Dead Space

Dead Space is a survival horror set in space, it has quite a linear story but it doesn't ruin the gameplay. It has many new ideas that have not been used in video games such as the zero oxygen, whilst getting chased by a group of aliens and having only a minute to get to the next air lock, it can be really tense. Some of the weapons are quite innovative and I definately like the fact that there is no excess of ammunition, it's either make sure you are hitting your target or enjoy fist fighting alien Mike Tyson.

The game is quite dark and adds a lot of atmosphere especially that there are a lot of corridors and corners, every time there is a hole in the wall you expect a huge alien plant to grab you by the foot, but there are times when this doesn't happen, leaving you not expecting it.

Things I would take from this are the way that the whole ship seems empty and you really feel alone, except for of course the enemies, I also like the way that the game makes tense moments even more tense by taking away oxygen, this could be done with our game with doors that may be stuck and the player will have to bash buttons to get through.

The things I don't like is that even though there is limited ammunition, the enemies are still quite easy to kill, I think enemies in horror games should always be quite difficult to defeat, unless you are going for a more arcade feel, in which Left 4 Dead does this brilliantly.