Dead Space Extraction is a fun on-rails prequel DEADSPACE game that takes place before the very first DEADSPACE and connects directly with DEADSPACE 2.
The starts with the outbreak of the MARKER infecting the scientist and unitologists in the area where the marker was found.
In the first level you play as Sam Caldwald who has a girlfriend named Lexine Murdoch. Sam Caldwald is one of the first to deal with the outbreak by being directly incontact with the MARKER on Aegis VII. He wears armor/mining suit similar to that of Isaac Clark however with open visor. Him and his friends go crazy and you see it from his perspective as he has to kill his friends before they go insane.
Sadly Caldwell succumbs to the voices and is promptly shot by the protagonist Nathan Mcneill who's a detective.
Mcniell meets with his soldier/police friend Gabrielle Weller and they go through the outbreak attempting to get off AEGIS VII with Lexine. Gabrielle and Lexine are both characters that appear in DEAD SPACE 2 as they have married eachother after the events of DEADSPACE 1 and during 2.
They meet with the Executive Director of Colonial Mining Affairs Warren Eckhart during the outbreak when saving him.
The crew goes through the game attempting to get off AEGIS VII, and once they do, they end up on the original ship from DEADSPACE, the ISHIMURA. There they meet Nicole (Isaac Clark's wife) who helps McNiell, Murdock, Eckhart, and Weller to find a life boat to get off the USG ISHIMURA however stays behind to try and help survivors.
In Chapter 6 Lexine gets seperated from the group and ends up meeting Karen Howell who is a bontanist of Hydrophonics who meets with McNiell, Weller, and Eckhart before they're attack by a giant tenticle necromorph called The Urchin.
Karen Howell saves Lexine from a giant armored necromorph called the Brute, before they meet with McNiell, Weller, and Eckhart. Howell activates the tram (train) so they can escape to the nearest life boat, and McNiel asks Eckhart to protect Howell while they clear the way ahead.
Eckhart and Howell have a conversation where Eckhart ordered for Unitologist to established in all parts of the ISHIMURA and AEGIS VII, and he's the reason for why the outbreak happens as those who become Necromorphs are believers of what the MARKER is saying.
Eckhart is revealed to be the cause of all of this, and allows for Howell to be killed by the Giant Tenticle from DEADSPACE. Eckhart returns to Nathan, Lexine, and Gabrielle lying to them saying "Howell sacrificed herself to save me, she locked the door."
Weller decides it's best to split up to find a life boat and decides that Lexine and McNeill need to go to another area and check if theres a life boat there.
Weller and Eckhart find a lifeboat, and clear out the Necromorphs in the area. Weller later destroys 4 braces that are holding the lifeboat and door in place to escape, and he destroys them while leaving Eckhart in the office space alone. When Weller returns he sees Eckhart relaying a message to other scientist/unitologist of the USG organization on how Lexine is immune to the effect of the MARKER and that she needs to be tested on for further research.
Weller confronts Eckhart and Eckhart shoots him, however Eckhart is later attacked and killed by a Leaper Necromorph.
Lexine and McNeill meet up with Weller and McNeill has to go and shut down the final canon, in order to allow themselves to escape the ISHIMURA. After deactivating the cannon in zero gravity, McNeill encounters a giant space breathing necromorph called the Spider. After killing the Spider, it shoots one last attack at McNeill for permanent damage. This attack causes McNeill to have to cut off his arm... sadly he's already dead at this point.
Lexine and Weller have 1 final stand against hordes of Necromorphs of different varieties waiting for McNiell to arrive. They think hes officially dead before a 1 armed McNeill shows up and all 3 get off the ISHIMURA.
Weller asks what McNeill is going to do next, and he says "I'm officially retired."
(which is both funny and sad as to what McNeill's fate actually is).
Before that, a transmission comes in from the USG Kellion after finding the distress signal from Nicole and from the ISHIMURA.
Lexine attempts to get in contact with the Kellion but the transmission doesn't go through. The USG Kellion being the ship Isaac Clark is on, starting the events of DEAD SPACE.
As DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION ends... DEAD SPACE begins.
McNeill's fate is later revealed in DEAD SPACE 2 to have turned into a Necromorph after his injury from fighting the spider, confirming that he succumbed to the infection/injury, and final shot of Lexine shooting a Necromorph confirms Lexine killed Necromorph McNeill... he got his retirement.
The game is an on rail shooter with various different weapons to use from the iconic DEAD SPACE series:
- Plasma Cutter (Horizontal and Vertical switch)
- Line Gun
- Pulse Rifle
- Force Gun
- Flame Thrower
- Ripper
- Contact Beam
Also featuring 3 new weapons:
- Rivet Gun (Nail Gun)
- P-Sec Pistol (Futuristic Revolver)
- Arc Welder (Shoots Electricity)
The game features different variants of the Necromorphs, along with 2 New Version of Necromorph Bosses.
These variants being:
- Standard Necromorphs
- Leapers
- Ubermorphs
- Exploders
- Lukers
- Pregnants
- Swarmers
- Fliers
- Brutes (Only 1 is encountered in this game)
And 2 new Boss variants of Necromorphs:
- The Urchin
- The Spider
The game is very repetitive in terms of the on rails and tends to be a bit cheap in terms of when you get hit, but still can be very fun. The story is a great addition to DEAD SPACE as a whole as it clears up a lot of loose ends and ties DEAD SPACE and DEAD SPACE 2 together very well.
I highly recommend playing this game or watching a youtube video instead to experience the story. Had a great time with DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION, all before I play DEAD SPACE REMAKE.
If you want to play DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION purchase the DEAD SPACE 2: LIMITED EDITION as it comes with DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION on the disc. Copies on eBay go for about $15-$25, get it quick before the prices spike.
I really liked DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION.
The starts with the outbreak of the MARKER infecting the scientist and unitologists in the area where the marker was found.
In the first level you play as Sam Caldwald who has a girlfriend named Lexine Murdoch. Sam Caldwald is one of the first to deal with the outbreak by being directly incontact with the MARKER on Aegis VII. He wears armor/mining suit similar to that of Isaac Clark however with open visor. Him and his friends go crazy and you see it from his perspective as he has to kill his friends before they go insane.
Sadly Caldwell succumbs to the voices and is promptly shot by the protagonist Nathan Mcneill who's a detective.
Mcniell meets with his soldier/police friend Gabrielle Weller and they go through the outbreak attempting to get off AEGIS VII with Lexine. Gabrielle and Lexine are both characters that appear in DEAD SPACE 2 as they have married eachother after the events of DEADSPACE 1 and during 2.
They meet with the Executive Director of Colonial Mining Affairs Warren Eckhart during the outbreak when saving him.
The crew goes through the game attempting to get off AEGIS VII, and once they do, they end up on the original ship from DEADSPACE, the ISHIMURA. There they meet Nicole (Isaac Clark's wife) who helps McNiell, Murdock, Eckhart, and Weller to find a life boat to get off the USG ISHIMURA however stays behind to try and help survivors.
In Chapter 6 Lexine gets seperated from the group and ends up meeting Karen Howell who is a bontanist of Hydrophonics who meets with McNiell, Weller, and Eckhart before they're attack by a giant tenticle necromorph called The Urchin.
Karen Howell saves Lexine from a giant armored necromorph called the Brute, before they meet with McNiell, Weller, and Eckhart. Howell activates the tram (train) so they can escape to the nearest life boat, and McNiel asks Eckhart to protect Howell while they clear the way ahead.
Eckhart and Howell have a conversation where Eckhart ordered for Unitologist to established in all parts of the ISHIMURA and AEGIS VII, and he's the reason for why the outbreak happens as those who become Necromorphs are believers of what the MARKER is saying.
Eckhart is revealed to be the cause of all of this, and allows for Howell to be killed by the Giant Tenticle from DEADSPACE. Eckhart returns to Nathan, Lexine, and Gabrielle lying to them saying "Howell sacrificed herself to save me, she locked the door."
Weller decides it's best to split up to find a life boat and decides that Lexine and McNeill need to go to another area and check if theres a life boat there.
Weller and Eckhart find a lifeboat, and clear out the Necromorphs in the area. Weller later destroys 4 braces that are holding the lifeboat and door in place to escape, and he destroys them while leaving Eckhart in the office space alone. When Weller returns he sees Eckhart relaying a message to other scientist/unitologist of the USG organization on how Lexine is immune to the effect of the MARKER and that she needs to be tested on for further research.
Weller confronts Eckhart and Eckhart shoots him, however Eckhart is later attacked and killed by a Leaper Necromorph.
Lexine and McNeill meet up with Weller and McNeill has to go and shut down the final canon, in order to allow themselves to escape the ISHIMURA. After deactivating the cannon in zero gravity, McNeill encounters a giant space breathing necromorph called the Spider. After killing the Spider, it shoots one last attack at McNeill for permanent damage. This attack causes McNeill to have to cut off his arm... sadly he's already dead at this point.
Lexine and Weller have 1 final stand against hordes of Necromorphs of different varieties waiting for McNiell to arrive. They think hes officially dead before a 1 armed McNeill shows up and all 3 get off the ISHIMURA.
Weller asks what McNeill is going to do next, and he says "I'm officially retired."
(which is both funny and sad as to what McNeill's fate actually is).
Before that, a transmission comes in from the USG Kellion after finding the distress signal from Nicole and from the ISHIMURA.
Lexine attempts to get in contact with the Kellion but the transmission doesn't go through. The USG Kellion being the ship Isaac Clark is on, starting the events of DEAD SPACE.
As DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION ends... DEAD SPACE begins.
McNeill's fate is later revealed in DEAD SPACE 2 to have turned into a Necromorph after his injury from fighting the spider, confirming that he succumbed to the infection/injury, and final shot of Lexine shooting a Necromorph confirms Lexine killed Necromorph McNeill... he got his retirement.
The game is an on rail shooter with various different weapons to use from the iconic DEAD SPACE series:
- Plasma Cutter (Horizontal and Vertical switch)
- Line Gun
- Pulse Rifle
- Force Gun
- Flame Thrower
- Ripper
- Contact Beam
Also featuring 3 new weapons:
- Rivet Gun (Nail Gun)
- P-Sec Pistol (Futuristic Revolver)
- Arc Welder (Shoots Electricity)
The game features different variants of the Necromorphs, along with 2 New Version of Necromorph Bosses.
These variants being:
- Standard Necromorphs
- Leapers
- Ubermorphs
- Exploders
- Lukers
- Pregnants
- Swarmers
- Fliers
- Brutes (Only 1 is encountered in this game)
And 2 new Boss variants of Necromorphs:
- The Urchin
- The Spider
The game is very repetitive in terms of the on rails and tends to be a bit cheap in terms of when you get hit, but still can be very fun. The story is a great addition to DEAD SPACE as a whole as it clears up a lot of loose ends and ties DEAD SPACE and DEAD SPACE 2 together very well.
I highly recommend playing this game or watching a youtube video instead to experience the story. Had a great time with DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION, all before I play DEAD SPACE REMAKE.
If you want to play DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION purchase the DEAD SPACE 2: LIMITED EDITION as it comes with DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION on the disc. Copies on eBay go for about $15-$25, get it quick before the prices spike.
I really liked DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION.