Dead Space Remake - What Weapon Should YOU Use? 

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Every gun in this game just feels so good. It is ironic that the weakest gun is a standard military rifle while the others are all mining tools. Probably why the military and security guys on the ship didn’t stand a chance with it.

The Pulse Rifle is actually amazing against bosses where you have to go for the weak points.

The flamethrower is the most ammo efficient weapons in the game. Not at the beginning, but once you get some nodes put into it, it's fabulous. You get the necros to group in the later combat arenas, and you can kill 5 or 6 necros at a time with the same amount it takes to kill 1. Also, its ammo is really cheap. It's also great for dealing with pregnants as it cooks the little dudes inside.

Also worth noting that if you complete the Mercer side mission, Stasis gets upgraded so it actually melts enemies, literally. Use it on a slasher and it only leaves bone left so limbs are extremsly easy to remove

The flame thrower maxed out is actually a pretty sweet weapon

Recently finished my first run of the game while playing on hard and used the pulse rifle and flamethrower in my lineup. For as lacking as they can be sometimes, they are both *very* ammo efficient when upgraded. The flamethrower combined with the occasional punch to stun means you barely have to spend any fuel for a kill, the alt fire also kills wall guardians in one shot. Goes to show that dead space’s weapons are so well balanced that even the “worst” weapons still do the job you need completely fine. Good game design

The ripper’s ability to stun lock most enemies (except the dark red Uber strong versions of each monster) makes it a perfect panic weapon for tight rooms. Was essential for all the locked rooms with resources in them and the elevator in Mining.

I absolutely love how the ripper uses the same blade for the alt fire if your using the primary fire.

The flamethrower x force gun combo is so op Pop a gravity well in a mob of necros, then a fire wall right on top of them, you literally just got effortless kills, this works flawlessly for me on Hard difficulty

The contact beam was massively improved!

the pulse rifle does have ONE amazing use very early game, in the morgue plant a mine outside the office door right before starting the captains body cutscene. when the infector goes to infect other corpses it will instantly die instead of giving you 5 enemies to fight

I felt safer with the pulse rifle than flamethrower.

So nice though using the flamethrower. Especially against those small floor crawlers. Makes you feel like the main character in "the Thing" film

Here is a major tip for Impossible mode: Drop every gun besides the contact beam, if you only have that, you only get ammo for it, which means i finished impossible mode with minimal searching and still fully stacked on power nodes and credits, since you only need enough for the contact beam and the suit

Weirdly I recall the linegun sucking and the flamethrower when fully upgraded being really good. Also the force gun is way better than B. So hilarious to just yeet all the skin and muscle off a necro in one shot.

There’s always something so fun about the Line Gun - there’s this feeling that you’re not just cutting enemies, you’re fucking bisecting them.

At the end on hard, the gravity well + grenade launcher combo saved me so many times

The force gun is really good for softening enemies up for the plasma cutter/line gun. It flays their flesh off meaning less ammo needed from the other weapons to finish them off. Great supportive tool for other weapons and keeping up on supplies, as well as a good panic option for when you get cornered.

Pulse rifle was my goto for the first two games. With upgrades, it was a pretty reliable mulcher. It does take more ammo but it has large mags and pickups are large to accommodate.

I felt like a lot of weak weapons back in the original are strong in this game. I always wanted to play contact beams because it's hella cool, but end up almost never able to use it because the super long charging time. Now I can cut percomorph's legs off and finished them off with a charge shot within reasonable time.

I immediately fell in love with the force gun. I think it's one of best shotguns I've seen in a third person shooter. Seeing how it blows the skin of the necromorphs with every shot is priceless

I think it’s great that so many people on here have found success using numerous weapon combos! The meta is what works best for you personally.

I never liked the contact beam in the original, but I LOVE it in this game.

for the ripper you can use the alt fire at no ammo cost since when using the primary shot the blade is already out as long as you alt fire before the blade explodes

Currently on my first NG+ playthrohgh. Only gun I've had trouble doing really well with is the Pulse Rifle. It's useful for crowd control with its alt fire but the main gun is just terrible at cutting limbs. I kinda like it that way, though, since it reflects the lore.

Great video, Guys! It's always awesome when a shooter offers a diverse array of weapons to choose from that prove useful in different circumstances. The Ripper reminds me of using the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2 to launch circular saws and decapitate Headcrab Zombies. If I had to pick a shooter with my favorite weapon arsenal, it would probably be Blood. Everything -- from the more standard weapons like the shotgun and tommy gun to the unique ones like the Voodoo Doll, Life Leech, Flare Gun, and Tesla Cannon -- feels so impactful and amazing to use in that game, and they all serve their uses against different enemy types. Amid Evil and Duke Nukem 3D are both up there in that regard, as well. Anyway, I'm enjoying your content as always and look forward to your future uploads!

IMHO stasis + kinesis are the most overpowered combo in any game. In the original DS kinesis wasn’t as good as you couldn’t kill anyone with it with just one hit but it became that in DS2 and I’m glad they have returned that feature here. Now you can kill almost anything without any ammo as long as you are aware of your surroundings!

I personally went with the Ripper, Force Gun and Contact Beam. Ripper is so unbelievably ammo efficient that one blade could kill up to three charging Nercos, and if pregnant or busters came by the force gun handled those and the contact beam mopped up anything at range.

The wall of flame is my favorite, it stops enemies in their tracks while you watch them burn, and great crowd control, it's also a blast to use

I found that when the Flamethrower is fully maxed, the alt-fire “flame wall” will decimate multiple necromorphs caught in it’s area of effect, especially the pregnant ones so in certain situations, it’s a powerful alternative.

If you'll allow my personal input: *Plasma cutter:* An excellent workhorse that, in the hands of a skilled psychopath, is irreplaceable. While you cannot deny its overall effectiveness, it does aesthetically pale in comparison to other weapons in Isaac's arsenal. *Pulse Rifle:* Constantly slept on. When used as an Assault Rifle, it's terrible, yes. When used as a supplemental weapon, it shines brilliantly. Pair with stasis or weapons that knock down or stagger, and it rips through weak points. Use IN TANDEM, not on its own. *Ripper:* I personally dislike this weapon. While its single target damage is impressive, it has short range that leaves you open to being flanked. It's ricochet secondary is really only useful in tight spaces, so it's great to clear hallways, but larger combat encounters are... Less effective. *Flamethrower:* This. Bitch. SCHLAPS. I've beaten Impossible with nothing but this thing. It's primary is almost exclusively for fodder. Don't use it on anything but Lurkers & Swarmers, and Separator Components. It shines in the damage over time aspect, and the Flame Wall not only consistently staggers everything but Brutes & Twitchers, but some necromorphs will be stopped dead by the presence of it alone (fire is a primal fear, after all), sealing off walkways and wider swaths and preventing flanks. Plus, the new lighting system really lets this thing shine, especially with Ray Tracing. *Contact Beam:* See that thing over there? "Yes Sarge." I don't wanna be seeing that thing over there. "Yes Sarge." Seriously, this is a beast of a weapon. You could go through an entire run with just this, and the only thing that would give you any significant trouble is the Hive Mind. In a weird sense, this is basically the Pulse Rifle on copius amounts of Space Meth. If this is your only weapon, you'll have plenty of ammo & cash drops to keep well stocked. *Line Gun:* It's like the Plasma Cutter & the Detonator had a baby, then pumped that baby full of Steroids. Paired with the Flamethrower, the only thing you'll ever have to worry about is whatever is in front of you. Call that combo the Ambush-B-Gon. Whatever the Plasma Cutter can do, this can do better. Its only limitation is that even with two weapons equipped, ammo for it is disproportionately scarce, so don't waste shots. *Force Gun:* Wanna make Impossible mode into one-life Story mode? Carry this delightful piece of crowd control and the Contact Beam to never worry about anything ever again. The ammo for both are equal in rarity, so you'll stay fairly well stocked up between the drops and shop. For taking care of entire waves at once, kite as many necros as you can into one area, drop a Gravity Well, then tear them to bits with the Contact Beam. Beyond that, this is both a fantastic way to get some breathing room, and an excellent way to show off the new dismemberment system, as a point blank primary will rip the flesh right off the necromorphs, leaving them laughably spindly. Doesn't do well against armored necromorphs, unless they hit a wall before falling.

Force gun went from the least used in my arsenal to literally wanting to use it 24/7. It's just that cool

I found the pulse rifle very good in zero G segments, against lurkers, and shooting off arms to then combo with kinesis.

Never expected to find the flamethrower to be such a solid part of my arsenal, but in the early game, having an easy way to melt the first couple of layers off of an enemy before following up with a cutting tool makes it surprisingly worthwhile. The secondary fire is really great for stopping advancing enemies, too.

Flamethrower + force gun is a very strong combo. Flamethrower weakens them, then the force gun blows them to pieces

Plasma cutter brings me back. I remember doing a run on the hardest difficulty plasma cutter only. Actually worked pretty well (sell everything else and max it quick)... up until the little critter guys that melt you without a flamethrower

You’re right about the Plasma Cutter being more than decent. I’m on the last chapter and have it fully upgraded. I’ve only used this weapon so I can get the related trophy :)

The flamethrower actually just degrades the necromorphs, making them bristle, combining it with the saw, it shreds.

I've never been a huge fan of the flame thrower throughout the series. But in this one it was highly effective and was a great combo with other weapons to finish off necromorphs.

Flamethrower and stasis was a great combo to not only keep things still but also to keep them in the firewall for much longer as some were able to just walk right through it

In the Original Dead Space - 1.Plasma Cutter Primary Firing Mode : Fires Semi Automatic Plasma Shots. Secondary Firing Mode : Can Rotate Upto 90°. 2.Line Gun Primary Firing Mode : Fires Horizontal Plasma Shots. Secondary Firing Mode : Fires A Mine That Shoot Cluster Energy Beams. 3.Flame Thrower Primary Firing Mode : Shoots Stream Of Fires. Secondary Firing Mode : Shoots Stronger Version Blue Flames With Extended Range. 4.Pulse Rifle Primary Firing Mode : Shoots Rapid Pulse Energy Constantly. Secondary Firing Mode : Fires 360° All Rounder Shots. 5.Force Gun Primary Firing Mode : Fire Propulsion Energy That Pushes Back Enemies. Secondary Firing Mode : Fires Cannon Ball That Explodes On Contact. 6. Contact Beam Primary Firing Mode : Fires Charge Shot That Has A Devastating Splash Damage. Secondary Firing Mode : Creates Power Devastating Shock Waves When Slammed In The Ground. Now in the Dead Space Remake - 1.Plasma Cutter Primary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. Secondary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. 2.Line Gun Primary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. Secondary Firing Mode : Now Fires A Laser Mine. 3.Flame Thrower Primary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. Secondary Firing Mode : Now Fires Napalm Canister With Great Area Coverage. Likely To Be Taken From The Dead Space 2. 4.Pulse Rifle Primary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. Secondary Firing Mode : Fires A Grenade Launcher. Which Is Likely To Be Taken From Dead Space 2. 5.Force Gun Primary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. Secondary Firing Mode : Fires A Singular Miniature Black Hole Shot. Which Suck Every Enemies & Objects Towards It & Then Explodes. 6. Contact Beam Primary Firing Mode : Same as the 1st original. Secondary Firing Mode : Fires A Devastating Laser Shot.

I love the flamethrower because that's my response to any undead or infection. "Everything Burns" - Joker

Plasma Cutter for Mid to Long range engagements or as a backup weapon Force Gun for Close range engagements and crowd control Contact Beam for Brutes, Bosses or for one shotting incoming enemies at long ranges. That’s all you need.

I've been using the plasma cutter, ripper and force gun the whole time. Gravity well plus ripper standard fire just equals dismemberment heaven for large groups and I don't ever feel like I'm missing any firepower

Oh, we’re doing weapon rankings now? Nice!

I really like how ammo efficient the flamethrower is, even just a little poot can set an enemy on fire and is almost always enough to save ATLEAST 1 shot for any other weapon where the ammo is more scarce, and the wall of fire is actually surprisingly good at clearing groups or the infector bat things as theyre creating a new enemy because enemies inside it seem to just get stunlocked until they die or the wall expires

For my impossible run I use flame thrower,contact bean,force gun and plasma cutter. Grate for cc and keeping them in one place .

Inb4 I didn’t learn the pulse rifle had an alt fire until Chapter 10

Defo gotta say the force gun is slept on, it not only staggers and knock enemies down it reduces overall limb health by shredding all of the enemies skin down to the bone, swap to plasma cutter and it takes one shot on the limb to remove it, along with the alt fire gravity well that is just a get out of dodge button that can be paired with any other weapon to cause maximum damage. Would swap force gun to S and plasma cutter to S, move line gun to A as it deals high damage but is slow firing and needs a bit of prep work with the mines if you wana play perfect.

For how often the game showers you in Flamethrower ammo just like the Plasma Cutter with them both being dropped like candy, i feel the Flamethrower is atleast A- to B+ cuz i used that thing basicly primarily on my Hard Mode run with New Game+ and it put in a TON of work.

The Ripper and Contact Beam are by far my favourite weapons (excluding the Pulse Rifle) of the game I had a so much fun using The Ripper to cut up enemies and when I first fired the Contact Beam and it imploded a Necromorph my jaw dropped.

The pulse rifle has always looked so badass

I was surprised at how well the flamethrower worked tbh. You just gotta stagger your usage and let the dot damage literally melt them

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I didn't use the flamethrower in my first playthrough, but when I tried it during my NG+ I had a blast with it! The way it fires combined with the lighting and necros make me feel like I'm in the thing, it really is fun to use.

For anyone who wants make the Pulse rifle useful earlier in the game I recommend using the flamethrower first on the necromorphs for a about 3 seconds but don’t fire for less than a second or it won’t work, then use the pulse rifle. That way the necromorphs takes less ammunition to take down.

The flamethrower is really really good… it doesn’t really do that much damage but if you pair it with a plasma cutter it turns and enemy from a 5/6 shot to a 2 shot

Great video, thanks. I'm working my way through the original at the moment but this one looks really great. That fire is the best I've seen in a PC game yet.

Flamethrower is fantastic for peeling enemies(similar to the effect of the force gun), reducing their defense so the next shot from the plasma cutter or other weapon finishes the enemy off.

On my first run on Hard and I’m using only the plasma cutter and plasma rifle. I really like the mine thrower on the rifle as it comes in handy when there are groups of necros charging me

You did not just diss the DS2 flamethrower, outside vacuum sections where it is actually useless, it's the strongest, most ammo-efficient weapon in the game.

The force gun has a few additional uses along with pushing back a horde that is too close for your comfort: - It kills swarmers in a single blast - It pops stasis modules on twitchers instantly slowing them down.

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No wonder Chen didn't stand a chance. He was using the Pulse Rifle...

Next to the Plasma Cutter, the Ripper is my favorite weapon to use. The aesthetic makes it look like something Issac cobbled together into a makeshift weapon, and i love it! Sure maybe the force Gun and even the Line Gun are better “shotguns” at close range, but nothing beats the look of killing your enemies with a floating sawblade! Just make sure you aim for the arms!

9:58 - Hey, have you ever tried kinesis + laser trap tricks? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IO9esnReRpc.html S++ trick; pick up a big movable object with kinesis, move it to narrow down a gap between you and enemies, then stick a laser trap on it. It will stunlock them as they attempt to break through and inflict constant damage until they are completely ashed. S+++ trick; stick a laser trap on a small movable object. Then pick up the object with kinesis and sweep. You can mow down entire *rooms* full of enemies. You can use it on the final stages of the game to kill dozens of enemies in *seconds.* You may have to invent a *S+++++* ranking.

It is enlightening to see what weapons works best for others for sure. At the end any weapon has its potential in the right hands and the game does a great job to let us figuire out how we wish to adress some of the drawbacks.

Can't believe they combined the line gun with the detonator lol

Honestly I've been doing alright with the pulse rifle, it works well on taking out legs

Okay for this video to be a video on what weapon people should use The second guy talking about stasis revealed a lot of spoilers. I don't know about you but when someone is looking for advice for the best guns they should use they're probably just starting a new game they've never played before. Way to go.

Some added points you didn't mention, the plasma cutter has an upgrade that boosts melee to where you can severely knock away necros like slashers and stunlock them with melee, allowing you to kill lone ones without using ammo, sometimes taking care of two at once. And the flamethrower is amazing against dealing with small enemies like swarmers and divider peices with low ammo, and clears wall guardians almost instantly

For those of you who didn't beat the game yet, there are unmarked spoilers in this video. It may be a Remake of a classic, but that's no excuse. Come back here afterwards.

The only thing I'd add is with the ripper. It's extremely ammo efficient, with there being situations where you only need to use one or two blades to clear an area if you know what you're doing. That makes it superior to the force gun imo.

In my play through, I found that hitting them with flamethrower and then force gun blast was a great wombo combo. Played on hard

The flamethrower deserves more love. Hoarding enemies in hard mode and using the alt fire to put up a fire barrier to keep them at bay makes it the perfect combo weapon on impossible mode

Pulse rifle deserves better. You'll find that you get literally hundreds of ammo packs for it, and it does pretty good damage overall. Add in the alt fire that will 9/10 break the legs of a Necro and that the explosion does no self damage unlike the Flamethrower. It definitely deserves a B or low A tier

The contact beam is awesome for how much its ammo sells for. I always carry it around just to get the ammo drops to then sell off.

Fully upgraded Pulse Rifle was my main gun on my run tbh, plasma cutter for secondary and contact beam for the occasional boss here and there. Loved the pulse rifle tbh

Somebody forgot the foam finger of death!

Official EA partners? Congratulations, well deserved

I fully upgraded the contact beam on medium difficulty and it's like I've got a portable space cannon. Absolutely destroys whatever it's aiming at.

Pulse rifle is best used for its out of combat utility. By that I mean, using the bench to buy a capacity upgrade, shooting a bunch of mines, and then buying the next capacity upgrade to reload it and shoot more mines that you can pick up and sell for infinite credits

The Ripper is great for stun locking certain enemies too. Especially those scorpion tail dudes.

Thanks guys. First time DS player. Now I know where to concentrate my node upgrades!!

First the flames, then you cut Hands down god-tier combination

You can also clear who combat encounters with a single laser trap from the line gun. Shoot it on a kinesisable object, pick the object up and point it at what you want to die

I go with Pulse Riffle always tho Contact Beam Is cool too, ammo for the Pulse Riffle Is easy to get early on and I like the challenge.

For the ripper, i use its secondary fire near the end of it primary fire. Instead of the blade just breaking, you can get a little extra damage out of it since it will use the blade thats already out and wont bring another.

I am doing a first run walkthrough right now and all of the guns are pretty good, especially the alt fire. I think the intent was to get you to think more tactically and get creative with the tools they give you as you experience the different scenarios. My favorite combination is plasma cutter, pulse rifle, and flamethrower.

The Ripper is definitely S tier. My personal fav.

Love the format. It's still true to your original formula but diversifies the topic. I would say my general feelings are about the same (having only played OG, so I guess not too much changed with weapons). I think it makes sense that the Pulse Rifle is the worst weapon because it's the only real "weapon" in the game. Everything else is some kind of mining tool which makes sense. Although in the OG the Pulse Rifle had a funny ass alt fire (Jack prolly brought it up at some point). Glad to see the Line Gun is still the realest in the room

I actually found myself leaning on the ripper in the flamethrower. I saved plasma and pulse rifle for a long range stuff, but the ripper really was a lot of fun.

I'm not sure if I'd put stasis at S, because it's just an additional tool you can use to help kill enemies easier.

My old school go to was the plasma cutter pulse contact and force. Pulse cuz I could use it as a more precise plasma cutter with a bigger mag, but now it doesn't stun so it's kinda hard to do that

My man I appreciate the list but please don’t spoil anything I just wanted to know what the good weapons are :(

So I just completed the game on hard mode, the little creatures that jump on you when you have to press X or a numerous times to get them off from you was insane, they could take a lot of health if they catch you, for situational purposes, I always kept the flamethrower because they worked best against them, but mostly force gun, plasma, and ripper were my top three

The flamethrower was an important tool in my playthrough. It's perfect for swarmers and the little pieces of the divider after it splits up. It also takes out guardians with just a couple small sprays of flame, I found it by far the easiest way of taking care of them. While there are more useful weapons for the more common enemy types, encounters with the ones mentioned were frequent enough for me to keep the flamethrower until the end of the game. It's also good at crowd control as it manages to stun lock like 3 necros rusing you if you spray them all. It also manages to stop the twitchers before they can get to you

I love the Pulse Rifle for its immediacy and a large 175 ammo clip. I feel safe with it in any situation. The second best one is the Contact Beam

I beat the game on hard difficulty with a flamethrower and a pulse rifle, guess I'm a god.