Dead Space... Trapped in space, surrounded by necromorphs, low on sanity...
Dead Space follows the journey of an engineer named Isaac Clarke who is trapped on a interstellar mining ship him and his team were sent to repair after their ship collided with it. The ship is dead and Isaac soon finds himself battling a polymorphic, virus like, alien infection called the corruption, which turns people into necromorphs.
Dead Space is one of a certain few; those horror survival games that we deem worthy of placing in our collections. It is full of nasty surprises that will keep you on the edge of your seat, with a gripping story to match. The game doesn't include any online capabilities other that the trophy system but once you play this game that won't bother you one bit.
The gameplay in Dead Space is good: Although it might take you a little while to get used to the positioning of the third person camera that doesn't effect the gameplay. The problems with the third person camera are minor but can still become quite the irritation at times, for example: the camera is sort of looking over Isaac's shoulder so at times it can be difficult to see things, like when the player is trying to read thier next objective from the menu screen floating infront of Isaac but can't quite reach it. Other than minor camera issues the rest of Dead Space's gameplay is perfect for a horror-survival game.
The sound is good aswell: it's clear and full of those freaky noises and little girls slowly singing songs we all know very quietly and scary like, the usual in a horror game. It works well every time.
The graphics are great: it's as if your watching a movie from behind the scenes, your always looking at the back of the protagonist from beside the stage. This impacts the games horrific purpose very well.
Overall i would reccommend Dead Space to those who enjoy Sci-fi or Horror, or those potential serial killers seeking a little dismemberment fun. It's a bloodbath out there...