Isaac Clarke returns in Dead Space 2, the sequel to Visceral Games’ award-winning survival horror game, Dead Space. In this all-new adventure, you’ll meet new characters, explore new environments, and wield all-new weapons in your fight against the alien Necromorphs.
GenreAction
Platforms ps3
DEVELOPER Visceral Games | PUBLISHER Codemasters | RELEASE DATE
Dead Space 2 Reviews ps3
giantbomb.com review
Just like its predecessor, Dead Space 2 doesn’t do anything especially new, it just does everything exceedingly well. EA’s current management set a mandate a few years ago to improve the quality of the company’s internal game development, a directive this game and its predecessor directly resulted from. If the Dead Space franchise is ultimately the only memorable result that effort ever bears, it will still constitute a memorable legacy indeed.
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gameblog.fr review
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realgamer.net review
I loved Dead Space, I thought it was fantastic, but despite this, I knew there were key areas that could be improved on. (who needs to see the same areas over and over and over). But yet, with Dead Space 2 I knew it would be tough for Visceral and EA to make significant improvements, but they have. And what a game it makes.
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everyeye.it review
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cheatcc.com review
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ztgamedomain.com review
Tension might be the key word when describing Dead Space 2. Rarely do my palms sweat or do I grip the controller with a sense of meaning, but when I move room-to-room within the Sprawl I am constantly on my guard. Yes there is a run button, and I rarely ever used it for the simple fact that I had no idea what I would be running into. This experience is hard to match and also what makes Dead Space sort of the new standard when it comes to horror/action games. Playing on normal difficulty and above gives you less and less ammo and health, which makes every encounter a challenge.
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vandal.net review
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spaziogames.it review
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gamefocus.ca review
Dead Space 2 is the definition of a “if its not broken, don’t fix it†type of game. A sequel that improves upon its predecessor without changing the winning formula, only improving upon it. With the incredible number of highly anticipated games releasing this year, I can’t guarantee this game will be a Game of the Year contender, but it definitely sets itself among the great experiences to be had in calendar 2011. It’s rewarding, unsettling, addictive, shocking, and gory…in other words, a game that your mom would hate.
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gameshark.com review
Dead Space 2 is without question a better game than the original despite the fact that the gameplay remains nearly unchanged. It’s always encouraging to see a developer learn from a previous design, even when that design was a hit with the public. The changes put in place takes what was, for me, a terribly frustrating and eventually boring horror game into one that I can’t wait to play again.
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1up.com review
once you get past the not-as-great middle and complete the utterly crazy endgame, you have a multitude of options. You can use the New Game Plus option to replay the story with all of your gear (in order to upgrade everything and unlock even more armor), or you can attempt the Hard Core mode that takes away checkpoints and only allows for three saves during the entire campaign. Or you can check out multiplayer.
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ign.com review
Dead Space 2 is more than just an action game and it’s more than a survival horror game — it’s a game that tells a really personal story about a guy who has been seriously scarred by the events around him. That premise alone makes it interesting, but Visceral Games melds it with rewarding combat, shocking enemies, and huge set pieces before tossing it into a world that’s truly creepy and scary. I didn’t find multiplayer that interesting and would’ve liked to have seen Isaac stop being an errand boy, but none of that spoils what you’re getting here. The shocking moments, the gruesome deaths, and the fun of playing through this experience again and again are what I took away from this one.
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gamingbolt.com review
Visceral Games have taken the franchise to all new heights with a totally insane single player campaign and an excellent plot to go along with it.
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3djuegos.com review
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gamesradar.com review
An early example is an amazing train battle unlike anything seen in the first game. So much is happening at once you need fast reflexes while keeping your eyes glued to the screen throughout. Just when you think it’s over some new twist comes to the sequence and when it finally is done, you exhale the breath you’ve been holding during the entire scene. There are several more like it, but not enough as to completely change the flavor of the game.
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eurogamer.es review
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thesixthaxis.com review
Dead Space 2 takes the same core principles that the first game introduced so well – claustrophobia, darkness and the rush of the unknown – but removes the needless backtracking (the few times you revisit an area it’s normally completely different and you certainly don’t need to retrace your steps much at all) and makes full use of the heterogeneous locations the plot has to offer.
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gamingexcellence.com review
A bonus for PlayStation 3 owners is the inclusion of Dead Space Extraction, the former Wii-exclusive pseudo rail shooter, now re-mastered in glorious HD. Extraction was great when it came out on the Wii, and it remains a worthy gaming experience a year later, especially when played with the PlayStation Move. Considering we gave the original game a 9.2 score only a year ago, this is one of the sweetest pack-in deals you’re likely to find. Playing Extraction cooperatively with a friend is also more compelling than the included Dead Space 2 multiplayer.
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gamrreview.vgchartz.com review
Some have said that outside some niche Japanese games, survival horror is dead. Before sitting down for Isaac Clarke’s second go-round with the necromorphs, I may have agreed. After getting my inner child ravaged for 15 hours in The Sprawl, I am reminded of what survival horror really means. Not only being scared out of your mind, but struggling to survive as every shot has to count… or else. Dead Space 2 resuscitates the survival horror genre and then claims the throne for its own.
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game-boyz.co.uk review
Dead Space 2 does offer up a multiplayer component but it feels more tacked on than anything else. It is merely a four-on-four affair, where one side has an objective and the other side attempts to stop them. There are only five maps and frankly gamers won’t want to waste time with this element of the game. Personally I would much rather have seen a cooperative mode where you could progress throughout the Sprawl and take out enemies with a buddy. The lack of co-op component keeps this title from being considered truly elite and on par with games like Halo Reach or Gears of War.
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videogamesdaily.com review
As we noted in our preview, the experience lacks the poise of Valve’s game, constrained by that plodding third-person move-aim system, and however pleasing to the eye, the five environments probably won’t give rise to quite as glorious a range of water-cooler anecdotes. But it’s still a polished, engaging effort, losing little of the story mode’s claustrophobia in the shift to squad play.
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