Dead Space 2 (2011)

Could someone please add a page for the Severed DLC for Dead Space 2? I know how to create pages for main games, but I have no idea how to make one for DLCs.

Btw, this DLC is decent enough to spend about 1.5 hours on, even though it mostly reuses locations from the main game and is quite short. Back then, consoles were prioritized more and sometimes had exclusive DLCs, so this one never released on PC. I believe some players may not have even heard about it. As of now, it’s still available on the Xbox Store for $7 (no discounts for a very long time), though not in all regions while the main game is $20 but was discounted to $3–5 in 2024. The Xbox version of Dead Space 2 and the Severed DLC are FPS-boosted, running at 60 FPS with occasional frame drops. I’m not sure about the PS3 version, but I couldn’t find the original Dead Space trilogy on PSN.

In the end, if you really like the franchise, you shouldn’t wait too long to try this DLC. For non-fans, however, it’s more or less skippable.

3/4 of the way through. It is for sure more difficult than the first game, and because of that more heart-pounding. It doesn't have the same impact, though. The first had some fantastically crafted horror moments, especially in the beginning. Dead Space 2 feels more edgy, sometimes coming off as a little try-hard. They were clearly trying to push things farther, but the formula for the first game can only go so far. Mechanically, this is the same game. Pushing it out of scope causes its flaws to appear more clearly. This isn't to say Dead Space 2 is entirely out of scope, but you can see it here and there. The enemies are deadlier, and in some areas they just throw waves of difficult enemies at you in a way that's not exactly scary but more action oriented. Then again, at some point the first game stopped being really scary, too. The style can only go so far, and 10ish hours is not sustainable for terror. At some point is becomes mundane. Combat arenas are obvious (even enemy type can be deduced by object placement), and your upgrades make you more deadly, but the enemies grow in power, too. The "gameyness" of it becomes more apparent as time drags on, and terror falls off.

Also, random note for anyone playing this...Stasis is way more important than in the first game. Upgrade Stasis. You'll be sorry if you don't.

It's been forever, and it took me forever but I finally got around to beating Dead Space 2.

The first game was amazing and I loved it. It was one of the first games I streamed back in the day, and a lot of people really enjoyed watching me play. I remember being told "why are you not charging us to watch you play?" and I was like "wtf lol who would pay for this?" But apparently it was a fun time. It was the first time I thought maybe I could earn a living as a let's player. But that ship has sailed, and being entertaining is exhaustive.

Anywho, the game. It's good fun, there are a lot of good weapons in there. My favorite being the pulse gun. Lots of ammo, great damage, large clip, very accurate, what more do you want? Mechanically, the game is sound, and there is a lot of good fun stuff to enjoy, with what is it? counts on fingers I want to say 8 different weapons? I enjoy a shooter based around more goal oriented objectives. Like the first game, you have to shoot off the limbs of any of the approaching zombies before you can kill it. You can eventually kill it just by shooting at its torso, but doing so would cost two or three times more ammo. Ammo is a big deal, you will want to grab as much as you can from all the corpses you leave in your wake, and be sure to upgrade your inventory slots to carry all that ammo.

By the end of the game you will have a large amount of resources, enough to upgrade a third gun. If I were to play it again I would probably use the javelin launcher primarily, it is lots of fun to shoot and upgrading its special ability allows you to detonate your javelins after you fire them.

Game holds up, even though it was made in 2011. I've finally gotten around to beating it after 7 years.

The story, well, the story is a mess. I'm sure its pretty cohesive but its like, not really a whole lot going down in the 8 hours you are running around. Things could have been better explained, who everyone is, what faction they are working for, what their priorities are. You don't really get that just from the interactions. After having played the whole thing it all makes a little bit more sense, but it's not like it was a big reveal or something. They really should have just let you know whats up from the get-go. All of this inferring isn't really good storytelling.

It's worth a playthrough if you enjoyed the first game, and it's pretty short. You could probably finish it in about 6 hours. It took me 7 because I left my computer on during a meal and also I explored every nook and cranny looking for ammo and loot and medpacks, which I never really needed.

So apparantly this game's DLC includes a bunch of upgraded versions of all weapons and suits, and they are made available to you at the first store in the game... for free... kind of takes the survival aspect out of the game

There's no way to disable the DLC so I'll just have to ignore about 30 items in the store for the rest of the game.. so stupid