Product Description

Electronic Arts guarantees a happy Halloween for survival horror fans with the release of this terrifying, deeply personal thriller. Developed as a single-player game, Dead Space delivers the chilling, claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in a dark environment -- all the while being stalked by some truly horrific enemies!

Set in the far future, Earth's appetite for natural resources has become a major motivator for deep space exploration. Immense, privately-owned and operated mining ships called "planetcrackers" orbit planets and use sophisticated equipment to carve out entire city-sized chunks of rock, reducing them to component elements and raw ore. When communications go dead on-board the USG Ishimura, a famous planetcracker -- systems engineer Isaac Clarke -- is sent in to fix the problem. Once on-board the vessel, Isaac discovers that the crew has unearthed an ancient and malevolent alien presence far beneath the planet's surface and brought it on-board. Weaponless, alone and terrified, this lone engineer is burdened with much more than simple survival -- he must seal the alien horror back into the dark rock.

• Experience the rush of this terrifying, deeply personal thriller game
• Investigate lost signal and repair all necessary equipment in order to restore communications
• Explore distant future onboard the USG Ishimura
• Simulates claustrophobic feeling of being isolated in dark environment
• Developed as a single-player game

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #267 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2008-10-24
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Original language: English, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Czech
• Subtitled in: English, Polish, Russian, Czech
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
When an immense mining ship, the USG Ishimura, comes into contact with a mysterious alien artifact in a remote star system, its communications with Earth are mysteriously cut off. Engineer Isaac Clarke is sent to repair the Ishimura's communications array, but he arrives to find a living nightmare - the ship is a floating bloodbath, the crew unspeakably mutilated and infected by an ancient alien scourge. Clarke's repair mission becomes one of survival as he fights not just to save himself, but to return the artifact to the planet ... at any cost.

Customer Reviews

Survival Horror at its absolute BEST!!
The premise of Dead Space might seem, to some, very cliched. Big spaceship, overrun with aliens and lots of gore. Aliens, Event Horizon, Doom, etc, etc, all spring to mind when trying to explain the game.
But you'd be wrong to think this was anything else but brilliance!
This game has taken the best of the hard sci-fi horror genre and crafted it into a astonishing piece of technical mastery. Its that good.

The setting for Dead Space is a large mining ship names the USG ISHIMURA, you play as Isaac Clarke, a miner, who whilst arriving onboard realises that something is terrilbly wrong, as the vessel is crawling [quite literally] with beings known as Necromorphs. These half-alien/half-human hybrids literally want to suck the flesh off of your skull.

GRAPHICS-
After playing this on a 32" HDTV I can honestly say its one of the finest looking games I've played. It even rivals Metal Gear Solid 4 and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in terms of sharpness and graphical detail. The lighting effects are spot on and the gore is freakishly realistic. The USG ISHIMURA feels incredibly claustrophobic as shadows of Necromorphs flicker and dart around you. The Necromorphs themselves are severely mutatated and animated superbly and disturbingly, as you blast a leg off, and it continues scuttling towards you! OVERALL 10/10

GAMEPLAY-
The 3rd person perspective works very well and the camera is surprisingly responsive. The games core mechanic is fright and dismemberment which work brilliantly. Quite often strategically shooting a certain limb after the Necromorph has jumped out at you, scaring you half to death, is very rewarding, especially playing on the harder difficulty setting. The weapons are balanced and no one weapon has a distinct advantage over the other. [The Ripper is a personal favourite of mine!] OVERALL 10/10

SOUND-
The sound effects are some of the best I've heard. Having it on loud will guarantee a swift change of underwear. Everything from the demented howls and blood curdling screams are very well done. Quite often what yo hear is scarier than what you see, and theres nothing more un-nerving than hearing scuttling in the vents above you, not knowing when or where it will ambush you. OVERALL 10/10

TROPHIES-
Thankfully, EA has included Trophies out-of-the-box. And they all seem fun and a nice reward after you've nearly given yourself a heart attack. They range from completing levels, to severing x amount of limbs, and there loads to get which adds lots of replay value.

Overall its a well made horror masterpiece, can't wait for the sequel!

*The Obsidian Suit is a must have, downloaded from the Playstation Store! Its superb.

OVERALL 10/10

Stellar Space Terror
In the year since Dead Spaces release, no horror game has matched it. It's a terrifying experience, and finally marks an IP which is better than Resident Evil & Silent Hill.
Isaac Clarke boards the USG Ishimura to investigate a distress signal. The thousand-strong crew are missing; all that remains are mutated creatures, with a hunger for flesh. With no way back, Isaac must uncover the bizarre truth. Dead Space is inspired by horror classics like Alien and Event Horizon, and presentation is suitably cinematic. The lack of a HUD adds immensely to this feeling. Health is integrated into Isaacs's suit, animations and breathing also indicate his wellbeing. Ammo is similarly displayed on each weapon. Even the inventory is a hologram on Isaacs's suit which can be managed on the move.

The storyline is masterfully paced, and the same trick is rarely used twice. This keeps a great sense of uncertainty. Effective moments, like every window in a corridor exploding, provides scares, but add to the feeling the Ishimura is quickly becoming a tomb. The isolation of the main character keeps tensions high, as there's no partner to back you up, and ammo is in limited supply. The weapon set is also original, featuring an improvised selection of tools aboard the ship. Combat is centred on limb dismemberment; weapons like the Plasma Cutter and Line Gun are brutally effective. This focus makes a refreshing change from headshots. Weapons can be upgraded via work benches, providing enough power nodes have been collected.

Variations in gameplay include zero gravity sections. Vertical walls can be scaled, making these sections wonderfully disorienting. Vacuum areas see Isaac navigating the outer ship, with a limited air supply; Sound is muted during these stages, meaning Necromorphs can attack suddenly and without warning. Boss battles are included, but instead of long, drawn out affairs, come with a satisfying gimmick.
Another high point is Dead Spaces audio. Sound effects are great, enemy sounds, and the melee stomping noises are stomach churning. Background sounds are subtle but effective. Even voice acting is fantastic. There are multiple audio and video logs located throughout the Ishimura, which add layers to the story.

The finest survival horror in years, Dead Space is a revelation.

Dead Space is Dead Good!
After playing `Dead Space' for just an hour or so, I knew straight away that this was going to be one of the best games of 2008 and now that I'm about 10 hours into the story, I'm not wrong! Why is it so good? First of all it takes the excellent over-the-shoulder perspective of the classic Resident Evil 4 mixes it with the ground-breaking physics of Half-Life 2 and then has all of the scares and a similar setting to the terrifying Doom 3 which ends up as one of the best all-round survival horror shooters ever.

The graphics are some of the best I've seen on the PS3 with some very impressive lighting effects and very detailed surfaces and characters. The music and sound effects are really scary, especially when playing this using a surround sound system or with headphones. The HUD and maps etc are all on a display that comes out of the main character's helmet - there is no pausing to look at where you're going or use your inventory so you'll need to use your best tactics to find a safe place to do this! Video logs from your colleagues or others from the ship are also displayed this way, which is good as it stops long cut-scenes and you can continue exploring the ship whilst they are playing. You can also slow-down time and move objects using telekinesis (similar to the gravity gun in HL2). Another good feature is the zero-gravity rooms where you can jump to other platforms and items and enemies float around the environment. The action is fairly fast-paced and is also very gory. The puzzles are quite challenging at times and using the character's special skills will take one or two attempts to get right on occasions.

Overall this is a very good game that has kept me really entertained and I'm not near the end yet. I highly recommend it to fans of survival horror, shooters, sci-fi horror and basically anyone after a really decent action game.