One of the questions when they announced Dead Space 2 would have multiplayer was ‘does it need it?’ Thankfully it picks up again in the final few chapters and finishes with a flourish. While this is called for on one or two occasions due to the plot, it really does become tiresome and frustrating at other times. Unfortunately it seems the developers threw everything into that part of the game as Dead Space 2 loses steam in a big way – resorting to cheap design in the shape of large open areas where you face off against a much bigger number of enemies. A strong story, coupled with superb graphics and atmosphere had me immersed completely. Playing through the first half to two thirds of this game I was certain Visceral had topped the original, such was the craftsmanship on display. Essentially the aim is to dismember as opposed to going for headshots on enemies. The combat remains the same, with a few new weapons thrown in. Visceral continue their great job of creeping you out by NOT throwing stuff at you – I would’ve liked to have seen slightly more of the insanity that featured in NPC’s during the original game but on the whole the Sprawl is definitely somewhere you wouldn’t want to find yourself. The game itself plays similarly to the original but Visceral have upped the pace slightly, which make sense because not all of the Sprawl is as narrow as the Ishimura was.ĭead Space 2 starts with one of the most impressive openings I’ve seen in a while – I remember feeling the same way about the first game.Īs you get to grips with everything that is going on around you there will be twists (some I saw coming and a few I didn’t) and plenty of scares. Sadly for Clarke he has no knowledge of the last three years and discovers a situation has arisen that only someone with his expertise can deal with. As someone who thoroughly enjoyed the first Dead Space, despite not being a fan of jumpy horror stuff, I was really looking forward to the follow up.Ĭontinuing the story of Isaac Clarke it picks up three years after the first game was set, with Clarke now finding himself as a citizen on the Sprawl – a huge space station development on one of Saturn’s moons.
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