Quick Look: Dead Space 3: Awakened

I'm unsure if I should watch this or hold off and pick Dead Space 3 as my free game for the Sim City fuck up.

You'll be really disappointed then because it's just a giant T-100 that raises and lowers its head. If you want to fight an actual baby, play Clive Barker's Jericho

And I'm with the moon thing not being that crazy. It was kind of dumb, and I would argue that fighting a psychic projection of your dead girlfriend while zombie children swarm you is much crazier

I'm fairly certain that I'm never going to play Dead Space 3 (outside of watching the ending on youtube since I did love the first two games). So...let the spoilage begin!

Never played any dead space but this looks SO DUMB. Can't believe some people would say a series with ''the moon crew'' in it is the best this generation... I mean WTF? It's not like it has the tone of saints row to go with that kind of complete non-sense.

MOON CREW STEPPIN UP TO STOMP YOU FOO

What are you even saying? I don't what kind of world you live in where something called ''the moon crew'', a bunch of sentient necromancer moons is not that crazy. The fact that the end boss is one of those is SO DUMB. I honnestly can't think of a stupider situation in a video game and I played saint's row the third.

This fighting aggressive and violence prone Moons does sound awkward. But what I remember was how good Deep space 1 and even 2 was. I'm glad I got to play those, not a waste of my time at all. And I may visit 3 someday..with this DLC. However I have other games on the price drop list, such as Crysis 3 to consider also.

The ending of this DLC is bananas and is either a great series ending or it sets up an amazing 4th entry

Watching Brad with his rocket launcher shotgun combo is exactly why Dead Space 3 is such a terrible Dead Space game. Why dismember the limbs when you just rocket them to hell. Such bullshit. Let's just make all ammo universal so there's so need to conserve your heavy weapon ammo. Makes me pissed that an awesome series like Dead Space has been turned to this.

I'm always amazed by how good the lip-syncing has been throughout the Dead Space series. Second to L.A. Noire, but that's about it.

I'm sad to hear Patrick mention that Dead Space 4 might have been cancelled due to low sales figures of Dead Space 3. I know I contributed to those low sales since I haven't bought it yet. I did want to buy it and I would have on day 1 if I could buy it on Steam. I already own 1 and 2 on Steam so I figured I'd wait and maybe get it later if it ever came to Steam. The same thing goes for Crysis 3. I own 1 and 2 on Steam so I want to continue using Steam.

You simply can't though, and while Origin isn't as nice as Steam it isn't anything to be avoided. The reality was Steam was never going to be the only source for digital PC games, it just can't be that way. It's a bummer, I know I'm right there with you, but that's just business.

Well it's a good thing I don't care about Dead Space 3 then.

Yea. My resistance to using Origin is completely irrational and I will get over it eventually, but I still just want to keep my sequels together. If I didn't have Dead Space 1 and 2 on my PC through Steam already, then getting it from an alternative source wouldn't be as big of a snag for me. It is the same reason why I don't just buy it for my XBox 360, I just want them all in the same place. It's my own problem and I'm sorry that it may have aided in the cancellation of a fun series but I don't think EA should limit itself like it is currently doing.

I didn't play Dead Space 3 and I don't plan on playing it but listening to Brad and Patrick freak out the entire Quick Look about this dumb moon shit was so great.

Definitely. I thought it was actually really clever in a way. Throughout all three games all you hear about is convergence, we must be one, unity above all etc. Then you find out what convergence is, which directly leads to the creation of this bio-mass moon - and in a Sci Fi way not only does it completely make sense but is actually a pretty solid theory. The way Patrick and Brad talk about it you'd think the final boss fight was actually a big round moon complete with mustache, monocle and boxing gloves having a boxing match with Isaac, necromorphs cheering and chugging Necro-beer from the sidelines. Guess what? The moon was represented by a giant gross monster with glowing orange weak points like everything else in the entire game.

The story was fine as was most of the dialog. Even the "love triangle" which is basically like 3 cutscenes long in the entire game wasn't really bad or anything. I disagree with Patrick on this - how insane would it be if they were having a lovers squabble in the middle of all this shit happening and there wasn't a third person involved to directly influence it?

I get that Patrick and Brad may like Asura's Wrath and that whole corny tongue in cheek tone the game portrays, but not all games have that. Not every game is breaking the fourth wall or trying to give you the wink and nod. It is so both weird and slightly tiring that they keep trying to shoehorn that specific feeling into almost every game they play, whether it warrants it or not. I like a good laugh as much as anyone else, especially when Jeff is goofing off, but you gotta know when to pump those breaks once in a while. Thats just my opinion though.

OH MY GOD DID SOMEONE FINALLY NOTICE THAT THE STEREO HAS BEEN OFF FOR LIKE, 4 QUICK LOOKS? BRAD YOU AREN'T CRAZY! It's totally reversed. Has been for a while, actually.

Yo bitches. We're The Moon Crew (TM).

Check out our latest album, "Risen by The Moon", we're releasing this october.

The Necro-Moon still isn't stupid if you followed along the fiction of the series. And I'm not even talking about the EU stuff like books and animated features - just the lore present in the game.

I mean really guys, what the fuck did you think Convergence was going to be?

@humanity:

I'm not going to play Dead Space 3, but honestly this whole premise sounds way way better than the end of 2, which I hated.

I am going to have to see it for myself but I do feel they are overreacting in such a way that's reminiscent of Asura's Wrath, and I don't know why they are doing it...yet.

The moon is fine! I really don't get their problem. It makes sense in the fiction. I don't see what's funny about it...

Lol really the moon was the problem for them? There's plenty of things about that game that are more of a problem than that. And it wasn't that bad, it was at least set up and didn't just come out of nowhere. I wonder if they would have the same problem with Persona 3.

LOL!

I gotta be on the lookout for that. ;)

Reversed channels messes with my head, and i actually thought something was off before. Now I know I'm not crazy. ^^

Thanks for pointin that out.

That John Riccitello joke was tasteless. Fucking tasteless.

Maybe they take place in the same universe.

The eternal question of video games:

Who lit all these candles?

@brad isn't crazy @patrickklepek!

Oddly enough, this made me want to get Dead Space 3 after all.

They went out of their way to say that the moon was NOT "the" one problem for them.

Isn't Patrick the one that likes Majora's Mask? Why's he making such a big deal of fighting a moon?

Haven't played the game yet myself, but it all seems very Lovecraftian to me, which I like.

Enormous monstrous aliens that drive people insane reanimate dead flesh and have cults devoted to them? All very Lovecraft.

Turned it off in the first 15 seconds good head up guys !

Nice to know if I ever get my hands on DeadSpace3 through gamefly, I'll have to get this DLC as it makes it sound worth playing after watching this QL.

Even Isaac would think you're crazy if you watch this before beating Dead Space 3.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

I found it to be spot on with a hint of poetic justice considering his actions at EA. (:

Oh no! spoilers! Good thing I never plan on playing Dead Space 3. I am totally down with the moon crew now though.

Wait how can this video have been put up by both Drew and Vinny? Now that's what I want to know

To be honest, after the end of this game, I'm not sure I'd want a Dead Space 4. I'm happy with the way this has concluded and they should just stick to that.

I'm watching this before I beat Dead Space 1, Dead Space 2, and Dead Space 3.

The ship they leave in at the end of this quicklook reminds me of Serenity from Firefly. Anyone else see the similarities?

When Brad does that quick turn around and says "OH GOD MOON CREW", I lost it.

Also I thought this DLC was pretty awesome up until the horrible ending.

@dezvous: I don't have feelings either way, but it's worth pointing out that even the Dead Space 3 cover had the big ol' moon nearly front and center.

I really, really loved Patrick's unbridled enthusiasm throughout this QL.

@lokno: That crew is REAL! DEAL with it!

The overall feel of this DLC is what I love about Dead Space and missed in 3.

@pyrodactyl: Honestly, it might just be that I got so annoyed by all the instadeaths I experienced on the run-up to the moon boss that I just didn't give a fuck anymore and wanted the game to be done with

The moon rules #1!

Was really surprised to hear Patrick say, "...rapes those dudes."

Referring to the combat at the start, you know what a survival horror game shouldn't have?

A rocket-launcher/shotgun hybrid.

I am glad that there won't be another Dead Space, it would be sad to see the franchise get even more casual. Big part of the appeal for me was the dismemberment of the creatures and the use of mining tools as weapons. Seeing how Brad uses a shotgun and a rocket launcher to mow down everything in sight is just not appealing, there are plenty of games that are already doing it. Dead Space 1&2 was its own thing, DS3 is like everything else.

I love you!!!

DEAD SPACE 4 MOON PATROL called it. The powerful Moon Patrol franchise revitalized with an undead-shooty-shooty sort of framework.