Dead Space 3 leans more action and co-op but stays a great game once you accept its choices. The weapon crafting is brilliant, the claustrophobia fades into icy planets, and co-op with Carver is genuinely worth the trip.
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Action Adventure1 player18+
Description
Survival horror by Visceral Games and EA, February 2013. Isaac Clarke and partner John Carver battle a new Necromorph threat and a Unitology sect on an icy planet. Two-player online and offline co-op, survival mode resource management and new frozen enemies to dismember. Third Dead Space series entry bringing co-operation.
Dead Space 3 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
The series trades metal for ice: Tau Volantis is a white planet where frozen wrecks rise from the snow, where the character's breath freezes on the visor and storms erase the horizon. That permanent brightness inverts the principle of the first two entries, the enemy no longer emerging from shadow but from a bank of mist that hides nothing.
An action horror from Visceral Games, Dead Space 3 sends engineer Isaac Clarke to a frozen planet to face the necromorphs and the origin of their threat, with a deep weapon crafting system and a new co-op mode. The oppressive survival horror atmosphere leans more towards action, which divides purists. The strategic dismemberment and the crafting stay rewarding. A good game for fans of space horror, tense action and two player co-op on Xbox 360.
