So far, I haven't felt like my deaths have been cheap. It's a school of hard knocks, and in that way it reminds me of some of my favorite NES games. When I rolled off the ledge, I was shocked, and I realized just how many games these days make it so that you can't fall to your death. I'm looking forward to playing more of it, and the travel log is very fun to write.
From the little I've played so far and the discussions I've heard about the game in the past couple of years I think it's definitely something that should be tried if you like action RPGs at all.
Being an achievement hound, I think they really dropped the ball on the achievements/trophies here. Only 12? There were plenty of opportunities for some really inventive and fun achievements. Oh, well. At least it's easy to get most of them. I'd get them all if I hated myself enough to play it on hard.
I'm a big fan of supporting games with flaws that are special. Last year, I picked Alan Wake as my number 2 game, behind Mass Effect 2. Sure, it's not perfect, but it stayed with me for months after finishing it.
Played through this one with the Rebel FM Gameclub a couple years ago. I fell in love with Ninja Theory because of it. Enslaved was one of my favorite games of 2010, and I can'y wait to see what they do with DMC.
If memory serves, the Wolfenstein game was by Raven. They've spent a lot of time working on that new idtech engine.
I'm not a huge fan of Jak and Daxter, but I'm gung ho on these HD collections.
For my part, I'd like to see Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Ratchet and Clank, and an FF collection with X, X-2, and XII. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus look incredible, by the way.
I have a feeling that these are going to go the way of the Nintendo World Championship gold carts. They probably won't be as sought after or legendary, but since there's only five of them, people are going to be trying to track down the winners in a few years.
I really feel that the online pass is a bad idea. If you want to give people incentive to buy the new copy of the game, you should add something that appeals to gamers instead of giving the impression of taking something away.
I think that the Thing game on the PS2 and Xbox was really great at the time, but it doesn't hold up well today. I'm really curious to see the Dead Space mechanics work in a more open environment. Hopefully Visceral Games will be coming up with some huge enemies.
