I hesitated to give this game the full five-star treatment, but then I realized I played this game for about 12 hours straight and the smile never vanished from my face the entire time. The restraint of adding anything too new or game-changing is superb as the original game is pretty perfect as it is. The little QOL additions and enhancements to the story with light touches go a long way.

I'm still a bigger fan of Dead Space 2, but dang, remember when games could be like this without anyone online components? All killer no filler.