Bumbling Through Dead Space Remake p.1 - Cut The Limbs, Stomp Daddy

[@mindabblebuttired1742]

SGF passive aggressively reading -at- characters who interrupts with dialogue, gives me so much happiness!

[@lokalnyork]

SGF lore dump is superior to Hammond lore dump!

[@RecycledOJ]

Just walking along with some friends, and then you turn and tell them, "I'd hate to say this, but I just got a warning that a graphic depiction of death is coming."

[@Iyasenu]

It's like you're a psychic that nobody believes.

[@irrelevant8414]

in space, nobody can see the [CONTENT WARNING]

[@kaargen]

The in-game content warning is as hilarious as it is foreboding and I want that feature in everything now.

[@lokidokey7586]

They should have made the content warning show up whenever you stomped a corpse. Just Isaac raising his foot, a brief second of "the following scene contains graphic imagery", and then Isaac dropping his foot and exploding a body. They missed a trick there.

[@Feasco]

I think some cartoon sound effect graphics covering up the gore would be a nice option

[@Iyasenu]

@@Feasco Just a blast of confetti. Stomp the enemies for prizes!

[@neauxway]

One can hope that the Dead Space 2 remake will be enhanced with Relax-O-Vision technology.

[@spiritusnox405]

How long has it been since we've had some good stomps on this channel....?

[@--___--d]

Lot of Demising on this ship though! and Isaac is Bullying the necromorphs. All the ingredients are there.

[@reiddutchess9955]

I watch bully monthly, so not too long since I have witnessed some pleasant stomps

[@Jokoko2828]

I sure like me some Silent Hill stomps. I also liked that when SGF stomped on the content warning graphic death dude his whole face exploded but he kept his hair.

[@konga382]

It's still the same game overall, but there are actually a lot more smaller changes than many people may realize unless they're doing direct side-by-side comparisons. It's a very good remake in that it modernizes the game very well while making you think it's just like how you remember.

[@crionjb]

I think the graffiti in the bathroom says, "I found a man inside the vents," which I guess is supposed to be understatedly profound or scary, something that's undercut by being scrawled on a wall in giant blood letters.

[@ryszardbies]

This game is weirdly nostalgic for me: i have never played it (i can not handle actually playing survival horror) but it was one of first games i saw lps off. Stoked to see sgfs take on it!

[@MrBangBat]

From what I've seen, pretty much all the changes, from the gamplay to the characterization, are to the game's benefit. I look forward to seeing this.

[@madelinewoof7544]

Not digging Isaac talking more but that's a minor thing. So far this looks like a solid remake.

[@Jokoko2828]

@@madelinewoof7544 He only really talks when he needs to talk, no Forespoken or that weird Rick&Morty gun game thing where the characters talk so much you've got a slider to shut them up.

[@madelinewoof7544]

@@Jokoko2828 Oh I'm aware, I'm not saying it's super intrusive or anything, it's just that Isaac was always a really boring protagonist so him talking more just feels unneccessary

[@peppermillers8361]

@madelinewoof7544 eh, I thought he was fun. Personally, I think Making him talk was one of the best things 2 did.

[@madelinewoof7544]

@@peppermillers8361 I don't know, his only backstory and character trait is that he has a girlfriend, he's so barren that it's the only thing about him they keep in DR2 along with now having PTSD. He's not super interesting and having him more present as a character always felt to me like it's just getting in the way of having him as a player surrogate and clashes with the design of the suit.

[@zeratulcraft]

I'm sure Nicole is fine. I'm even more sure that the chapter names won't spell anything out with their first letter.

[@sinisterwombat3128]

N I C O L E I S O K

[@isupposeiexist]

N I C O L E I S H U N K Y D O R Y

[@aelius3805]

@@sinisterwombat3128 N I C O L E I S W H O L E

[@fakajuu9519]

They're actually adding new chapters: Shipwrecked Problems Aid!? Complications Ending

[@DiddlyDiPotatoes]

Pleasantly surprised that this Dead Space remake actually turned out well. I'll never not hate EA but good job Motive.

[@reiddutchess9955]

It is hilarious imagining Isaac reading that information out loud and becoming noticeably perturbed each time someone in the room interrupts him 😂

[@GuntherSchmidl]

I'm glad the suit manual has all this info about loot and stuff. Very good thinking by the creators!

[@saraczwei6850]

The boot is mightier than the gun. Well, maybe not quite but it feels really cathartic. It always seemed to me that the game set it up that stomping corpses to prevent infectors from creating more necromorphs would be a major part of gameplay, but that scenario comes up only maybe once or twice in the first two games.

[@KevinCow]

But how does Isaac's stomp compare to Bully Demise?

[@jordanetherington1922]

I was gonna ask this! I think Isaac does some amazing stomps, but I am pretty sure Bully stomped the universe at some point?

[@lokalnyork]

One thing, apparently there are no power node doors anymore, so you don't need to keep one around to access all rooms. I'm guessing devs knew people kept one anyway, so they just reduced number of nodes and kept doors lock-free for all people that don't have 15 years of hindsight.

[@JFateburn]

I like when sgf's thing goes up

[@nemotoad9315]

Stomp Daddy, uWu

[@MS-xq7eg]

Isaac "Das Boot" Clarke

[@MSquared20]

There's always Peng!

[@aelius3805]

To be fair Isaac always looked a little like a science teacher. He didn't get the action hero treatment until the sequels.

[@Shift_Salt]

I don't really enjoy the Livestreams so I'll just binge this once all of it's out.

[@goldenalpaca3881]

i forgot how accidentally funny this game was, the gore is so over the top and showy but now with the content warning it's like a splatterhouse B-Movie

[@BaronCreel]

It always baffled me that they didn't have the tech to communicate off-ship the form of space cellphones.

[@Blues_Light]

Man that is funny...imagine buying a horror game and thinking "Man, I'd love if the game would warn me when something scary is going to happen! I'd also like to hide the disturbing scenes, too. In this horror game."

[@blackdog9698919]

The option was probably added with streamers in mind. So it's not so much for the player as it is for their audience. I don't really get how that's supposed to work in a game like this, seeing as every second of gameplay is either reading case files or buzzsawing aliens into bloody kibble, but I guess content warnings are one of the fads that the young people like nowadays, so...

[@konga382]

accessibility is good actually, op

[@khamuratal1173]

@@blackdog9698919 p

[@Popebug]

@@konga382 This feels more like a parody of it.

[@Keyboardeater1]

@@konga382 adding more options to make games accessible to people who need adaptation for disablity is great and more games need to do it. Adding a big immersion breaking warning every single time isn't that useful. The game markets itself on CUT OFF THEIR LIMBS, of course its going to be gory.

[@lv.2073]

Title could’ve been anything, but you chose that

[@peppermillers8361]

And thank God he did.

[@Idelacio]

Lol did they add 20 years to Nicole while keeping Isaac looking mid 20s? That's a decision.

[@MetalSocks]

You know what they said, the I in MILF stands for Issac.

[@andystegall7407]

I believe this time around they're modeled off of their respective voice actors, who are both in their 50s, though for some reason Isaac looks a lot younger than his voice actor.

[@Maxwell.Blackwell]

You know, some say Isaac in Remake looks like Steve Rambo.

[@RanMouri82]

11:18 Sorry, SGF, some characters don't want you confusing this with Doom 3.

[@Sleexb]

HES MISSING SO MANY ITEMS

[@--___--d]

Bet he will reach the end anyway

[@Sleexb]

@@--___--d yes but its a bit distressing to watch lol

[@--___--d]

@@Sleexb Treat it as aversion therapy

[@andystegall7407]

The irony of EA sneaking anti-capitalist graffiti into their game is definitely staggering

[@Jokoko2828]

I wanna believe they know they're on thin ice, but I'm pretty sure it never even crossed their minds.

[@Jokoko2828]

If there's a Dead Space is there also a Live Space?

[@IDOLA149]

I get the feeling you could remove all of Isaac's voice lines and there would be zero difference. Heck, he didnt talk in the original version

[@mindabblebuttired1742]

Wooo! Never actually got around to playing this due to . . Stuff ... going on at the time. Now it's a game I want to play but will probably never get around to. Ok, I'm not sure what I expected regarding the content warnings, but I feard them to be tacked-on-very-obtrusive, thus defeating their usefullnes. Positively surpriced at them seeming more foreboding, still a bit tacked on (is "graphic death" the -only- CW? Do they need to be up for so long, instead of maybe collapsing into a small icon after a while?) But seeming a semi-smooth implementation.

[@Feasco]

most of the people complaining about the content warnings weren't complaining about the method of their implementation, they were angry about their existence at all as an option

[@mindabblebuttired1742]

@@Feasco I know. And think is ridiculous. I'm just always sceptic about accesibility implementation XD I find they are often tacked on without thought of how they are utillized (ex. Subtitles that can barely be read or isn't actually what the characters are saying or content warnings about strobelights in very small font, half a sec before they occur so you are really focused on the screen) and when I think of EA, "good implementation of accessibility tools" would not be a thing I would think about ^^'

[@seanmcbay]

I gave up on this game back in the day since the limb cutting thing wasn’t really that fun to me. Curious how it goes since people really seem to love this.

[@peppermillers8361]

I think the enemy variety helped for other players.

[@WhoTookMyMirr]

This remake came out at a great time tbh. Most modern computers can no longer play the original due to poor optimization of the PC port.

[@peppermillers8361]

Which makes me wish they fixed the PC port of that one.

[@EggBastion]

@@peppermillers8361 but [big company] needs a money !

[@peppermillers8361]

@EggBastion they're a poor indie studio, give them a break.

[@SulfurousAcid]

Things are looking good(bad)

[@fakajuu9519]

The PC port of Dead Space is pretty bad in my experience, so this is a welcome remake, but I am absolutely not buying it for full price. Not that I buy games at full price anyway, just moreso here.

[@Keyboardeater1]

Surely the content warning is the age rating on the box/download page? If it says its a horror game and describes the violence, you don't need in game ones?

[@Feasco]

the box doesn't specify the details or when to look out for them

[@Keyboardeater1]

@@Feasco If its a horror aimed at adults, it's probably going to have scary moments in it. Or a disclaimer at the start like PS1 games, rather than a big immersion breaking pop up.

[@Keyboardeater1]

@@Feasco Also the game is marketed on CUT OFF THEIR LIMBS, of course its going to be gory.

[@GuntherSchmidl]

@@Keyboardeater1 Gore on fantasy monsters might not be a trigger, a human screaming and crying might be. If you don't need the warnings, leave them off. They're not on by default. It does not hurt the game one iota.

[@Keyboardeater1]

@@GuntherSchmidl but if people have an issue with that, they're not going to buy a body horror game. It's just a very odd, if well intentioned idea.

[@prep-h]

What's with the sound effects on 40:40?

[@EggBastion]

idgi

[@GooeyGremlin]

YYYYEEEEEESSSSSS.

[@samovarsa2640]

Hooray! Or should I say... Boo-ray? ... ...because it's a... A scary game. It's... Y'know horror... ...that was bad. Get back to me.

[@andystegall7407]

Like the card game?

[@charleymceachin4293]

The Rock scared me

[@neauxway]

The irony of sad boys who get big mad on the internet about videogames losing their shit and pooping their pants about totally optional, toggleable content warnings is pretty funny.

[@Nobody_Special310]

The thing that killed this game for me was the endless stomping. Some find it cathartic, I find it tedious.

[@peppermillers8361]

Filtered by stomps.

[@spartan117ak]

this always felt way too videogamey for me, like in an archaic n64 kinda way. From the aggressive tutorial tooltip style explaination of the main game mechanic, to some level design elements later on, like the oxygen refill stations telegraphing that I'll need to backtrack through in vacuum a few minutes later... turret section

[@peppermillers8361]

Turret section was probably removed. A lot of people didn't like it.

[@EggBastion]

@@peppermillers8361 They removed the turret section!??

[@peppermillers8361]

@@EggBastion I said probably. It was likely modified in a way that didn't require you to use the turret, I am not aware how the devs handled it.

[@ardenharan2201]

Yeah, this is hardly a bad game, but it really does feel more like a fancy remaster than like a "remake." It's... honestly pretty much exactly like the original, really? Which made it a bit disappointing to me, because I've already played the original and I'm not really in a hurry to play it again.

[@peppermillers8361]

It was likely because of the Resident Evil remake craze. I wish we just got a touched up Dead Space 1 on steam, but this is alright too.

[@ardenharan2201]

@@peppermillers8361 Yeah, I'm not complaining. I just wish it had been a bit more different. Dead Space 1 was an excellent game, but it's also one that I just had my fill of.

[@DerkleineTrojaner]

What's with the ingame content warning? bizarre I understand having a trigger warning when you start up the game but this? Is it gonna come up for every encounter? the whole game is gory. also it technically spoils the "surprise".

[@Shift_Salt]

The spitting is the lowest quality thing in this remake from what I've seen.

[@Sleexb]

aww no calisto protocol?

[@peppermillers8361]

He specified that he tried it and thought it was just a game with monsters than anything scary, I think. Don't remember exactly.

[@FlashNeko417]

I don't know if anyone's already told you this in chat but you can use your Stasis powers on the monsters to slow them down if you feel they're getting too close and you want a little extra time to get a few more shots/stomps in without taking damage.

[@RubidiumOxide]

He does that in this video.

[@pbjandahighfive]

jfc. i can't believe how helpless the modern world has become that people legitimately need content warnings FOR A HORROR GAME.

[@blackdog9698919]

Dead Space is great because it's written by people who've read (about) a lot of horror and science fiction and wanted to try their hand at it, but are handicapped by having a room-temperature IQ. It's like one of those procedurally-generated stories; the writers are trying to emulate stuff they like without even the slightest understanding of _why_ those stories work and theirs is just an inert, formulaic turd. I remember reading an interview with one of the guys who made this game, and he was saying things like "I don't like it in horror when it creates feelings of weakness and helplessness, so in _Dead Space_ I wanted to make the player feel scared but also powerful and totally dominating the monsters!" Just lovably stupid in the way that, like, an energetic dog is. The later games do get a little more creative with the aliens all smushing together to eventually form into like planets, and the cult who preserve their bodies so they can get assimilated.

[@samovarsa2640]

It must be from a while back, but do you have a link to that? I'd 'love' to point and laugh at it.

[@blackdog9698919]

@@samovarsa2640 I do not, sorry.

[@Feasco]

@@IWantThatKey source: dude trust me

[@peppermillers8361]

Dead Space 1 is formulaic, but I think it's a fun take on Resident Evil 4's combat and an extension of System Shock 2's body horror. Most of the interesting bits of the story come from the world building. Sadly, there is no electronic rave music in Dead Space.

[@blackdog9698919]

@@peppermillers8361 I'm only talking about the story. I haven't played any of the Dead Space games myself, I've just watched let's plays, so I have no opinion on the gameplay.