I love Dead Space 3 so far, for the single-player experience I didn't know I would be getting from it. But to be honest it also feels sort of happenstance, and in practice it is a sloppy experience of backing up into more camera jank until the always-the-same-button quicktime event randomly occurs when you are jumped.ĭon't get me wrong. You are so ineffective when they get up on you. Honestly, that may be the reason it feels more frightening. Dead Space gives you a swing and a stomp and a 'hammer the X button' sequence and let's the shitty average of those functions lead you to the choice of just running away so you can line up a shot. RE6 may have introduced the contradiction of 'why are you encouraging me to run TOWARDS the zombie?' But at least the up-close melee felt designed and rewarding.

Geez I thought that was Brad's chief complaint about RE6 on the Bombcast, that week he was really bitchy when he and only he played RE6 and established their stance on it forevermore.įinally when it comes to melee, Dead Space still falls apart: your field of vision barely lets you see the monster while you hammer on the 'wild haymaker' button repeatedly. My bonus suits cannot be worn, because one is solid gold in color (WTF?) and the other is some hipster-survivalist fur-lined jacket thing, and they just break the mood of the game.Īnd in the first level, here I am, shooting human dudes with guns.

It's okay though because I have the guns I got from buying the 'Limited Edition.' : My Amazon pre-order gun is just the top half of one of these other guns. I've got microtransaction offers in my face at every turn. So we should just go buy another PS3 and another copy of the game, like it's a fucking DS, right? Maybe she'll watch a bit. So I get ahold of the box from Amazon ($20 credit for 'pre-ordering' on Monday) and find that co-op is online-only.

Been on a blackout for this one since I didn't want spoilers. But I was excited about playing Dead Space 3 with my daughter, my survival-horror buddy.

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