Dead Space

EA Redwood Shores

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Rating: 88 (8 ratings)

Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores (now Visceral Games) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on all platforms through October 2008. The game puts the player in control of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles the Necromorphs, reanimated human corpses, aboard an interstellar mining ship, the USG Ishimura.


Genres

Shooter

Puzzle


Themes

Action

Science fiction

Horror

Survival


Release Dates

Oct 20, 2008 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Oct 14, 2008 - PlayStation 3

Oct 14, 2008 - Xbox 360


Game Modes

Single player


Keywords

aliens

exploration

monsters

blood

gravity

space station

minigames

health

survival

death

military

fire

shadow

spaceship

puzzles

sci-fi

hand-to-hand combat

shooter

insanity

action-adventure

giant monsters

ripper

religion

horror

steam

backtracking

achievements

reading

undead

mutants

stacking

artificial intelligence

asteroids

inventory

survival horror

easter egg

over the shoulder

jump scares

love

space suit

mad scientist

slow-motion

silent protagonist

graffiti

glitch

cult

government

adventure game

action game

switch

one-man army

darkness

flamethrower

boss fight

comic book

explosion

necromancy

xbox 360 controller support for pc

single-player only

transformations

train

male protagonists

flying enemies

crate

health pack

laboratory apparatus

countdown timer

game critics awards

playstation trophies

random loot

alternate costumes

voice acting

palette swap

toilet

games based on comic books

flashlight

human

polygonal 3d

book

shower head

shopping

turret

explosives

upgradeable weapons

breaking the fourth wall

skeletons

briefcase

claw

door

bed

shelf

currency

gun

cults

baby

knife

origin

third-person perspective

original soundtrack release

saw blade

unlockables

wasd movement

message on the wall

white noise

paper

sink

the locked door

non-player character

extreme violence

profanity

cult leader

aural characters

pregnancy

gog.com

electricity

hologram

fake in-game advertising

elevator

bloody wall

mutilated corpse

warning sign

pillow

corpse

melon

save point

sprinting

key

bench

watermelon

ragdoll physics

escort mission

checkpoints

instant death

bottle

saving the world

downloadable content

questing

auto-aim

macguffin

melee

subtitles

gloves

real-time combat

player character

cigarette

instant kill

secret area

infinite ammo

unbeatable enemy

betrayal

glowing eyes

final boss

games with gold

difficulty level

evade

reward sound

nonexistent light source

laser

statue

chess pieces

poster

scary children

female antagonists

jump scare moment

couch

vomiting

loud ambient noises

audio logs

loading screen advice

inconvenient malfunction

vending machine

theme song

rpg elements

reloading

mid-development ip split

crying

sounds of despair

scripted death

crying babies

level titles

mirror

arcade cabinet

decapitation

blood splatter

the future

no hud

lens flare

dart board

villain

weak spot

recurring boss

changing sides

been here before

harder versions of earlier levels.

sadism

xbox one backwards compatibility

physics manipulation

exploding enemies

item combination

suicide

dead end

tentacles

trophy

charge

experiments gone awry

hallucination

stasis chamber

engineer

pumpkin

exploding gas tanks

games on demand

games that ask you to "press start" but will accept other buttons

chessboard

high definition graphics

dynamic soundtrack

particle system

disembodied voice

energy weapons

substitution cipher

plot twist

flaming weapon

boss assistance

saw

dumbbell

quick time event

interactive cutscene

tech trees

getting stuck in geometry

fetch quests

launching enemies into the air

breath meter

stomping

linear gameplay

zero gravity combat

can't kill innocents

inside a living creature

asteroid

weapon modification

flickering light

fire extinguisher

locker

splash damage

ancient advanced civilization technology

damage model

plasma

idle animations

ambient music

muzzle flash

ammo counter on weapon

power armor

havok physics

gore system

dismemberment

exploding vehicles

improvised weapon

safe spot

environmental kill

nosebleed

women in refrigerators

button mashing

body armor

poison

scripted events

laser sight

x-ray picture

weapon slot loadout

new game plus

knock back

inappropriate loot

porn magazine

opening credits during gameplay

burning

charging heavyweight enemies

stock up area

catwalk

telekinesis

satellite dish

more than two eyes

guided by radio

games on which comic books are based

fuse

escape pod

workbench

kamikaze

stationary boss

headshot

strategic dismemberment

alternate fire

giant killing

weapon room

enemies that spawn enemies

footprints

turret sequence

severed limbs

tram

arrival by crash landing

air duct

tomato

microscope

innocent people die

context sensitive

item container

secret identity

exploding head

secret achievements

games on which anime are based

monster closet

invented language

playing dead

enemies from stasis chambers

swarming enemies

ashtray

trilogy

two-handed weapons

hidden room

multiple death animations

menus don't pause gameplay

infinite resource spot

human anatomy model

toolbox

walking protagonist

blood trails

oxygen tank

six degrees of freedom

shooting range

persistent enemy

future sport

cliffhanger

crash landing

escape from exploding building

derelict vessel

corpse spasms

divinity explained by aliens

forced slow walking

bread crumb trails

alien languages

environment as weapons

redshirt

tragic hero

exploding props

ghostly manifestation

demonic infants

dynamic slicing

walls covered with organic tissue

horseshoe level design

breaking through windows

decontamination

character says the name of the game

magnetic boots

no-reticle aiming

limb targeting

plasma gun

hud video messages

direct2drive

reversed controls

elevators that mask loading times

henchmen

debilitated movement

greatest hits

agile mutant/undead enemy

selective invincibility

fetus as a final boss

automatic door

huddie

weightlessness

expendable npc

novint falcon support

unbreakable glass

eponymous level title

enemy spawner

record breakers

corridor crawler

signature weapon

operation clusterfuck

collective conciousness

buttstroke

pistol envy

peng

curb stomp

shake off

unitology

necromorph

adaptation

directed escape

collapsable helmets

mankind's monsterous future

plasma cutter

rig

the marker

monster in a box

pulse rifle

detachable body parts

body stuck between elevator doors

games on which movies are based

xfire

examination table

walking on walls

e3 2008

hazard symbol

concordance extraction corporation

line gun

force gun

c99 supercollider contact beam

securom

interactive achievement awards 2009

hydroponics

severed hand cover art

the hunter

game developers choice awards 2009

power node

ps3

playstation 3,...

dead space

dead space game

male protagonist

political


Developers

EA Redwood Shores


Publishers

Electronic Arts


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