6/21/2023 0 Comments Haunted space ps5![]() Players control space engineer Isaac Clarke as he stomps his way through the abandoned remains of the USG Ishimura, a spaceship overrun by “necromorph” aliens with the ability to possess – and grotesquely contort – the human body. For those who loved the original – or for those like me, who simply liked it – Dead Space (2023) is a fun time. Don’t get me wrong, both Dead Space (2008) and Dead Space (2023) have some scary moments, as well as excellent creature design, but both in its original and remade form, it continues to be the lesser Alien knockoff, and that’s not because it lacks the license.īut let’s start with the good stuff. When I played it back in 2008, some five years before Alien: Isolation proved that it was, in fact, possible to make a truly great Alien homage, I was frustrated by Dead Space‘s overpowered central character and a repetitiveness that dulled its creepier edges. I have never truly bought into the Dead Space hype. WITH A LITTLE LUCK, THE NETWORK WILL PICK ME UP. ![]() That game was, of course, Alien: Isolation. Starring a lone space engineer wandering an abandoned space station, menaced by terrifying Gigeresque monstrosities and armed with little more than a few hacked together mining tools, it paid homage to the cinematic classic while making the most of the immersive possibilities of gaming.Ī masterpiece and one of the scariest video games ever made, it continues to stand tall in the annals of not just horror gaming history, but horror history, period. Nine years ago, I sat down to play a video game that, in form and content and ability to elicit sheer terror, was the closest any video game had ever come to replicating the experience of Ridley Scott’s original Alien. I SHOULD REACH THE FRONTIER IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS. ![]() It’s a fun roller coaster ride, but I wouldn’t exactly call it terrifying. Available now for PS5 (reviewed), Xbox X/S, and Windows.Ī remake of the almost-classic Dead Space (originally released for PS3, Xbox 360, and Windows). Our review of Dead Space, developed by Motive Studio.
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