Dead Space is a terrible game and I’m really looking forward to the remake – Reader’s Feature

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A reader plays Dead Space for the first time and explains why, despite not liking it, he’s still really excited to see the remake.

I would consider myself to be quite a fan of survival horror and I’m very encouraged by the recent round of announcements, which includes Silent Hill, Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4 remake, Slitterhead, and The Callisto Protocol. I’m totally expecting to be disappointed, especially after the last time there was a survival horror ‘renaissance’ (I loved you Alien Isolation!) but if we get at least some great horror games out of it then that’s all that matters.

Like anyone, I can’t play everything but when news of the Dead Space remake came up I decided to give the original a go, since for some reason I’d never played it. I’m not really sure why either. Maybe I was just busy at the time, short on cash, or was put off by EA being the publisher. Probably a bit of each but it was over a decade ago, so I don’t really remember. I do remember everyone saying it was really good though, so I got excited about giving it a go.

I knew the graphics wouldn’t be that great, because how could they be, but actually I’ve found they hold up pretty well and I imagine they were very impressive at the time. The actual game itself though… I’m actually kind of shocked by how much I haven’t enjoyed it.

For those that haven’t played the game either, Dead Space is very, very obviously influenced by Resident Evil 4. To the point where I can’t believe the sales pitch to EA was any longer than ‘It’s Resident Evil 4 but in space’. They probably didn’t add ‘but without any of the camp or creativity’ but include that yourself and you’ve pretty much got the perfect description.

The game is also heavily reliant on sci-fi films like