Dead Space Extraction [Wii First Impression]

Successful Sci-Fi Survival Horror romp turned Sci-Fi On-Rails Horror romp; not always the best sounding turn of events but that’s not to say it is really? I don’t think so, it’s a little bit of a closed door direction for any game to turn from something that was fairly free roaming (as much as you can on a ship in space) to something where by you are not controlling movement just simply pointing and clicking things dead.

The cool difference in last years hit, Dead Space (on PS3 and Xbox 360) was that in most typical horror games where you shoot the enemies dead, it was by shooting them in the head; this was due to the fact that before you were fighting off zombies. But these are weird beastie things you are fighting off that don’t die when they have no head… they carry on. So what is the next logical step to kill something that you can’t kill? Sever them limb-from-limb… and Dead Space Extraction carries that on.

It make sense to do a whole new spin on the On-Rails Shooter genre with Dead Space Extraction, much like Dead Space did with Survival Horror in general, putting it into space (though films have done this, gaming seemed to be in the dark still). So rather than just go in and head shoot everything you see moving, you go in and server limbs off everything that wants you dead.

Dead Space Extraction on the off set seems like it can be a good game, although starting a touch slow in the first chapter making me think maybe I should hit the difficulty setting up a touch, but the second chapter picks up a bit and so does the difficulty. There is a lot of story from the get-go and I suspect people new to Dead Space may feel a little lost as to what the hell is going on. Those who have played the game and finished it will feel nostalgia when you first start.

I will be playing the game through with just the standard Wii-mote setup (so no Wii Zapper or Hand Cannon), I am feeling a little bit of the fool at the moment as it all seems a little point and click. But there is an addictive factor that wants to pull me back in. But no doubt I’ll probably end up getting a “gun” attachment before I finish the story!

I’ve got a good feeling about this as the initial play is enjoyable and no noticeable issues have come apparent to me. This should be a good romp!

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