(7/10)

Clearly derivative of Dead Space and predictable, but it’s pretty fun overall and the visuals are really impressive (honestly one of the best looking games on PS5 right now). I hope it gets a sequel since there’s definitely potential to improve

I see criticism about the combat but I mostly thought it was fine? The dodge is kinda jank, but easy enough since there’s no timing and you just have to move the stick in both directions. You can also pick up and throw enemies into wall spikes everywhere, so I rarely felt swarmed

I guess its main issues would be how linear and uninspired the prison felt compared to say the Ishimura, and there’s too much time spent climbing through crawl spaces or vents. It also notably drops in quality in its last few hours when they start reusing these awful boss fights

And then there’s way too many annoying enemies that grab you in QTEs, which you can’t dodge and will still take a piece of health off. And simple stuff like being able to listen to audio logs while outside the menu just wasn’t in this for some reason

Reviewed on Dec 11, 2022


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