Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN APRIL 2024?

* Dead Space 3

  [ Through pure chance I saved my review of the DS games from a couple years back.  Did Spalls also play the Awakened DLC, which completes the series storyline?  He doesn't mention it....]
"   Dead Space 1
   Dead Space 2
   Dead Space 3
Yes!  I played through all the PC games!  This is upon getting the bug after finishing the two prequel novels Dead Space: Martyr and Dead Space Catalyst a month or two ago.  After finishing the 3rd I also watched the two short animated films Dead Space: Downfall and Dead Space: Aftermath.  That's a lot of Dead Space!
And it was all enjoyable, in that B-movie sense.  The second game is probably the best for me; retaining the claustrophobic tension of the first while introducing new areas and delving more into the mechanics of Unitology religion.  My initial distaste for DS3 after finishing it many years ago has worn off for the most part -- Yes it has entirely too many doors to open once you hit the planet; the plot is spread out with several moving parts, reducing the tight cohesion of the first two games; there's a whack-a-mole quality to the monsters in parts.  But there are good bits as well, and the plot twists and resolution I ended up accepting.  It has a finishing DLC, be sure to play that.  Anyone else excited for the Dead Space 1 remaster that is due soon? "
rms