Dead Space is such a clever and unique title. The game takes the behind the shoulder angle like Resident Evil 4 and even improves on it by having your HUD on the character, life, slowmotion, and ammo gauges. The graphics and gameplay are perfect, recomended for anyone who like RE4 or survivor horror games.

This game is a great experience for anyone anticipating the next Resident Evil installment. In fact, this could be dubbed EA's attempt at "Resident Evil in Space". Lacking much of anime stylings of the RE series (such as very identifiable characters), EA has done a good job recreating the experience. Another thing to note is their attention to scaring the player regularly. The latter quarter of the game seems to loose this benefit, as the majority of their tactics have been used and they prefer to throw more and more enemies at you instead, and also suffers from a very typical, easy, and boring final boss. However, the game is overall worth a playthrough, especially for those who like the the mechanics of the RE series.… Expand

This game takes everything the RE4 did gameplay wise, nearly perfects it, then adds in the most frightening game ever created. This is the only game I have ever been to afraid of to play it at certain hours of the night. The amazing sound design and the most frightening things I have ever seen, the Necromorphs, saw to that. The story starts out slow but then draws you in as you begin to feel that you are Isaac Clarke. Throw in a completely unexpected twist and you will fall in love with this story. The gameplay as said, capitolizes on RE4's over the shoulder style, but adds in a completely new design mechanic, Strategic Dismemberment. With SD, you must aim at certain areas of certain Necro's bodies. This game also brings and eeries sense of hopelesness, as you search for more ammo when you seem to be running out and must flee from oncoming necro's. Nothing else get's your heart pumping like Dead Space.… Expand

Dead Space-where no one can hear you scream.... Dead Space puts you in the shoes of Isaac Clark, an engineer sent to fix communications on a mining ship. But he finds no one on board and soon finds out the horrific truth--an anceint alien species has been released on the ship. Graphics-9/10 very good light effects and great graphics will have you on the edge of your seat(and soiling your pants). Story-10/10 brilliant! full of twists and turns that make a great game even greater I dont want to spoil anything though! Audio-10/10 music adds a lot to the atmosphere, voice acting and gun sounds are spot on and Necromorphs sound as scary as hell! Gameplay-8/10 Controls may take a while to get used to and the map and inventory are crap to be honest but once you get used to them they fit in great with the game. The worst part is that it can get repetitive near the end. Overall-9/10 horror fans will love it and it is worth at least a rental for any gamer trust me-it wont let you down.… Expand

This game has tremendous entertainment value. The level designs are creative and visually engaging, especially when you consider that most occur on a big spaceship. The 'baddies' are grotesque and frightening at times, but the real fun lies in tearing them to pieces with an array of upgradable weapons.

Great creepy atmosphere with outstanding attention to detail, the game oozes polish. Utterly enjoyable, a perfect length and visually top notch. Highly recommended.

A real contender for Game of the Year awards in 2008, Dead Space is a magnificent new IP from publisher Electronic Arts that both frightens and delights. The graphics and audio are top notch, with incredible attention to detail and solid voice acting. The story may be pretty standard as far as sci-fi horror is concerned (think Event Horizon and Aliens), but it's presented well and never detracts from the gameplay. This game is incredible immersive, eschewing the standard HUD interface in most 1st and 3rd person games for health and ammo meters believably placed on the character's suit and guns themselves. It took about 13 hours to beat, but it's a really great ride and I'm glad I dropped the $60 price of admission, which is more than I can say for a lot of games. I can't wait to see more entries in the series!… Expand

Dead Space is a so-called survival horror third-person shooter developed by EA Redwood Shores. The game takes place in a mining out-post, the USG Ishimura, which is the biggest space station devised by humans to satisfy the material needs of earth. When contact with the installation is lost, a group of engineers is sent to see the problem solved. They find themselves stuck in the middle of a nightmare, after their shuttle crash-lands on the space station. There's a lot of good things to say about the game. The atmosphere is oppressive and keeps the player on their toes and expecting something to happen at all times. This is achieved by (technically up-to-date) appropriate graphics that include skilled use of lights (or lack thereof), terrifying traces of past struggle, good map designs with rather contrasty tones and subdued colors. Still better, however, is the use of sounds that constantly make you turn around and look over your shoulders. Playing Dead Space home alone, lights off, is no mere trifle. It's a scary game. The weapons are relatively original and balanced; the more powerful weapons are useful in some battles, but by no means make the more basic ones obsolete. In fact, I used almost exclusively the two least exotic ones through-out the campaign. The capacity to improve your weapons and other equipment with what are called power nodes adds a nice touch, and since there is only a limited amount of them, forces you to focus on a few weapons and plan ahead. Also, your inventory is not bottomless, again forcing you to pick over the things you want to carry. Kudos Redwood Shores. The combat is enjoyable. The shooting feels like it should, not the Halo-esque smoke and mirrors, flashy ray guns with little kick (or need for brain-use), but sounding and feeling like actual gun-fights. Furthermore, what the developers call … Expand

Most overrated game I've ever played. I've seen a lot of overrated games over the years, but for people to overate what boils down to EA's rip-off of Bioshock or Resident Evil makes me wonder if all those that have been hampering on EA over the years have changed sides just so they can fit in with the mainstream crowd now. The camera is too close and makes the game very hard to enjoy, while your character's animations are very stiff and look like every other half-assed 3rd person animation out there. There are also $50 worth of downloads 2 months after release, and although you don't have to buy them to play te game, you feel just like with any other game that if you don't buy them all then you're not getting to fully enoy the entire game. I'll go ahead and say it: If you like this game you're just a flat out mainstream moron who's credibility and opinions don't matter.… Expand

a brilliant, terrifying experience. It may have borrowed most of it's ideas from others, but I borrowed from the best, and may be the most complete horror experience on any format.

"They made this game not as if it were the anchor of some new franchise, but as though they might never get to make another one. It was humbly constructed." -Tycho Brahe That just about says it all. It manages to be awesome, internally complete and, at the same time, not full of itself. More games should be this good. I'm tempted to buy an extra copy or two just to send EA a message to stop making sports games.… Expand

Ultimately, the game was forgettable. While the world seemed immersive and fantastic at first evolves into being a sub-par survival horror. The action centers of dismembering monsters, but it feels so awfully gimmicky. They offer a half-hearted explanation, but you can tell it is simply to do something slightly different. It is an ok action game with a mediocre horror them. Fear comes from startles and surprises. It is more like Doom in the fear and less like FEAR. Sadly, the ending was easily predicted, not through foreshadowing but from what most media would move toward. I knew what the ending would be 5 minutes into the game. There were no surprises in that. That said, some of the levels were very well designed. Perhaps not believable for a space ship, but offered interesting places to go through.… Expand

A psychologically sickening story and grusome visual effects added with epic audio, scary lights, and total immursion makes Dead Space one of the most horrifying and terrifying games ever. It puts you on the edge of your seat with suspense and tension, then makes you fall off when the monsters come. If you like blood and guts and violence, buy this game. If you like good programming and a spine-tingling soundtrack, buy this game. If you like a chilling story and a gripping plot, BUY THIS GAME!… Expand

This is THE best single player game I've ever played. If you get used to the game it's not that scary anymore but still it's really fun. I'ts the first (single-player) game ever that I played again after beating it. I really can't wait till Death Space 2.

10 out of 10 because you can't choose 9.5 (it still has some minor flaws)

Dead Space was a rough ride from start to finish, in an exceptionally good way. The graphics are stunning and the soundtrack flawless, and the tension created almost made me want to stop playing the game. The storyline is good, if not a bit similar to Doom 3, and I felt a huge drive to finish the game to find out what was going on! The maps, if not very linear, were excellently made with the anti-gravity and limb shooting a unique touch. Very scary and almost a relief to finish but I will definitely be giving it a second go on impossible mode.… Expand

One of the best games i have ever played and my favorite single player survival horror game ever!(L4D is fav multi-plyr). the game could have been longer though. i beat it in 10.5 hours, but i roam around and look for things. this game had amazing atmosphere and lighting, and the guns were great, even though the ripper could have been a little stronger. i almost sh** my self so many times it wasn't even funny. the end of the game was incredible. *no spoilers* the last boss was epic, it was like the kinda boss you would expect from Gears. and the last thing u see before the game ends freaked me out so much i had to call it my favorite game ending ever! also, the story was great too and there was a plot twist no one will see coming. Here's waiting for Dead Space 2!… Expand

It's easy to kick Dead Space for it's obvious lack of originality, but it's an excellent homage to the films, Alien, Aliens and Event Horizon. There are many bits from lighting effects, to the sounds to the look of the levels that have you ticking off which scenes from the aforementioned three films they borrowed ideas from. If, like me, you love these films then you'll immediately warm to the game purely for the atmosphere it instills on the player. There's one thing that Dead Space does extremely well and that is oozing atmosphere and foreboding onto the player. There are points where you literally stand back an appreciate some of the graphical design work that has been put into various levels. Truly some are works of art. Unfortunately this atmosphere becomes secondary to the "go here, flip that switch, run back to where you started, flick another switch" style of gameplay. The occasional puzzle exists to break up the switch flicking gameplay but, unfortunately, these are lighweight resulting in Dead Space becoming samey rather quickly. The weapons are satisfyingly gruesome to use and the enemy a pleasure to kill but there are many questionable design decisions throughout Dead Space that make you wonder if the developers thought "The more crap we cram in the better this game will be!" rather than taking a "less is more approach" and keeping the gameplay refined. The plot is cliched, the map is the worst map I've used in over 25+ years of gaming, the menu system an irritatance, both the "shop" and upgrade systems feel unnecessarily bolted on and the controls are, to put it politely, "dreadful". About a third of the way through you start to wonder where the game that started off so promisingly went so wrong. I hope that the problems with Dead Space are resolved in the inevitable sequel because as it stands Dead Space is a flawed classic.… Expand

The graphics are good. The atmosphere of the game is alright. Other than that, this game is horribly irritating and repetitive. The controls are godawful and slow for the PC, and I'm not a fan of the whole "third-person-over-the-shoulder" view. Some of the voice acting is pretty bad as well. Maybe the controls are better for the 360, but I'm not about to find out anytime soon.

An average horror game with a nice change of scenery. The game is becomes very repetitive, very quick.

I love this game.

This game rocks! It has the 3rd person camera and combat formula of Resident Evil 4, but expands on it. You can customize your weapons even better than RE4 and it's full of scares and cinematic story twists. Even after I beat the game, I went back for more because after completing it, you get military grade armor, 50k credits, 10 power nodes, and even more! This game is my absolute favorite horror game.… Expand

I have not played the full game, so this comment is based on the first four hours of play i have experienced. I just wanted to say that this game, so far, is absolutely brilliant. To get the most common criticisms out of the way, yes, the plot is pretty thin. Yes, the theme is 'revisited' alien sci-fi-horror , and yes, it is aparently a short game. Now the rest of it ? Freaking gold, man, gold. Its polished, its beautiful, its a little scary, but most of all its fun. Stomping the crap out of aliens that startled me has YET to get old, and i doubt it will. I'd vote this a 10 if i'd actually finished it, but for now, a solid, solid 9.… Expand

This game is the first really outstanding title I've played this fall. The combat is top-notch, the atmosphere is scary as hell, and the sometimes mundane tasks never seem to get in the way of the action.

One of the most frightening games I've ever played! I don't scare easily and this game had me jumping. Art design and sound design are absolutely superb. Levels are fun to play and the action and suspense is constant. This game is a refreshing change from all of the androgynous titles that have been released lately. This amazing game has kicked off the gaming season with a bang! A must buy, I guarantee it.… Expand

I played this game back when it was called System Shock 2. Then I played it again back when it was called Bioshock. Apparently EA's new blockbuster strategy is to remake old classics in such a way that they just barely can't get sued for it. Especially ironic since EA actually owns the rights to System Shock 2, which forces us to wonder why they didn't just do a straight-up remake instead of a fake-out. 5 out of 10 since the game is fine, just not original.… Expand

I honestly had low expectations going into this game. I expected a survival horror game that tries to borrow from the strengths of games such as Resident Evil, Gears of War, Doom while including plots twists of Aliens and the Thing. Just basicly taking the good of gaming and cinema and trying to mesh it all together. This game simply stands on its own. It's rather amazing. This game is truly horrifying. Be prepared to utter some colorful panic phrases at least through the first half of the game. At a certain point.. Call it getting used to the controls.. call it getting used to the horror... but you almost become like a bad arse rambo zombie alien killing machine. The weapon selection/upgrade provides no end in variation on how to dispatch the baddies. I found myself switching up weapons... Not only for strategy sake.. but out of pure fun. This game also requires you to really think. Unlike Doom 3 where you run through picking up weapons.. blowing everything away.. You actually have to THINK about what weapons you use.. how much ammo you carry... How many health packs... If you are overconfident in one way or another (thinking you will blast through it being armed to the teeth without needing extra health or stasis.. You'll find yourself in a bad spot. Balancing everything out.. BASED ON YOUR strengths is what works. I don't think any two gamers will approach this game with the same exact strategy... and that's what's great. THere are no tricks here... No simple right strategy... No sure fire upgrade plan... You just do what works.. I admit that all this game could have included was just a little bit of humor.. Perhaps a wise cracking Isaac.. Not fearless.. but perhaps disquising fear with a tough bravado... Because that's exactly what you'll be trying to do as you progress... Relish in the kick arse moments where you fling a zombie alien across the room and take down another with your flametrhower.... clear the room... feel empowered.. make some jokes.. then be scared to death to enter the next.… Expand

This is gaming goodness , great visuals,audio, gameplay and story combine for a solid experience. The no HUD approach works brilliantly keeping you in the acttion finding the enemies a little repetitious but fun factor makes up for this havn't had this much fun since BIOSHOCK quality gaming.

This game is stunning. I couldn't put it down from the first minute I started playing. The atmosphere is more immersive than Bioshock; the graphics are better; I loved the story, and the difficulty scaled up appropriately as the game progressed. (I was worried that I might have to restart on Hard, because the beginning seemed almost too easy, but ammo and med packs quickly grew more scarce after Chapter 1...) If it weren't for GTA4 I'd be tempted to call this the best game of 2008.… Expand