Leveling Down

Dead Space ends up being a pretty gruesome and graphic game, but not really horror.

After staying up until 2:30AM Thursday night, I got the 1000 in Dead Space last week and am ready to review it. I thought it was a great game for the most part, and gave me a BioShock/System Shock 2 vibe but with more of an Aliens/Event Horizon/Doom 3 style approach. The game plays from a 3rd-person perspective (like Gears of War) rather than 1st-person like BioShock and Call of Duty.

The Good:
- innovative combat design
- Overall presentation and polish
- replayability

The Bad:
- a bit too confined and slightly repetitive due to all the corridors
- not scary enough
- reloading every time you die takes a while

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Xbox 360
Fable II [$59.99 with $10 gift card Target]
Halo 3 [$39.99 Amazon]
Grand Theft Auto IV [$37.99 Amazon]
The Last Remnant [$39.99 Amazon]
Assassin’s Creed [$23.99 Amazon]
Mass Effect [$24.99 Amazon]
Infinite Undiscovery [$29.97 Amazon]
Too Human [$29.96 Amazon]
Xbox 360 13 Month Gold Card [$38.99 Amazon]

Playstation 3
Dual Shock Controller [$40.96 Amazon]
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue [$29.99 Amazon]
Playstation 3 40 GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Bundle [$399.96 Amazon]
Ratchet & Clank: Future Tools of Destruction [$33.99 Amazon]
BioShock [$44.99 Amazon]
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune [$41.99 Amazon]
Resistance 2: Collector’s Edition [$59.99 Amazon]

Nintendo Wii
Popstar [$59.99 with $10 gift card Target]
Sonic Unleashed [$39.99 Circuit City] [$39.96 Amazon]
Super Mario Galaxy [$36.99 Amazon]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [$39.99 Amazon]
Animal Crossing: City Folk [$42.99 Amazon]
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games [$36.99 Amazon]
Cooking Mama: Cook Off [$17.99 Amazon]
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Bundle [$59.99 Amazon]
Trauma Center: New Blood [$19.96 Amazon]
Super Paper Mario [$36.99 Amazon]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption [$36.99 Amazon]
Okami [$24.99 Amazon]

PC
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 [$39.99 Circuit City] [$39.99 Amazon]
Left 4 Dead [$39.99 Circuit City] [$39.99 Amazon]
Spore [$39.99 Circuit City] [$39.99 Amazon]
Bioshock [$9.99 Circuit City]
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames [$29.99 Circuit City]

It’s a short week this week since Thanksgiving Day all stores are closed and they’re all running special sales Friday through Sunday. That’s probably why the brick & mortar stores don’t have much stuff on sale. Fortunately, Amazon has many games still on sale this week, including new additions like The Last Remnant and Animal Crossing: City Life.