The first portion of the campaign – a good seven or eight chapters, in fact - has you fighting aboard a huge flotilla, but the remainder takes place on the frozen planet of Tau Volantis.Īs with the first two games in the series, Dead Space 3 is a third-person action game that has Clarke (or Carver) aim a fire a number of upgradeable weapons at alien creatures, temporarily freeze time through Stasis powers, use Kinesis to manipulate objects from a distance (handy for puzzle-solving), fly through the air in Zero-G missions and scavenge the environment for med packs, ammo, weapon parts and other items to help you stay alive long enough to fight against this evil force. A few optional quests can only be completed in co-op with two players. The second player can drop-in and drop-out at any time, and they play as John Carver, an EarthGov soldier who has his own reasons for destroying the Markers. The entire campaign can be played solo or you can team up with an online friend to take down these threats together.

Isaac's estranged love, Ellie, calls for Clarke's help to battle against the Markers, ancient and powerful relics, and the deadly Necromorph creatures they produce. Once again, you play as Isaac Clarke, an engineer in the 26th century, lured back into battle against an alien menace.

Without giving away too much of the single-player campaign, the story picks up a few months after the events of Dead Space 2. Good news for those anxiously awaiting the next Dead Space adventure: the game rocks.ĭeveloped by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts, this stellar sequel won't disappoint fans of the original Dead Space (2008) or Dead Space 2 (2011) – as it retains its intense action yet adds new features such as online cooperative (co-op) play - though be aware Dead Space 3 doesn't quite deliver the 'fear factor' found in its predecessors.

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