'Dead Space'
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Dead Space - Playstation 3
I played a demo of this game at a special event, and found it to be a bit bland - many of the gameplay mechanics the EA rep was most pleased with seemed familiar. A Half Life 2 style gravity gun makes an appearance as your initial weapon. The zero G areas reminded me of Spiderman - where you choose a wall to stick to, aim at it and fire yourself across. Mag boots then keep you attached to the surface of your choice. Not really zero G - just 1G with the gravity direction being choosable. Unexplicably the monsters seem to posess no magnetic boots yet still stick to the walls - at least until you start decapitating bits off them - which then do float around amongst globules of blood. A HUD is missing from the game - to add immersion, but health is measured in pips along your characters spine - this seems a bit confusing, and gamers will need to retrain themselves to look in an unusual place to deduce their characters health - the whole time playing I paid no attention to this health metric other than when it was initially pointed out. Weapon selection is done with a strange 3D type popup, which seemed to get partiually obscured offscreen when it tries to fit into a small area such as a corridor - however that might just be the demo version and may not be an issue in the final game. There is also no online or co-op components to this game. The plus points are that it is gory, and some of the weapons are pretty cool - a blade cutting thing that is the best weapon looks like fun. Theres a lot of concepts which, whilst familiar, they are new to the survival horror genre, all bought together in one package. Ill probably pick it up - but probably second hand (And with no online/multioplayer features theyll probably start turning up soon enough!)
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Additional Information
| Released: | 24/10/2008 |
| RRP: | £49.99 |
| Platform: | Playstation 3 |
Other Platforms
| Game Name | Year | Media Pricer's Best Price |   | |
| Dead Space Xbox 360 | 2008 | £28.73 (04/12/2008 19:04:02) | |
| Dead Space PC | 2008 | £24.99 (18/11/2008 14:59:41) |
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