Dead Space (Classics) reviews

Dead Space could quite simply be the best game to come out of EA in a very, very long time.

The attention to detail, sound, pace of action and overall scare factor are not to be missed. The studio has taken it's time to make sure that the story is well told, including Dead Space: Downfall on Blu-Ray and DVD, the prequel to the game, and downloadable Animated Comics on Xbox Live.

There are many trailers and video footage, that you can download or watch on both Xbox Live Marketplace or Gametrailers.com, which should quell any discouraging thoughts about the atmosphere and attention to detail that EA has put into Dead Space.

Reviewers have had problems releasing their reviews on time, not due to the fact that the game is overly difficult but because it scares the living daylights out of them!

So if you're looking for a game that will scare you but leave you wanting more then this is a must purchase for you!

For all the fans of horror games out there, REJOICE! This game is not only bloody scary (yeah yeah you hear that all the time from review sites, but I mean it, it is ACTUALLY scary) but it is also extremely well told. The story is great and I recommend it to ALL survival horror games. I sat for 7 hours the past Sunday playing this game! I haven't done that since the days of Fallout.

If you haven't already, play this game! You will not regret it.

Dead Space, down rite scary, this game is one of the best “Survival horrors” ihave played in years.

All based on a isolated remote mining station in deep space you and a smaill crew arive, from the time you see the deep space mining ship you just know its going to be scary.

The whole atmosphere of the game is chilling and the cfreepy noises of “Something” lurking overhead in the air vents, just gets to you. The lighting effects are awsum and bring a sence of “your being watched” and let me tell you that feeling is absolutly rite.

The story is awsum and gets you involved, but enough bout the visuals and story, its the creatures in the game the “scared the S**T outa me, just wen you thinks its safe to open that door infront of you "BOOM” out it rips from a ceiling vent or a wal, even just being rite behind a closed door you about to foolishly open. Deffintly not for the faint hearted as this game will shock and scare you and leave you with the lights turned on and looking over your shoulder.

Roll on “Dead Space 2” as this instalment down rite rocks!!!!!!!!

Doom 3 because it suffers from Doom 3 syndrome… all the levels look alike.

It's obviously a very polished, quality game. And everyone's heard of the incredible atmosphere by now. But when you get past that it's actually kind of monotonous. You just plod through the very linear (and similar) levels, carrying out the little missions your captain gives you to find keys, repair or active machinery or whatever, allowing you to proceed to the next section of the ship where you do it all again. Blowing apart an increasingly horrific array of monster along the way.

What would have made it a bit more engaging for me is if you occasionally came across survivors that you could rescue or help out in some way. The interaction with other people would alleviate the monotony a bit and give you a sense that you were accomplishing something. The only time you come into contact with other people (aside from one or two plot characters) are the static-ridden transmissions from two other members of your crew, or hapless victims that you come upon just in time to see die.

You're not going to like it if you hate the type of games where monsters pop out of nowhere when you hit a certain spot on the map or complete an objective/hit a switch (Doom 3 again). Nearly one hundred percent of the encounters are like that.

It uses the checkpoint save system, which I hate. But it's one of the more forgiving games I've played (except for the end boss). The save points are quite frequent and it usually doesn't make you go back too far when you die. Also, the difficulty is very well balanced, being challenging without being ridiculously hard (with the exception of the annoying monster that you can't kill that makes repeated appearances).

The most interesting thing to me was the story, which is gradually unveiled by picking up logs left by the crew of the ship prior to their demise. But this was a bit of a let down too because when you finally learn what's going on it doesn't actually make sense.

I liked being able to upgrade my equipment and buy and sell stuff. This allows you to customise your character a bit, but the suits are all depressingly similar (and ugly) so you can't really do much about your look.

All in all it's good if you really dig the horror/suspense aspects, but the gameplay just isn't varied enough to keep my interest for more than an hour or two at a time.

And I hated the ending.

I cannot see any reason to hate this game, 10/10 for me, graphics are insane at 1080p, really easy to get along with the story, absolutely freaky at the worst of times and the best ie. when your low on health it will throw hell and then some more at you. The log system is great, letting you keep track of whats been going on before and during your arrival. An all round great game!

Now I'm a horror fan movies, games, books doesn't matter I just enjoy horror though it has introduced me to some real crap I must say.

This was the main reason I got dead space liked the ideas behind it, looked good and could be a great horror game if it was all pulled off. Sadly it wasn't.

Now all the gameplay, graphics, weapons, enemies, levels are brilliant and I'll never get bored of putting an enemy in stasis and deciding how I feel like dismembering them today. Zero G sections are quite good as well though can be a bit confusing if your not careful especially with enemies flying at you as well.

However on the horror and scary side Dead Space failed. Now when I go into a horror game or movie I know it's going to scare me and put myself in a state where it's quite hard to scare me but some movies and games still manage it an example is Silent Hill when that body fell out of the locker in the school that made me jump.

Dead Space however didn't succeed in doing this once. Now there are 3 reasons for this.

1. They repeat things a lot- Sure a body coming back to life could make you jump the first time but then you begin to expect it and it instantly loses it's scare factor after you constantly repeat it.
2. They give the scares away- This is quite common with the music coming in to early so you know something is going to happen and when it does your prepared so the scare factor is lost again.
3. Sometimes they try to hard- This really applies to the bosses and here they try and make you think they are incredibly tough and powerful monsters through logs and conversations but really it doesn't take you long to work out what to do and they aren't that scary either.

The story is also pretty bland but I don't want to go into it was the reveals spoilers which don't want to do but it isn't that impressive.

Overall if Dead Space had just been a “here's an assortment of weapons go and cut off your enemies limbs in a variety of ways in a space enviroment” game then full marks would have been given. However as it's trying to be a horror game and doesn't pull it off very well at all it loses marks so I suggest trying it for yourself as it is alright but don't expect to shit your pants in fear during the course of the game at all.

This is definitely one of the classics really good story line and can get hours of play out of it

Literally could not put this game down, almost failed an assignment :) …but it was worth it. Its essentially a mosh pit of sci-fi references from John Carpenter's “The Thing” to Ridley Scott's “Alien” this game (like the developer name) packs a visceral which after playing the demo, left me huddled in a dark corner because my knees were shaking so much. I had never played anything like it before :/

In short get this, it is and always will be the best. Much better on console btw, the control rig on PC is screwed up.

Awesome game fun ,fresh ,keeps you on your toes.I recommend for any 360 owner…over 13

The storyline worked well with plenty of plot twists and intricacies. The battle system was unique and gave the player plenty of options when playing through. And the upgrade system was also useful and easy to get the hang of.

This game received great reviews but I hadn't really heard of it. I bought it on a whim and was very happy. Such a sweet survival shooter, easily better then Alan Wake. Buy it.

this game was awesome it has a wide range of weapons which you are able to upgrade. Once you have finished you can start again on a different dificulty or again on the same dificulty with all of your weapons that you had in your previous game plus your armour. Dead Space has a wide range of enemies and challenges which can give you about 15 hours of gameplay on the medium dificulty. Awesome game extremely recomend it!!!!

After years of playing games such as resident evil and silent hill, I did not believe it when a friend told me he thought this was one of the scariest games he has ever played. HE WAS RIGHT. atmospheric and pitch blackness meld together to make a perfect recipe of jitteryness and poopypants! You try playing this late at night!

Best game ever REALLY scary but soooo awesome and its quite a challenge but its a totally awesome game there is also a dvd called dead space downfall i recommend you to watch that before playing the game it tells you what happens before you start your campaign on the game its very good higly recommend 9/10 "Not P.E.R.F.E.C.T

Not saying that its not a great game,it looks like a great game But from the trailer that i just saw it looks a a bit like Doom 3.