Dead Space™ iOS (World) - Review

[Psychotray]

As some of you may have heard, the developers of the Dead Space series have recently released a Dead Space specifically for iOS devices (iPods, iPhones and such) tentatively titled ''Dead Space™ iOS (World)''. This time around, it features a new character, an exclusive new storyline, new objectives, new areas and a lot more.

Overview/Storyline:
In this game, you play the main protagonist who goes by the alias/codename, ''Vandal''. You are instructed by a mysterious voice to destroy Power Boxes located within the borders of the ship. Whilst you are doing so, a deadly outbreak occurs and you are unexpectedly encountered by a horde of Necromorphs, which are disfigured, mutated alien-like creatures that brutalize the inhabitants of the ship and turn the brutalized inhabitants into one of them. From this point on the outbreak intensifies and escalates into a disaster, due to this happening, you are one of the only survivors aboard the ship, and you must fight to survive the outbreak and save the ship.



Gameplay:
Dead Space's controls are very simplistic and easy to use, to get into Aim-Mode you just tap the screen, and to change direction of your aiming and move your cross-hairs, you just slide your finger in the direction in which you want to aim and tap to shoot. So I had no trouble learning how to play and navigate my way through levels quickly. The close-up combat controls were somewhat a bit strange, however, they were easy to get used to and I really didn't struggle to control them after a few hours of getting used to it. Within the game you can spend money to buy ammunition for your weapons, and use Power Cells to upgrade and level up your equipment. The negatives about this game is the length of the game, when I finished it, I felt that it was a little to short and that the storyline could've been lengthened for a lot longer. Another negative about the game is the fact that sometimes the controls can be rather buggy and can cause you to fire a lot of shots at the enemy and miss completely, but the overall Gameplay is definitely worth playing through, especially if you enjoyed the first 2 in the series.



Graphics:
The graphics were utterly ground-breaking which really impressed me, especially for an game on an iOS device. The textures of the ships surroundings were smooth and very detailed. But unfortunately the textures of the Necromorphs were rather rough and poorly detailed.



Musical Score:
Dead Space has a fairly dark atmosphere which is easily put together with Eerie background music. The musical score features Orchestral Hits which are timed perfectly for pop outs in the game. I jumped numerous amounts of times within the game and it was worth it. I recommend using Earphones for the full game experience, it puts your mind into the games atmosphere and makes the quality of it much more approaching and intimidating.



Overall Ratings:
Gameplay: ★★★☆☆
Graphics: ★★★★☆
Musical Score: ★★★★★
Overall: ★★★★☆

This game is very original and draws out from most of the other horror games of today, its definitely worth buying and playing the whole way through. I recommend this to anyone who loves horror games, this game is far from disappointing and is worth every dollar paid for it.