It also hurts that for every good survival horror title, there have been some bad ones. There have been many strong contenders over the years, but few have been able to maintain the level of quality needed to generate excitement for what is something of a niche market. When it comes to survival horror games, the franchise that has long worn the crown is Resident Evil. Dead Space 2 is what DOOM 3 was a few years back, it’s got all gamers in front of their consoles (or PC’s) playing it and enjoying it, scaring themselves silly! ^_^ And then rushing into work or school the next day and talking about it, and if that isn’t what gaming is about, then I don’t know what is.įor help with the game, check out our Dead Space 2 walkthrough.
Now, I play this game with my headphones on, in the dark, high volume and in that environment I would give it a full 10. Because it’s a game that I could play, immerse myself, enjoy myself, and BE SCARED! It took everything from the first game that it did well and then did it better. Overall, this game is a slice of perfection. Of course though, the scary tracks are terrifying and they add to an already nerve-schredding moment.ĭead Space 2 really concentrates on sound effect that we saw in Dead Space 1, which is really effective, but the musical score - although it’s not really melodic - it adds to the atmosphere and that’s what a good game score should do. I thought the musical interludes sounded very similar to Rule of Rose and I like that, it gave the impression of dilapidated grandeur. I like the music to Dead Space 2 mainly for the musical interludes and by that I mean not the screeching violin-scary orchestral sounds. It’s the perfect setting for the horror that ensues. I mean, it’s set in space, so give us some more… space! □ The genius is in the design of the world, obviously setting it on a space station gave the developers a lot of creative lee-way to do more. You’d be walking down a hallway and you’d see out into space, you’d see shuttles and Saturn’s rings, and I love that it made the world feel very vast. And I really liked that, I felt like they created a fully believable world. Just beyond it is a big shopping mall with holograms advertising what’s inside, with music kind of still playing indoors. I think my favorite area was just outside the elementary school, there’s an area for teens with arcades and shops. It’s a style we saw a lot in 80’s sci-fi, a not-so-futuristic future. What I liked about it is that the developers presented us with a futuristic design, while making it feel quite worn… so even though its space-agey, you still feel like you’re in a ship-hull, or uhm spaceship-hull. Seeing as “The Sprawl” is a civilian space station, we get to see schools, shopping malls, and locations that we’re all familiar with, but in a completely different light. The graphics are great, but what I noticed and what impressed me more was the level design. Although I haven’t played the multiplayer yet, the gameplay in single-player was pretty darn perfect! Overall, they definitely tightened up what didn’t work in the first game and kinda threw in some extra variation for good measure and it worked in their favor. Isaac now as thrusters built into his suit and it makes it a lot easier to travel around, flying in zero-gravity was my favorite feature. And the map is gone - and I for one am quite glad about that - this new root-system is great, by pressing down on the back-right Trigger button the blue beam will guide you to your next point. Kinesis is very user-friendly and tightened up to feel a lot more effortless. The gameplay is a lot more varied this time around You get to hack machinery in certain areas. I’m happy to say Isaac talks in this one, so he actually reacts to emotional situations and scenes of terror. Come Rain or Come Convergence – DS2 OSTĪs a conclusion let’s see how much fun the game is on a scale from 1 to 10:
Here is a video review of Dead Space 2 as promised!Īgree/disagree with my thoughts? Please feel free to leave a comment letting me know what you think!Īll the tracks playing the background are from official game soundtracks, in the order they appear:Ĥ.