DeadSpace 1st look. Scarest Game on Earth?

[Asuka]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27174.html

Its suppose to be the scariest game on Earth when it comes out. It does look interesting and the main characters suit looks kickass.

I was reading about it in my Game Informer and it sounds interesting and different.

 

[Reginald]

Looks entirely made of meh. Like Doom 3.

 

[Anthraxxx]

Hmmm...

 

[MRG]

Interesting!

Thanks for the heads up on this one.

Looks like Aliens meets The Thing in outer space.

All dark.. you "Hear" something.. Getting closer.. closer.. but cannot see it...

I like!

-MRG

 

[Shippi]

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[Laivasse]

Looks like it's built of pure clich?, but who knows. Could be good.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Yeah, I am pretty tired of this bit. Still, maybe it will bring something really new and exciting to the table...but I doubt it.

 

[Warbie]

I would love a decent Event Horizon/Sunshine game. Doom 3 completely failed to deliver on this so fingers crossed this gets it right - although it deos look a little ropey.

 

[Unfocused]

I would love a decent Event Horizon/Sunshine game. Doom 3 completely failed to deliver on this so fingers crossed this gets it right - although it deos look a little ropey.

Oooh Event Horizon had a great atmosphere.

 

[Javert]

It looks like Doom 3, Resident Evil 4, and FEAR.

 

[<RJMC>]

It looks like Doom 3, Resident Evil 4, and FEAR.

its like a mix of doom3,RE4 and FEAR

I remenber doom3 was claimed to be very scary too

at least the setting interesting but the rest meh

 

[CR0M]

The designers at Cliche Studios sleep contented in the knowledge that they will never go out of business.

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[Bad^Hat]

Looks... like a horror game.

Setting is interesting though.

 

[Cerpin]

What does the Game Informer article say?

 

[Lucid]

its like a mix of doom3,RE4 and FEAR

I remenber doom3 was claimed to be very scary too

at least the setting interesting but the rest meh

Doom 3 had decent scares in it.
But then again, I'm easily scared.
It made me jump in a few spots, but never actually have a strong feeling of fear.

 

[Paulaner]

In my humble opinion this kind of games rarely succeed in keeping a constant and high scaring factor. Having a single creature crawling through the ship would deliver a true alien-thing-like experience, but the game would be more an adventure than a shooter (and I surely would like it that way). When you fight dozen of aliens and creatures, you end up not being so scared anymore.

 

[soulslicer]

Looks bad imo. Its UE3 Game by the way, and the graphics don't look that great for a UE3 game..

 

[Acepilotf14]

I still think STALKER was the scariest game I've ever played. The overall spooky feeling- the fact that what you don't see is the scariest, and when a can rolls down an incline towards you, your heart skips a beat. Only to find out that nothing did it.. Win physics. /will watch moveh lateh/

 

[Nitre]

looks a bit meh to me.

 

[Lt. Drebin]

Uhh...yeah...already played Doom 3.

 

[Sedako]

I have a hunch the Alan Wake will set a new bar for the horror/psychological genre of games. The environments in that game are perfect for what it intends to deliver.

 

[Nitre]

Sedako, is that game just called Alan Wake? It looks...intriguing.

 

[Sedako]

Sedako, is that game just called Alan Wake? It looks...intriguing.

Yup. It's being developed by Remedy, who also developed the excellent Max Payne series. Read up on it when you get a chance. Here's a quote from Remedy co-founder Sam Lake:

"The basic idea with the free-roaming world is that we give the player goals, and then the player can go about achieving those goals in the way he chooses. Alan Wake is more tightly character-driven and story-oriented. Meaning that the player?s goals and missions are closely focused around Alan Wake and his story. Also, the setting, the tone and the game being an action thriller all set it clearly apart from the GTA games."

Check out the wiki for more details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wake

 

[Nitre]

I'm definately keeping my eye on that.

 

[Warbie]

Alan Wake looks lovely. It has an almost HL feel to it, rather than the chunky Doom look of DeadSpace.

 

[jimbo118]

wtf is the story with Alan Wake, they've released like zero news or trailers since the initial announcement, whens it out even?

 

[Reginald]

A writer visits a place to help him overcome his writer's block and the death/break-up of his girlfriend. Then the things he writes come to life.

 

[Saltpeter]

Oooh Event Horizon had a great atmosphere.

Seconded. I also had to think of that movie, seeing this trailer.

In any case, this appears to me as a blatant Doom 3 rip-off.

 

[Sedako]

wtf is the story with Alan Wake, they've released like zero news or trailers since the initial announcement, whens it out even?

They're keeping it under tight wraps, as they should. No release date has been projected, but I would expect mid to late 2008.

Latest trailer is from E3 2006:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/10521.html

 

[Paulaner]

I still think STALKER was the scariest game

Agreed. It has that feeling of everlasting sickness, as if you could feel the invisible menace of radiations all around you.

 

[jimbo118]

A writer visits a place to help him overcome his writer's block and the death/break-up of his girlfriend. Then the things he writes come to life.

hehe i think you misunderstood me, i meant not literally what the story is

 

[Reginald]

hehe i think you misunderstood me, i meant not literally what the story is

Evidently. :E Saves other people asking.

 

[Cavalry]

Looks entirely made of meh. Like Doom 3.

yeah,definetly looks like some kinda DOOM remake,I hope its just as much fun...

 

[Ennui]

Looks entirely made of meh. Like Doom 3.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Laivasse]

A writer visits a place to help him overcome his writer's block and the death/break-up of his girlfriend. Then the things he writes come to life.

Reminds me of the Jon Carpenter film 'In the Mouth of Madness'.

 

[Docm30]

How was that supposed to be even remotely scary?

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Im kind of interested on the combat. You play a miner/engineer type guy so you're not really trained in any form of combat. The only weapon you have is you're welding torch, which you can use to dismember enemies and what not, but every enemy will be different however. Like getting rid of one enemies legs might cripple him, but otherwise another one would just adapt quickly and keep coming for ya.

 

[Paulaner]

Im kind of interested on the combat. You play a miner/engineer type guy so you're not really trained in any form of combat.

Reminds me of a theoretical physicist who becomes a killing machine

 

[Absinthe]

Reminds me of the Jon Carpenter film 'In the Mouth of Madness'.

I really like how they're approaching the horror aspect with more offbeat inspiration. Less generic mutants and space demons, more Mouth Of Madness and Twin Peaks. Gotta at least give them credit for trying something different.

This game, however, does not impress me. Doom 3 meets Resident Evil with some really lame looking main character. Maybe if it turns into D2 later on it will redeem itself by just being disturbing.

 

[Paulaner]

I really like how they're approaching the horror aspect with more offbeat inspiration. Less generic mutants and space demons, more Mouth Of Madness and Twin Peaks. Gotta at least give them credit for trying something different.

In my opinion the question is: what kind of games do we want? They all end up being shooters with a storyline to drive events. That may be fine and funny (HL2 just to tell one), but if you want to be really absorbed in an interactive novel, they must raise from the grave the *adventure* genre. Does anybody remember adventure games?