How scary is Dead Space?

A friend of mine gifted me Dead Space through Steam and i'm easily scared. How scary is it?

Its not scary.

Unless you like jump scares, its not going to scare you at all.

Games can't be scary.

Not too scary. I think I jumped once due to an enemy sneaking up behind me.

Scary how bad the controls are and the insta death all the time gets old. Regretted buying it.

To answer topic no just stuff that jumps out at you.

Dead Space is a fantastic game. But overall it doesn't have a whole lot of scares. The one thing that dead space does right is set up a relentless dreaded atmosphere that can leave you vulnerable and exhausted. The controls are not as bad as people say it is because it adds to the immersion of being helpless. DS is a survival horror, not a fast paced shooter. If DS had fast paced game mechanics i think it would make the game worse. People who complain about the controls are just not used to third person perspective games.

And before anyone flames me, i have beat the game on both the 360 and the PC, so i have a good idea on how DS plays on the those platforms

It was scary to me at first, then I just remained tense the whole way through, it's a shame they don't put more effort into trying to scare you, they were creative at the start of the game, then it ended up too predictable with less flickering lights and you being heavily armed, goes against being a surival horror.

Its not scary.

Unless you like jump scares, its not going to scare you at all.

JangoWuzHere

Games can't be scary.

Eneru112

It's not scary at all. But somehow I sense you'll still be scared by it. Karl319

I didn't find it really scary, only very ****** up and grotesque. In a good way. The scares, few as they are, are more of the I can't believe this happens! variety, at some points I was just stunned and didn't know how to react. Either that or had a panic attack, lol. It has amazing production values, very imaginative design, one of the best end levels ever and a great story. And the black dude from 300 and Spartacus. The boss fights... holy ****!

right, Ill put it like this:

Dead space is not scary, but it does give you those shock moments (or monster-jump-out-infront-of-you shocks)

But really scary? naaa, I often point out that games can not be truely scary when you have a frikkin armory at your disposal ^^

kinda-monster"booh im an evil grotesque thing" -player *click* "good bad Im the guy with the gun"

So scary? no, mildly tense? yes, cheap shock effects? yes.

But with the tools at players disposal it does never really get scary.

Pretty scary, but they're all jump scares. Not like true horror or anything.

Games can't be scary.

Eneru112

very many cheap scares that i will not spoil becuase they are funny once u see how the devs got you. BUT whatever u do, start on easy becuase well on normal and hard, u have nothing as in ammo or health replenishers, they under stock u and on easy they overstock you. so beat it on easy first then go back and get those steam achievements for hard.

its more of jumpy/shocks than actual fear... and in that aspect it does ok...

its hard to make a game, that will actually make the player fearful, but it IS possible.

Games can't be scary.

Eneru112

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Games can't be scary.

ZuluEcho14

Games can make the player actually fearful, just as movies can do the same to make the viewer actually fearful.

not just shock/jumpy moments.

and nobody is scared of nothing... everyone is fearful of something, thats one thing that is TAUGHT in just about every "corner" of the world. In order to not have fear, you must not have emotion.

I know no fear!

Undying is the scariest game I played. **** those paintings and the skeletons...

I found the game quite scary and alot of fun, loved it. I found the atmosphere so immersive that i really got into the game. [MINOR SPOILER} There was one part where an invincible creature is chasing you near these sliding bookcases, i felt absolute panic lol.

I loved it and thought the Game as a whole was pretty scary, but I also felt that the first half was alot scarier than the second half for reasons best left found out. I thought the atmosphere was incrdible and the story was very enjoyable! I played and beat the game on both the 360 and PC and loved both! I alsoplayed in the dark with headphones as well for maximum immersion. The first night I played it was storming like hell outside and I had my Damn tree banging against my house, really made for a creepy gaming session,,,,especially when my cat attacked my feet as I was being attacked by a Necro ;)

Games can't be scary.

Eneru112

Then you've probably never played the right games...

Its not scary.

Unless you like jump scares, its not going to scare you at all.

JangoWuzHere

Extremely, to me. But it's also REALLY FUN. Tip: If you see a "dead" necromorph on the ground, shoot it.

And if you're really easily scared, play on easy. You take loads of damage, whereas enemies take maybe two shots from a non-upgraded plasma cutter.

Extremely, to me. But it's also REALLY FUN. Tip: If you see a "dead" necromorph on the ground, shoot it.

And if you're really easily scared, play on easy. You take loads of damage, whereas enemies take maybe two shots from a non-upgraded plasma cutter.

gashoe13

Not that scary but annoying cam positioning, gives me a headache all the time

the sudden alien attacks make me **** bricks. keeps you on your guard and weary of everything. F.E.A.R is just a whoooolleee different world. almost got a heart attack playing that.

It's got its moments, but the scary moments are pretty much only "jump scares" as lots of people already said. Compared to Silent Hill or Undying for example, Dead Space is not scary at all. And since you get pretty much the same kind of scares through out the whole game, you'll be immune to the scaryness pretty soon.

too scary enough for my nephew, when startled he pushed the monitor backward and it felt and got broken. I had to replace my LCD the next day

A friend of mine gifted me Dead Space through Steam and i'm easily scared. How scary is it?

Lox_Cropek

It isn't scary at all, sometimes it can be tense, but for the most part I remained unscared throughout.

Then and again I havent been scared playing a videogame since I was 12 when I played RE1.