⭐.5
Developer (Platform): Visceral Games & Sumo Digital (Xbox Series X)
Publisher (Release): Electronic Arts (2010)
Length: 2-4 hours
Genres: Adult; Horror; Puzzle; Graphic Novel
❗️Disclaimers❗️:
strong visual gore
this review contains low-level spoilers
recommendation: time might be better spent elsewhere
👍 Pros 👍
An expanded Dead Space universe is a good idea
👎 Cons 👎
Incredibly poor and inconsistent story
Comic-style graphics can’t hide a distinct lack of care
Gameplay lacks variety and grows stale quickly
👀 Synopsis & Trailer 👀
Follow Franko Delille and Sarah Andarsyn as they struggle to survive an alien outbreak on the Sprawl, a metropolis built in the remains of Saturn’s moon.
🧩 Plots 🧩
Riveting
Engaging
Enjoyable
Uneven
Boring
🎭 Characters 🎭
Alive
Developed
Okay
Inconsistent
Soulless
👾 Gameplay and Graphics 👾
Flawless
Smooth
Competent
Buggy
Unplayable
💭 Final Thoughts 💭
Dead Space: Ignition should not exist. The first misstep in the series, this ‘game’ (it barely qualifies) is a comic-style puzzler with unnecessary branching story paths intended to pad an otherwise short experience. A lazy story crashes into a lazy cast and ends up in a heap of lazy gameplay and graphics. If I could attribute any positives, the mind-numbing puzzles pass the time for a bit, but the entire experience highlights how rarely going outside the box for an established series works.
Do yourself a favour and just skip.
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