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Dead Space

EA Redwood Shores

2008•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 20 hours

Taste attributes: actionhorrorscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is unsavoury, uncomplicated and wide-ranging. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

87 / 100

1,263 ratings

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About This Game

Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on all platforms through October 2008. The game puts the player in control of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles the Necromorphs, reanimated human corpses, aboard an interstellar mining ship, the USG Ishimura.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Engineer Isaac Clarke is dispatched on a repair mission to the USG Ishimura, a mining vessel suffering a communications blackout. Isaac, accompanied by Chief Security Officer Zach Hammond, and Computer Specialist Kendra Daniels, become stranded on a seemingly derelict ship, where a newborn horror awaits them.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionHorrorScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

AliensExplorationMonstersBloodyGravityMinigamesDeathMilitary

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Details

Developer: EA Redwood Shores
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 14 October 2008
Series: Dead Space
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 16h rushed, 20h normally, 38h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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