![]() ![]() Dead Space came out at the height of EA’s golden era, a year after the first Mass Effect and a month before Mirror’s Edge, and it defined the sci-fi horror genre in a way that persists today. Turns out, great game design is timeless. The Dead Space remake is big, beautiful and better than the original, while maintaining the magic that made the first game an instant classic. As a fan of the 2008 game, playing the new Dead Space is a cozy experience, even amid all the terror, death and gore. This precise moment, frozen between horrific brutality and a comforting embrace, captures the essence of the Dead Space remake. There are some plot points that are "spoiled" if you go the chronological route, but that mostly happens if you read works set prior to the events of Dead Space (the main game) before playing it, but since you have played it already I'd say you can go either way.In the split second before a necromorph slides its arm blades into Isaac Clarke’s stomach, it looks like the massive monster is giving him a bloody, snarling, over-excited hug. Order of publication is usually the way to go for most media, as that is how the creators "meant" them to be presented to you. In my opinion, either play/read/watch it all in chronological order, or by date of publication, which I've put in parentheses after each work. Dead Space 2: Severed (DLC, 2011 takes place at the same time as Dead Space 2).Dead Space: Extraction (game and comics, 2009).Dead Space: Downfall (film, 2008 takes place at the same time as Extraction).Here's the chronological order of events in all Dead Space media, from my memory and this timeline on the Dead Space wiki. ![]()
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