Dead Space 2 Review

[@MandaloreGaming]

THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo Mouse Fix - community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/976-dead-space-2-mouse-fix/ If you crash on start-up try these files next to the exe - drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1OglTev8mpgwgikXHpiy3HifnS8F9aSsJ&export=download Even if you're not into horror games, Dead Space 2 really is a ton of fun. RIP Visceral.

[@Madvillain47]

Awesome list, there's lots of great games there that I can't wait to see you cover, would love to see you review more of Monoliths games. Condemned and No One Lives Forever don't get talked about enough as they should on KZbin. They would make for some fun reviews.

[@inquiz9747]

That list is immense. Seeing Space Rangers 2 in there warms my heart. Seeing that you won't run out of things to cover anytime soon does as well. Feels me with joy.

[@EvilMegaCookie]

Hopefully, Amnesia makes it onto that list unless you think enough coverage has been made about it. :P

[@Stefan-bu6ms]

I read a quote somewhere that I'm going to paraphrase. "We wanted Dead Space 2 to be scary on its own merit, not to be scary like in the first game where any tension arises from the controls being so shit that you can't fight."

[@einlukas32]

oh boi, turn that notification on.

[@ancalagon1144]

1:02 ”So they’re marketing it for kids?” Dude, I was 10 when the trailers came out and there was nothing else on earth I wanted more than Dead Space 2.

[@Kamfrenchie]

Yeah, but could you get it ? Dont think parents would want that for their 10 year old

[@laraboon4643]

I remember that I used birthday money to go halves on this with my dad, he let me play it on the condition that he got to finish it first lmaooo

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@Kamfrenchie Parents would have to care - not everyone’s did.

[@unclefiend2138]

@@Kamfrenchie You don't know what modern parents are like. I was playing games like Painkiller and Silent Hill when I was 7 years old. And by the time I was 10, I already knew how to pirate games online, so even if my parents refused to give me something I could just decide to sail the high seas instead.

[@Kamfrenchie]

@@unclefiend2138 That's probably because they had no idea what that was or couldn't be bothered to check, or just thought you'd play it some way else anyhow.

[@TheMrAllam]

Love how Isaac cursed his ass off when he was stomping on that Necromorph playing dead lol

[@cryamistellimek9184]

I also love his little sigh as he calms down after saying die.

[@yoursonisold8743]

So did most players. Stomping everything into mush is stress therapy.

[@viron3664]

"Oh My God is he okay?", no he was working at Visceral

[@DakotaofRaptors]

Over a thousand likes and only one reply

[@Maggot-Milk]

@Coração Acidental three!

[@randomsandwichian]

Just anger issues, chill

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

The best part of the game is still the tiny details that may nevercome up. Regular stomps have a single, practical animation, hands still on the gun and aimed ahead. Stomping two or three times has Isaac put more force in, dropping the gun a bit. If you mash stomp, he starts flailing wildly and yelling manically - exactly like the player is in any moment that makes you hit the stomp button ten times in a row. They didn't need to do this. Hardly anyone saw it. But it it there and for anyone who does see it, it's fantastic.

[@sethtallman7281]

I was in one of those charger sections and got frustrated. After i killed the last one, i stonped it a good 6 or so times and isaac mirrored my feelings by going "MOTHER FUCKER!" such a great moment.

[@nrmspike]

RIP Visceral. They even had a contest for dead space 2 to see who could create the coolest kill on a necromorph. If you entered you got sweet swag (including awesome story spoilers) sent straight to your door just for entering.They were such a cool company.

[@FraserSouris]

Luckily, many of the devs and projects are still around, just shuffled around to different EA Studios like Vancouver. (Rockstar did a similar thing with their Vancouver studio)

[@leetorry]

the winner of that contest was also apparently modeled to be in the game as a victim of a necromorph

[@gavindillon1486]

@@leetorry yeah, he gets killed in that elevator scene towards the beginning of the game.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@FraserSouris That's not really a good thing though. Making games is a wholistic thing, you need the right team to do it. Just sprinkling talented people around in different teams isn't enough. That's the reason id Software changed so drastically when John Romero left, and then again when Carmack stepped back. Hell even Tom Hall leaving before Doom changed them quite a bit.

[@FraserSouris]

@@CrizzyEyes Wolfenstein the New Order, Doom 2016 didn't involve Carmack and turned out better.

[@PKFireFawx]

My favorite small detail about this game is the sheer anger in Isaac's reactions when stomping necromorphs, the yelling and swearing .etc. Its INCREDIBLY in character for his new intense attitude towards fighting the necros. Issac is now someone with experience fighting them and hes sick and tired of being on the run. That and i think its very relatable.

[@lololol924]

My only gripe with the DS1 remake is that the now talkative Isaac isn't cussing like a motherfucker like he did in DS2 hahahaha

[@DrayLoco]

Idk I think that moment is really well acted. He's already in this situation and he's trained to do walk under pressure even though he's a rookie. I like his voice lines throughout gameplay as well

[@DrayLoco]

Well*

[@CollinMcLean]

He is so sick and tired of these motherfucking necromorphs on this motherfucking space station!

[@theundergrad5994]

Terrible take. He behaves the same way in the first game.

[@inakiiribarrenlineros8594]

to be fair, you have to be very smart to understand the marker

[@berazo]

Iñaki Iribarren No it’s “To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to truly understand the marker”

[@skryreprototype1826]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Unitology. The marker is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the symbols will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Altman’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The followers understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these passages, to realise that they’re not just scripture - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Unitology truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the insight in our existential catchphrase “Praise Altman,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Altman’s genius wit unfolds itself on their space stations. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Unitology tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

[@tylerjellywelch4898]

Only Rick and Morty fans can

[@MandaloreGaming]

this is going too far

[@DannyPJezz]

But hardcore Rick and Morty fans don't know too far.

[@Raycevick]

I laughed harder at "both have a disappointing sequel" than I probably should've.

[@paskhapibiki7351]

Raycevick what a minute what are you doin ere, caught you red handed watchin some elses content shame on you

[@V_y-r_e]

I laughed harder at “I laughed harder at ‘both have a disappointing sequel’ than I probably should've” than should’ve.

[@Cowslippoetry]

Alien 3 gets way too much shit. It's a solid movie on its own, if it didn't have the Alien tag on it, people would have appreciated it more, but it didn't live up to its predecessors so it's unfairly panned. Not to mention the movie's production was one of the most tumultuous shitfests in film history, with the end product being sabotaged by interference from above. Sorta like Dead Space 3. Unironically really makes me think.

[@sebs-shenanigans]

Yeah, you kinda are right. I've never seen A 3 to the fullest, turned it off after a last quarter.

[@MildraTheMonkVT]

So if we got a Dead Space 4 it'd be the shittiest shit ever?

[@that0nebr075]

"I'm pushing Halloween into November, and no one can stop me" mandalore why are you trying to anger the skeletal gods

[@rosakuboleznennyesladkij1415]

That0neBro 75 because he's too spooky for them

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

He's pushing back against Christmas's backwards creep

[@bugfighter5949]

Leaving this @666 upvotes

[@user-ux4gu2lh8c]

He’s appeasing them

[@autistichades5552]

You can’t have boners on November, I don’t need to tell you why.

[@hihowrya370]

Dead Space : Survival Horror Action Dead Space 2 : Action Survival Horror Dead Space 3 : Action Survival (Horror Themed)

[@nanozeitalter]

Its so sad, that Visceral Games destroyed the Dead Space Franchise with the third part. If i had the money, id revert the third game and force Visceral Games to make a new better one.

[@daamazinfatb0y752]

@@nanozeitalter I wish they went with their original idea. Giving Isaac a 2nd personality that fucks with him. EA is the reason the game was ruined, not Visceral.

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@daamazinfatb0y752 EA does it again ladies and gentlemen. That's why it's getting me nervous to know that Fallen Order and Battlefront 2 are good games now, because I know they are going to fuck it up somehow, we just don't know when

[@TheMrExemplar]

@@nanozeitalter they destroyed it with Dead Space 2 and the ending chapters where they put too much enemies It is the majority sign of shitty games Put so many enemies so the player do not know what to do Pretty pathetic from their side

[@lewisconnor8672]

HitProof You couldn’t be more wrong. Dead Space 2 was bloody fantastic.

[@yaldabaoth2]

"Is he okay?" Lost it Yeah sure, nothing a good night's sleep can't fix.

[@metalliclark86]

Yaldabaoth just a flesh wound

[@SneakyKlaws]

walk it off champ

[@worldwar2freak12]

Change your socks and drink some water.

[@favianmendosa7977]

Just needs some protein

[@KrissFliss]

Take a snickers

[@Bliss467]

the delivery and timing of "Oh my god, is he okay?" was comedic perfection

[@drakep.5857]

He needs a band aid and some water

[@sebs-shenanigans]

I still think that this game was still a very balanced blend of horror and action. That is why it's my favourite installment

[@planescaped]

I agree with him that Dead Space 2 is scarier. Going from the first habitation ward during the start of the outbreak, seeing crowds of people running and screaming and all the chaos, made entering the second habitation wing a ways later on that is *dead silent* all the creepier... Back when 2 came out, everyone said 1 was scarier 2 is shit. Fortunately with time and retrospection Dead Space 2 has gotten the respect it deserved... it just had a godawful marketing campaign that really hurt it.

[@Sir_Bucket]

I haven't played the 1 and only played the 2nd partially when I had 14-15. Even tho some of the gales environement felt a bit classic (the hab blocks of the church, the fucking nursery) nothing was done without passion. For example, there is an entire level in a nursery, where things obviously went wrong. The ennemies in it aren't really what was creepy, I've seen dead child in horrors games more than once. What freaked me out is a scene I only remember partially. It was a scene passing behind a glass, dead space 1 style, but it was not flashy or anything like that, it was just a baby or something coming out of a baby slowly crowling outside of your line of sight. Then complete silence. I don't know why it freaked me at the time, maybe I was expecting to fight it after a jumpscare that never came, or maybe the design just fascinated me, but after 5 fucking years I still remember this Oh yeah and those running ennemies truly were the final nail to fix the atmosphere right where it belang. They were visious, and only noisy when they wanted to scare you off, after that you had to make total silence to listen to the footstep, if you didn't want to end up as necromorph's food. It really felt like you were trying to survive in a deadly environnement, using every sense to overcome the predator

[@NinjapowerMS]

Dead space 3 is scarier. Hah.

[@lewisconnor8672]

planescaped 1. Dead Space 1 is scarier than Dead Space 2. 2. What are you on about? Nobody said Dead Space 2 was shit. It was critical Acclaimed and loved by fans. Are you sure you ain’t talking about Dead Space 3?

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

@@planescaped absolutely agreed. finished a replay of dead space 2 and it's so much better than i remember. this was after finishing 1 as well. i love both but dead space 2 is the better game imo, and my favorite of the series. and yes, 2 to me is scarier than 1.

[@satorukuroshiro]

In my experience, the shadows of this game are so optimized that I somehow actually get better framerates when everything is covered in shadow, now that could just be normal for good lighting engines, but when you grew up with a PC that barely ran Skyrim, a game that had severely problematic optimization, you start noticing things like that.

[@raresmacovei8382]

I would say 2 things are happening. Zones you describe in "shadow" are simply the absence of light, so nothing extra is rendered. Zones in light actual need to model shadows based on lighting impacting objects. That and usually some other particle effects. So it's not that "shadows are incredibly optimized" necessarily.

[@satorukuroshiro]

@@raresmacovei8382 That would make sense if this was Silent Hill, but Dead Space usually keeps the room you are in rendered, which is part of why doors take a while to open. So the FPS in dark regions I blame on the GPU not having to distinguish as much visually on a decent brightness setting. It's not like these areas are 100% dark since there is usually at least one environment light for ambience along with the visor effect and the flashlight.

[@rosfell00]

It's part of why Doom 3 was so dark back then, aside from the dynamic light system, darkness usually helped with optimization for the game in general, otherwise it would melt computers from so much detail and complexity

[@fuzzydragon]

graphically this game holds up pretty damn well for it's age!

[@osirisavra1301]

true,its amazing what E.A can do but choose to make shity games most of the time.

[@fuzzydragon]

Osiris Avra EA make nothing they are a publisher so all they do is advertising producing hard cd and DVD copies and clubbing any developers that get inovative ideas like a baby seal.

[@osirisavra1301]

ops my mistake

[@Razor4884]

Yeah, think of EA as the douchebag you need money from to work on a project. But after you get your loan they get all up in your face deciding how they want your project to be since "you owe them" and they want more money.

[@Mecha_Hitler]

degree7 it's is correct fool

[@HeckinEvie]

The first time you face the Stalkers (The raptor necros) in that circular room without a corner to put your back into was the most scared a video game has ever made me. That real "You're being hunted" fear.

[@TheMasterZero19]

Unfortunately it's easily defeated by running up the stairs, so if you're smart then the fight loses a lot of tension.

[@Madvillain47]

RIP Visceral Games.

[@fappylp2574]

Buy the microtransactions to pay respects

[@Daynick101]

F

[@Madvillain47]

Add them to the long list of studios that EA have shut down, the serial killer of the gaming industry.

[@AlexGaming-xl1hl]

Here's hoping the same doesn't happen to Bioware and all the other poor companys under EA's wing. :(

[@Airay552]

Alex Gaming it is inevitable

[@Ninja-uw4di]

‘Sees man turn into a grotesque eldritch zombie in the most horrific way possible literally right in front of his eyes’ “Is he ok”

[@BigPuddin]

"Yeah, just walk it off, Nancy."

[@Blundabus1337]

HE NEEDS SOME MILK

[@jasongalente5370]

'Oh my god is he ok' fucking lost it xD

[@jl9782]

i cried

[@Phantom_Zer0]

Jason Galente - hahaha true.

[@T-Jex]

Rob some aloe vera on his neck he should be fine

[@Travianfack]

T Jex. Doc is a genius, caboose would be fuck without him

[@wilsonv7117]

14:30 for years after as a teenager into adult I’d quote his lines because his acting was just so good. My hero. His shouts whenever he’s launched by an enemy or an explosion is terror, his rare quips when he’s on edge but trying to relax for a sec, or his moments where he’s riding some momentum - I love him. “Stick around. I’m full of bad ideas.” Such a nerd but also a little credit to the survivor of two catastrophes :) I am glad Gunner is returning but I hope the direction leads him right. DS3 was a little too much and too over the tip sometimes even for him. Love your videos and always come back to them on relaxing days.

[@MorningLightMtn]

That fucking smiling sun scared me more than all the normal necromorphs ever did.

[@thumbsup1089]

Haha people always refer to it as "that fucking sun". Accurate

[@thumbsup1089]

Holy shit I had forgotten, but when i read that that alarm clock sound started playing in my head and my hair started standing on end.

[@thumbsup1089]

That fucking sun scares the shit out of you, then mocks you with it's smug aura

[@WaveOfDestiny]

Naaaah, i laughed at it... the ishimura part ... that fucking trowback part... i loved it

[@code_renard]

I still remember the second encounter with Necromorphs after getting the Plasma Cutter. The decompressing gas scared the shit out of me the first time.

[@electricbayonet2]

In the leadup to Dead Space 1, there was an online point-and-click horror game called 'No Known Survivors.' It was pretty good, told some pretty creepy stories set in the Dead Space universe, and had a lot of class about its horror in an increasingly jumpscare-reliant genre. In one of the stories (it had a couple 'episodes'), there weren't even any necromorphs. You were just a guy on a small survey ship after the gruesome murder of one of your two other crewmates, and all you knew was that there was literally only one potential culprit and he was looking for you. Then for Dead Space 2...geez, was that marketing campaign cringe-worthy. It didn't even make sense. Who was it directed towards? Anyone who would consider the idea that their mom is grossed out by a particular video game is a selling point is probably also young enough that they need to convince their mom to buy the game for them. But then the game turned out pretty well, so I had actually forgotten about the whole 'Your mom hates this game' thing until you brought it back up. It was a fun game that didn't just wallow in the original for cheap nostalgia points (the return to the Ishimura had a lot of buildup, and you only spent a small part of the game there), and even the story was pretty good. Ellie and Issac both had nice character arcs, and the game didn't have a presumptuous 'The end...?' conclusion that left everything on a cliffhanger that might never be resolved. Dead Space 3...well, I figure you'll do a review for that. No sense rambling any further 'til then.

[@planescaped]

Dead Space 2 was harmed extremely bad by it's marketing. It was atrocious. It pissed off the fans of the original and turned off most potential new customers. To think they spent 100 million dollars on *that* marketing stunt... good lord. It's no wonder 2 sold a lot worse than they hoped. And of course, EA didn't 't get it... which tells me the person making the decisions at EA was closely tied to the 'your mom hates dead space' shitshow, and they refused to have any personal blame. It had to be someone else's fault... How about Visceral, yeah you guys! Don't fuck up Dead Space 3! You'd better fix this shit cause it totally wasn't my fault!

[@t850terminator]

Personally I find it fascinating what ppl considered "cool" in previous generation (and cringing a bit). it like looking at the rings of a tree.

[@LewdSCP1471A]

"just a guy on a small survey ship after the gruesome murder of one of your two other crewmates, and all you knew was that there was literally only one potential culprit and he was looking for you" Sus

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Great game hampered by such shoddy marketing... it's a miracle it actually didn't flop because of it.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Oh, and more works of fiction really need to utilize how Dead Space 2 treated its ending: make sure to make it a good ending point to a story even if there's some hype for a sequel that might never come out, or worse, ends up extremely lackluster.

[@tenbeat]

"Surrogate girlfriend."

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Playing on zealot. Adds the crushing fear of having to restart because you used too much ammo

[@springbubble4931]

God, Zealot was so fucking stressful lmao.

[@dr.vanilla9017]

@@springbubble4931 Hardcore was so fuckin stressful even with the dlc weapons.

[@nestormelendez9005]

@@dr.vanilla9017 it was but at least the hand cannon is worth it

[@famtomerc]

Lost my shit at "Are You Smart Enough to Build A Marker?" instantly subbed. don't know why i hadn't heard of you earlier.

[@MVegetto1]

I miss the fact in dead space 1 when you dismembered the morphs you can see worm like creatures writhing around the open wound

[@crypticcorvus2879]

So, as we all know, Mandalore got Visceral fired with his first review. What do you think his goal is with this second review? The financial ruin of former Visceral employees? The death of their first born sons? Guess correctly and you'll win a free copy of Mandalore's gachi remix album!

[@sanderkiki]

I just want him to start reviewing Bethesda games now

[@MostlyPennyCat]

The crawl spaces are loading screens. Pretty sure they're actually safe spaces, I don't think you get attacked unless there are some set pieces I've forgotten. The first one games you with a spooky monster shot, I suspect this idea is to remove all safe spaces

[@salokin3087]

Rest in peace Visceral you were too pure for this world

[@TheMrCHELL]

They are making games again but with a different name. They aren't so pure, then. LOL

[@diamondmetal3062]

I think one of the scenes that really got my in Dead Space 2 was that scene where fake Nicole grabbed you and tried to stab your eye with a syringe, and when you fight her off, the hallucination fades and it turns out Isaac was just trying to stab his own eye out.

[@vaultdweller94]

17:50 NO Don't make me relive this

[@logion567]

Spectre Walkthroughs Those last 2 inches are the most difficult (thatswhatshesaid)

[@1God1Fury]

Reason why I never replayed Dead Space 2 ever again. Fuck that scene and fuck that they forced me do it myself instead of just cut scene

[@robertmiller9983]

No before this the marker lasers you make it by an ass hair with each run

[@mint5438]

This scene is the only reason I have never even touched the game

[@Bloodhurl67]

The scene just never made sense to me. Why is there a function where the eye poker just goes completely fucking wack and kill the person? Who designed it that way and why?

[@BucklingSwashes]

I will say that the chapter when you return to the Ishimura is amazing. It's so quiet for so long that when they finally start the action, it's a weird mix of terror and relief.

[@francesco8000]

Mandalore start rewiewing the dead space trilogy and visceral game die. Coincidence? I don't think so, this is clearly the work of some mandalorian bounty hunter. That scum would do anything for money!

[@revu34]

THIS IS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY STAND

[@emmafrost2995]

Literally Me Stando vs One More Time.

[@XFX40]

BF2142 revive project got shut down.

[@doctoradventure413]

it's the work of the evil NHK

[@aydensworld5820]

Hugh Shaftner. ZA WARDO

[@TevyaSmolka]

I love dead space 2 it was a great sequel

[@theblacksheep1000]

I had to thumbs down,, "IT WAS TENSER" LOL More tense

[@planescaped]

@@theblacksheep1000 Tenser is a word though... www.dictionary.com/browse/tenser Herp.

[@yanan7801]

TheBlackSheep “Tenser” is not wrong, just used less.

[@TozWozEar]

21:40 says "These videos are taking too much time" Yes, they are taking too much of my time, because every time you complete one, I have a burning need to watch two more.

[@standaman4578]

finish one video and two more will take it's place, hail mandalore

[@ZachFett]

6:32 The devs were really showing off their Event Horizon inspiration there.

[@Ohnonoki]

The best Dead Space imo

[@CunnyMuncher]

This. It went from survival horror to action in a nice pace. Isaac isn't facing a new threat, he's done this shit, he just wants to take his paid vacation days.

[@JustSkram]

Why are you fucking everywhere

[@revu34]

Because we here, in the comment section, are more similar than we care to admit.

[@Bloodhurl67]

I definitely agree that this is the best dead space.

[@sharikobe]

I still prefer the first one because of the fact that I can't play it anymore. it scares the shit out me till this day. And I haven't touched it for the past 6 years.

[@Gr1fter001]

13:20 - The box peek-a-boo monsters from this game and the Spiderbugs from Metro Last Light are the coolest, most interestingly designed enemies I've ever dealt with.

[@Ryotaiku]

That death scene in the beginning always reminded me of The Sims. I think it's the animation.

[@soggyconch5048]

Ryotaiku I like you, rollin with that Sunstone profile picture mad respect

[@innoclarke7435]

That profile pic tells me Ryotaiku is a degenerate.

[@tomasbar1101]

Actualy, she looks pretty good :P

[@warriorcrab1319]

It's the shoulders, I bet. The first sims people often shrugged in a similar way when they sim-talked.

[@oddluck4180]

Man, now I want a Dead Space DLC for the sims where you now have to deal with Necromorphs brutally killing anything around them.

[@wilsonv7117]

12:20 the sneaky creatures are terribly spooky but I had zoned them out so I clipped ALL their legs while at a choke point but they all ran away while legless. That’s how I learned that 10 legless sneaky necros make the loudest scariest noise ever when they’re dragging themselves at you violently as horde

[@Xenomorthian]

That actually made me shiver just imagining it

[@ariffarzmi5560]

I realised that despite the starting store being cluttered with DLC things, it does make it ideal if you want to start a new run in a specific way or challenge runs. Like using only specific weapons or armor. Unless you're doing your first playthrough, this seems like a fun option to replay it.

[@heyyitsultima]

"I'm pushing Halloween into November, and nobody can stop me" Please do. I will never say no to this.

[@adenowirus]

How about going full-on Bogleech and stretching it into December?

[@heyyitsultima]

Full support on that too tbh

[@tbopetc4390]

15:42 About that "risky move". I just decided to thought that Stross hit an "emergency open" spot on helmet

[@StolenTheif]

I mean logically there would be an emergency release in case of a medical emergency, it's not like these suits were built with the idea you'd get grappled by a madman with a sharp object

[@fauxmosmexual]

was literally just watchin ur vids wondering when the next one would be. god bless my guy.

[@magusomnius3201]

R.I.P. Dead Space series. Some developer please take this over and MAKE US WHOLE!

[@OttoVonGarfield]

Wait, the dangers of Polish forests?... Darkwood?

[@Requiem782]

Witcher?

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

+Miles Stuart not a horror though.

[@r3v4n21]

local techpriest The first game also doesn't have any forests besides a swamp and it would be wierd if he started with the second game.

[@dimas3829]

Ivan Susanin, duh.

[@chaosherald8879]

Maybe that weird game called Kholat? Isn't that in Russia though?

[@MrCholoPants3415]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add more "spoilers" in your reviews. I love hearing your commentary on the plots of all of these games. You've been doing it a lot recently and I love it! Keep putting the "skip to ___ if you want to avoid spoilers" in your reviews and you will have an infinite audience. I'm speaking obviously from a personal perspective here, but I think that most of your viewers are hardcore fans of these older games you're reviewing, and don't care much about spoilers; we're mostly here for your commentary. Obviously, add the spoiler warning into your videos like you usually do, but don't feel obligated to leave anything out that caught you off guard. Again, a lot, if not MOST of us, have already played these older games. We want to hear YOUR TAKE on the plot and the gameplay. I feel a little bit weird saying "we" because it's subjective, but it's personally what I'd like to see more of, and I think most of the people here would agree. You can always add spoiler tags later. I think the majority of this audience comprises of people who have already played these games, and are coming back here for some nostalgia. Regardless, I love your vids. You're going to blow up in 2018... I'd quite literally place bets on you being 350-400k subs by the end of 2018 if you keep pushing out content like this on a consistent basis.

[@_intruder]

Every time this man plugs in Marv's scream it gives me a huge smile, thank you very much.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

The Stalkers and the odd Divider are so good. They often have the most unique 'entrances' so I appreciate them a little bit more for that, plus their designs are just fantastic in that they force the player to change up their style to a degree.

[@nantu07]

"OMG... Is he ok?" Dude, that just made my day. Seriously I've laughed my ass off. Thank you!

[@gringobronx7670]

This is one of the greatest games ever truly a classic....

[@kodybobb6974]

I remember playing this for the first time and seeing the ishimura again, that was hands down the most tense I’ve been playing a game and the way it was handled was perfect. Very slow but expecting something at every turn, it took a step back and felt like dead space 1 again

[@GoEatATowel]

I know that the "Iron Man" bit was a joke but ngl that animation and music was sick

[@FireTiger941]

13:30 Yes, those velociraptor aliens were creepy as fuck! Especially when you hear them lurking, and peaking their head around the corner, you never knew where they might jump out at you. I unloaded about a dozen mines around me during those parts LOL

[@HidingSleeper]

The Stalkers are like the Velociraptors from Jurassic Park.

[@8BitBrody]

10:26 "I bet this elevator screwed up a lot of speedruns..." Did Matt tell you?

[@yhetti64]

Old video, but wanted to share a story. When I was a kid, dead space was coming out, I was roughly middle school age. I was terrified of horror games, just could not do them, but had that car-crash-can't-look-away fascination with them. I started watching playthroughs of horror games to get a feel for them, particularly TheRadBrad. In his footage of the stalker necromorph encounter in the room with the storage boxes, he was charged multiple times and had to fight them. We can see you here trying to fight them as well. There's a randomization to each encounter that keeps it fresh on multiple playthroughs like you mentioned. Years later finishing high school I had finally gotten into horror games. I worked my way through Dead Space 1, loved it, moved to Dead Space 2, was terrified, kept going anyway. Got to the extremely memorable Stalker storage room I'd seen footage of for years and tensed up so bad, ready for a fight. But when I went through it, it was different. I could hear them, but so sparse. They'd roll a pipe across the floor, knock over a box, but stayed completely out of sight, only occasionally chirping. I got more and more horrified as I went along, waiting to see one, or to get jumped, and it kept not happening, until... it was just over. I'd crossed the room. What? I went to the exit, activated the door and... Standby. Every single one rushed me at once while I was trapped in that corner while I fired pulse rifle grenades in a wild panic. Scariest fucking experience in a video game I've ever had.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

That sounds fucking amazing

[@POLARIS12345]

You don't understand the ending boss? It's a literal mental battle between the markers messages ( Nicole) vs Issac himself. The strange webs you see at the end of the of the final boss battles are in fact "Neurons" brain neurons which are Issac fighting off the marker's influence off of him. The needle part is basically when the patients AKA Issac and Stross unlock a specific part of the brain which stores the "Marker" information. Convergence, on the other hand, is welp Dead Space 3, basically when the markers summon millions of bodies to combine into one unified body and go around killing other species and aliens.

[@danielramsey6141]

Ah, The Brethern Moons. I see now. Basically Planet sized zombies of Love-craftian Size and Power! Whelp, since EA decided to toss away An Amazing I.P. I think Some Fans and Fan-Ficition is better off telling the rest of the story from here.

[@planescaped]

You know... I actually theorized that the markers were some form of galactic reproduction when Dead Space 2 first came out... I felt so smug when I turned out to be right.

[@maallos334mi8]

@@planescaped late, but how long did that feeling last?

[@andybogdan4380]

Fantastic review! One of the things I wanted to mention is enemy types and frequency. I think some necro types really needed to be included or appear more often. There should have been at least 3 more brute and tripod fights, at least 4 more divider encounters, and they should have added the twitcher during the gov sector area ( chapters 13-15 ). It would have made the game perfect fighting wise as each of these fights require a specific strategy.

[@yoursonisold8743]

That intro sequence will forever be stuck in my mind. From Nicole slowly coming to you and saying "make us whole" to Isaac getting released from stasis and the guy getting necromorphed in real time in front of your eyes... I seriously remember each twitch and motion. Both mentally and physically the threat is established and it's gruesome, terrifying and quick. Never do they get that close into your personal space right away. Also I have never killed as many children and babies as I did in this game.

[@TeamIzlude]

I remember the Dagoth Ur mask from my playthrough. My head-canon for Unitology since then has been it was his response to the Tribunal (3 vs. 1), and therefore makes Dead Space a prequel to Morrowind.

[@ThisIsPampkin]

3:36 Isaac Suitup with Black Sabbath - Iron Man. This is the most glorious moment in my January this year.

[@FireTiger941]

8:05 That "Home Alone 2" scream....I DIED!! Hahaha

[@OKMBVideos]

10:00 Something that wasn't mentioned, was that those Suits give you upgrades to Inventory and Armor on par with the Vintage Suit. Those upgrades are retroactive, so you won't experience the same progression route as another player will.

[@zafelrede4884]

Oh shit you're right. That's really stupid.

[@ActionJacksonVideos]

I'm glad the remake lets us get to know a bit more about Nicole. It flows into this one a little better.

[@IIModestoII]

the subtitles on your videos are the icing I didn't knew my cake needed

[@a_lethe_ion]

16:22 Aah, the Doom excuse.. contrary to the Venatori Excuse ("Let's play with magic we don't understand, it will make us so powerful")

[@ShinTurrican]

Whoa, hold up! Was that a Home Alone 2 reference at 8:03 ? Great review as always.

[@slvrcobra1337]

Lol I was wondering if that was what the sound was from, it's so fitting I couldn't tell XD

[@mailmanwilly]

That Marv scream does not get old.

[@ShinTurrican]

Yeah, had to do a double take and considering the sounds you hear in this game Marv's scream doesn't sound out of place.

[@afrothundergaming3498]

That slow and cofident "I'm going to skullfuck you" walk the Ubermorph does at 17:17, gave me chills.

[@TomBoss123]

6:48 Haha! Pretty cool joke, Mandalore! But is there a video game character who is stronger than the Guardian God-King of the Holy Land of Vvardenfell Vivec using the 36 Lessons and CHIM with an army of Indoril-armored Ordinators?

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Kept ya waiting, huh?

[@r3v4n21]

If you consider how he got kidnapped by the Daedra and how his Ordinators couldn't stop some foreigner with a suicide ring from making most of his followers loosing their faith in him there are a few more powerful characters.

[@MandaloreGaming]

This reminds me of something a wise man once asked me. "Why walk when you can ride?"

[@icyjiub2228]

Can we get NOGF together again and drive the Nwah from Vvardenfell?

[@MaxiusTheGod]

What a grand and intoxicating innocence Mandalore, how could you be so naive?

[@edgarkazak8165]

That fight with Nicole in his head and that pharase you noticed - damn, all those years ago I was buzzing after I heard that, it was awesome!

[@JnEricsonx]

I love that line.

[@Cooldude180]

Hey man just wanted to say you put out some quality content. Happy I found your channel, keep it up!

[@VagueLuminary]

"I'm pushing Halloween into November, and no one can stop me." That monotone aggression

[@PhysiOSQuantum]

Pro tip: Dead space 2 multiplayer has NO FORM OF ANTICHEAT

[@coldmossonarock7743]

we must make dead space 2 multiplayer great again

[@nokokusovai4415]

We must make it whole.

[@zoltanz288]

I guess the devs also knew no one would play it but included it anyway. I think im starting to understand why Viceral died.

[@matthewkarle4954]

Mate the only way to start a match nowadays is to cheat

[@hiunaut2833]

I have played this game many times, but everytime I watched your videos again, I keep installing them again and falling in love with the series. Cross my heart that the upcoming remake is as good as we hope it would be.

[@uwu_smeg]

so what did you think about the remake?

[@Nerevar5me]

"Dead Space 2 underperformed" lets see. 4 million copies sold near launch, I think games cost $60 back then so that's $240,000,000. that sucks that that was not a profit margin good enough for EA, Dead Space 2 is one of my favorite games of all time and I hope we get a DS2 Remake after the DS1 Remake.

[@tomtheconqerur]

Looks like we are!

[@MarvinTheMagical]

I just wanted to say that I just went through all of your review videos in the past few hours and they are the best thing I have seen on KZbin in a long time. The content of and the way you do your videos is funny and really intriguing. Please just keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to it.

[@Ohmman]

i feel like dead space took a shit ton of inspiration from the metroid prime series, FEAR, and iron man in terms of action type stuff

[@TheShorvok]

Man, I am so happy that you have gotten up to almost 70K subscribers. You make some really incredible videos. You really have a knack for the pacing of the video and how informative it should be. Please keep on doing what you do, and thank you for the videos.

[@astillia6073]

To be honest I think the engineering suit is fine, as its one of the medium armor variants of it, and instead of getting the heavy duty version, you get a military grade suit, which makes more sense upgrading wise as the sprawl isn't just an industrial mining ship.

[@matthewmayers5796]

Great review. Perfectly informative and objective. I also love the fact you use Grabbed By The Ghoulies as the backing music.

[@PineappleStickers]

The Rivet gun was fun when you had a tonne of ammo and just pulled the trigger as fast as possible like it was a Halo 2 Magnum

[@markointhesky]

15:41 I always read that scene as Nolan hitting an emergency release button rather than Isaac taking his helmet off to try and talk some sense into him

[@txt5220]

Going back to the Ishimura was the scariest moment in gaming for me. Dead Space 2 definitely played it's hand right. It was quiet for just the right amount of time until you encountered you're first enemy.

[@makaan1932]

man I love your reviews. please make many more of them!

[@DiogoCasado]

I know this is an old review, but this is my favorite franchise. At 7:29 I thought they had borrowed the screaming from Jurassic Park. I'm sure devs had some influence going on. Cheers.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

The sound effects might have the same root. The intro Descent 2 intro uses the exact same sound as the stargate opening in Stargate. Only the mixing is slightly different. I wouldn't be surprised if Visceral acquired the T-Rex sound and applied a bunch of effects on top of it. Re-using sounds like this is fairly common.

[@grahamiest]

Really appreciate that Grabbed By The Ghoulies music. One of my all time favorite childhood games, such a great soundtrack too.

[@boomboom6862]

Early enough for that 360p, booooooy.

[@Gabriel-br4qe]

The thing I really loved about Dead Space 2 was the world design. The Sprawl, the details in every room you walk into, the gothic, gritty architecture everywhere, the elegant shape of the skycrapers and the cityscape. The interior of the medical and residential buildings, the unitologist church. It all seems extremely well crafted and believable. It feels like there was an actual societal life going on there before the outbreak. And in DS3, this beautiful world design was thrown under the bus, and that bugged me real hard back then when I played it.

[@flamezombie1]

PENG

[@Razor4884]

Everything's better with Peng!

[@electricbayonet2]

11:58 I agree about how little changes made the elevators and other 'safe' areas no longer feel...well, safe, but there was one area where the devs really dropped the ball: the vents. There was one (I think) time where you saw an enemy skitter by inside a vent, but the problem isn't that you're never attacked. The problem is that you KNOW you won't be attacked. Sure, you're controlling your forward motion, but the fact that you can't aim and/or fire your gun in the vent tells you that you'll never have to worry about needing to defend yourself in a vent.

[@ujjwalmishra8962]

the stalkers are simply terrifying and awesome

[@timbow1833]

giving me ptsd!!!!!!!!

[@samatra478]

I love those peeking-around-the-corner enemies. It's like: "Peekaboo, I see you~" And I just found it adorable yet unnerving.

[@TheGustave03]

You're really kind with the story there. Will you give Dead Space Extraction a shot? For all its simple game play, it's got dialogues that aren't 20 variations of "FUCK" every other line and some interesting madness gimmick. Great video again.

[@mikehasabike]

It is really good? What's your point?

[@isaacclarke4229]

07:42 that "whatever that was" helped me clear the path significantly, when I was surrounded on all sides by Necromorphs.

[@tannerk2911]

I’ve replayed dead space 2 like 20 times

[@notslimshady2943]

God seeing your bit on the Stalkers brought back so many memories. I absolutely loved Dead Space 2 back then, I played it over and over and over again

[@mrbigsauce9984]

Reminder that the free suits come with perminent damage reduction and inventory size upgrade, be careful if you want to play without it.

[@JD867]

When there are too many necromorphs (Pack fights) and the bodies despawn, the easiest way to make sure you get all the items is to rush for a special node and get a fire weapon. Fire weapons damage the bodies slightly, forcing them to drop items the moment they die.