3 hand claps... that's all

User Rating: 8.5 | Dead Space 2 PS3
I'm not a real fan of horror games, but I make myself play some from time to time to keep my gaming experience fresh. First I have to say that for a horror game, this wasn't all that scary. Here and there you will get the lights to cut out and monsters pop out here and there but after a while it's like "okay you can come out now". Even the monstrous babies weren't scary, but it was well suited for the scene they were in.

Story

The game had a great story, and even though I didn't play the first one I know it had a great continuation, and of course after the end of this game we all know it's gonna be a third one.

Game play

I liked the suits, I thought they were really cool-looking (especially the helmets), I just wish they had more of a selection, maybe a couple more. I even like the animation when you buy a new suit, he gets into the machine and comes back out like he's bad, lol. The weapon selection was okay. I did like how they had alternate fire with each weapon, and that makes it very useful for certain situations.

Like I mentioned before it wasn't all that scary, and it didn't have that many bosses, and that is a factor that some horror game-lovers would expect. Since I'm not a horror game lover it was good enough for me, lol. The controls are your typical shooter game type, but the only thing I couldn't stand was the instant heal button which was the circle button, and I would always accidently hit that button and wasted alot of my health (hey health doesn't come cheap towards the end of the game).

Sound

Of course with horror games you have to have the horror music, but it didn't occur very much throughout the game. I guess they needed some surprises huh. I did like the ending theme song. It was a great piece to hear after defeating the boss, it really relaxed me and let me know it was over.

Overall

I gave this game a 8.5 mainly because I felt a horror game could have been more scarier, and I wish there was a more selection of weapons and armor.