LogFAQs > #949201129

I played a little more of Dead Space, up to about the start of Chapter 4, when Isaac has been spotted by the powers-that-be on Titan station and has had to bunker down in an old church to avoid their gunship. Aside from the corrupt government on Titan, which apparently recreated the alien artifact that caused all the trouble in the first game to try and use it for their own personal gain (which does remind me of Weyland-Utani a little bit,) the other antagonistic group that has a presence in this story are the Unitologists. They're a religious group who basically worship the Necromorphs and view the process of transforming into one as a spiritual unification. Isaac wigs out at the idea of going into one of their churches, but his lady support character, Dana, says it's necessary and is apparently waiting there herself. This is, of course, pretty suspect. There's another deranged man who used to be a patient at the same hospital as Isaac who keeps calling him on the phone. Apparently he killed his wife and kids.

There was no big boss fight this time around, but a few new enemy types were introduced. There's one exploding enemy that you have to shoot in its mutant bomb arm to blow it up at a safe distance, and there are also child necromorphs. This might just show that I'm psychotic, but I feel like fighting them is kind of funny. Watching these little kid-shaped monsters run screaming at you and then die and go flying after one shot is just comical to me for some reason. Children hunt in packs in this game. I got introduced to the jet-pack zero gravity mechanics, which seem kind of cool, though I only got to use them very briefly so far. I've kept with the same loadout in terms of weapons but I swapped the ripper out for what I think is called the pulse rifle, which is kind of like an assault rifle. It's a decent weapon generally and pretty handy for the little insect swarms in particular. The flamethrower weapon is good. It's short range, so I wouldn't use it on the bomb guys, but it takes down most other enemies pretty quickly.

The game's alright so far. I find the general gameplay decent enough that I don't mind playing. It's just too bad that the story and the horror aspect are kind of underwhelming, at least so far.

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I'm playing every game from GotD 2020! Games Completed: 15/129
Currently Playing: Dead Space 2