Today’s game is some more Dead Space. I wanted to start out by just appreciating the Boss Fights this game throws at you. I’ve only had two so far, maybe 5 chapters in. Both of them made good use of the game’s mechanics. There was the Brute-ish guy for example. I had to stasis him to beat him. I was a bit worried stasis would get relegated to an occasional “freeze this door” or “freeze this item in place” role outside of the option of using it combat. With this guy though it feels mandatory to get behind him.

I will admit though that I ran out midway through and started kiting him through a set of stairs to get pot shots on his back.

The second boss, and the one that was really interesting to me, was the invincible Necromorph. I liked having a (temporary) threat of a guy that couldn’t be beaten. Having to stasis it into the Cryo chamber and then freeze it was a really cool mechanic. The fact it’s still “alive” makes for an interesting threat to, because what if the guy can unfreeze him and sic him on the station. I doubt that’s what they’re going to pull. But it’s an interesting prospect.

Another detail I like is that the Cult is fucking everywhere. Some places are obvious. But some not so much. Like the Captain being revealed to be a Unitologist is revealed a little earlier if you notice the book chilling in his chair.

This is just me hypothesizing, but I also wonder if what’s his face who’s hiding in there is one too. Maybe he’s been reading it? It’s just a theory. Almost no evidence to back it up though.

Anyways. I made it to chapter 6 today when I have to eject the leviathan or whatever. Next I want to knock out another 3 chapters. Maybe more. This game is honestly making me nostalgic for Alan Wake again and when I 100% that. So I may try and 100% this to sate the feeling. It looks like it requires quite a few runs through though so that might be a wait of quite a while to pull off.