Dead Space Remake

McFly85 · 26-01-2023 5:41pm

It’s reviewing better than I expected! And it’s nice that there’s some additional content in there, and those god awful cannon bits are gone.

I played the original at Halloween though, and I’m happy enough to wait for a sale and play the remake in October.

F1ngers · 26-01-2023 5:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120161361#Comment_120161361

That'll do.

My birthday present to myself.

brady12 · 26-01-2023 6:19pm

It's coming in post from smyths tomorrow , I hope ! If not i'm buying it digitally i'm desperate to play it ! Anyway can change a time zone on ps5 and play it now ? Could do it with Xbox but haptics are supposed be class on ps5 on it .

Retr0gamer · 26-01-2023 6:50pm

Less enthusiastic but not bad reviews from the more reliable reviewers. Sounds like the same 7/10 experience it's always been from the eurogamer review.

Retr0gamer · 27-01-2023 1:49am

https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/26/dead-space-remake-review-return-of-the-necromorphs-18171987/

More negative review from the usually excellent metro game central.

Grumpypants · 27-01-2023 12:31pm

Delighted to see it getting such great reviews, you never know with remakes if they mess with it too much or not enough they can get it wrong. But for it to do better than the original which was already really high is very good.

Looking forward to playing this in the dark on my new OLED tonight 😨

Vicxas · 27-01-2023 2:06pm

Really odd that its releasing at 4PM, any idea why?

CastorTroy · 27-01-2023 2:19pm

Maybe going by 8AM PST?

Vicxas · 27-01-2023 2:50pm

Odd they chose 8am PST. Normally midnight

johnny_ultimate · 27-01-2023 2:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120165367#Comment_120165367

4-6pm Irish time is pretty standard for Steam releases, although yeah console releases typically release at midnight local time.

brady12 · 27-01-2023 5:11pm

Dead space remake is incredible on ps5 . played the original when i was about 19 . Can't remember any of it 😅but remember loving it back then too .3 hours in .

Already downloaded 2 onto my series x!

wayne040576 · 27-01-2023 7:13pm

I've read reports of CPU overheating on the PC version. I'd be interested in seeing how bad this issue is before buying this. I tend to avoid any games that cause overheating of any sort. I recently had to uninstall weird west as it was frying my GPU and leaving me with a black screen.

Grumpypants · 27-01-2023 7:27pm

Dead Space on an OLED when the lights go out is amazing. Pitch black with just the glows from the suit and a few distant lights glowing.

I know it's a small thing but the sparks 😍

brady12 · 27-01-2023 7:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166846#Comment_120166846

Ya it's class . Only negative so far not being skip cut scenes 🙈Died twice on one spot and had re watch long cut scene . Could be very frustrating later in game !

KilOit · 27-01-2023 8:45pm

Big fan of the series, rocking a Dead Space poster on my wall and using isaacs picture as an avatar on my login screen, sad case I know

Grumpypants · 28-01-2023 2:29pm

The 3D audio is great....well in a scared the **** out of me way 🤣.

Constant sounds all around you, ship creaking, steam pipes, sparks, voices in your head, doors and monsters. Really messes with you.

Would be horrific in VR.

Cold|Fusion · 28-01-2023 2:49pm

I'm on chapter 4 atm and I have to say I'm so disappointed. The graphics on the PS5 version are horrendous. It's all pixelated to hell, this is with performance mode disabled. I'm hoping it gets sorted as I see that a lot of people are experiencing the same issue. For me so far The Calisto Protocol is a much better game in terms of atmosphere and visuals at least.

Penn · 28-01-2023 7:20pm

Played the first hour. Seems pretty good so far. Never played the originals so not much idea of what to expect.

Grumpypants · 28-01-2023 8:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120169575#Comment_120169575

It seems to be a bug that came in the day one patch, was just reading an article about it right before coming here. Seems to be when it tries to rescale the resolution down to match the display.

If you have it on disk, delete the patch and it should be perfect.

Cold|Fusion · 28-01-2023 9:30pm

Thanks for that Grumpy. Alas I just deleted it there and cancelled the patches. It still doesn't look great to me. Maybe it's just me! But it just doesn't look like a finished product. It still looks like I'm playing a ps4 version!

brady12 · 30-01-2023 12:49am

Iv noticed graphics as well . About 3 hours getting distracting . And it's on Graphics mode . Callisto stunning compared to it . Graphics supposed be better on Xbox ?

Retr0gamer · 30-01-2023 9:06am

Seems to be a problem with VRS. I've never been a fan of vrs and when you have a game as dark as dead space I'm sure it's reducing the quality of pretty much everything. Apparently theres a patch incoming.

Azza · 30-01-2023 10:05am

While there analysis of Dead Space isn't out, digital foundry said in the latest DF direct that there is an issue with the visuals and its to do with a combination of dynamic resolution scaling, FSR upscaling and VRS. Should be fixed in a patch.

I'm more than delighted to hear the HDR implementation is excellent. No black level raise which is so common with HDR in games these days. The HDR implemtation in the Callisto Protocol should of been renamed to the milk filter.

Grumpypants · 30-01-2023 4:54pm

Calisto looked great there is no argument there. But the game is miles behind dead space.

Penn · 31-01-2023 1:51pm

Finished Chapter 4 last night, pretty much 1 hour per chapter. Really liking the game and combat. If I had any complaints it'd be that movement is extremely tanky, especially with no form of dodge or backstep. But also the insect enemies that latch on to you are a pain if you don't have the flamethrower equipped. Lost a good chunk of health in one fight last night because I was trying to kill a normal enemy and couldn't see why I wasn't shooting and why my health was flashing. Didn't see the prompt to shake the insect off, but even when I did there were another few on the ground who would instantly latch on to me. Going to definitely keep the flamethrower equipped at all times from now on.

Vicxas · 31-01-2023 3:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120170870#Comment_120170870

There was an issue with Dynamic Shading scaling (or something like that) that they're aware of and are patching shortly. DF did a tech dive an noticed it too.