Like the first game, the primary enemies are the ‘Necromorphs’ heavily mutated human corpses. Players can now navigate zero-gravity environments in 360-degree motion, via a system of thrusters attached to Isaac’s RIG. Kinesis is now faster and now allows for impalement using pointed objects such as a Slasher’s blades, a mop, and poles.

Players are now required to hack to access certain areas, which is managed via a minigame. The gameplay in Dead Space 2 is far more varied than in Dead Space.

Following his nightmarish encounter on the USG Ishimura, former engineer Isaac Clarke arrives on the Sprawl, a civilian space station built on the remains of Saturn’s moon, Titan, which was broken into pieces in a planet-cracking operation. Unlike its predecessor, Dead Space 2 has a multiplayer mode, pitting human characters against necromorphs across the Sprawl. The game is giving last-gen Xbox and PlayStation consoles a skip, and for more details, you can check out GameSpot's Dead Space Remake preview.Set three years after the events of the first game, the game follows protagonist Isaac Clarke’s fight against a new necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl, a space station surrounding a shard of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Development on Dead Space Remake hit a new milestone back in December, with EA Motive announcing that the game had gone gold.Īn ambitious project that promises no loading screens thanks to the Frostbite engine powering the terror lurking aboard the USG Ishimura, Dead Space Remake will launch on January 27 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. If you've already preordered Dead Space, you'll automatically receive the sequel as well.

'Unless you're just plain chicken, this is a sci-fi horror adventure you definitely want to suit up for.' 'As long as you've got the stomach for it, Dead Space 2 is one sci-fi horror thrill ride you definitely want to take,' Carolyn Petit said in GameSpot's Dead Space 2 review. Now Playing: We Played 3 Hours of The Dead Space Remake By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

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