Gruff military men Captain Robert Norton and Sergeant John Carver arrive to drag Isaac back into action, using Ellie's fate to twist his arm. Except, as you've probably guessed, all contact has been lost. With the alien Markers still causing problems and zealous Marker-worshipping Unitologists taking to terrorist action, Ellie has undertaken a mission to locate the origin of these monster-making monoliths. It's an awkward narrative speed bump, but it gets the pieces in place for what follows. A call from Ellie Langford, one of the survivors of Dead Space 2, reveals that she and Isaac were dating but they've just now split up for vague reasons. Look past the jump scares and gory surface details, and the Dead Space trajectory has always been one of escalation rather than emasculation.Īfter a brief "200 years earlier" prologue, we rejoin Isaac Clarke living in a Blade Runner-style lunar colony. True horror requires vulnerability to generate fear, and this is a series where you play a heavily armoured man with an arsenal designed for ripping flesh and psychic powers that hold the monsters in place while he puts them to use. It's not as if Dead Space has always been a pure-bred horror title in the first place.
After all, there are only so many rusty, steam-filled corridors you can creep down, so many times a sudden lunging creature can make you jump, before the jolts lose their sting. The shambling, meatbag Necromorphs of Dead Space aren't making quips yet, but it's perhaps understandable that developer Visceral Games has started to tug the series towards action for this third entry. Freddy Krueger managed to clock up nine big screen appearances, but went from shadowy menace to court jester in the process.
In fact, it's a cruel irony that the genre most damaged by repetition is the one that spawns the most sequels.
Familiarity doesn't have to breed contempt, but it still makes for barren soil where horror is concerned.
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