In a manner of speaking yes, kinda. The beginning with stuff about Isaac, Ellie and Robert Norton...is pretty dull and uninteresting. Carver's ok, Santos is amusing and Buckell was neat, due to his conversations with Isaac especially in a side-mission. Norton is just an ******* (even Isaac says this
) while Ellie, I don't like what they did with her at all. When they reach Tau Volantis, the story does pick up and some of the mythos get good treatment. Toward the end however, is where the mythos take a crazy turn. Convergence is explained, and wow, I was mind blown. I couldn't really say too much without spoiling, it's...crazy. Even the series' namesake is explained.
Dead Space 2 is fine honestly, the action turn isn't too bad. The original did have a decent amount of action, 2 ramped it a bit and some changes worked. Zero-Gravity (outside of the music omission, because man, the first's Zero-Gravity music was phenomenal, I loved it) was better a bit honestly, and Isaac talking is better than Isaac not talking. I'm fine with mute protagonists but I don't think it makes any sort of sense in survival horror - how does a guy not react to people being decimated? There was no real way to connect to Isaac unlike how Nintendo handles Link. Melee and stomping being faster helps because it was too slow and stilted in the first, and I still think Dead Space 2 has its slow and deliberate moments. I think people just hate on 2 too much, because it's a worthy successor and plus, Isaac is a bit more prepared unlike the first game.
3 however, did ruin a number of things. Isaac has no hallucinations, so some horror and moments of questioning Isaac are gone, which was neat in the first two games. They could have figured in something honestly, because Isaac still claims he is messed up in the head and since he has some odd moments of supposedly hallucinating. Human enemies suck, I hate that idea. Crafting is a neat idea though, it's not bad and Isaac being an engineer, it makes sense. However, moments of being alone and tension still work in the series, despite Isaac having a group now, so I give Visceral some credit.
. One thing that I learned, is that "practice doesn't make perfect" at that scene. You literally have to go in with your A-game, and hope for just a little bit of fortune on your side.
