It's a good thing you have a wide-ranging compliment of tools at your disposal. It also has you exploring some nicely varied areas, which are full of an equally diverse cast of enemies, many of whom need to be taken out in different ways. Driven by an engaging sci-fi story, this shooter expertly mixes horror with action, as the atmospheric music and eerie sound effects really put you on edge, which the game takes advantage of by having zombies jump out at you from behind wall panels and the ceiling you literally just checked.

As for people who missed the original, this is basically a sci-fi version of Resident Evil 2 and 4, albeit with less silly puzzles and more resilient zombies. Armed with guns, a flamethrower, and some laser-based mining equipment, as well as the ability to move large objects or temporarily freeze people and objects in place, players have to not just destroy the zombies, they have to dismember them to stop them from coming, while also figuring out how to get the ship's systems running again so they can escape.įor people who survived the original, this remake doesn't just look better, it also adds more rooms to explore, as well as times when you'll be randomly attacked. Set in 2508, Dead Space follows engineer Isaac Clarke on a mission to save his girlfriend Nicole, himself, and his crewmates from the space zombies who now infest the space ship the USG Ishimura. Originally released in 2008, this remake of the cult classic survival horror shooter is every bit as exciting and scary as the original.

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