You’ll instantly recognise them if you played the original. Tech: This is honestly one of the best looking Wii games out there, with many areas of the Ishimura having been faithfully recreated using completely new tech on a graphically inferior system. One needs to wonder though whether someone would get the full intended experience without having played the original game (either before or after Extraction) – I suspect not, which makes the decision to make it Wii exclusive a bit puzzling.

While trying to remain spoiler-free, it wasn’t the ending I was expecting, either. Characters from the first game’s backstory also make appearances, and the cool unlockables (basically an audio comic) add even more to the fan service and explain more of the lore. It’s quite cool when events unfold and you realise that’s how things got into that state you found them in when you first arrived in those areas in the first game. Without spoiling anything (since I assume you know this already), the game begins when the marker is first extracted from the planet, and things go pear-shaped from there.įan service: This is a true fan’s game. It’s also an “on-rails” FPS, unlike the original which was a third-person game.

Unlike the original game, it is exclusive to the Wii, and features multiple playable characters throughout the game. If you’ve played Dead Space: Extraction, or just want to ask Michael more about it, leave your thoughts in the comments below.ĭead Space Extraction is a prequel to the original Dead Space. This review was submitted by the elusive Michael H. This is your chance to deliver sensible game purchasing advice to the rest of the Kotaku community.Īnd thanks to the very kind chaps at Madman Entertainment, purveyor of all kinds of cool, indie and esoteric film, the best reader review we publish each month will win a prize pack containing ten of the latest Madman DVD releases. Yes, that’s right, we’re now publishing reader reviews here on Kotaku.

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