Space, the final frontier ... of terror. Dead Space 2 is a new standard for horror, action and even science fiction series, expands on the original in every way imaginable. From the intense opening sequence, the series protagonist Isaac Clarke, who escape from a mental health facility provides for the arm wound and kept in a straitjacket while avoiding an outbreak of seemingly endless Necromorphs, Dead Space 2 do never disappear. Not a minute. The level of polish and attitude during one of the best in the industry - there are only few games are able to display such maturity and consistency in design, and studios even less development, a position he gets to that level - Visceral Games should be commended for the work they did here.
If you are familiar with Dead Space, go out and buy the first play through it, you have to buy the second and try again. Both games can proudly beside the other, Dead Space 2 shows clearly that only by a little more maturity factor, but to know the family tree, and why you are where you are (and in a straightjacket force, no less), is important is consistency visceral made the universe. And make no mistake, the powers of narrative that will have visceral really happening with their expansion of all things Dead Space traditions.
When Isaac was the only survivor of the plague that occurred on the USG Ishimura, and winner of a hell of an epic boss fight at the end of the first part, the prey does not exceed a heady dose drugs, the straitjacket over many questions unanswered. You literally woke up in a hospital, tied up and moving - the building collapses around you as Necromorphs smashed windows, doors and walls hunger for your members. But unlike the first game in the first moments of the Dead Space 2, you have no weapons and no means to fight for. Even if your hands are finally free to cut your limits is the only tool you have a torch.
The "on-edge" experience in Dead Space 2 is reinforced with the new, and many, many parts, the first game to leave so much space dust. There is also a lot more emphasis on the epic set pieces, the type of material that Nathan Drake is away, completely emasculated. There are many new types of enemies, such as the stalker, which are so devastating, surviving your first meeting with their forgiveness for his own performance, and a larger number of mini-bosses, sub-bosses and, thus, bosses. But this is not only dead ends with sharp you revived in Dead Space 2 fights, there are also companies claim, intellectual and religious fanatics fight Isaac deeply emotional inside.
All this is nice and the rhythm that you are available in all sections in the game, the text and language. There is no CG-buy-ins, nothing more-up-in the delivery department "aesthetic" - from the beginning is almost always under control, and the few moments you're not, you'll probably be grateful for your hands would be too busy picking your jaw from the floor anyway.
There is a deeper story here. And you notice I avoided a lot of him, and rightly so. The first game was more of an experiment, a junction of life in this twisted world, while Dead Space 2 is oh so much more. It takes the themes and ideas on the satin of the first game to new heights, as if the team still planned to take this trip - teasing you first before you in his narrative Nexus, a blur of wonder Gross.
On the Ishimura, you find the details of the internal operation of ships along the reports on what happened to you there first. On urban sprawl, things are set in a larger scale - there's plenty to do in religion Thurs Unitology now consume clear and precise game, Scientology, while the spreading of the building itself with people more deeply into the space business is fleshy Lore of the table. have warned fans of science fiction there, you'll be tickled pink tickler your inquiry what to keep in its history.
But frightened breathtaking beyond graphics, proceed on the history of the fly, intense epic set pieces, gruesome (and imaginative) opponents with his incredible and piss-your-pants, the game is the battle, and it is really the team selected items up to 11
In the first game, everything was new. The Necromorphs were new, was the game's style horror and the new voltage and you did not know why. But here's the team of more awareness Dead Space fans come armed with knowledge, and knowledge is power. And while there are certainly many things here to keep you on your toes, your arsenal is larger, the tactical possibilities in the fingers bigger and everything seems much more concrete and therefore are met.
old weapons with a better return on secondary fire functions (blocking your plasma cutter, is that the baby such as vinyl - it only gets better with age), while new weapons you can use to multitude of enemies will constantly flooded with Deal. The Gun Javelin give, for example, fires a bolt drill Nercomorph and either drop it or send it to fly on the wall until she hung up, like a twisted holiday decoration. However, the Javelin uses a secondary fire function, which is an electrical charge, to more opponents when you do it the right time. You can even create a space on the ground target instead of the soft meat Necromorph and only a simple trap to give you some latitude.
Other familiar again, that you use stasis to slow enemies in their tracks at the moment may or slow to solve the functional elements in the world for a little mystery, and as the first game, you can collect nodes or buy and then upgrade weapons, costumes and articles on the work tables. And this was done through the system have been set for a satisfying experience.
And the point about this game. At no time during the game I changed my recently. There is so much more to see and do. Isaac is an engineer by profession, he has in this whole mess in the first place, but in the first game there was not enough to really explore scenarios or puzzle that is. Dead Space 2, however, and you'll be hacking terminals, the requisitioning of tools and crawling through vents claustrophobic during the game, a short stop at the breathtaking view of sprawl, the city where you wake up stiff, set on the destruction of the World first human remains low, Titan. In the distance you see the mesmerizing beauty, Saturn and its rings. It is truly breathtaking.
Speaking of which, with Dead Space 2 control it with even more exciting moments in the cold of space, with the new capacity of Isaac in Zero-G to 360 degrees, thanks to his new clothes. There are many puzzles and encounters enemies in those times, and one might expect, physics, inertia and any real science in check. This is something that the team is proud of how you in my interview with the producer, Shereif Fattouh, we will post later learned in the week.
It is the attention to detail, all of which contribute so seamlessly, and if it is not in your face, it is in your device, or in your rear speakers. sense of the city and its incredibly functional components and credible "lived" scary noises in the distance, the drop touches the top disturbing interruption and Echo, Dead Space 2 is upset, it is you fear He and catch you, do to the throat or your legs as you scurry away and eat you. Whole