Dead Space (360/PS3)

[Flawless]

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This is what the PR says:

Players who buy the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 versions of the game within the first two weeks of the game’s release will have the opportunity to download a platform exclusive suit. Xbox 360 fans can download the Xbox-themed Elite Suit* on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace and PLAYSTATION 3 fans can download the PlayStation-themed Obsidian Suit* on the PLAYSTATION®Network. Both of these suits will feature new looks and increased toughness and inventory slots, to help players fight for survival in the Dead Space universe.

[frostbyte06]

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Yeah I saw that, but I guess reading it again helps..lol...I guess they're saying that both of them will have the same effects, just different color schemes depending on the system. Thanks

[Cubfan]

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Trophies look great and im always happy to get free dlc.

[Flawless]

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Dead Space: First verdict spotted

The first verdict for EA's impressive survival horror game is in - and the score should keep fans excited.

The latest Xbox World 360 mag, on shelves today, awards the survival horror game 91%, claiming that Resident Evil developer Capcom should take note, "Because EA can teach them a thing or three about survival horror."

Exploring the decks of the Ishimura is a "nail-biting experience," says the mag, driven forward by the "film-worthy" script and "inspired" setting. "It's Rapture in space: every bit as disturbing, just as meticulously designed and easily as believable.

The strategic dismemberment system, it says, enforces a much more tactical approach and makes other horror game foes look "decidedly average".

"Keeping a clear head sits just below keeping a head at all in the importance stakes," it says. "Because unless you carefully pick the limbs off the approaching enemies you'll find yourself surrounded with an empty cartridge in your weapon.

"The Ishimura has a fully designed vent system which allows monsters to make their own way through the ship. Fail to stop them before they jump into an air duct and they'll pop out behind you minutes later and take two bites out of your arse."

But Dead Space's real showpiece, continues the review, is its Zero G environments. "When the gravity is removed the fun really starts," it says. "Usually the space hopping is combined with a lack of oxygen. If you've not been bolstering your O2 supplied via the BENCH upgrade system, the time limit can make for a tense scramble for the next airlock."

According to the mag the Zero G environments, which it calls Dead Space's "party piece", make up less than the 33% promised by the game's exec producer. It also complains that one boss encounter, described as "scariest beast we've ever faced" could've last longer.

"Dead Space doesn't quite give its strengths as much screen time as they fully deserved," it says, "and often falls back onto the standard staple action of Resident Evil 4.

"But what action to fall back on. The very fact that we wish Dead Space included more of its original features and less content pulled from the last generation's greatest game speaks volumes for the quality on show."

[CaptainZombie]

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Dead Space: First verdict spotted

Thanks Flaw, this game is sounding better and better. I may try to add this one to my list.

[Knight165]

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This game is looking pretty good!
I would love it on PC....I'll wait for that release.

M.K.
Knight165

[Flawless]

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Another review is in.

Dead Space is "the world's scariest game" says the latest issue of PSW magazine, which goes on sale tomorrow with the first PS3 review. Needless to say, it scores well.

So well, in fact, that the magazine goes so far as to say it topples the Resident Evil series from its survival horror throne.

"No one has really come close to jostling Capcom's T-Virus infected romp through Eastern Europe from its top spot since it arrived back in 2005. That is until now, of course," says the review.

"This is bold, bleak gaming from the haunting opening credits to the pulse pounding finish.

"Stunningly detailed, expertly paced and lavishly slaved over by Glen Schofield and his crew at EA Redwood, Dead Space should be classed as one of the finest looking and intelligently crafted games in many a moon," the review gushes.

"This is a horror game first and foremost, so naturally you expect gallons of gore, but to keep things from feeling like a tireless trudge through bloodbath after bloodbath, Redwood has thrown in a few puzzles along the way that require a little brainpower."

Concluding the review, the mag says Dead Space is "the new benchmark to beat in survival horror that pushes the genre to twisted new heights and into the outer limits of space itself," before slapping it with a nice 9/10 score.

[Flawless]

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IGN Review - 8.7

Call it science fiction survival horror, but Dead Space does the genre proud with an engaging story; action that's tense, fast-paced and extremely violent; as well as atmospheric qualities that will get under your skin and make you jump. It may be a newcomer, but the seeds of an incredible franchise have been sown, and EA's in a great position to reap a phenomenal franchise full of scares. If you like survival horror, action or sci-fi, Dead Space needs to be on your radar.

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[Cyros]

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I feel like they should've kept the release set for Halloween.

[rock85]

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This game is getting great reviews. It was a game i wanted to get down the road, but things have changed this is going to be a day one get This is going to be part of my T R US 2 FOR 1 DEAL

[Flawless]

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GamePro Review - 5/5

Dead Space is a riveting survival horror game, unflinchingly violent from start to finish. Blindly unpredictable and incredibly intense, Dead Space keeps your heart pumping the entire game. It's got aliens, zero-g shootouts, blood, guts, and broken bones. It's unnervingly tense one moment and piss-your-pants terrifying the next. It's an exhilarating tale of aliens, claustrophobia, and isolation in a dark corner of outer space where no one can hear you scream.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Dead Space is a showcase piece of dark-side entertainment that rivals the marvelous designs of such games as BioShock, Gears of War, and Resident Evil 4. But be advised that it is definitely not for the queasy or the faint of heart. Still, if you can stomach its horrors, you will be rewarded with one of the best survival horror experiences ever created.

[Cyros]

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Great fall for games and I'm broke as a joke....

On another note: Do you think this and Mirror's Edge will cause EA to branch out into even more new IPs?

[Jgainsey]

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Great... another game to get next week.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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I love it when we get an unexpected masterpeice. I was looking forward to RE5 except for the wait and now I can get something before that that might be better.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I was interested in this, but too much coming out too soon. That and the one thing about the review that bugged me is back tracking, I absolutely hate that in games. Maybe down the road.