Abstract: In space no one can hear you scream...for more.The horror game genre has become increasingly stagnate over the years. Resident Evil was the original, and while I have loved the later incarnations, they rarely give you that sense of tension we got when ...
Campaign starts strong and ends strong, Dismembering necromorphs is as thrilling as ever, Some great new necromorph types, Wonderfully atmospheric visuals and sound design, Exhilarating multiplayer.
No significant gameplay advances over the first game, Singleplayer falls into predictable rhythm for a while, Some dull objectives.
Dead Space 2's thrilling campaign and intense multiplayer make it an excellent game and a worthy follow-up to its superb predecessor....
Abstract: Isaac Clarke, the unluckiest space engineer of the 26th century, is more unfortunate than ever in Dead Space 2. 2008's superb Dead Space took the style of survival horror shooter action exemplified by games like Resident Evil 4 and meshed it with an at...
Abstract: Let's get one thing straight first - the Dead Space series is genuinely frightening. There's a subtle difference between experiences that make you jump out of your seat every now and again, and those that distil fear into your very being, causing anxie...
Abstract: There's an argument to be made that Dead Space 2 is more than just dismembering nightmare creatures in a never-ending splortchy march of exploding heads, impaled flesh, and insanity, with some light engineering work.Dead Space 2 is one long...
Abstract: If one thing can be said of Visceral Games, it's that the studio is true to its name. Visceral is a word that can adequately describe any of the team's violent, blood-drenched titles, and nowhere is this more true than with the game that turned EA Re...
Dead Space 2 is more than just an action game and it's more than a survival horror game -- it's a game that tells a really personal story about a guy who has been seriously scarred by the events around him. That premise alone makes it interesting, but ...
Small yet meaningful tweaks like the Advanced Locator make the game much more fun to play, the evolution of Issac Clarke as a character is nicely handled, the action still fits into the trademark Dead Space mould
There's a noticeable lack of major moments, the boss fights are fairly weak, there isn't enough in the way of meaningful plot developments or answers to major questions
No, it isn't as scary as the first, and if you're disappointed by that, you need to let it go because Dead Space 2 isn't about running from the Necromorph menace -- it's about confronting it and hopefully sending it back into the dark corner of space it e...
