Can't stomp or anything else

At the beginning of the game, you can't do anything, except run away from the aliens. This is the only thing you can do, until you find somebody to help you out of your stray jacket. I would suggest that you do a Google search for a Dead Space 2 walkthough. There are a lot of videos available on Youtube.

Thanks for answering. I've watched a couple of videos and they both show the main character getting to the place where I always get killed and then falling on his back and kicking the bad guy till the door closes on him. But nothing I do produces any action from the main character. He just lies there and gets killed. I think I wasted my money on this game. I do appreciate you taking the time to answer, though.

Thanks glussier! Once I got past that point I learned a lot more and am now making decent progress. Thanks for taking the time to help out a novice. I was so frustrated! Sorry it has taken so long to let you know I took your advice. My plate has been pretty full lately and I just got back to this today.

You are welcome.

I decided to go back and thank the guy who helped me when I first started because that advice to repeatedly tap the E key until something happens helped in lots of other places, including the tram jump so many people get stuck on and when some alien has me in his grip. I see it's you, glussier - the same one who helped me move the game off my SSD. So thanks again.

Hey Chasgrad, if you like Dead Space 2, you should try Dead Space 1 after you complete this one. I did like Dead Space 2 a lot, but I think that there is a lot more atmosphere in Dead Space 1.

I'll give it a try. Got them both at the same time for a pretty reasonable price.

You might want to watch the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJtsgL0C0Oc