Dead space 2 Became and Action shooter disguise as a survival Horror.
Well Dead Space 2 was the game that I been anticipated since that first one. The first one was excellent and I have high hopes for the sequel. So heres my review of the game.
Dead space 2 is a "survival horror game" develop by Visceral Games, and published by EA Games. Dead Space 2 is a sequel to the original Dead Space, and the main character is Isaac Clark from the first game. So far both Dead Space games have been set in up in space and space stations. The game opens with Isaac in some psychiatric asylum up in space, its mostly due to the events from the first game and Isaac hallucinating of his girlfriend. The hallucinations are not pleasing , but haunting to him. Then the aliens or mutations start attacking the asylum and killed all the staff and thats where you take control of Isaac. It is really interesting in the first few minutes because Isaac has no weapons and he is on a straight jacket and not in the coffines of his iconic armor suit. This time the armor suit is still upgradable to improve air supply, defense and stuff like that but the armor will not just add improvement but throughout the game you will be getting different armor suits that have different perks. Theres some new weapons and defiantly new aliens to shoot at but outside of that it is still the same game. Almost forgot, Isaac can talk now, thanks to his voice actor.
The story plot is forgettable in the sequel, it starts with some group trying to rescue Isaac, but then theres another group that is trying to kill Isaac. Then theres the marker, that giant stone that mutates humans into those monsters. If I remember correctly in the first Dead space, the impression that it left was that the marker was some Alien made object but in here its man made and somehow it mutates humans into killing machines. Something that players will remember of the first Dead Space would be that the story points in the game would happened within the game, but this time there are cutscenes, not bad but I prefer the ingame story points. I think it really feels like you were part the game, but the addition of the cutscenes are not bad like I said. While the first Dead Space was great and original, the sequel is good because it retains the great gameplay, but the plot is loose and confusing.
Now the great controls and gameplay from the first are back and nothing really new with the exemption of new alien mutations and weapons. Lets get it out of the way, my only gripe and complain about Dead Space 2 is that its not really a horror, but an action game. Every room you enter to you will have to be prepared to fight swarms of mutant aliens, it would not be bad and frustrating if you would not always be killed by some Alien that snuck up behind you. Trust me theres plenty of sneak kills in this game till the point, that I wanted to smash the controller. It would not be bad if Dead Space was a first person shooter, but is not, it is a third person shoulder game and it is really hard to see what is sneaking up behind me. I think the developer was thinking that sneaking up behind Isaac and attacking is what makes it a horror, well it is not, it is only annoying. Now the Alien mutations or whatever they are, theres new ones. The most memorable ones and my favorites are the Hyena mutants. I decided to call them that because of their evil laughing when they prey on you, just like real Hyenas. You will know which ones I am talking about, and they are predictable when they show up. They are mostly in maze like rooms, where they hide and prey on Isaac and out of nowhere just charged on you. Theres some new weapons in the game. I did not use them all, I mostly stuck to the weapons of the first dead space, like the Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle. The new weapon that I Like a lot was a rifle that you have to charge and then you fire it, it will kill your foes instantly. Sorry I do not remember that exact name of the charge rifle.
The voice actors are great, theres nothing to complain about that. The noises of the mutants are great and really believable, just the laughs of the Hyena mutants really creep me out. Not really sure of the score because I am not that sure if there was one or it was that forgettable, but the sound effects are great.
Something that first time players of the dead space series have to know, is that the game is extremely hard and that is just on normal mode, not really sure on casual mode because I did not played that mode. What I really like was once you finished the whole game you get to start the game again with all the upgrades and weapons you unlocked in your first play through.
Newcomers to Dead Space 2 will probably enjoy it and it is worth a purchase. But players that played the first game will probably be disappointed because there is not much new material to shed our cash,but it is still an excellent game. Before I forget Dead Space 2 is an action shooter hidden as a survival game.