It is microtransaction-laden, which I don't like. However, I don't find it any more a FPS than the previous installments. You walk, stomp stuff, things jump out at you--same as before. It's not like it now resembles Call of Duty.
(And I do hope they make a 4.)

Well, it's definitely not an FPS (first-person shooter) at all.

Again, though, I was talking about the perception of the game pre-release and how that affected sales, not what it actually is.

I don't remember ever shooting dudes in 1 or 2. I'm shooting a lot of dudes in 3. I don't want to be shooting dudes in a Dead Space game.

Yeah did you shoot anything alive in the first two games? I mean non alien?

Soldiers in a Dead Space game made as much sense as soldiers in a Resident Evil game.

At the very end of DS2, you kill that military guy that was trying to prevent you from reaching the marker.

Honestly I don't see why people have such a problem with soldiers being in this game. It fits with the story progression and they're really only on a handful of levels. In the parts where it's soldiers AND necromorphs, you can just sit back out of the way and the necros will take out all the soldiers for you.

Not always. Sometimes they gang up on you.

Because it turns Isaac Clarke, civil engineer into Isaac Clarke, mass murderer?

They're trying to prevent him from shutting off the machine/marker or whatever. This unitologist faction has been part of the story in EVERY game, and they've always been trying to kill Isaac. Like I said, it fits with the story progression. You're not just shooting random people.

Mass murderer? They always shoot first, so shooting back at guys firing away at you does not, in my humble opinion, make a video game character a mass murderer. For anyone it does, well, might want to try a different game.

Aren't most video games about killing, beating the shit out of or stomping something? The rest are called racing and puzzle games. Even Mario is a mass mushroom murderer.

Peter Moore seems pretty pissed about the cancellation rumor thing: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...86&postcount=1

And Videogamer says they stand by their initial story: http://www.videogamer.com/news/dead_...statement.html

Dead Space 3: Awakened DLC Brings the Terror Next Week

More Dead Space 3 will be coming next week with the Awakened DLC, which promises "some of the most disturbing content ever seen in a Dead Space game," according to Visceral Games boss Steve Papoutsis.

Expanding upon the Dead Space 3 story, the DLC sees Isaac and Carver taking on another, more fanatical Unitology cult who appear to have spliced themselves with Necromorph parts. It all looks incredibly dark and twisted, and therefore potentially vintage Dead Space (fingers crossed).

Watch the trailer and peruse the screenshots for the upcoming Awakened DLC below. It'll be heading to Dead Space 3 on March 12th for 800 Microsoft Points.

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Got the DLC and played through it twice today during my spare time. The first time took a little over an hour because I was exploring a bit. The second run through took less than 30 minutes. The story was ridiculous. It's the first piece of DLC I've bought at full price for any game in a long time, and now I remember why I have that policy.

In short, don't waste your money until it's at least 50% off.

This game soured me so much by the time it ended that I have zero interest in the DLC, half price or otherwise. Give me a dark and gritty reboot on next gen hardware and I'll come back.

I'm at the end where you I keep dying by 1 or the other and there are no checkpoints (SO annoying). Any tips on how to get through this? Best to just run for it, or...? Thanks

Yeah. Just run.

Thanks. I've really liked the game but am ready to finish it (before Gears & Bioshock).

I forgot to mention that the DLC does have one great moment, maybe the best of the entire game:

what is the best strategy for upgrading/creating weapons?
should i upgrade before creating new weapons?
or are you better off not creating new weapons and just upgrade your current weapons?

also, if u upgrade your suit. do the upgrades carry over to the next suit you get?

Different suits are just cosmetic in this game, the upgrades do carry over.

this game is fucking hard even on normal!
i finished dead space 1 & 2 on normal without much issue but I'm on chapter 11 and already have a difficult time. That damn giant spider popped up again. I was barely able to kill it the first time and finding it near impossible now to kill it.
I think i will have to give up on the game.
I don't want to restart from scratch playing on easy.

Which is the biggest timewaster?

I fucking hate the internet... and myself.

Got the game in the Origin bundle, so it was almost free. I just started Chapter 5, I know it's really early in the game, but I'm loving this game. This is classic Dead Space, why were people complaining about this game? Yes, you have the OPTION to buy stuff to make the game easier, but you don't have to.

I know some of you here also loved the game, that's basically why I decided to try it.

After this I guess I will continue AC3, I actually played the first 2-3 hours of the game and didn't like it, but some of you also liked the whole game.