For a game released back in 2008, Dead Space still looks and plays fantastic. Despite being a western response to Resident Evil 4, the title is highly original on its own right. Almost every piece of equipment is an industrial tool that happens to be extremely useful when the enemies are weak to dismemberment.
Every weapon has a niche, two firing modes, modular upgrades and aesthetic changes to go along with them. The developers spared no expense in order to make the game as detailed as possible.
On that note, the setting is similar to something like the Alien movies, technology may have advanced to the point where space travel is commonplace, but the futuristic tech feels largely mundane. Being a space miner is not that different from regular mining in terms of living standards afforded to the average worker. The game really sells you the idea that things weren't perfect even before the necromorph plague. In particular, I really like the advertising posters for different products, they have a lot of character.
However, this version of the game in particular has a lot of problems. Including forced mouse acceleration, physics tied to frame rate, control issues and frequent crashes. The PC port for Dead Space is sadly not the best, but the good news is that 14 years after release there are fanmade fixes for most of these shortcomings. Also, limiting the frame rate to 60 works wonders.
To conclude, I believe Dead Space is a great addition to the survival horror genre and I would recommend it to anyone with the patience to patch it.
Every weapon has a niche, two firing modes, modular upgrades and aesthetic changes to go along with them. The developers spared no expense in order to make the game as detailed as possible.
On that note, the setting is similar to something like the Alien movies, technology may have advanced to the point where space travel is commonplace, but the futuristic tech feels largely mundane. Being a space miner is not that different from regular mining in terms of living standards afforded to the average worker. The game really sells you the idea that things weren't perfect even before the necromorph plague. In particular, I really like the advertising posters for different products, they have a lot of character.
However, this version of the game in particular has a lot of problems. Including forced mouse acceleration, physics tied to frame rate, control issues and frequent crashes. The PC port for Dead Space is sadly not the best, but the good news is that 14 years after release there are fanmade fixes for most of these shortcomings. Also, limiting the frame rate to 60 works wonders.
To conclude, I believe Dead Space is a great addition to the survival horror genre and I would recommend it to anyone with the patience to patch it.