

Often, the touchpads on the Play are ignored by developers, since they are so difficult to implement.

In tighter corridors and when backed against walls, this view can get a little restrictive, but apart from that it feels perfectly solid. The game is presented identically to its console counterpart: an over-the-shoulder viewpoint with long, blue laser pointers for aiming. During the sabotage operation, though, Vandal inadvertently liberates hordes of Necromorphs (zombie-like monsters with spiked limbs).Ĭue quarantine lock-downs, explosions, and blood. You’ve even wearing the same steampunk-esque space suit, complete with health bar spinal cord.Īs a new convert to the Church of Unitology, you take part in a sabotage mission against the government. In Dead Space, you play as Vandal, an engineer working on the Sprawl in roughly the same capacity as Isaac from the original console titles. It's also, perhaps, the most faithful console adaption to grace the Xperia Play so far in the device's relatively short life.

Then there are the games that are just as suspenseful, but which rely almost completely on ‘BOO!’ tactics designed to make you jump.ĭead Space falls into the latter category, meaning whilst it isn’t as subtle or clever as games in the other sub-genres of horror, it’s still a very worthy action game. Generally speaking, there are two types of horror games.įirstly, there are the creepy, suspenseful, and drawn-out horror games that mess with your head, like Silent Hill or Amnesia.
