A short review for an even shorter game. Dead Space: Ignition is a short prologue to the events of Dead Space 2, and is entirely made up of small puzzle sections, segmented by a motion comic that tells a somewhat intriguing story. There are three puzzles in total: a pipedreams type light puzzle, a reverse tower defense game, and a racing one. The light puzzle is definitely the best and has the most variety with its challenges, the tower defense game is neat but can really just be brute forced every time and that will get the job done, and the racing one is bad because the controls for it suck, they are way to clunky and slow for how fast the player icon is going. They are serviceable and are mostly fun for the games short run time, which the same can be said for the story. The motion comic segments are, again, intriguing, and nothing more really. I have yet to play Dead Space 2, but I can say that this game has got me a little excited to see what happens; but that's all this game is really good for, set up for the next big Dead Space game. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, the game was free with pre-orders and is free on Gamepass, so I don’t think anyone was really expecting much out of it. That being said though, it's still enjoyable, and at the very least doesn’t overstay its welcome

an awful motion comic with three awful minigames spliced into it. the writing is about on par with the original and extraction, maybe even a bit stronger in spots, but it’s so poorly produced it doesn’t count for anything. not sure if the performances or art is worse; total rush job from everyone involved. i actually kinda like the idea of centering this around a couple but the utter lack of chemistry between the two leads, along with the comically wonky visuals, renders it pretty much dead on arrival. i’m glad the series is still about walking around fixing machines, however i do think it’s important that the fixing machines be fun! and it couldn’t be less so! the reverse tower defense is mindless button tapping and the laser puzzles are a tedious bore; i suppose the obstacle course race is the best of them by default but it’s mostly just “what if jetpack joyride felt sluggish and bad?” — not much to get excited about! careless, cynical, half-assed garbage all around; a real bummer after extraction was so good