Developer: Visceral Games
Publisher: EA Games
U.S. Release date 1/25/2011
European Release 1/27/2011
U.K. Release Date 1/28/2011
Game Modes: Single Player, Multiplayer
Releases On: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC Systems
Editions
Regular Edition:
The Regular Edition Will Come with Dead Space Ignition A downloadable Adventure game that helps bridge the gap between Dead Space & Dead Space 2
It Will Retail for $59.99
Collectors Edition
The Collector's Edition Will Come With a TON of bonus extra's for the low price of 79.99
It Will Come With Dead Space Ignition
Rivet Gun (If you Reserve from Gamestop)
Standard In ALL Collectors Editions
- Full game as well as the critically acclaimed Dead Space Extraction with Sony Move compatibility
- Isaac Clark's collectible replica Plasma Cutter. Plasma Cutter is modeled from the new design in Dead Space 2 and features trigger activated LED lights.
- The Dead Space 2 Original Soundtrack. Soundtrack features an hour of music compiled from the score of Dead Space 2. Also included is a Scoring of Dead Space 2 featurette.
- Rare lithograph depicting Necromorph transformation concept art by Visceral Games artist Brett Marting.
- Isaac Unitology Suit and accompanying Force Gun in-game items. Each offer unique advantages to the player when used in Dead Space 2.
Plot
"At the end of Extraction we watched Lexine board a shuttle and set a course for the Sprawl, the space station that serves as the setting for Dead Space 2" —Game informer
Dead Space 2 takes place three years after the events of Dead Space, in 2511.Following his nightmarish encounter on the USG Ishimura, former engineer Isaac Clarke arrives on the Sprawl, a civilian space station built on the remains of Saturn's moon Titan, which was broken into pieces in a planet-cracking operation. Here a new Necromorph outbreak begins. Isaac witnesses the panic that overtakes the station from the start, suggesting that more and more Necromorphs will overtake the station as the game progresses. The plot begins with Isaac held in a mental asylum on the Sprawl, his encounter with the Necromorphs on the Ishimura having upset his sanity and leaving him hallucinating about his dead girlfriend, Nicole. When the Necromorph infection breaks out, Franco Delille releases Isaac, thus the game begins. Isaac must evade the Government while fighting off the Necromorphs in his attempt to escape the Sprawl.
Gameplay
The gameplay of Dead Space 2 will be greatly more varied than the original, and includes such objectives as hacking terminals, outrunning the Government, stomping out Necromorph infections in certain areas, and generally trying to escape the Sprawl.
Multiplayer
Dead Space 2 - Multiplayer Trailer
Dead Space 2's multiplayer gameplay is objective based. Taking on the roles of either a team of up to four Sprawl Security Officers or a pack of up to four Necromorph players, the Security Officer players must complete objectives, such as arming a powerful bomb, while the Necromorph players must attempt to stop them from completing their objectives. Security Officers will have access to a large range of weapons such as the 211-V Plasma Cutter and the SWS Motorized Pulse Rifle, while Necromorphs will be able to burst from any vent in the map when they spawn as one of four Necromorphs: The Pack, the Lurker, the Spitter and the Puker.
Teams Edit
- Sprawl Security Officers: This team's goal is to complete all the objectives before time runs out or all of the team is killed. Their play ****will be similar to Isaac's with Kinesis and Stasis, but will also include multiplayer exclusive abilities like area of effect (AOE) Healing.
- Necromorphs: This team's goal is to prevent the other team from completing the objectives. These players will be able to play as one of four different kinds of Necromorphs: the Lurker, the Pack, the Puker and the Spitter. They will spawn in air vents similar to Necromorphs in singleplayer. Other computer-controlled Necromorphs will assist the players.
Maps
There are five maps, each with their own specific objectives. The three maps known so far are:
- Escape: The Security Officers need to traverse a facility to a set of Escape Pods. The Escape Pods must be powered up before they can be used. With the Ishimura docked near the Sprawl, evacuate via escape pods.
- Titan Mines: The Security Officers need to find three pieces of a Shockpoint Bomb and bring them back to a generator. Then they must defend the generator from Necromorphs until the bomb goes off and opens the doorway leading to a final confrontation with the Necromorphs.
- Solar Array: The Human team have been ordered by Tiedemann to deliver the firing coordinates to the Solar Array.
Trivia
Trailers
- Dead Space 2 featured "Ring Around the Rosie" in one of their promotional trailers whereas the prequel, Dead Space, featured the lullaby "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
- The Dead Space 2 Dementia Trailer has Isaac participating in what seems to be a Rorschach test, which is being conducted by two unknown psychologists. Additionally the music played in the Dementia trailer is called "Fathom" by the band known as the Russian Circles.
Miscellaneous
- Dead Space 2 will be the first game in the Dead Space series to have an online multiplayer component, which involves the sprawl security team controlled by 4 players, playing objective based games against player-controlled Necromorphs
- Α Playstation Network closed beta took place on October 2010. Access codes were sent to fans who sent their email addresses to members of the develpment team over Twitter or participated in Dead Space's code givaway on Facebook .
- The Zero Gravity feature has been tweaked, allowing the player to control the direction of their drifting through space and to fire their weapon at the same time by use of 'hover modules' that allow Isaac to fly in space.
- Isaac will speak in Dead Space 2, and will also be able to display a greater range of emotion. Isaac will use more of his engineering skills in Dead Space 2, emphasizing his role as a technician rather than a soldier.
- In the Dead Space 2 Dementia Trailer, you can hear Nicole's voice. This is sign that she may be part of Isaac's dementia during the game.
- Motion capture commentary and game trailers suggests the dementia acquired on Aegis VII may be lethal to Isaac, and includes quicktime events.
DEMO DUE 12/21
Trailers
Debut Trailer
E3 2010: The Sprawl Trailer
GC 2010: Halo Jump Trailer
Lullaby Trailer
The Rest of The Media
Release Trailer
EDGE Review!
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