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  I didn't enjoy it but forced myself to finish it because I spent sixty bucks on it :( : yakz
  • I bought it for $60 and sold it back to amazon for $40. so it cost me (in a sense) only $20. best damn $2... : varsindarkin
  • Did you play/like DS1? : veras
  • ??? What didn't you like? I just finished 1/2 hour ago and I loved it more than the first one. : zardoz555
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  stayed for after the credits? : varsindarkin
  • Yep, not too unexpected in the sense that I was pretty sure they were going to have another open endedish : veras
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    Damnit. I skipped it.... spoil me? : Lucien Irenicus
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5oFaDJXsso spoilers, ahoy. : TylerJSmith
      • I think you mean this: SPOILERS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMZjudHmQA : VegasX
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  for the eye self-surgery part, took me awhile before I realized that I wasn't watching a cutscene and I a... : YamatoTwinkie
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    Did you fuck it up on purpose to see what would happen? I did, and it was hilarious =D : veras
    • That was so gruesome! : thecray
    • yeah, but not on purpose. : YamatoTwinkie
• i like having little marionette shows with the dead bodies : crypt420
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  I just got the vintage suit. Badass! Glad I didn't get the security suit but held out for this one. : NastyJack
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    it sucks that there are so few suits in the game but OH HAI LOOK AT ALL TEH DLC : Boxelder
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      There are 4 more in the second playthrough : TylerJSmith
      • that's something, but I don't know if I'll replay. : Boxelder
      • Oh neat, I thought it was just two for some reason : veras
    • Those are all just dumb palette swaps with minor bonuses though : veras
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    the game won't let you get both or is it just a credits issue? : tunis5000
    • I held out. Turns out I made it to chapter 7 just fine without it. : NastyJack
• hey im currently playing olbivion shivering isle and so far so good : HisKillSkill
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  I'm happy that this is panning out well, Dead Space 1 was such a great game for me. It's crazy the roller... : MercFox1
  • No DLC :( : Herman Toothrot
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  Dammit Shackhype! What are you doing to me. :( : FirstPersonCooter
  • It's a damn good game, better than the first one : VegasX
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  Oh Contact Beam, where have you been all my life? : Arcanum
  • Contact Beam is sooo awesome, on my second playthrough I want to upgrade it and get the "special" node th... : veras
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  I just got to the Ishimura and I'm taking a break for 15 minutes while I stop panicking. >:( : virus
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    Contextless spoilers are the worst. : NastyJack
    • The game is even conveniently divided into chapters. : Arcanum
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      Sorry about that. Not a huge deal, but I'm around Chapter 10. : virus
      • Oh it's cool I didn't click on it but I was curious so I wanted to but couldn't. : NastyJack
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        Ok I'm running down the halls down to the engineering level and this shit is seriously freaking me out. ... : virus
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          Up until I encountered the first monster in that section, I was kinda hoping they'd do the whole thing ju : Arcanum
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            DECONTAMINATION IN PROGRESS : Lucien Irenicus
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              I hate that room. As soon as they reintroduced the Ishimura I knew I was going to have to go back through : TylerJSmith
              • It's not like it was surprising, either. All in all, I think the franchise would be scarier if it wasn't... : Arcanum
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              The last place in the world I wanted to go to was Medical. :( : acheron
              • Oh god, I'm gonna have to go through that again?!? FFFFUUUU : virus
          • haha I was kind of hoping that too, I found that part sooooo tense in the time leading up to the first at : veras
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25156118 : Felraiser
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  Anyone get any use out of the javelin? (esp. on the higher difficulties)
  
  I toyed around with it some near the start of my playthrough (on zealot) but I couldn't really get it to work well for me so ended up shelving it, wondering if it gets good if I get more used to using it/upgrade it some

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  Anyone get any use out of the javelin? (esp. on the higher difficulties) I toyed around with it some n... : veras
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    I haven't used that but I'm discovering that just like in the first game an upgraded ripper is pure devas... : NastyJack
    • I guess I'm doing it wrong. lol : virus
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      Ripper is on the shortlist of weapons I want to use on playthrough 2 also, dunno what else though On p... : veras
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        I've only used two weapons in both games. Plasma cutter and ripper will get you through just about everyt... : NastyJack
        • In DS1 I only used plasma cutter on my playthrough, then toyed with some other stuff in newgame+ for b : veras
        • Cutter works for bosses just fine. : ashkie
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    Javelin is easy mode for Zealot, especially upgraded. Just about everything goes down with a Jav to the c... : carbontree
    • interesting, thanks, will give it a try on round 2 : veras
  • Javelin gets good once you upgrade its secondary fire, zap zap zap. : zardoz555
• i loved (early/chapt 2 spoiler) getting my arms cut off because the emergency door shut on them if you bl : papaskot
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  I did as well, great game!! I was worried about the resources spent on multiplayer detracting from the s... : zardoz555
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    yeah, the MP seems like a pretty cursory addition anyway I gave it a try and there's really not much t... : veras
    • Which is almost too bad, because with some work that setup could have worked well as a multiplayer game. : enyakk
    • It's certainly fun, but the lack of other game modes and only 4-5 levels means it doesn't really have muc... : thecray
• Convince me to continue. I just put it down after dying repeatedly in the very large room in chapter 9 ri... : nutrient
• Holy shit I'm on mission 7..the fucking hologram chick that follows you around is brilliant. Plus I rarel : Cygnus X-1
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  i played only the first few missions of the first one, i think im going to play this without replaying th... : hanged_man
  • Certain bits are related, especially the ending. There are also cool little winks and nods to DS 1 that ... : zardoz555