The Good Excellent visuals, setting, sound and game play. I found that the production values of this game were outstanding. I was awed by the atmosphere of every setting the game had to offer and despite there being a marked departure from the traditional style of Dead Space(cramped corridors and less action) I didn't feel like the game suffered from it. Some people have complained that this installment is too action loaded and there is less horror to it. This is untrue; what really happened is that anyone who has played the first two games has become used to the tricks the game employs to elicit scares. The third game in, they become wary and quite cheap which leads to a feeling of being better prepared for what is coming. There are still plenty of dimly lit corridors,odd and terrifying sound effects. Yes, there is more action, bigger and better guns and a lot of ammo available but this far into the story, you can't expect for the game to remain the same. I mean cmon! The world is ending, things are falling apart, the build up in the past two games has come to an apex and obviously action is a result.
The Bad As much as I liked the game, it was tedious at times. There was a lot of backtracking as well as long stretches where all you did was repair things. I know that Isaac is first and foremost, an engineer, but it was beaten to death in the first two games and now it feels tiresome. I actually didn't think the second game had all that much backtracking but the first one did and sadly, the this one shares this trait. Though overall the game play was excellent, the controls were not suited for gun battles with enemies that fired back at you. There was no cover system that worked well and it was frustrating battling it out with human enemies that had firearms. The co-op was good but it did take away from some of the feeling horror and dread but it was a neat way to approach the game the second time around. When you start New Game+ , you can focus on building the most bad-ass weapons and armor and just have a great time in co-op mode blasting away hideous creatures.
Overall, 8.5/10.
The Bad As much as I liked the game, it was tedious at times. There was a lot of backtracking as well as long stretches where all you did was repair things. I know that Isaac is first and foremost, an engineer, but it was beaten to death in the first two games and now it feels tiresome. I actually didn't think the second game had all that much backtracking but the first one did and sadly, the this one shares this trait. Though overall the game play was excellent, the controls were not suited for gun battles with enemies that fired back at you. There was no cover system that worked well and it was frustrating battling it out with human enemies that had firearms. The co-op was good but it did take away from some of the feeling horror and dread but it was a neat way to approach the game the second time around. When you start New Game+ , you can focus on building the most bad-ass weapons and armor and just have a great time in co-op mode blasting away hideous creatures.
Overall, 8.5/10.