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I finished Dead Space 2 last week, it was the first time I played a Dead Space game, for some reason Game stop had the first game at 8 dollars and this second one at 2.50 so getting Dead space 2 was my choice 😆. Any way, the game is very good survival game, it has a horror, a good atmosphere and excellent gameplay, the story was a little confusing because there isnt like a specific goal to follow, still the game has an excellent physiological side and your character gets more and more paranoid or schizophrenic as the game progresses due to the experiences of the first game. The only thing that I hated was the final mission , the end of the story is great but the actual mission is very lame, through out the game you are basically told that there is a smart way to avoid or end quickly a conflict, on the final mission there is no way to avoid damage, enemies will come from all sides and there is no end to them, even if you go fully armored and with a bunch of bullets and med kits you are going to get heavily damaged no matter what, so is more like spraying bullets to make your way through the last mission which takes away a lot of the survival atmosphere that the game had. What are your opinions on the Dead Space franchise ?

EA always overdo the microtransaction thing so the iron box event thing never surprised me in the least bit and I don't mind another Saints Row but no more demons/futuristic vehicles/weird superpowers. I also don't want it to be a crappy GTA ripoff, they need to add some unique mechanics. I'm excited to hear that another Timesplitters will be out - it feels like forever since I've played it.

Bugs. There's always some kind of bug that you have to deal with somewhere in every game.

It's a shame EA did away with Visceral Games because I absolutely loved the Dead Space Franchise. Even the third one wasn't as bad as people made it out ot be although the microtransaction thing was a slimy move by EA.

Worst is gotta be Assassins Creed 3, the game starts of very normal, you get to do a few sequences of the story and you get to learn all the basics of an AC game as you progress through the missions, that was very nice, the problem is that the "Real tutorial" starts an hour later into the game, making you relearn stuff that you already new, like climbing for example, the only difference is that you are climbing trees which makes no sense since climbing trees and buildings is basically the same and it takes the same logic and controllers in the game. The whole training missions where unnecessary to the game, even if you where a newcomer to the franchise they could have divided the essentials of the training like hunting and traps into different missions and not a long 30 minute tutorial.

Well if we think about it the more marketing the better, even if the game fails the initial release of the game will guarantee a lot of sales because of the hype, for example Watchdogs had a lot of hype, it was very average game, but it sold very well that it earned it a sequel and a trilogy coming soon, it was thanks to the initial hype that the game sold very well, after the first week, 4 million copies of the game had been sold. Sure a the end that kinda affects consumers because they are lead to believe that the game is good, and many fools (me included) will purchase the game right away, but at the end of the day thats the whole point of a business, to sale as much as possible.

I know the feeling, back in the days of Halo 3 on Xbox 360 I used to play almost every day after high school, I used to spent many school nights up playing different modes. I considered myself good, but I stopped playing shooters for quite a few years and now when I try to play at any FPS game I'm just average, even if I go back to play Halo I still feel average.

I was going to comment that as well, Skyrim plus Devil my cry , Skyrim is awesome yes but the combat itself is very simplistic, it needs more action and a more complex battle system.

I nominate everyone you mentioned, @DC, as all have been actively contributing great conversation as always :)

Gonna nominate @killamch89 for this month as I’ve noticed that he’s always on here and is always up for a chat about games and all things nerdy.