In the future Earth's appetite for resources has become a major motivator for deep space exploration Immense privately-owned & operated mining ships called "planetcrackers" orbit planets & use sophisticated equipment to carve out entire city-sized chunks of rock & reduce them to component elements & raw ore Communications with one of these planetcrackers the USG Nishimura have ceased while the ship is engaged in deep space mining operations The company's top engineer Isaac Clarke is sent to discover the problem & fix it Once onboard the vessel Clarke discovers that a terrifying alien presence has taken over the ship & has horribly killed the crew Weaponless & terrified this lone engineer is burdened with much more than simple survival
- he holds the fate of all mankind in his hands Dismemberment This game's core mechanic is the strategic dismemberment of alien appendages In true survival horror fashion you must conserve ammo
- in true Hollywood horror fashion it's all about seeing bone fragments & arterial spray fly across the room Enemies in the game are resilient The conventional wisdom that a headshot will stop an alien is thrown out in Dead Space Setting & Atmosphere Dead Space is an immersive interactive horror movie experience An emergent panic-inducing audio system an innovative Minority Report-style HUD & a nuanced scary pace that will sink you into the game experience Unique Weaponry Stasis Gun is used to slow charging aliens & to help solve puzzles The Gravity Gun & unique projectile-based weaponry are mining tools
- your ability to upgrade weapons increases as you progress through the game Zero Gravity Survive & destroy the aliens in Zero G environments Manipulate gravity with Havok physics to solve puzzles & fight enemies