It's getting on my nerves how people say dead space isn't scary. Say what???????

First of all you are suppose to be playing the game the right way. I'll start off by saying fix your brightness on your tv's some of you have it so high that you can see the monsters coming your not suppose to see them coming from far barely thats why your gun has a flash on it. Most of you also play th egame in the morning with people around you and thats a big mistake this is a horror game play it at night by yourself. And another mistake I see others do is not play the game in surround sound that makes a huge difference the game becomes ten times more scary when played in surround at night by yourself and your tv properly calibrated. Try it with all your horror games and watch the big difference.

i did all those things on the pc version of the game and its still not scary. games generally aren't, at least to peope who enjoy horror.

Different strokes for different folks.

Did all those things. A video game has never scared me though.

I went out of my way to be scared by Dead Space, and it did not scare me, save for a jump scare once or twice.

It was definitely a creepy game that got a good jump or two out of me, but the majority of it's scares were just cheap "boo" moments, which eventually became way too predictable because of how often they were used. It had next to none of the slow-burn tension that all the greats of the genre used so effectively.

i did all those things on the pc version of the game and its still not scary. games generally aren't, at least to peope who enjoy horror.

z4twenny

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i did all those things on the pc version of the game and its still not scary. games generally aren't, at least to peope who enjoy horror.

supersaiyen

I went out of my way to be scared by Dead Space, and it did not scare me, save for a jump scare once or twice.

Greatgone12

After playing games like STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl and System Shock 2... games with incredibly predictable jump-scares, little to no atmosphere and very repetitive, sterile environments are hard to find scary.

First off there's a thread on this. Second if your assuming I said dead space wasn't scarey your wrong

[QUOTE="Greatgone12"]

I went out of my way to be scared by Dead Space, and it did not scare me, save for a jump scare once or twice.

supersaiyen

So really, who the hell shot themselves in the foot now?

First of all you are suppose to be playing the game the right way. I'll start off by saying fix your brightness on your tv's some of you have it so high that you can see the monsters coming your not suppose to see them coming from far barely thats why your gun has a flash on it. Most of you also play th egame in the morning with people around you and thats a big mistake this is a horror game play it at night by yourself. And another mistake I see others do is not play the game in surround sound that makes a huge difference the game becomes ten times more scary when played in surround at night by yourself and your tv properly calibrated. Try it with all your horror games and watch the big difference.

supersaiyen

Oh do I ever get what you mean. I have way too many friends who jack up their brightness settings on their tv's and games when playing. Bugs the hell out of me when I see a $2500 Plasma used and abused by the brightness factor.

Dead Space was more of an atmospheric thing, the horror of the game was the anticipation of something coming at you and even then it was a jumpy nervous thing not a genuine terror.

First off there's a thread on this. Second if your assuming I said dead space wasn't scarey your wrong

Animal-Mother

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First off there's a thread on this. Second if your assuming I said dead space wasn't scarey your wrong

supersaiyen

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[QUOTE="Greatgone12"]

I went out of my way to be scared by Dead Space, and it did not scare me, save for a jump scare once or twice.

Greatgone12

So really, who the hell shot themselves in the foot now?

After playing games like STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl and System Shock 2... games with incredibly predictable jump-scares, little to no atmosphere and very repetitive, sterile environments are hard to find scary.

foxhound_fox

You said you went out of your way to get scared by it and you said it didn't except once or twice so you shot yourself in the foot by claiming it didn't scare you and then saying it did.

supersaiyen

I said IT DID NOT SCARE ME EXCEPT (which means, "with the exception of") FOR ONE OR TWO JUMP SCARES. I also went out of my way to be frightened by the game -- turning off the lights, playing at night, surround sound, et cetera.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

After playing games like STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl and System Shock 2... games with incredibly predictable jump-scares, little to no atmosphere and very repetitive, sterile environments are hard to find scary.

I played in the night with normal brightness settings, it's not really that scary. I guess people having opinions gets on your nerves...:|

Cheap scares like Doom 3. A couple hours in and you've pretty much seen it all.

Why does this even bother you? If you liked it then fine, but not everyone has to agree with your taste.

I played in the night with normal brightness settings, it's not really that scary. I guess people having opinions gets on your nerves...:|

StealthMonkey4

Dead space was not predictable only if you played it on your second run and of course all games are repetitive on your second run the enviroments were scary blood and body parts all over stuff destroyed and all the creepy sounds you hear around you making it even more tense.

supersaiyen

Dead space was, bland. There was little to no atmosphere and the jump scares got old after a while.

Stringerboy

It's more intense than scary imo.

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]

I played in the night with normal brightness settings, it's not really that scary. I guess people having opinions gets on your nerves...:|

I got a few jumps. It truly wasn't that scary.

Yes, I also played it on my own, and mostly at night time.

[QUOTE="Stringerboy"]

Dead space was, bland. There was little to no atmosphere and the jump scares got old after a while.

supersaiyen

Maybe a scare every now and then but for the most part it wasn't, probably because they give you too much ammo. In fact because of all the ammo your given I actually was looking for more necomorphs to spend it on.

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]

I played in the night with normal brightness settings, it's not really that scary. I guess people having opinions gets on your nerves...:|

supersaiyen

Dead Space and the TV were both on standard brightness.

i can play dead space in a haunted mansion and still not be scared.

No way Dead Space is scary , at least most people won't find it scary at all.Not saying I'm the tough guy , cause Siren:Blood Curse scared the hell outta me , and some parts of condemned 2 too.I mean dead space is a great game , I love it , but it failed to keep me tense y'know?Even silent hill on cell phone managed to do that , with almost no gameplay , so I think it's safe to say it was more action directioned than horror directioned , like RE 5 ( a shame in this case).

I'll admit i got jumped quite a few times playing the game. But like the rest of the guys said, those are cheap boo tactics. And after i've upgrade my guns to the max, it pretty much loses any form of being a horror game whatsoever. It actually makes me look forward to meeting enemies so i can test out my guns.

For me, horror and action just doesnt mix. One of them has to be compromised. Take Penumbra for example, you are pretty much helpless with only a glowstick. Its sneak or die. I've never felt so scared seeing an enemy in this game than in any other game i've ever played. In Dead Space i'll just be like, "ooh should i use my Flamethrower or Pulse Rifle?". Its just not scary anymore when you are capable of dispatching the enemies with ease.

I'd say it was more creepy than scary. I'd think it would be hard to find someone who didn't think the game was creepy.

no lie, only game i was ever truely scared of was doom 3. dead space doesn't even come close to scaring me as much as doom 3.

FEAR 1 was pretty freaky.

Dead Space wasn't scary. Penumbra, now that's scary!

The one thing that creeped me out more than anything was the music that played whenever a mutant was in the same room you were in. It's like you know it's somewhere, but you have to find it, then suddenly "GRAH!" it was behind you and it's already trying to rip your throat out.

It isn't "genuinely" scary, but it does get your adrenaline going at various parts of the game.

Dead space was, bland. There was little to no atmosphere and the jump scares got old after a while.

Stringerboy

Dead space was all about the atmosphere, dude.