Dead Space Review

This page contains reviews for Dead Space, a new survival-horror game from Electronic Arts. Set in the future, the game takes place on a mining vessel that's been infested with a nasty alien race known as necromorphs. The player takes on the role of Isaac Clarke, who has been tasked with cleaning up the ship and elimating the aliens. Wikipedia: Dead Space

1. Great combat
2. Fantastic graphicsGameSpot: Dead Space Review
3. Sound design heightens suspense
4. Realistic-feeling atmosphereIGN: Dead Space Review

1. Repetitive gameplay
2. Navigation issuesIGN: Dead Space Review
3. Camera issues in close quartersGameSpot: Dead Space Review

With the exception of a couple outlets, Dead Space has been receiving nearly universal acclaim from many gaming enthusiast outlets and even garnered a perfect score from GamePro. While the reviewers seem to disagree about whether or not the story is interesting or original, they all seem to agree that the combat portion of the gameplay is the best feature of the game. Even those who criticized the repetitive nature of the missions, said the combat was often good enough to keep them from getting bored.Metacritic.com: Dead Space Xbox 360 Reviews

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