I'm curious which you'll think is the better horror game when you're done. Try to let us know.
Just beat Dead Space. What a masterpiece. I think it’s the most cohesive game of the horror genre and the ship design is rad.
The visuals and sound were superb. The image is soft, but everything looks like a smooth CG filmic look, similar to Killzone 2. Extremely atmospheric and consistent throughout.
The weapons and gore are expertly designed, with each one featuring unique gameplay use cases and the ability to experiment given the fantastic variety of enemies. The upgrades and powers in this game are nicely done, with some metroidvania aspects to the looting.
The lore is really fantastic as well. I wish they made more games like this, 15 hour adventures that are singularly focused and intentional in all aspects of the design; not bogged down and bloated.
I may put this above RE4 remake, it’s that good. As a horror game it certainly is, the tension is off the charts. It even gave me some Souls vibes with its encounters all feeling like you could be taken down by careless mistakes.
Only negative I have is the ending seemed unresolved and the loot in this game was too scarcely given out so I felt restricted in where I placed my upgrades, sadly. Would have much preferred it so that doing all the side missions made upgrading everything way more frequent earlier in the game.
I hear dead space 2 is even better?! Man I really hope they remake it as well