EA finally delivers with a great action game!

This game is just plain fun! I only onequestion; is his suit so heave that cannot jump either then while performing a gravity jump? This game is also the creepiest game I've ever played. It has startled me more then when I was a kid playing Resident Evil the first time on the PSone. I think the story is great, you find out from videos/audio/text files on how things came about. It is also great fun to hack enemies away at the limbs!

Strap on your gear and prepare to be immersed in a new terror

Its hard pressed to tread new territory in such a field and do it with absolute precision. The makers if Dead Space did just that. EA created a unique movie like experience that puts you into a scenario like Event Horizon and Alien in a desperate attempt for survival against a new and deadly alien species known as The Necromorph. While it does play very close to Resident Evil 4, with super tight controls and innovative concepts like zero-g combat wrapped in a gritty shell of super gloss eye candy, you are forced to surgically dismember your enemies that come in all shapes and sizes. The game is fun, atmospheric and not without dread and impressive visuals that stun and amaze. This has been a good year for games and while GOW 2 is a fun campaign, Dead Space is more impressive than Epic's Sequel, not the first. Seriously Dead Space delivers a whole new world for the first time and I'm not sure what people expect, but its hard to scare anyone these days, but at least Dead Space doesn't die trying, With a vast array of upgradeable weapons and a new alien threat, there's no way to play down the brilliant effort of the new space child to the video game industry, its name is Dead Space and its well worth its price tag.

This game is ok i gues....

Some people really don't realize that all games are great. This game is ok but there were some things I missed and I wanted to see them. I was kind of let down by the storyline but, I really like the combat scheme and everything else. A sequel would be somewhat interesting I guess.... but I think I will pass.

Gore, Aliens and Mining Tools

You are placed in the boots of Isaac Clarke a lowly engineer on board the USG Kellion, a shuttle headed towards the USG Ishimura, an immense mining ship(or planetcracker). What seems like an every day routine repair quickly turns into the stuff nightmares are made of. The mining crews down on Aegis 7, the planet they're cracking, have found a misterious artifact known as "The Marker". Soon afterwards, Necromorph infections soon spread to the Ishimura.

The graphics in Dead Space can only be described as dark, cramped and frightening, it's not for people with claustrophobia. Another thing that adds to the creep factor is the audio. both the visuals and the audio combine effectively to form an out of this world horror expirience.

Let's talk about gameplay, enemies will almost constantly appear out of nowhere, so develop a habit of looking over you're shoulder. Combat is fast paced and intense. What this game does different is the fact that headshots dont work well anymore, unless you want to make a Necromorph flail it's limbs blindly. What does work well is dismembering limbs, it kills them quicker and saves you ammo, trust me you'll need that ammo. Controls are simple and a breeze to learn, this will make you're stay on board the Ishimura that much more enjoyable.

Weapons include a variety of mining tools, the best ones for me are the Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, Ripper and Pulse Rifle(thats the only actual gun in the game). Isaac also has two handy abilities that can serve well whether it's killing Necromorphs or solving some of the puzzles in the game, I'm talking of course of Stasis and Kinesis(NOTE: it's just Kinesis, not TELEkinesis, it's not a mind trick in this game.) Early in the game Isaac finds and attaches the Kinesis and Stasis modules onto his arm. Stasis is a projectile that dramatically slows down anything you aim it at, making a puzzle easier to solve or limbs easier to chop. Kinesis allows you to pick up objects and bring them to you, wheher it's something out of reach or something to use when you're out of ammo.

Dead Space is by far the best horror game I've played since...ever. From the bone chilling beginning to the startleling end, this game will keep you screaming and keep you sleeping with the lights on. The game has no other modes, but replayability is very high. I would recommend this to anyone who wants any of the following: a challenge, a terrifying expirience, a fun time or all of the above.

Monster Closet 2008

Marooned on a derelict mining vessel out in the vastness of space--already starting to sound like a bleak situation, eh? The main protagonist Issac and his panic-stricken comrades search for a way off the ship while inquiring for answers on what happened in the first place. The story and situations will seem standard to sci-fi horror movie/game fans--because they are.

You're immediately lobbed into the lunacy of Dead Space--narrow corridors, taut atmospheric lighting, and enough unsettling sounds to freak out the most resolved horror fans out there. The game is set through missions in which you must traverse through--much like Resident Evil 4, unraveling the story as the missions unfold.

You'd be surprised how many exceptional environments are embraced--blood curdled walls, unfathomable engine rooms, quasi-safe medlabs, and fortuitously beautiful greeneries. Dead Space will have you frightfully dashing from one end of the ship to the other in a frantic haze to achieve your mission--survive.

Dead Space is an innovator in hud-less games. I feel that the fluent onscreen information and inventories is extremely important to the game--since it adds a layer of apprehension. When Isaac accesses his inventories the camera sweeps in closer depriving the player of precious peripheral vision--add that and the perpetual frightening such-and-such, you'll be sure to pick through your pockets with the uttermost quickness.

Dead Space has also made me happy because it offers a key feature most games really don't anymore, and that's a damn good challenge. This game will impale your stomach, head-butt your face, then slice your mandible like some sick sadistic sociopath. However unlike real-life, you get to experience these sensations over and over again! Ammo is scarce and appropriate cover is disingenuous. All of the well-organized factors EA Redwood team aimed for have been accomplished. From art to sound and controls, it's spot on. This game will irk you unsettled and keep you up at night.

There's really only one major problem I have with the game--redundancy. Ultimately, the game coins the term "monster closet". Search for an objective, finding that objective initiates the trigger for a notorious baddie to leap out at you--eventually diminishing returns will set in. But that's why fans of these games purchase them. You can't get these sorts of visceral emotions from simply watching horror movies. You need to experience it for yourself! Frankly, I feel bad for horror fans who aren't gamers, they'd absolutely eat this title up.

EA has hit it's mark with Dead Space. I can see it becoming a venerable franchise for the company and the fans. Don't miss out on this title if you're a survival/horror fan.