Game: Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Just as his health begins to improve, The Sprawl is overrun with even more advanced forms of the alien-zombie hybrids.

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Release date: 1/25/2011

Storyline

Dead Space 2 takes place three years after the events of Dead Space, in 2511. Following his nightmarish encounter on the USG Ishimura, former engineer Isaac Clarke arrives on the Sprawl, a civilian space station built on the remains of Saturn's moon, Titan, which was broken into pieces in a planet-cracking operation. Here a new Necromorph outbreak begins. Isaac witnesses the panic that overtakes the station from the start.

Genres

Shooter, Adventure

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Game Modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Player Perspectives

Third person

Companies

Electronic Arts, Visceral Games, Visceral Montreal, Visceral Melbourne

Themes

Action, Science fiction, Horror, Survival

Keywords

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