Dead Space 2 is a survival horror game set in the future. You play as Isaac Clark, A survivor from the first Dead Space which left Issac alone in an emergency pod drifting in space. In Dead Space 2 Isaac has been rescued and has spent about three years in an asylum at the Sprawl (a giant space station with mini marts). The Necromorphs are back. Isaac is losing his mind, haunted by his deathly pale eyeless and slightly demonic girlfriend who died in the first Dead Space. Through the game Isaac is betrayed and nearly killed multiple times. He is being hunted down by every thing from cult followers (called the Unitologists), cops on the Sprawl, all the way down to Necromorph toddlers.
In spite of the imagery above, I would not say that Dead Space 2 is a very scary game though. At first you may jump a few times. Once you upgrade your guns you then get a sense of being the hunter rather than the hunted. Don't get me wrong. This is an enjoyable game. It's just not that scary. I would recommend that you start at an easier difficulty level than you usually do. This game's easy seemed more like normal play to me and the normal seemed more like hard, etc. The game-play is great and seems to never get old. Something about tearing limbs always feels right. The multi-player is absolutely no Halo or Call of Duty and will get old fast. It is, however, a good bonus. In case you were worried, the multi-player does not seem to take away from any of the campaigns quality or length. The game comes with two discs and the campaign is as long as or longer than the original Dead Space.
Dead space 2 is a fun and a truly cinematic experience but not a scary game. Maybe if you play it on a harder difficulty it is a more intense game. I rate this game a 8.5 out of 10. This is manly because a game that's in the genre of horror should be scary. If EA told me that Dead space 2 is just an action game I would have rated it higher. But its not.You should buy this game or at the least rent it. You will not be sorry.
