The movie comparisons continue the combination of creeping horror and industrialized deep space is reminiscent (some would say derivative) of Alien and Event Horizon. Set in an orbiting space colony where lights flicker, horrors lurk, and violent dismemberment waits around every corner, Dead Space 2 is for those who like to sweat while they game. Freed from that visual clutter, the game sucks you in and creeps you out like a good scary movie. Information such as health and ammo is displayed on protagonist Isaac's gear. Like the original, Dead Space 2 has no HUD.
It's appropriate that Visceral Games started off on movie-licensed properties, as the Dead Space games are so cinematic. Will Dead Space 2 keep players pants-less with fright? With the success of their first original property, Visceral Games now faces the challenge of a follow up. Never mind the big franchise names, it was Dead Space that put them on people's radars. Until the original Dead Space in 2008, they'd been toiling in relative obscurity on movie properties like James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire and Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. Developer Visceral Games has proved that the same rule applies with video games.
It's worked for so many directors Steven Spielberg with Jaws, Sam Raimi with Evil Dead, John Carpenter with Halloween, even art house regulars like Roman Polanski and David Cronenberg would agree, shock your audience and they'll come back for more.
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