Dead Shock 2 is a gritty action game about a mute hero who finds himself on a wrecked hulk of a once-proud spaceship. The crew have been mutated into horrible half-human hybrids, and he must fight to survive and escape. As he explores the ship, he finds audio logs which slowly reveal the nature of the horror he faces, and also expose a complex backstory. (One particularly chilling log is left by a crew member who, despairing of becoming a space zombie, turns his gun on himself.) He discovers that the problems began when an away team landed on the planet below and brought an infection back onto the ship.
Our hero battles his way through the various levels of the vessel. It's designed in a realistic style, with offices, beds, mess halls, and toilets; it seems like a place where people actually lived. There's a tram system for getting around and a basketball court for exercise. He progresses through the medical deck, the engineering deck, the hydroponics deck where food is grown, and the crew quarters. Late in the game, he even leaves the ship and ventures onto a military vessel which is attached to it.
He faces many challenges as he fights for his life. He must repair a communications array to signal for help. He must reactivate the ship's engines. And there is an organic mass, a hideous fleshy monstrosity, which is growing out of control and enveloping the walls of the ship, and which only worsens as the game goes on. All he can do is slow its progress, by injecting a poison into the ship's ventilation system.
But not everything is against him. He has the power to pull objects from long distances, bringing unreachable items within his grasp. Certain of his devices can be completely recharged for free at power stations. As the game progresses, he expands his inventory and improves his weapons using precious upgrade items. And he hears a friendly voice on his radio, guiding him and telling him what to do...but can he trust her?
At the end of the game, the evil menace is destroyed. An escape shuttle flies off into space, and the man at the controls breathes a sigh of relief that his nightmare is finally over. But in the very last seconds, we see ominous proof that evil has survived
