knowing practically nothing about it... I've played 45 minutes of it so far and I've yelled shit about 45 times involuntarily. I love it. 
 
:D

It's pretty good. I have yet to beat it though for some reason, I've had it just sitting here for a few months.

If I am correct, you had screamed once every minute.

The demo didn't do much for me, but so many people have said they loved it that I think I may have to snag it once I see in in the bargain bin.

" If I am correct, you had screamed once every minute. "

pretty much. my roommate keeps laughing

Yelled or screamed? With this game it's normally the latter (if you're me anyway).

I didn't scream but I did pause (read: pause the game) for 10 seconds every time there was an encounter to collect myself.

I got to the first save point before I pussied out and quit. My girlfriend made fun of me for a week. lol

The game was awesome but it never really scared me.
 
It's all about the pseudo hard sci-fi theme.

I must have larger stones then i thought 
 
i wasn't really scared when playing and only jumped on 2 occasions but i will not go into them for fear of spoiling the game for anyone 

" Yelled or screamed? With this game it's normally the latter (if you're me anyway). "

" @Bucketdeth said:

" If I am correct, you had screamed once every minute. "

So we can confirm he was frightened by the main menu then right ? "

Yeah, it's got great atmosphere.

Hope you have enough ammo, I didn't because the guns were underpowered during your first play though.

well the menu wasn't a involuntary SHIT. it was more of a "oh shit this is gonna freak me out" shit.

" @eroticfishcake said:

" Yelled or screamed? With this game it's normally the latter (if you're me anyway). "

mostly yell. then screaming "yeah! BITCH!" when they can't move anymore "

" Hope you have enough ammo, I didn't because the guns were underpowered during your first play though. "

" Hope you have enough ammo, I didn't because the guns were underpowered during your first play though. "

I guess my problem was I bought too many guns at the beginning and I didn't have enough ammo for any one gun. I had almost no ammo to shoot with, then I sold a few of the guns and the solved the problem.

" @ZombieHunter said:

" @Bucketdeth said:

" If I am correct, you had screamed once every minute. "

So we can confirm he was frightened by the main menu then right ? "

I don't blame him... the first time I started up the game, even the menu was pretty creepy.  Atmospheric music.  "

Yelled because you're mad or scared? 
 
For me it was the former. 

I love Dead Space.  It's got great atmosphere and presents itself very well. 
 
I never was afraid playing it, but some of the jump scares did get me.

" @kmdrkul said:

" @ZombieHunter said:

" @Bucketdeth said:

" If I am correct, you had screamed once every minute. "

So we can confirm he was frightened by the main menu then right ? "

I don't blame him... the first time I started up the game, even the menu was pretty creepy.  Atmospheric music.  "

To be honest........I was screaming when I had seen the cover in Blockbuster, it was kind of embarrassing. "

 It was an awesome game, but it wasn't quite as scary as I thought it would be.  (I played it exclusively at night. +50% Scariness)
 
For example, whenever an enemy bursts out of a vent (at the beginning of an ambush/fight sequence), you get a high pitched violin sound a la 'Psycho'.
Sometimes, the enemies would come into the room/level from offscreen, and the violin track would alert you to their presence.
 
It would be much better if the violin track would cue ONLY when you first see the enemy.  (You'd still be able to hear the vent break as they came in)
They could creep up behind you and you would only get the cue once they attack you, instead of giving you the opportunity to look around for them and get a couple of shots off.

 @SJSchmidt93 said:
 
 I yelled out of fear really.
and mad?

GotY 2008 in my book.

On a side note, I stomped on almost every enemy after it died, to make sure it was dead. 
 
SonofaBITCH (Cracking of ribs)

" knowing practically nothing about it... I've played 45 minutes of it so far and I've yelled shit about 45 times involuntarily. I love it.   :D "

It would be much better if the violin track would cue ONLY when you first see the enemy.  They could creep up behind you and you would only get the cue once they attack you, instead of giving you the opportunity to look around for them and get a couple of shots off. "

" @yeahno said:

" @eroticfishcake said:

" Yelled or screamed? With this game it's normally the latter (if you're me anyway). "

mostly yell. then screaming "yeah! BITCH!" when they can't move anymore "

It's a real feel good moment when you kick the shit out of someone who just scared you. Same in real life. "

"    It would be much better if the violin track would cue ONLY when you first see the enemy.  They could creep up behind you and you would only get the cue once they attack you, instead of giving you the opportunity to look around for them and get a couple of shots off. "

" @yeahno said:

" knowing practically nothing about it... I've played 45 minutes of it so far and I've yelled shit about 45 times involuntarily. I love it.   :D "

How much did you pay for it? I found a copy for only $20. "

" @JeffGoldblum said:

" @yeahno said:

" knowing practically nothing about it... I've played 45 minutes of it so far and I've yelled shit about 45 times involuntarily. I love it.   :D "

How much did you pay for it? I found a copy for only $20. "

it was 30 used "

" @Bucketdeth said:

" If I am correct, you had screamed once every minute. "

So we can confirm he was frightened by the main menu then right ? "

About the violin track... you would still be able to hear the monster breaking through the vent, so you'd know it was there if you were paying attention to the ambient noise.
 
Edit: I saw it for 25 Canadabucks at EB, but I picked it up at Best Buy for $30 instead. 
I want to support EA for trying something different :/

Dead Space is probably the scariest game i've played. The audio is immense. I was on constantly on edge. That sustained horror made a larger impression and impressed me more than any old jump scare, which it also had many of. The game is an incredible experience. One particular sequence scared living fuck out of me, for ten minutes straight or whatever.

My roommate has been keeping tally of my cussing so far in chapter 2 I have said:

• shit - 19
  
• (god) damn (it) - 7
• hell - 2
• fuck - 2

Chapter 3! 

• shit - 8
• (God) Damn (it) - 6
• Fuck(er) - 5
• Bitch - 1

•  Shit - 1
• (God) Damn (it) - 5
• Hell - 4
• Fuck(er) - 8
• Bitch - 2