My brother and I love the original Dead Space and its sequel so we figured we would give this game a shot since it is only $5 on Steam at the moment. Don't let the sale price swindle you; this game sucks and it is a pain in the ass to get working.
We spent nearly two hours just trying to get this game to even open and join each other's online session on the Steam version. There were so many things we had to try to get the game to launch: uninstalling Origin, installing the EA app, then uninstalling and reinstalling that, restarting our computers, closing out random background services in Windows. Finally got it to open and just as soon as it did, it opened in the tiniest fullscreen windowed then crashed until I went to the game's configuration file and manually entered my preferred resolution and screen mode. Once we were able to actually open the game, that was not the end of trying to get this shit to work.
In an unsurprising move, EA made the lobby system for Dead Space 3 on PC a shitshow because of the countless bugs and annoyances the EA app comes with. Inviting friends into your session is impossible because EA's in-game overlay is busted: it displays nothing while its open, doesn't let you interact with your friends list, and completely freezes the game while its open. You cannot even invite your friend to your session by tabbing into the EA app itself and inviting them, as that is seemingly only an option when the overlay is working and you are in-game. Only were we able to join each other when each of us alternated in posting a public lobby instead of a private game to play together. Tried four times to get into our own session because randoms kept joining us.
After all of this trial and error, we were greeted to Dead Space 3 in its full glory, with the most boring bombastic opening I have ever experienced in a game. My controller did not work with the game so I had to use keyboard and mouse controls and boy is it uncomfortable, even after trying to salvage it with rebinds and sensitivity tweaks. Entirely unoriginal, completely boring, and an absolute mess on PC. I don't think this game is worth the headache caused by trying to get it to simply launch.
Play Resident Evil 5 instead if you are looking for a co-op action game to play with a friend. At least that game works from the get-go and is pretty entertaining throughout.
We spent nearly two hours just trying to get this game to even open and join each other's online session on the Steam version. There were so many things we had to try to get the game to launch: uninstalling Origin, installing the EA app, then uninstalling and reinstalling that, restarting our computers, closing out random background services in Windows. Finally got it to open and just as soon as it did, it opened in the tiniest fullscreen windowed then crashed until I went to the game's configuration file and manually entered my preferred resolution and screen mode. Once we were able to actually open the game, that was not the end of trying to get this shit to work.
In an unsurprising move, EA made the lobby system for Dead Space 3 on PC a shitshow because of the countless bugs and annoyances the EA app comes with. Inviting friends into your session is impossible because EA's in-game overlay is busted: it displays nothing while its open, doesn't let you interact with your friends list, and completely freezes the game while its open. You cannot even invite your friend to your session by tabbing into the EA app itself and inviting them, as that is seemingly only an option when the overlay is working and you are in-game. Only were we able to join each other when each of us alternated in posting a public lobby instead of a private game to play together. Tried four times to get into our own session because randoms kept joining us.
After all of this trial and error, we were greeted to Dead Space 3 in its full glory, with the most boring bombastic opening I have ever experienced in a game. My controller did not work with the game so I had to use keyboard and mouse controls and boy is it uncomfortable, even after trying to salvage it with rebinds and sensitivity tweaks. Entirely unoriginal, completely boring, and an absolute mess on PC. I don't think this game is worth the headache caused by trying to get it to simply launch.
Play Resident Evil 5 instead if you are looking for a co-op action game to play with a friend. At least that game works from the get-go and is pretty entertaining throughout.