Take down the terror ~together~. Let's Play Dead Space 3!

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SIGSEGV: Nov 4, 2010

I think the mine is there because Titan Station is built on a planetcraced chunk of Titan that was pulled into orbit.

E: well, you covered it afterwards.

SIGSEGV fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Apr 28, 2015

# ? Apr 28, 2015 21:25

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 08:58

Shei-kun: Dec 2, 2011; Screw you, physics!

I think we need fanart of Isaac juggling stasis packs.

Possibly while killing people.

Because that's become the dominant joke of this LP.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 10:12

Illuyankas: Oct 22, 2010

Shei-kun posted:

I think we need fanart of Isaac juggling stasis packs.

Possibly while killing people.

Because that's become the dominant joke of this LP.

Someone draw Isaac throwing a stasis pack at Norton knocking him off a cliff.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 13:12

Fish Noise: Jul 25, 2012; IT'S ME, BURROWS!

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, BURROWS!

Shei-kun posted:

Because that's become the dominant joke of this LP.

Why contain it? Let it spill over the LP subforum, let the stasis packs pile up in the streets. In the end they all deserve to die.

I now await CJacobs' Bloodborne LP with an Isaac "But it's good blood. I mean sure these guys were once human, but that was a long time ago." Clarke character.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 13:13

value-brand cereal: May 2, 2008

It does make sense for him not to use stasis packs on a fellow crazy dude because isaac is in a heavy sit and probably thinks he can over power him. And you can argue is symbolic of him killing his crazy side completely after that 'accepting himself' scene. Because metaphor might go over someone's head even if they're basically explained.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 16:07

liquidypoo: Aug 23, 2006; Chew on that... you overgrown son of a bitch.

Aw man, I forgot to put on my 3D glasses when that body got stuck in the door :v:

# ? Apr 29, 2015 19:07

WFGuy: Feb 18, 2011; Press X to jump, then press X again!; Toilet Rascal

One minor issue I do have with Dead Space 2 is that they didn't use all five steps as metaphor for grief. Still, I think it's a pretty good twist, and the idea that Nicole is only hostile to him because he hasn't come to terms with his guilt and grief is an interesting one.

And to be fair, he has pretty good reason not to have gotten over it yet. He only got past denial at the very end of Dead Space 1 when Kendra forced him to rewatch the entire suicide note, and he was put into an amnesiac work-coma pretty quickly after that. He's basically been in combat or eldritch terror almost the entire time since then, and he's only had a few hours to actually think about her.

But anyway, the most important thing to take away from this episode is that Ellie is a stone-cold badass.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 19:35

Wiseblood: Dec 31, 2000

One funny thing you didn't get to show off is if you stomp Stross' corpse an audiolog pops out.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 19:36

Geostomp: Oct 22, 2008; Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

WFGuy posted:

One minor issue I do have with Dead Space 2 is that they didn't use all five steps as metaphor for grief. Still, I think it's a pretty good twist, and the idea that Nicole is only hostile to him because he hasn't come to terms with his guilt and grief is an interesting one.

And to be fair, he has pretty good reason not to have gotten over it yet. He only got past denial at the very end of Dead Space 1 when Kendra forced him to rewatch the entire suicide note, and he was put into an amnesiac work-coma pretty quickly after that. He's basically been in combat or eldritch terror almost the entire time since then, and he's only had a few hours to actually think about her.

But anyway, the most important thing to take away from this episode is that Ellie is a stone-cold badass.

Well, Ellie used to be a badass, anyway. That was before the limitations of last gen consoles keeping her out of her rightful Player 2 spot and the new writing team got through with her.

Well, I'd like the idea of Nicole's hallucination being just Issac's guilt, but I'm not sure it pans out in the end. We're almost to the point where the writing staff started to feel the time crunch and the storyline falls apart.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 20:00

Dreadwroth: Dec 12, 2009; by R. Guyovich

I like that they made Ellie's RIG show she has low health after getting cyclopsed, it's a nice detail.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 20:21

value-brand cereal: May 2, 2008

Dreadwroth posted:

I like that they made Ellie's RIG show she has low health after getting cyclopsed, it's a nice detail.

Me too.

Also what the hell were you going to do with Stross before he went poof?

# ? Apr 29, 2015 21:15

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

Wedemeyer posted:

Me too.

Also what the hell were you going to do with Stross before he went poof?

It's been months since we recorded this, but I think the plan was to see how long we could cart Stross's corpse around with us. Like how CJacobs dragged Norton's corpse around and then threw him right at Ellie in that one bonus video.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 21:23

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

Yeah pretty much. I wanted to take him as far as I could but unfortunately the game was like "No gently caress you" before I could even start our journey together. v :v:

# ? Apr 29, 2015 21:51

WFGuy: Feb 18, 2011; Press X to jump, then press X again!; Toilet Rascal

Dead Space 2 seems to assign specific rooms to items somehow, because you also can't go around with a mass of kinesis spears - they'll vanish the same way. It doesn't affect ammo, if I recall, since I vaguely remember doing the same 'punt stuff to the store' tactic I used in DS1.

I honestly didn't care enough (or ever feel the need) to try the same in DS3, so I'm not sure how long you can carry non-ammo loot in the third. With all the ammo they give you and the inability to sell it for cash, who cares?

# ? Apr 29, 2015 22:11

EponymousMrYar: Jan 4, 2015; The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

WFGuy posted:

One minor issue I do have with Dead Space 2 is that they didn't use all five steps as metaphor for grief. Still, I think it's a pretty good twist, and the idea that Nicole is only hostile to him because he hasn't come to terms with his guilt and grief is an interesting one.

They sort of do actually. Isaac goes through most of the steps (not depression he's got no time for that) but the steps they're talking about aren't the steps of grief. Ultimately Strauss failed to accept what happened and ended up suicidally crazy. Nichole being able to toss Isaac around though can be explained: remember when she tried to stick a needle in his eye and when the vision ended he was holding it in a way that could suggest he was doing it to himself?

It would be really interesting to see what happened during the last Nichole scene from a non-Isaac perspective. Assuming that he wasn't just walking in a stupor for five minutes.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 23:26

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

Oh man, the death scene for Isaac's final QTE with Nicole is awesome. I'll have to show it in a separate link or something when we get around to it in the playthrough.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 23:28

Veotax: May 16, 2006

It's the smile that makes it.

# ? Apr 29, 2015 23:57

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

We're approaching one of my favorite jokes in the series.

"Ellie? Ellie?! Ellie! ELLIE!"

chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Apr 30, 2015

# ? Apr 30, 2015 04:14

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

I mentioned Bungie sneaking the teeny tiny In Amber Clad into the drop into New Mombasa from Halo: ODST in this latest video as my "favorite little detail that didn't have to be in there" in video games. Here's the actual video of that sequence for the the curious. In Amber Clad appears around 3:15 mark. Look for it in the space between Regret's carrier and the space elevator.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 08:00

Sally: Jan 9, 2007; Don't post Small Dash!

just an fyi, but this should be your "favourite little detail that didn't have to be in there" in video games.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 08:18

tlarn: Mar 1, 2013; You see,
God doesn't help little frogs.

He helps people like me.

My favorite detail that didn't have to be in a game was that Goldeneye on the N64 had a working ZX Spectrum emulator on the cartridge, with ten games. :reject:

# ? Apr 30, 2015 09:27

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

I wonder what it smells like in the alien city. Probably some kind of gross mildew-y kinda odor, like a dank basement in a haunted mansion. At least the codex seems to be working properly. It's hard to believe the LP is almost over; there's only one update left in the main game! I've got to say, I'm pretty excited for the end. I am joined by Blind Sally and Nine-Gear Crow.

TEXT LOGS IN THIS CHAPTER:

quote:

SCAF-ISC-31024 CIV-EXC-090

PERSONAL-LOG: DR. EARL SERRANO

THE CRANIUM OF THE SPECIES CONTAINS SIX HOLES, EACH A PASSAGE LEADING TO A RESONANCE CHAMBER NOT UNLIKE OUR OWN NASAL CAVITY. WHEN AIR IS BLOWN THROUGH THE HOLES, IT PASSES THROUGH A PHONIC MEMBRANE THAT THEN VIBRATES AND MODULATES THE SOUND. BY OPENING AND CLOSING THE VARIOUS MEMBRANES, "NOTES" ARE PRODUCED.

THIS COINCIDES WITH A WRITTEN SCRIPT OBSERVED CARVED INTO THE SURFACE OF MANY OF THE STRUCTURES WE UNCOVERED. IT ISN'T SO MUCH A WRITTEN LANGUAGE AS IT IS PRONUNCIATIONS KEY. THERE APPEAR TO BE SIX BASIC LETTERS OR "NOTES" IN THE LANGUAGE. SIMPLE, TO BE SURE, BUT BY COMBINING NOTES, NEW MEANING IS CONVEYED. THUS, THERE IS A NOTATION INDICATING HOW LONG TO HOLD EACH NOTE.

NOW, IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THE SPECIES WOULD NEED A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR ITS OWN LANGUAGE. IN FACT, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ADDED AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. IT'S AS IF THEY KNEW THEY DIDN'T HAVE LONG TO LIVE AND THEY NEEDED TO COMMUNICATE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO WHOMEVER DISCOVERED THEIR WORLD.

IN A WAY, THIS NOTATION WAS LEFT FOR US AS A WAY FOR THEM TO SPEAK TO US FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

quote:

SCAF-ISC-31024 CIV-EXC-090

PERSONAL-LOG: DR. EARL SERRANO

THE DEEP DIG SURVIVORS REFUSE TO SPEAK. WHETHER THIS IS WILLING OR THE RESULT OF THE TRAUMA THEY OBSERVED IS UNCERTAIN.

THEY CONTINUE TO DRAW STRANGE SYMBOLS ON ANY SURFACE THEY CAN FIND. AND WHEN NO OTHER SURFACE IS AVALIBLE, THEY USE THEIR OWN SKIN.

AFTER PERSISTENT INQUIRIES AS TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING, ONE OF THEM FINALLY TURN TO ME AND SPOKE.

"WE WITNESS THE TRUTH," HE SAID. "AND SO WILL YOU!" THIS LAST BIT HE SCREAMED AS HE CAME AT ME WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THANKFULLY, I MANAGED TO SCRAMBLE AWAY. IT TOOK SEVERAL SOLDIERS TO SUBDUE HIM BEFORE HE COULD BE TAKEN TO A MORE SECURE HOLDING AREA.

quote:

SCAF-ISC-31024 CIV-EXC-090

PERSONAL-LOG: DR. EARL SERRANO

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE CITY, I WAS AMAZED AT THE STATUARY. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK - CLUSTURED TOGETHER, INTEGRATED INTO THE ARCHITECTURE. IT WASN'T UNTIL I STUDIED THEM MORE CLOSELY THAT I UNDERSTOOD. THEY'RE NOT STATUES AT ALL BUT THE REMAINS OF THIS ONCE-GREAT SPECIES. WILLING OR NOT, THEY HAVE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF A MACHINE OF STAGGERING COMPLEXITY. THEY'VE LITERALLY PAID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THEIR VERY LIVES.

quote:

SCAF-ISC-31024 CIV-EXC-090

PERSONAL-LOG: DR. EARL SERRANO

SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS WE BROUGHT UP FOR EXAMINATION WERE COVERED IN WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS FOSSILIZED CARBUNCLES.

WE THOUGHT THEY WERE INERT, HAVING BEEN DEAD FOR POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS.

BUT WHILE THEY WERE IN ANTI-GRAV TRANSIT, SOME OF THE GROWTHS BROKE OFF. WHEN CREWS WENT BACK TO RETRIVE THEM, THEY DISCOVERED SEVERAL LARGE PODS AFFIXED TO THE WALLS, PRESUMABLY INCUBATING SOMETHING WITHIN.

WHEN APPROCHED, THEY CRACKED OPEN AND WHAT SPILLED OUT WAS - HORRIFYING. WE LOST SEVERAL OF OUR CREW THAT DAY.

THE CREATURES HAVE SINCE BEEN SHUT UP IN THE TRANSIT SHAFT UNTIL WE CAN EXAMINE THEM.

THE OTHER SHAFT HAS BEEN FITTED WITH TRIPWIRE DEVICES TO DETER ANY OTHERS THAT MAY HAVE ESCAPED OUR NOTICE.

quote:

PERSONAL JOURNAL: DR. EARL SERRANO

By setting up camp at the edge of the deep dig site, I am able to oversee the excavation more directly than before. Each day is filled with thrilling new discoveries never before witnessed by another human being.

Just yesterday, we broke through the staggeringly huge internal cavity filled with an eerie green light. There was a sudden rush of vapor as the two atmospheres met for the first time in eons.

The deep dig teams were sent in with camera feeds to be my eyes and ears. I could hardly contain my excitement as the first images grainy though they were showed a vast city of magnificent architecture and towering statues rising out of the mist.

quote:

DEEP DIG REPORT: CLP ELIZABETH ATWOOD

We noticed their haunting, graceful forms almost immediately as we ascended into the city. Some twenty-stories tall and others no more than four meters in height.

After a grueling hours-long hike, we made camp at the feet of one such �statue�. To keep from freezing, we deployed a portable heating unit and huddled around it until we managed to fall asleep.

I was jolted awake by a shrill flute-like noise. The �statue� was gone and so were half my crew. As I fumbled for my gear I saw it, gaunt and gray, it�s bone-crusted head staring in my direction. This couldn't be one of the noble beings that constructed this city, could it? It appeared stunted and corrupt, a frightening and twisted version of this species.

With the fate of my crew uncertain, I did the only thing I could do. I ran.

quote:

PERSONAL JOURNAL: DR. EARL SERRANO

The signal projected by the Markers permeates everything and everyone. We are all affected differently. Some are driven to rage. Others suffer hallucinations. And still others fall into gibbering dementia.

But perhaps the most insidious effect it has is when we don�t realize it has taken hold of us. Indeed, we show no signs of madness. We believe we are following our natural compulsions. And in all likelihood, we will not realize this manipulation until our ill-conceived plans will come to fruition and it is too late to reverse our actions.

Am I justified in resisting the urge to turn off the Machine? Am I right in believing the Machine must be completed to stop the Markers? Or am I slave to the very forces that conspire to wipe out all life in this universe?

Only time will tell.

quote:

DAILY REFLECTIONS: JACOB DANIK

Like any good spiritual journey, this trip has constantly questioned my beliefs and tested my resolve. But by careful observation of the facts, I now believe I know what truly has transpired on this planet and why our race has failed to achieve Convergence.

The natives of Tau Volantis, like ourselves, tampered with the Markers and broke from Nature�s plan. Judging by the relative completeness of the moon in orbit, they were so close to achieving final, lasting glory.

Now we are faced with their test.

Will we too fall short of eternal glory because we stopped mere inches from the final stage? Will we also succumb to fear and fail to take the last step?

Faith takes courage, my friends. Today, let us be the ones to set aside fear and accept the future promised by the Markers.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 09:31

paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

No bad Stargate episodes, Crow? Really? Not even Emancipation?

I really love the amount of venomous hate Isaac's VA put into everything Isaac says to Danik.

paragon1 fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Apr 30, 2015

# ? Apr 30, 2015 09:57

Fish Noise: Jul 25, 2012; IT'S ME, BURROWS!

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, BURROWS!

Well, the events of Prince of Persia COULD have been prevented if Isaac "Michael Boltgun" Clarke had just stasised the king.

nine-gear crow posted:

I mentioned Bungie sneaking the teeny tiny In Amber Clad into the drop into New Mombasa from Halo: ODST in this latest video as my "favorite little detail that didn't have to be in there" in video games. Here's the actual video of that sequence for the the curious. In Amber Clad appears around 3:15 mark. Look for it in the space between Regret's carrier and the space elevator.

Neat little detail but I keep going back and staring at those weirdly exaggerated character animations.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 10:33

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

Well, it won't be long now. Just one(?) more week and you all get to witness "The Meltdown". :getin:

# ? Apr 30, 2015 10:43

Sally: Jan 9, 2007; Don't post Small Dash!

But who will meltdown? :ghost:

# ? Apr 30, 2015 15:41

powerful lizard: Jan 28, 2009

Blind Sally posted:

But who will meltdown?

Honestly all of you melted down about halfway through, and we're just watching you embrace your madness.

also, Isaac making GBS threads on Danik this episode is hillarious.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 15:43

Travic: May 27, 2007; Getting nowhere fast

nine-gear crow posted:

Well, it won't be long now. Just one(?) more week and you all get to witness "The Meltdown".

I can't wait.

Wait...were those Alien Necromorphs vomiting up Human baby Necromorphs?

Travic fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Apr 30, 2015

# ? Apr 30, 2015 16:13

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

Taking bets on who will be melting down in the last episode, the prize for guessing correctly is one high five

# ? Apr 30, 2015 16:14

Zain: Dec 6, 2009; It's only forever, not long at all

CJacobs I can't believe how racist you're being. "These Necromorphs deserve what's happening to them." Don't you feel for them? They're living creatures! I can't even believe what I'm hearing.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 16:21

1stGear: Jan 16, 2010; Here's to the new us.

CJacobs posted:

Taking bets on who will be melting down in the last episode, the prize for guessing correctly is one high five

nine-gear crow, without question.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 16:40

Inco: Apr 3, 2009; I have been working out! My modem is broken and my phone eats half the posts I try to make, including all the posts I've tried to make here. I'll try this one more time.

It's a trick, they're all going to literally melt down, then fuse together for their next LP, Martian Gothic: Unification!

# ? Apr 30, 2015 16:47

Ijuuin Enzan: Oct 28, 2006; More fun than dryer lint.

Travic posted:

Wait...were those Alien Necromorphs vomiting up Human baby Necromorphs?

Nope.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 17:15

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

Zain posted:

CJacobs I can't believe how racist you're being. "These Necromorphs deserve what's happening to them." Don't you feel for them? They're living creatures! I can't even believe what I'm hearing.

#spikesupdon'tdismember

# ? Apr 30, 2015 17:16

CoffeeQaddaffi: Mar 20, 2009

Zain posted:

CJacobs I can't believe how racist you're being. "These Necromorphs deserve what's happening to them." Don't you feel for them? They're living creatures! I can't even believe what I'm hearing.

#necromorphlivesmatter

# ? Apr 30, 2015 17:59

Rick_Hunter: Jan 5, 2004; My guys are still fighting the hard fight!
(weapons, shields and drones are still online!)

Travic posted:

I can't wait.

Wait...were those Alien Necromorphs vomiting up Human baby Necromorphs?

No, but they basically serve the same function: submunitions/grenades to throw back at them.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 18:49

WFGuy: Feb 18, 2011; Press X to jump, then press X again!; Toilet Rascal

CJacobs, I take it you have not yet watched Window of Opportunity. Slacker. :colbert:

Yeah, this segment of the 'climax' really feels like filler. It really doesn't feel very important, despite the flashy superpowers, probably because they killed off all the important characters except Danik and he just occasionally pops in to make stupid comments. We're down to basically a Kendra equivalent, but where that pretty much worked in Dead Space 1 it feels much emptier here with the increased scale of the threat.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 19:38

Fish Noise: Jul 25, 2012; IT'S ME, BURROWS!

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, BURROWS!

Inco posted:

It's a trick, they're all going to literally melt down, then fuse together for their next LP, Martian Gothic: Unification!

There were a few options for C "Zeusmurderer" Jacobs to prevent such a convergence event, but unfortunately he's sold all his stasis packs and the freezing machine doesn't work on Canadians.

# ? Apr 30, 2015 19:50