Customer Reviews
Great Game! - By: GobertGobi, 06 Sep 2010 
In my opinion a must buy for every survival-horror-fan. Very good atmosphere & an engaging story with believable characters. The graphics are pretty good for such an old game. The setting is brilliant & thanks to the different enemies & puzzles during the game you will not get bored at any point of the game. I can only recommend it for everyone out there!
Great game spoilt by poor controls / camera angle. - By: David Winters, 12 Aug 2010 
All the other positive reviews sum up what's right about this game. Graphics, sound & atmosphere are all spot on.
Two things that saved it from being a 4-5 star review for me are as follows:
1. It's extremely difficult / frustratingin places. In an age where most games are too easy this should be a plus point but... to have a game this diffficult with very sparse ammo resultsin lots of occasions where levels become impossible unless you go back to an old save point & start from there, conserve ammo & re start the area.
2. The interface for changing weapons, using items is clunky. Sometimes you diein the game just trying to change weapon or select an oxygen pack. I imagine on a PC there were hot keys for certain items but on the PS3, the only hot keys are for health - (press square) & quick select of weapons (directional buttons). To get other items you have to go into the inventory, select the item & click use. The game doesn't pause while you do this so often you can be killed by an enemy just trying to choose an item to use.
3. The third person camera angle never quite works. The whole time you feel like you're looking at the character's back rather than engaging with what'sin front of him. Also when you pull up the inventory, sometimes the camera angle is off so you can't see it - this means you have to waste valuable time tilting until you can see the items (see above point).
Overall not a bad game but not one I'll be re playing, too frustrating by far.
Brill - By: Steve, 11 Aug 2010 
Loved this game.
I have always been a fan of survival horror as well as other games & this game did very well. It's not perfect but I've yet to find a game that is.
I am writing this as things come to mind so forgive me if it's a bit disjointed.
It is genuinely spooky - Very atmospheric & if you want to get the most out of it - You'll have to have the lights off, & volume up (preferrably with a decent surround sound or headphones!)
As with many games - The fear & tension is instantly lost as soon as you realise that when you die there is no real penalty - I don't really know what can be done about this but It did change the way I played the game - particularly as I neared the end & definately on my 2nd play through.
At first I would cautiously enter each area & scan for enemies, keep an eye on my health & know the exits & look for where something might jump out.
- but towards the end of the game I would runin & go nuts - knowing that if I died, it would re load the checkpoint & I could try again - & obviously, the 2nd time you know what to expect!
But as I said - This is something which existsin many games & I don't really see a way round this.
The story is quite entertainingin Dead Space & I must admit I admired the way that it subtly mocked scientology! :P
The characters are ok, voice acting is fine but there is little interaction with any other people other than fillingin story & objectives between missions.
The weapons on offer are not great - To be honest you'll use the basic weapon for the most part of the game & occasionally swap out to one (maybe two) more when you fight a specific enemy type - but usually because you've run out of ammo.
I really liked that there was no hud to show ammo & health etc.. instead this is incorporated into the character's space suit/armour. other reviewers have said more about this - but I will say that I think it works very well.
The game is only worth playing on hard mode as otherwise it is far too easy.
enemies are not very varied - apart from the bosses, you'll have encountered everythign you're going to by half way through.
With dead space 2 coming out early 2011, if you are interested & haven't played this then you've really got no excuses as it is very cheap to buy now. (I got mine for £13 preowned a couple of months back.)
Dead Space, Dead good.
Looking forward to the sequel.
:)
Unbelievable - By: josh91bc, 21 Jul 2010 As soon as I finished this it became one of my favourite games. It is terrifying, original & addictive to play - how many games pull that off? To top it off, the graphics are incredible, the sounds are perfect & the story is excellent.
You shouldn't even question whether or not to buy this game - just get it.
Just don`t play it alone - By: TT, 17 Jul 2010 Bought this game 2-3 days ago & still haven`t put it down, was playing uncharted 2 before I got Dead Space & wanted to play Uncharted 2 to the end then would start on Dead Space, but after having a sneeky peek at Dead Space & saying to myself that I would just play it a little bit longer, then play Uncharted 2, well will just say that Dead Space is stillin the Ps3, WHAT a game, the sound affects & the screamingin the back ground makes your heart beat a little bit faster than normal but also makes you check the whole room as quickly as possible, the game is amazing & being a parent with two young children I will only get to play this when they arein bed, & then I will have to play itin the dark, which is not what I want, just buy & try this game.....you will love it. Glad I Bought this & so far all the games I have bought, I have bought after reading all your reviews on Amazon, which has helped me with games to buy. It is horrible buying games & then not liking them & just letting them gather dust, well you cannot go wrong with this game, just make sure you get the right copy of it an import version may only bein French/German......Play this gamein the dark & sound up loud & alone.....WHOEVER YOU ARE YOU WILL BE SCARED.....................
