Dead Space 2008

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Completed

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Days in Journal

2 days

Last played

February 25, 2023

First played

February 23, 2023

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"Make us whole again..."

Guttural. Still holds the fuck up. A masterclass in horror design that looks simply ravishing all these years later - the environments, characters, suits, enemies, weapons, everything is designed expertly within an inch of its life. If I have two big complaints, it's the repetitious enemy spam which really starts to tire by the final level as well as the game's FPS dipping hard on PS3 when the action really heats up. Otherwise its reputation as a classic is well-earned - just relishes laying down its hand of torment; constantly forcing its lead character to bear witness to a surfeit of death, destruction, dread, setback after setback, people and enemies being gruesomely shredded apart like birria tacos, mental warfare, and an effective collection of jumpscares. The fear of loneliness/isolation conceptualized as an abandoned spaceship loaded with badass weaponry to sever the limbs clean off of a daunting array of grotesque flesh abominations (that just careen right at you full-speed) in one of the most satisfying combat systems of all time. Also lets you play zero-G basketball and telekinetically skewer aliens with their own limbs. Don't think this needed any sort of remake, it's remarkable as it is.