[Multi] Dead Space - 91.8 The Fan

Kibs · 01:33 PM

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Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game, developed by EA Redwood Shores for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows released in October 2008. The player takes on the role of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles a polymorphic, virus-like, alien infestation which turns humans into grotesque alien monsters called "Necromorphs", on board a stricken interstellar mining ship named the USG Ishimura.

A few things I'd like to clear up for Wikipedia. This is not a Survival Horror game. I classify horror games into several sub-genres. The genre this game matches is "Western Jump-Horror", a game in which the scariness comes mainly from jump scenes, and feeling overwhelmed at times with enemies.

This game has gotten raving reviews, and a bit of criticism, a lot of people see this as the best horror game since sliced bread, however this game has more in common with an action title than it does any true horror game. The main criticisms are just that, that it simply isn't a horror game, but is an action game where you get spooked every so often (much like Resident Evil 5).

One issue I have noticed with the few critics I've talked to is that they won't give this game the time of day, simply because they don't see it as the horror game people claim it to be. This game is by far not close to what any real horror fan would be expecting, but that doesn't demerit it as a game on its own.

It's a solidly built game that is well balanced, very well planned out, and perfectly executed. The graphics are fairly standard for what you'd expect a triple A title to have. The in-game menus and video/audio communications are driven by holograms that leave a very cool and futuristic feel to the game, and with your health/stasis indicators conveniently placed on your back it makes it so there's no fourth-wall breaking menus and HUD on the screen, which I love in a video game. The game has enough of an interesting narrative (toward the end) to make you want to press through the repetitiveness of "go fix this, now go fix that", and is at least worth a single playthrough.

If you haven't played this game yet I'd say go for it, you can pick it up from most game stores for around 20 bucks now, and I promise you, you'll have a bit of fun with it, even if the thrills are cheap.

After having first played this well over a year ago I can finally say this game is out of my hair (for now), I finally took a deep breath and plunged into playing the game on "impossible" and in 4 days netted myself the hardest achievement in the game. Though I must admit, I was a little cheap, I spent about $5 on some upgraded armor and weapons for the game, which made things only slightly more challenging than playing on easy, combined with cheat codes that don't effect achievements, it was honestly just tedious to have to drudge through all 12 levels, the only real moment I almost died in was on level 9, you enter a mess hall and get attacked by about 10-15 monsters all at once.