Although the negative effects are quite literal, in this case turning people into disfigured, freak show aliens, the message is clear: the abuse of nature and the exploitation of it for resources will only have negative effects on our lowly race, ending with our deaths.Īlthough this might seem obvious at first, Dead Space 2 is largely a slam at religion. Beginning the restricted mining of planet Aegis VII, a mysterious artifact is found, brought aboard, and turns everyone into delusional homicidal maniacs. The USG Ishimura is s planet cracker series of ships, meaning that it cracks uninhabited resource rich planets and harvests the valuable innards. But, the developers on the Dead Space team hid a deeper theme in the game that seems obvious after you analyze the story: the human race’s abuse of nature and the negative consequences that that abuse entails. The story of the first Dead Space tends to get bogged down in all the superb gameplay and atmosphere present in the game who cares why you’re shooting necromorphs, the action is bloody and frantic, the horror tense and chilling. WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE DEAD SPACE GAMES FOLLOW. Even if you're a true fan, there are some facts that you still don't know about Dead Space. Grab your plasma cutter, make sure your oxygen tank is full, and make your helmet do that cool whoosh thing when you put it on, and let's dive into some things you definitely didn't know about Dead Space. A blatant attempt to fill EA's greasy pockets with gamers' coin, Dead Space 3 took everything that made the first two entries so endearing and replaced it with a generic, co-op action game.Īs sad as the series' fate is, the Dead Space universe is one of the finest crafted in gaming to date, with the original being rightfully lauded as one of the greatest horror games of all time. Finally, the godless, money grubbing miscarriage known as Dead Space 3 arrived on shelves. It just really didn't bring anything new to the table, save a few weapons and enemies. Besides giving every gamer a new well-found fear of things being near their eyes, it didn't really reinvent the wheel, not that it needed to.

Then Dead Space 2 came along, and it too was good.

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