Awakened drops the needless gun fights from the main game.Īwakened is significantly more frightening than its counterpart. This leads to Awakened‘s human enemies being perfectly suited for a survival horror game: they don’t have guns and they’re so psychotic that they’re pretty scary.

As Isaac and John struggle to accomplish their mission while suffering their own delusions, the remaining Unitologists survivors leave their mark on the environment in the form of overheard chanting, scary messages on the walls, ritual suicides, and effigies made from mangled corpses. Hallucinations occur frequently and will differ between Isaac and John, something I absolutely love for co-op play-there was not enough of this in the main game. It’s not long into the DLC when players will begin to see the products of this returning horror element. I won’t go into the story too much, but know that it sets up a whole lot for Dead Space 4.ĭementia, my favorite part of Dead Space 2 due to my love for that type of psychological horror, permeates the entirety of this content. Unitologists left behind on Tau Volantis have split into two factions, the new one being fueled by their delusions and led by a new prophet, The Voice. Soon Isaac and John find that they’re not the only survivors of the Necromorph Moon incident. I did too, but the dialogue thankfully shows that they’re both as bewildered as I was at this notion. Isaac and John awake in a cave questioning how they both survived the destruction of an entire planet.

At least this DLC proves that they have a good grasp on how to do so.Īwakened picks up right after the end of the Dead Space 3 campaign. It’s a shame that EA waited until the Awakened to make Dead Space 3 scary. Re-introducing dementia into gameplay and the story brings the series back to, what I feel, is a perfect compliment to the wave of action influence that has been seeping into this series.

While Dead Space 3 is a fine game that misses the mark of its better predecessor, Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3: Awakened contains numerous elements that puts it above the entirety of its counterpart. Dead Space 3: Awakened is an enigma its contents converse to what people view the series’ direction as of late.

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