translates very well to VR.
I don't think they're underappreciated, it's more that we've had about 40 years of them, so we're pretty much done exploring the genre at this point since basically anything that can be done with it has been done by now and it's not a very compelling gameplay loop so there's not a demand to just make more for the sake of it.
I played a coaster game in VR that made me just short of violently ill within 5 minutes. Pretty sure rail shooters would have the same issue.
The problem with VR games is that many people live in conditions which make VR setups awkward. As a result you have two extremes: Big corps which make games to promote the tech and don't really care about the game itself and small indie studios that can push revolutionary things, but they will not have the polish because of small teams, shoestring budget and problematic visibility. Think Fall Guys - game had everything, but next big game lands and everyone forgot about them.
It's like 3D western porn, which more or less stuck in horrible 80s era until the point where Source Filmmaker gathered enough attention and raised enough people knowing how to 3d animate. All tools were there, but there were no medium to pull people into.
This game I’m vr would be insane.
That opening animation is why Mandalore is my favorite TH-camr out there. Just an absolute masterwork.
I always thought this was a mindless rail shooter, it's quite the nice surprise to see how much they cared.
As always, love the details about the behind the scenes stuff like how the music was composed and the use of cut concept art.
My day automatically gets better when you post =).
Lucky
I look away for 3 minutes and this happens.
YEP
I like the part that shows the initial chaos. The immediate craziness that happens when a outbreak scenario occurs is always my favorite part of any “undead” setting.
I love that the starter engineering suits in dead space games are always itchy pyjamas with some metal slapped over the body parts most likely to get crushed/burned/lacerated.
The Devs did a good job of showing how it would be like using toilet paper to stop a charging pike, when asteroids or machinery knocks your limbs off in one swipe
Speaking of Dead Space, you should try Shadow Tower Abyss, it also has limb chopping mechanics and it even predates Dead Space 1.
It’s made by FromSoftware and is like Dark Souls with guns.
The music, story and level design are fantastically wonderful!
this is truly the Dark Souls of youtube comments on video "Dead Space: Extraction Review" by mandalore gaming
Here if you want to know what look like from Iron Pineapple
th-cam.com/video/G3Iyh7mxr1E/w-d-xo.html
Yep, Shadow Tower is definetly a Mandy-type of game, considering how obscure and weird it is. I mean, show me a game where I am slicing parasites of bodies with a sword in one moment, and in the next I‘m mowing down harpies with a M16.
This sounds awesome, thanks.
I refuse to believe that Mandalore is in fact not watching Iron Pineapple's videos. He has to be watching them.
One thing I firmly remember from Extraction was that McNeill was kind of a fucking badass. Mans had to amputate his own arm in space and still made it out.
Well... kind of.
Given that the remake is out and is fantastic, I'm hoping they release Extraction on the Switch. I really want to play this.
That actually sounds lit
House of the Dead made the jump and I tried it with my brother so I can say it is absolutely doable
This is Nintendo they dont do that
I only played Extraction ~two years ago on an emulator and I have to say that I've had a wonderful time. I really enjoyed this game.
I was so hungry for more that I found and emulated that Dead Space game for Android and honestly was impressed how good it was. Same thing with the Android game of Mass Effect. They really tried their best for those mobile games back in the day unlike nowadays.
Lmao the classic scream at 9:59, never fails to make me laugh
I recently found your old Dead Space reviews and I loved them. So happy to see you talking about Dead Space again. I've been playing through the games with classic rules and it's been a pretty good time. So damn pumped for the remake and super excited to see Glen Schofield return to survival horror with Calisto protocol.
"... switch to the flamethrower for a quick Dresden makeover."
I can't tell if this is a WWII or a Dresden files reference. Both work.
Knowing mandy, it's both.
I remember playing this when I was younger, and honestly being really impressed with it. It's good for the genre and the story was actually interesting. Even going to revisit some of the places you step into in the main series was just a fun time. Love to see you talk about it!
For what it's worth, this game was a pretty entertaining spin off. And it's great to see the Dead Space from the perspective of someone who witnessed the initial outbreak. A lot of horror games follow the events, with you picking up lore to piece together what happened, so you always see people begging for games to show off the case zero event, And it's nice for a game to actually show that side of things.
That intro was killer. Always nice to have you back, Mandy. Wishing you and everyone a happy Thanksgiving.
The intro is amazing. You have some of the best fans, Mandy. Thank you for suffering through games for our entertainment.
Glad you're giving this game it's due respect. On a console that had so many good rail shooters I still think this is the best one. Gets my award for best usage of Wii remote ever.
Despite 3 and the spin off I've never played, I feel like every dead space game has been some of the best horror games of all time, even the mobile game which I still wish was on the app store
I have fond memories of playing the mobile game in my study hall during high school. I was sat in the back of the class so I could wip out my phone and play games. That semester I finished Dead Space mobile, the walking dead season 1, and the first Max Payne game
@@ParagonBourne I played the shit out of that kinda pissed it's delisted though
Yeah Apple needs a form of archive for old offline games that you can play for free with all the DLCs it had, for whatever the game was.
This game would be fantastic in VR!
This approach to a rail shooter seems so unique and open for potential to explore, I wonder if anyone else has tried their hands at this style.
Ngl, never expected you to review this game in a million years.
Very glad you did.
Would've been cool if the new protagonist's name was another mash up of sci fi authors, but newer ones since it was a newer take on the trilogy:
Alastair Banks (Alastair Reynolds and Iain M Banks)
William Hamilton (William Gibson, Peter F Hamilton)
Charles Jemisin (Charles Stross, N K Jemisin)
Larry Baxter (Larry Nevin, Stephen Baxter)
Greg Watts (Greg Egan, Peter Watts)
etc.
Those are all neat ideas for names.
@@DinoDave150 Haha thanks man! Just kind of whipped them up.
I'm partial to Alastair Banks, but that might be because Revelation Space is so damn good, and has some serious gothic horror overtones that would play well with Dead Space.
@@hanklestank Hmm. I'll have to check that out when I get the chance.
There can be only one Baxter, and its H. P. Baxxter
Now I keep imagining a slavjank Dead Space where you play as Stanislaw Strugatsky.
Couldn’t tell you how excited I was when these characters got DLC in 2. I even named a town in animal crossing after Lex once. Loved Dead Space, hopefully they stay true to it and it’s lore in the remake
I dont think anyone will see this comment, but Dead Space Extraction was so great to me as a teen, that for the past 12 years. My username has ALWAYS been "PSEC" when making a new computer
"Really obscene microtransactions have calmed down a bit"
Oh boy does Halo Infinite have something to say about that.
Apex Legends is another one.
Rocket league is charging 10-20 bucks for one song
@@monkey-bananas2890 Unfortunately a lot of F2P games have ludicrously expensive skins and so on.
@@DOWLord_ Especially now that they rebranded some skins that would be considered rare and call them epic now, making them more expensive.
Extraction was kinda amazing, really enjoyed how it seamlessly ported Dead Space's weapon system, as well as its overall mood.
Dammit, Mandalore, now you've left my brain swimming with ideas for a Dead Space VR game; which we'll of course never get. It could be amazing if done right... ho-hum.
It will be called Dead Space Vectromorph Remextrix
@@celebalert5616 "Now, experience _Dead Space_ like you've never experienced it before: in cutting edge vector graphics!"
@@the_real_Kurt_Yarish it'll save on VR processing power at least
if it ever exists there would be zero physics or interactivity and it would feel like a 2016 vr game
another gem. You know, some days are bad days until Mandalore drops a new video talking about good old games, it brings back a few memories of a better time, thank you friend
I’ve been binging your videos the past couple days. And no it doesn’t matter if I had already listened to the video 3+ times…
This is the way.
So true. I put them on different Playlists. Pathologic 1 & 2 and paratopic go good together if you're super high lol
@@rofflesvanwagon yes!! Combination of the interesting nature of the games he chooses, plus some quality of his voice I can’t quite pin down, is just, good
Legit I put Mandys videos on loop when I need to get work done. I have seen his druid video idk how many times.
@@markbauby7442 closer to a dozen then I’ll admit…
i seriously loved this game. When Dead Space came out dude. I was SO into the world and everything. i had this game and I loved how it played with "what you see, vs whats happening". I loved the animation, and the "animatrix" styled one too.
then three happened..... BUT then the DLC happened :D....
"Then three happened.....BUT then the DLC happened" is so accurate it hurts.
My favorite parts of 3 were the ship graveyard, which was fantastic in concept yet didn't quite stick in the landing, the frozen station with starving people eating infected and turning into the husks, and snow suits.
@@dougdynamo9398 For me Dead Space 3 has some of the best levels in the entire series.....and they're entirely locked behind Co-op.
As shoe-horned in as Co-op was the Co-op only levels are some of the best I've ever played.
@@Dantarn
It's been a very long time since I played it, so I might be missing some good level design and moments. But the fact the two areas I mentioned previously still stands out to me is testament to how impactful those areas are, at least for me.
It's a true shame their ideas for co-op weren't fully realized because EA had to be the money-hungry villains that they are.
@@dougdynamo9398 I wish the entirety of Dead Space 3 was exactly like that damn DLC.
I love Dead Space 3's environments and overall story, really the only thing that drags that game down for me is the gameplay changes that moved it solidy out of survival horror. If someone took deadspace 3 and remixed it back into a survival horror game but keeping most of the rest of it the same I think it would be great.
This is... interesting for sure!
Souls remakes, Dead Space remake or spin-offs : this is interesting to see many people digging into older games with a lot of respect, depths and love, while not being "endorsed heirs" at all!
I guess "external eyes" are sometimes perfect for the job : you got people remembering only what was good, player-side, and trying their best to live up to your name and wipe out the bad or boring stuff.
Stuff like this medical bay barricade are legendary.
Thanks for your videos, as always ;)
Such a treat ^^
Best way to spend my lunch break is when a new Mandalore video comes out and I get to watch it
I was just having a 30 minute conversation about EA and what they did to visceral games and dead space with a coworker.
Just walked away from that to see you posted this, the stars align!
I loved the video ending! Honestly when I played it that was the best part to me: seeing how the environment was fucked by the previous people trying to survive before Isaac got there. Everything else was decent but not amazing.
18:30 "Power overwhelming." "Delighted to, sir!" "Battlecruiser operational." "Locus acknowledged." "Never know what hit 'em." "Carrier has arrived." "I thought you'd see it my way." *Hydralisk noises.*
I learned in one of my gaming classes that some companies will make a simple rail shooter to test their set pieces once they have gameplay nailed down because a rail shooter is really set piece after set pieces and its a good idea of how it might play and what makes snice in story and all with being bogged down my gameplay and all just a simple test before making a big set piece in the normal engine snice you can throw a sample in a rail shooter quicker than. Months on it then it not working
My money on the next review is Stellaris. "More space ships" and the subtle "thanks for the stellar animation work" text right after. We shall see!
Quite interesting game, even if I will never play it would love to play a VR version as you said.
Speaking of music love the addition of ghost master soundtrack.
Damn, was about to write about ghost master soundtrack as well. I'll never forget these :D
Mandalore yet again you have managed to post on the night I get home after drinking, amazing! I love drunkenly watching your vids in bed and then re-watching later and paying better attention.
11:05
I love how “Dresden makeover” was just dropped like it was nothing.
It's the quick throw away dead pan lines like that that get me in his reviews.
I love DS: Extraction. It's a story I keep going back to with memorable and likable characters.
well that scene you showed of from extraction, isn't the most casual reaction to encountering alien life in a sci fi story. that award goes to the 1994 miniseries red planet. in it a family of colonist's of a planet named new aries, who when inspecting their hydro farm get's attacked by an native animal, called an water seeker. but they quickly find out it's actually an illusion created by a straight up alien, who starts copying their words to learn their meaning. do you what the families reaction is, to this life changing, worldview shattering discovery? they treat the thing like a stray dog the parent's want the thing need's to be back in the wild, while jim want's to keep it like it's some pet. it's only until later they actually recognize the thing as an intelligent creature, and at that point i half expect the alien whose name is willis, getting into a huge rant about how stupid they are. here's the full miniseries on youtube if you do not believe me th-cam.com/video/qMeZjmQbj-0/w-d-xo.html
Based on the book by Robert Heinlein. Also Willis wasn't the first alien humans encountered, as they knew about the full sized Martians and other native life forms.
10:01 This. This is why I watch your videos. Such a sly wit that always catches me off guard. You have an unexpected dry humor that is entirely your own. Very nice video man.
I was was pleasantly surprised that this was included for free in Dead Space 2: Limited Edition when Dead Space 2 first released. I was really glad that I got to play through this before starting Dead Space 2.
My friend and I played this together when I was young and loved it. We would stay up all night playing this in the dark, it was tons of fun.
The memories I have of playing this on ps3, it was so nice to have this alongside my ps3 copy of DS2, having another perspective on the colony/ship was pretty awesome
I love this game, It's a very well made shooter and on top of that, my god the prequel storytelling is way better than the animated movies.
I hope the remake sells well enough to get a vr dead space game, that would be awesome
That animation in the beginning was fucking sick!! Love it.
Morning coffee on the couch and a Dead Space review from Mandalore :)
13:45 The background frustration made me lose my mind, but I couldn't make too much noise, so I ended up cry laughing silently. Thanks, Mandy
"There'll be more space-ships next time"
Homeworld Homeworld Homeworld..
I have a special place in my heart for rail shooters. It's some of the first types of video games I played. Point Blank on the PS1 was such a passion of mine as a kid. My dad was really into guns, and he was super proud of me for being a crack shot.
I can't believe Dead Space is getting remade.
The asinine nature of remakes really is getting worse and worse.
I've seen a lot of remasters recently, but I can't think of many remakes. Which ones are you thinking of?
There are remakes and remakes, games from 1995 of course can use a remake or remastering but because they run out of ideas and/or sequels they found that remaking/remastering is selling a game based on name and nostalgia ... did Mass Effect 1-3 really need a remake? Well no, they are entirely playable unlike say Wing Commander that are rather old games and could use a remake but Mass Effect *name* still is recognizable as Wing Commander series been long dead.
Can't be worse than the GTA remakes.
@@katarjin thats a remaster
The RE2 was good enough to make me give it a chance. Although the RE3 remake also makes me cautious. Hope they don't fuck it up.
Watching you videos makes me want to rewatch the goosebumps intro every single time dude
seeing the P-SEC detective bit made me realize how much I want a Dead Space game with a Lovecraft/Call of Cthulu vibe
They did that.
just in time for halloween! love ya mandabro
*"Nobody here but us trees"*
Such a legendary quote from Mirage Tanks. What about Brutes *"Give me your lunch money?"* xD
RA2 review when? 😂
Mean, green, and unseen!
RA2 was campy, but man did I love it. Between it and RA3 we have some of the most memorable RTS quotes in history.
"I'm gone."
you have no idea how much i loved the dresden makeover line. thanks for some dresden files rep
i normally listen not watch but caught the advert at 0:50 that is gold sir
17:33 _Ooohh..._ You sir have *excellent* taste in Sci-Fi-Anime.
For anyone wondering, that's _Planetes (2003)_, perhaps the most "hard" hard-Sci-Fi-Anime, or series in general, out there.
I might even go so far as to say it *even* rivals _The Expanse_ in terms of realism, because _Planetes_ doesn't have any magical drug that makes people immune to otherwise deadly g-forces or anything else that can't be explained by today's science.
For christ sakes, they even show in the very first episode that pretty much every astronaut has to wear diapers while out on EVA, which is a real thing.
Wow, that was such a short shot I didn't even realise. I support the idea that it's more realistic than The Expanse. It also doesn't have magically efficient engines that can support a 1g burn almost indefinitely. But The Expanse needs at least those two things to make interesting combat. I'm more concerned about people who call Mass Effect realistic despite their FTL making no sense even within the confines of manipulating mass.
That intro wow, too amazing
Finally Mandy reviewed the best FPS on Wii xD
9:59 Found the Home Alone reference 😂
I hope people won't forget who killed Visceral games and pre-ordered the remake. They'll regret it
Hi Ray
This video was fantastic!
A very well written well edited review about something I didnt know I wanted to know!
There are 2 things you can't stop Mandalore from doing: Moving Halloween into November, and the Marv electrified scream.
I really liked this game. its kinda a sneaky hidden gem.
I'm still astounded by the fact this was a *Wii game.* What black sorcery did Visceral use to make this?
This was the ps3 version
@@mayorofbagtown9097 hush
I got this on the Wii because i was a big Dead Space fan (note "was" due to DS3). For an on-rails shooter i thought it was pretty good and tied in well with DS1 as you pointed out.
Not the longest games but it's still worth getting if you like Dead Space.
the home alone marv getting electrocuted sound effect will never get old
Huh. I totally admit to passing this game over because "oh, it's just a rail shooter" - pleasant surprise to see it's far more than that. I might have to emulate it on Wii sometime or something.
And yeah, it would be fantastic in VR. The Resident Evil 4 VR port (not on rails, but it's a VR implementation of a similar game style) is stellar and I'd love to see more classic games given that treatment.
Dead Space really was a perfect series for me. They absolutely nailed a perfect mix between the slasher genre where you get a decent cast of characters surviving, never knowing who will be killed and atmospheric dread with an alien artifact tearing people apart mentally.
There's also so many unique necromorph designs that were never used. The body horror aspect was so well utilized like The Thing.
I only ever wished for in the series was instead of fighting hordes of enemies, maybe tone the scale down yet make every part of this creature try to kill you. I'd rather fight one or two necromorphs in a hallway where every time I sever a body part a new horror could emerge.
I'm apprehensive about the remake to an absurd degree. That "ambient" fog on the ground makes no sense and really bothers me. But their dismemberment demo was pretty impressive for it to be in that preliminary stage.
My first time being on time for a mandalore dead space video!
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU COVERED THIS GAME! SO MANY MEMORIES
'I guess 'Prostagma?' 'Vulome', but thats another story'
Stop sleeping on it, tell that story. Plus, a very good excuse to use AoM music in an appropriate place!
I am sad to say that the Remake didn't bring any of the cut enemies to the game. But holy shit did the Remake blow it out of the water. If you're watching this and undecided on whether to get the Remake I issue you a challenge:
Go buy it on Steam and use your free one hour of play time. If you aren't sold on the changes in that time, fair enough. But I think you'll appreciate it if you're new to the series or a returning veteran.
The only people I've heard hate on it are TURBO purists, which is funny because Motive shows a shitton of respect for the source material and stays very authentic to the old experience while adding new, and dare I say, improved life into the game. The turbo purists are the type of people who look at Isaac's new dialogue (which is expertly performed by Gunner Wright and very well written to keep in line with a Dead Space 2 Isaac) and then stubbornly keep to their guns that the silent protagonist was better in every way. Despite the fact that Isaac really only ever speaks when spoken to in the Remake. If anything, I actually wished there a few more times in the game where I could get his input on things happening... It's that good.
Go play it, please.
Another great review! Glad I found this channel, you do have your criticism but you always balance it with your appreciation and it's nice to hear your opinions without having to try and block half of it out.
Mandalore your videos are art, thank you for all the content lately! Love you boo
The first time I encountered an active reload system was in Mafia, I think. It might have been a bug though. If you fit reload, and made a roll jump right after it, your gun was reloaded instantly.
I wish more games counted the reload partway through the animation rather than after it's fully completed, it's such a bitch switching out *just before* the final frame and having to do it again
@@spacebassist i feel like i encountered a game that kept where you left off with the reload at a certain point in the animation. So if you just slapped in the magazine but didn't chamber it and switch to a different gun real quick, when you switch back then you'll just finish chambering it. Cant remember it's name though so either I'm misremembering or it's been years. Or I've smoked too much.
@@DisorientedWanderer I can honestly see that existing. I'm being an armchair gamedev but surely you could update a variable with what frame/stage of the animation it's in and call it again when switching back
Also I don't mind just having the animation count it part way through so I can feel like a pro gamer for "reload cancelling" lmao
Nice intro you got there.
Whoever is responsible for the subtitles on these, I love you.
10:00 [Necromarv Scream]
12:09 I'm glad people still remember House of the Dead 2, my favorite of the series. So many hours on the Dreamcast at my grandmas house as a kid were spent on HotD2 and i'll always love it.