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Dead Space (PS3) |  | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 128
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Genre: action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Normal
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.4
MPN: DSPS3
EAN: 5030930066192
ASIN: B0019840IA
Release Date: October 24, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Electronic Arts guarantees a happy Halloween for survival horror fans with the release of this terrifying, deeply personal thriller. Developed as a single-player game, Dead Space delivers the chilling, claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in a dark environment -- all the while being stalked by some truly horrific enemies!
Set in the far future, Earth's appetite for natural resources has become a major motivator for deep space exploration. Immense, privately-owned and operated mining ships called "planetcrackers" orbit planets and use sophisticated equipment to carve out entire city-sized chunks of rock, reducing them to component elements and raw ore. When communications go dead on-board the USG Ishimura, a famous planetcracker -- systems engineer Isaac Clarke -- is sent in to fix the problem. Once on-board the vessel, Isaac discovers that the crew has unearthed an ancient and malevolent alien presence far beneath the planet's surface and brought it on-board. Weaponless, alone and terrified, this lone engineer is burdened with much more than simple survival -- he must seal the alien horror back into the dark rock. - Experience the rush of this terrifying, deeply personal thriller game
- Investigate lost signal and repair all necessary equipment in order to restore communications
- Explore distant future onboard the USG Ishimura
- Simulates claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in dark environment
- Developed as a single-player game
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 Survival Horror at its absolute BEST!! October 24, 2008
Mr. M. Osborne
85 out of 90 found this review helpful
The premise of Dead Space might seem, to some, very cliched. Big spaceship, overrun with aliens and lots of gore. Aliens, Event Horizon, Doom, etc, etc, all spring to mind when trying to explain the game.
But you'd be wrong to think this was anything else but brilliance!
This game has taken the best of the hard sci-fi horror genre and crafted it into a astonishing piece of technical mastery. Its that good.
The setting for Dead Space is a large mining ship names the USG ISHIMURA, you play as Isaac Clarke, a miner, who whilst arriving onboard realises that something is terrilbly wrong, as the vessel is crawling [quite literally] with beings known as Necromorphs. These half-alien/half-human hybrids literally want to suck the flesh off of your skull.
GRAPHICS-
After playing this on a 32" HDTV I can honestly say its one of the finest looking games I've played. It even rivals Metal Gear Solid 4 and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in terms of sharpness and graphical detail. The lighting effects are spot on and the gore is freakishly realistic. The USG ISHIMURA feels incredibly claustrophobic as shadows of Necromorphs flicker and dart around you. The Necromorphs themselves are severely mutatated and animated superbly and disturbingly, as you blast a leg off, and it continues scuttling towards you! OVERALL 10/10
GAMEPLAY-
The 3rd person perspective works very well and the camera is surprisingly responsive. The games core mechanic is fright and dismemberment which work brilliantly. Quite often strategically shooting a certain limb after the Necromorph has jumped out at you, scaring you half to death, is very rewarding, especially playing on the harder difficulty setting. The weapons are balanced and no one weapon has a distinct advantage over the other. [The Ripper is a personal favourite of mine!] OVERALL 10/10
SOUND-
The sound effects are some of the best I've heard. Having it on loud will guarantee a swift change of underwear. Everything from the demented howls and blood curdling screams are very well done. Quite often what yo hear is scarier than what you see, and theres nothing more un-nerving than hearing scuttling in the vents above you, not knowing when or where it will ambush you. OVERALL 10/10
TROPHIES-
Thankfully, EA has included Trophies out-of-the-box. And they all seem fun and a nice reward after you've nearly given yourself a heart attack. They range from completing levels, to severing x amount of limbs, and there loads to get which adds lots of replay value.
Overall its a well made horror masterpiece, can't wait for the sequel!
*The Obsidian Suit is a must have, downloaded from the Playstation Store! Its superb.
OVERALL 10/10
Dead Space is Dead Good! December 8, 2008
KM (England)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
After playing `Dead Space' for just an hour or so, I knew straight away that this was going to be one of the best games of 2008 and now that I'm about 10 hours into the story, I'm not wrong! Why is it so good? First of all it takes the excellent over-the-shoulder perspective of the classic Resident Evil 4 mixes it with the ground-breaking physics of Half-Life 2 and then has all of the scares and a similar setting to the terrifying Doom 3 which ends up as one of the best all-round survival horror shooters ever.
The graphics are some of the best I've seen on the PS3 with some very impressive lighting effects and very detailed surfaces and characters. The music and sound effects are really scary, especially when playing this using a surround sound system or with headphones. The HUD and maps etc are all on a display that comes out of the main character's helmet - there is no pausing to look at where you're going or use your inventory so you'll need to use your best tactics to find a safe place to do this! Video logs from your colleagues or others from the ship are also displayed this way, which is good as it stops long cut-scenes and you can continue exploring the ship whilst they are playing. You can also slow-down time and move objects using telekinesis (similar to the gravity gun in HL2). Another good feature is the zero-gravity rooms where you can jump to other platforms and items and enemies float around the environment. The action is fairly fast-paced and is also very gory. The puzzles are quite challenging at times and using the character's special skills will take one or two attempts to get right on occasions.
Overall this is a very good game that has kept me really entertained and I'm not near the end yet. I highly recommend it to fans of survival horror, shooters, sci-fi horror and basically anyone after a really decent action game.
No-one can hear you scream... February 16, 2010
tallpete33 (London, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm only a casual gamer (old enough to know better I guess) but like to play a variety of genres including the odd scary one like this beauty from time to time. Dead space had been tempting me for a while and for around a tenner, it became too good to resist.
Played in the third person, you are a miner called Isaac Clarke more or less alone (well lone human anyway) from the start, soon cut off from your two colleagues who were with you when your ship crash landed onto the USG ISHIMURA, the company mining ship you were sent to investigate. A slow burner, I was quite indifferent to it at first but it soon started to draw me back more and more, mainly because of the excellent gameplay and dark scary atmosphere.
It is quite Resident Evil 4 (yet to pay Resi 5 so can't compare the two I'm afraid), in it's execution with over the shoulder aiming but the main difference being you can move and shoot in this - very necessary as you will find out. Not only can you shoot but you can melee, slow down (with stasis), throw and even stamp on grounded creatures, producing a pretty nauseous squelch in the process. Stumbling over limbs and heads is equally unsavoury too, especially when they're floating around in zero gravity. It has to be said, this game deserves its 18 rating for the copious amounts of blood and guts on show.
Outside space walks (ok, runs!) in the vacuum are noisy, tense affairs with limited oxygen and the wind masking the sound of approaching uglies who have only bad intentions. Take some hits or run low on oxygen and you know it, stumbling around and gasping for breath as panic sets in. Even on the inside you may kick something on the ground and the noise will make you think you're not alone and cock your weapon again. You really are kept on your toes in this, often scared of your own shadow and you'll look around every corner before daring to go round it.
The variety of weapons is not huge (the maxed out Line Gun and Pulse Rifle worked for me) but certainly enough and you have to make decisions at the store as to which to buy or you may wish to beef up your suit. You can select up to four guns and quickly swap in real-time using the D-pad. The use of stasis (slow things down) and kinesis (to throw/move objects) adds variety and the satisfaction of learning new skills. Its very worthwhile getting to know the inventory early doors and learning how to move surplus ammo or other items to the safe to make room for more. I'd recommend saving your money for the upgraded suits which allow you to carry more to hand, similar to the suitcase in Resi 4.
Your health is displayed on the back of your suit in series of blue LEDs climbing up your spine - very cool and easy to see but often you hear or see you are in trouble first as mentioned earlier. The suit itself is a pretty raggedy but well rendered affair, almost medieval in appearance. Upgrading it visually adds protection and there is some rare humour when you see yourself coming out of the changing room Mr Benn style (ask your dad) before patting yourself down and re-entering the fray. Clock the game and you unlock the excellent white military suit, very Stormtrooper if in need of a bit of a wash. Others can be purchased for a couple of (real) quid with other DLC (guns etc) from the Playstation Store. Rude not too seeing as the game can be had for peanuts.
You never get to see your character's face or hear him speak until the end, only adding to the bleak atmosphere and sense of isolation not encountered since Tomb Raider 1. Isaac Clarke (a nod to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke, I'm guessing) is no chatty Nathan Drake; he silently roams the spaceship fighting for his life, not removing his sweaty helmet until that dramatic final scene.
Overall, this is a very well thought out, atmospheric, scary and immersive game. Not for everyone, its Resi 4 meets Alien or The Thing and it rocks.
Graphics 8.5/10
Sound 9/10
Gameplay 9/10
Overall 9/10
in your lounge, no one can hear u scream! December 3, 2008
Captain Cheese Stick (UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have nt enjoyed a game this much for ages. No dodgy cut scenes, no messing, just straight into this nasty, scary world. Great sound, shocks and visuals makes this one of the most atmospheric games ever. You never really get accustomed to the scares. Even in the later levels theres some real spine chilling moments.
The difficulty level is about right though can be hard in places. Expect a lot of deaths / replays to get through some parts as some of the fight scenes are brutal. This means you have to be smart how you use your weapons, also don't expect unlimited ammo - this all makes for a great challenge that just gets stronger the deeper you get in to it.
Have been some great games this year but this is my personal fav, challenging, atmospheric and very nasty - well done EA!
A masterclass in atmospheric gaming November 20, 2008
John Clayton III (Greystoke)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Wow, where did this come from?
After not really knowing too much about Dead Space, I picked it up on a whim with Far Cry 2, and boy oh boy... what an amazing surprise it turned out to be.
Providing what is without doubt the most atmospheric gaming experience I have ever had, Dead Space plays like a combination of the movies Aliens, Event Horizon and The Thing as you navigate a devastated space craft trying to find out what happened to the crew. You'll be in genuine terror at times as you desperately fight to survive some horrifying looking creatures and some masterful set pieces that make this one of the year's best new games.
It looks stunning to boot, with detailed, smooth visuals that perfectly create the right atmosphere with moody lighting effects and large scale areas coupled with some really impressive 'space walking' sequences and a genuinely haunting score/soundtrack combined with brilliant voice acting and a superior plot make this one big scary pot of awesome.
I cannot recommend Dead Space highly enough. If you like survival horror, you will not do better. Buy it.
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