Dead Space (PS3) : Day 2

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." This certainly rings true with my next foray into the world of Dead Space. At this point I'm almost through 4 chapters of the game. Am I still enjoying it? Oh hell yes I am. The action is picking up, the spine tingling scenes and the story start really hitting some stride in Chapter 3. The story trails off in Chapter 4, but not so much in twists and turns. It's more like it's in the background so you can immerse yourself in the gameplay which at this point has been upped. Not to mention, that the AI in this game is fairly intelligent. I really like and dislike that; I'm fond of tricking enemies into killing themselves. For the first time in 3 chapters I was able to get one with my trickery but it wasn't easy. It took some real effort and excellent timing to see a Dead Space example of a "bug hitting a windshield."

One thing I'm having to learn is the Power Node Grid system. I'm not exactly finding tons of nodes nor money, so seeing the Node Grid is a little daunting. It's a nice strategy element and I do know what I want to upgrade but it feels like I'm crawling when the game is running. Perhaps this was done on purpose to keep the player on an uphill battle. A shooter that provides no challenge becomes boring to me. I am enjoying this, and I am familiar with this system. There's just so many choices of what you can do. I'm eager for more nodes to get my Line Gun fully loaded.

A couple of iffy points though. I'm currently stumped at the Asteroid Turret section in Chapter 4. This is a bit more difficult than it really should be, and is rather frustrating. I believe the control scheme for this is just odd, you're using the right analog stick to move the gun. Easier said than done. I'll try again on Day 3 when I'm a bit more focused and determined to getting past it. With it being so late and having worked over 10 hours today, I do believe I was running out of speed..

Lastly, the camera angle can be this games worst enemy sometimes. If you want to read your text logs you have to reset the camera for straightforward. You really can't be at an angle or it's just unreadable. Also, I've had a couple times when the camera drops out completely if in the wrong position and you can't see yourself and what's happening. I'm not sure why that's happening, but I've seen this in other games so it's not unusual to me.

At this point, even with a couple iffy things with the game it in no way drops my enthusiasm and enjoyment. The money spent on this game is well worth it. As long as the ending does not disappoint, this may be my favorite horror title of the year. I'm really excited to here that EA is in development on a sequel to this game as well. It really gets me motivated to finish the game and see where this can possibly go as a franchise. So far so good!