Dead Space Extraction review
Review of Dead Space Extraction video game for the Nintendo Wii rated 8 out of 10
Tagged with: Dead Space, On Rails Shooter, Survival horror, Wii hardcore games
Reviewed on by Gamesweasel
Dead Space was one of my surprise favourite games last year so I’ve been looking forward to Dead Space Extraction on the Wii - a prequel which charts where all the horror on the cracked planet and in the mining vessel the Ishimura began.
It’s an on-rails FPS but before you think this is just like Time Crisis or House of the Dead, let me explain to you why it’s very much not. Extraction has a much more considered approach in that there are times where you don’t shoot anything whilst the atmosphere builds as you’re taken for a ride through the eyes of a number of survivors in different chapters. You crawl up ladders, shuffle across service hatches and even make leaps of faith through zero gravity. The mining equipment from the first game is in use again as you hack limbs off the monsters and you’ve also got access to pistols and pulse rifles. You can also slow down enemies and the world around you at times using stasis and fetch weapons, ammo and items using a sort of sci-fi tractor beam type thing.
There are 10 chapters to play through and as you go, you unlock new challenge mode levels and comic books to watch complete with sound effects and voice acting. It may be short but it really is a new gaming experience for me and something I couldn’t put down until I finished the story mode. There are also choices of paths to take from time to time which may encourage playing through the story again and you can play the game in co-op mode and shoot the Xenomorphs with a friend.
The game’s got the best graphics I’ve seen on the Wii and although the action slows down occasionally when there’s lots on screen, it certainly doesn’t wreck the game. Another small complaint is the crosshair. Info about your guns and a Gears of War-style quick reload system are incorporated into it and as a result it’s rather large, sometimes obscuring what you’re actually trying to shoot. Still, it means there’s no HUD on the screen which all adds to the atmosphere.
If you want a game that really sucks you into the action and gives you the creeps at times, give this a go. You’ll definitely enjoy it. Dead Space Extraction gets an excellent 8 out of 10.
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