If you were lucky enough to get early access to a demo of Dead Space 3 then you may have been playing it this weekend – we were, and here is our thoughts.
Dead Space 3 cuts to the heart of deep space terror with award-winning suspense, horror, action and sound. Slated for release in the dead of winter, players will embark on a thrilling ride through space that takes them to a hostile new planet, Tau Volantis. There, they must battle violent, subzero conditions and deadly, highly-evolved enemies including new Necromorphs, gigantic boss creatures and – for the first time in the series – a faction of Unitologist soldiers on a misguided mission.
I found the demo to be quite challenging and there were moments that really made me jump! It wasn’t a nice easy walk-through (as you can see by the number of times I was killed playing it on the video below). Overall you can probably complete the demo in about 30 – 40 minutes – probably quicker if you are playing co-op (I couldn’t find anyone online to play with yet).
One thing I found a little hard was the sheer number of controls and button sequences – this will be fine when playing the full game, but for the demo there didn’t really seem like there was time to get used to the controls before being attacked again!
The weapon crafting is a really interesting element to the game and one that will certainly need to be explored further.
All in all I enjoyed what I played and I look forward to the final game in a few weeks time.
Here is our play through of the solo campaign of the demo:
With an all-new ice planet, drop-in/drop-out co-op, and exhilarating action, Dead Space 3 will re-set the bar for epic thrills in February 2013.
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