KemicalSupreme Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I have yet to buy the game and am wondering what peoples thoughts are on it? I love scary games like FEAR and am hoping this one is just as scary or scarier? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog walker Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 this game is better in every way.story line is good,graphics are excellent,weapons are good.i liked both of the fear games,but i think this is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_thorne Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 This is the only game to have made me literally scream (in fear, not anger ) since Silent Hill 2. So yes, much better than F.E.A.R. I'd consider this game a must-have for horror survival fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickTheKing Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If you enjoyed the scary parts of FEAR then you'll LOVE this game. It waqs great, and definatly had its share of jumpy moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathblow23 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Well,...I gotta be honest here. I own FEAR, but have only played MP. I haven't played the SP campaign. I never bothered with FEAR Files because I read all the reviews and they basically said it wasn't worth the trouble.(I usually don't trust reviews very much, but when so many sources say virtually the same thing...you kinda just pass on it.) All that being said,...this game is truly scary, but for so many different reasons. The lighting is absolutely second to none. The graphics and art direction are the best I have seen...easily as good as Gears 1 and BioShock. The sound set the bar as far as I'm concerned. I simply cannot say enough good things about this game. I would suggest downloading all 5 developer diaries on the XBLM as soon as you can. While watching them you will realize just how much this game was a labor of love for the whole team. They focused so much on the little things. It's the best game I've played this year...better than GTA, NG 2, UT 3, R6V2, and on and on. Scary game...but you should be more afraid of NOT playing it and missing out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyrantJester Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Considering FEAR wasn't scary, I'd say the answer is yes. Dead Space uses sound and visuals in a way I've not experienced in a while. There is a perpetual sense of dread and anxiety and, if you thought FEAR was scary, you will jump many times over the course of the game. Not to mention the fact that in FEAR, you are a super-soldier with an arsenal rivaling many developing nations. In Dead Space, you are an engineer armed with mining equipment, in the middle of space. So there's that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentplatypus Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Scariest game I've ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HentaiGuy42 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Honestly...I think F.E.A.R. scared me more consistently, however Dead Space is a better game. My only issue with Dead Space's style is that I grew accustomed to it, thus softening the blows a little. That being said, Dead Space is still creepy as all hell. Play it in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchb3rry Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I liked FEAR better. Just because it was a paranormal type game and I just find those scarier because the scare-factor is always there instead of triggered by scripts. Like comparing Silent Hill to Resident Evil, both are phenominal entries in the genre but two completely different kinds of fear, one is fun fear (like you look for in a horror movie), and one is subconscious fear (which is more nerve-wracking than enjoyable, but definitely makes you feel alive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdo guy Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Fear bored me, but dead space makes me want to keep playing, the gameplay alone is miles ahead and its surely one the scariest games ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironic Timing Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I thought FEAR was garbage. Didn't find it scary at all. Thought it was kinda corny too. Did not enjoy it or find it at all interesting. Regarding the story, I found the Dead Space story and characters to be more realistic and down to earth (just some engineer in the wrong place at the wrong time, trying to survive) than FEAR (some lame ass story about super soldiers working for some top secret paranormal investigation branch of the government... corny and lame in my opinion). Being just some normal guy in the wrong place in the wrong time adds to that sense of realism and fear. Dead Space, on the other hand, had my heart pounding constantly. And it was extremely disturbing on many levels. And I found it much, much funner. No matter how many times you play through the game, you seem to want to just play through again and again (even if you have 100% achievements!). FEAR had me bored and completely not interested after only a few levels. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidexx Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 This is one of the scariest games released on consoles since the RE and SH eras. DS2 didn't have the same effect on me, there was just too much shooting the aliens that came swarming at you. I hope the possible third game is more like the first one - and no MP, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage66 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Dead Space = Terror & scares FEAR= Horror & Paranormal Activitys. Dead Space is more Intense thats for sure.. but Fear is more creepy imo.. at least the Addons (Fear Files) has some good scares . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schism Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Its more of a rush, especially on the hardest difficulty. Just like every other horror game on this console, I would say wear a headset. It makes it scarier and trust me..playing games like this with a headset on, in the dark, its pure horror. Unless you have a surround sound system...played Dead Space at my uncles...holy fuck..the surround sound was intense. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedKing Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Not for me. FEAR had more psychological scares, which I like more. Scares that make you dread the next thing happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiral 462 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 This game is great, it has the scary factor but to me, it's more of a 'creepy' factor. The low/dark lighting and sound effects along with the creepy former crew members (necromorphs) are awesome lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinSaneV2 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I just started my first Dead Space playthrough a few days ago and it's infinitely scarier than F.E.A.R. ever was (at least from what I remember...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragarach Luin Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I think F.E.A.R. has the potential to be scarier...but it isn't the total package like Dead Space. Dead Space has much better gameplay and story, and the atmosphere is on a par with Bioshock's Rapture or Dishonored's Dunwall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataxia Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I went through the Campaign of F.E.A.R. multiple times a few months ago & it had essentially no atmosphere. I'd much rather play through Dead Space & Dead Space 2 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjc0961 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Considering Dead Space is about as scary as a kitten, I'm going to guess that no, it's not scarier than FEAR. Mind you I haven't played FEAR, but it's hard to imagine something being less scary than Dead Space. If Dead Space came out today, the internet would universally pan it for being PewDieBait. Nothing but absolutely boring loud noise jump scares. Maybe if the enemies didn't have the dumbest, goofiest designs I've ever seen, and maybe if they didn't die in 4-5 shots even on Impossible mode (or if ammo wasn't so plentiful), there might actually be something to afraid of. Instead, it's just a pretty boring third person shooter. EDIT: And maybe if every gun didn't double as a flashlight, and/or maybe if aiming your gun to use the flashlight had a negative effect on you. When aiming you move the exact same speed as when you aren't aiming, and the field of view is so terrible when not aiming that the slight zoom in when you do aim barely reduces your "peripheral vision". So there's never any reason not to always be aiming in dark areas, or anywhere else really. They should have not given every gun a light, and made your field of view much greater when not aiming so aiming made you see a lot less of the surrounding area, and made you move slower when aiming. Sadly, my quest for a real survival horror game continues. To anyone else looking for the same, don't waste your time with Dead Space. Edited August 23, 2015 by mjc0961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragarach Luin Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Considering Dead Space is about as scary as a kitten, I'm going to guess that no, it's not scarier than FEAR. Mind you I haven't played FEAR, but it's hard to imagine something being less scary than Dead Space. If Dead Space came out today, the internet would universally pan it for being PewDieBait. Nothing but absolutely boring loud noise jump scares. Maybe if the enemies didn't have the dumbest, goofiest designs I've ever seen, and maybe if they didn't die in 4-5 shots even on Impossible mode (or if ammo wasn't so plentiful), there might actually be something to afraid of. Instead, it's just a pretty boring third person shooter. EDIT: And maybe if every gun didn't double as a flashlight, and/or maybe if aiming your gun to use the flashlight had a negative effect on you. When aiming you move the exact same speed as when you aren't aiming, and the field of view is so terrible when not aiming that the slight zoom in when you do aim barely reduces your "peripheral vision". So there's never any reason not to always be aiming in dark areas, or anywhere else really. They should have not given every gun a light, and made your field of view much greater when not aiming so aiming made you see a lot less of the surrounding area, and made you move slower when aiming. Sadly, my quest for a real survival horror game continues. To anyone else looking for the same, don't waste your time with Dead Space. And here we have the perfect example of a "tryhard." This person is so concerned with convincing everyone that he's really tough and not scared at all by a video game that he ignored the fact that he was playing an excellent, excellent game. Instead of defining greatness by whatever extremely narrow standards you've created for the genre in which you want this game to be, why don't you just take what you get and analyze the experience critically. I could watch the movie "The Thing" and decide that it didn't hit the same notes of alien horror as "Alien," and therefore is a bad movie. Or I could watch it without preconceived expectations and realize that it's an extraordinary film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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