I just finished my first playthrough of Dead Space and I am wowed. While I do think that it was a little short the complaints about backtracking seemed to be blown way out of proportion considering the amount of action. Seriously, there is nothing scarier in a game than walking back into a room you knew was safe only to have a disgusting necromorph ambush you from above. Metacritic score is an 89.....I can easily rank this in my top 5 for the year.

is there any sort of new game+ like RE4 had, where you can carry over weapons/upgrades (if there are any). Just trying to figure out if this is worth a buy or if I should borrow it off a friend considering there are so many good games coming out and I'm trying to save money were I can.

One of the best games I've ever played. I would definetly give it my game of the year vote now. There's no way anyone else can match all the quality that's in this game.

i agree,i hhave played dead space on pc,im currently at chapter 8 with just under 7 hours of play,i suspected this game would be short when i got half way through it in under 5 hours


none the less i would nominate it for game of the year with out a doubt,i mean come on what is gonna take it on ??

Hi!
My first post on Metacritic, but I am a longtime lurker.

I felt the need to register after playing Deadspace, and reading the somewhat underwhelming reviews on the game.

For me this game is hands down the Game Of The Year. I'm a multi-platform gamer that dabbles with multiple types of games. And no other game has had me this involved in a good year or so.

Sure you can see many of the obvious inspirations for the game come through but I don't think it ever comes off as overly cliché'd.

And aren't all great works of fiction all somewhat inspired by other great works of fiction anyhow?

Pros:
-Very immersive, often made me feel somewhat claustrophobic.
-Solid Graphics
-Stellar sound production. I have 5.1 SS system, but played this using my Tritton AX360 headphones and WOW did I ever feel jumpy!
-Fun Weapons.
-Great Death Scenes.
-The teaser Animated Comics, and the Anime feature length movie which explain a lot of the plot. This, IMO, is the future of gaming, and I hope that more and more gaming companies will take cues from that.

Cons:
-Somewhat short storyline, I think about 20 hours of gameplay for a FPS/TPS is perfect.
-Isaac doesn't speak.

A Xbox360 must have for any fans of horror, sci fi, and shooters.

Dead Space is easily in my top two favorite games (My top 5 games are in my signature). I love the ending, I want to talk about it but I wouldn't want to spoil the ending for anyone that hasn't beaten it . What's your favorite weapon? Mine is my fully upgraded pulse rifle and I love level 6 armor, looks a little too much like storm trooper armor though.