Dead Space was a well deserved success and remains one of the most amazing titles in videogame history. But it was an EA game and horror themed or not, niche however it might be, they were going to make a gigantic expensive franchise out of it. At the time of the Dead Space’s original release – “Dead Space”, the prequel comic book series in 6 issues and Dead Space: Downfall, the animated prequel movie were out as well. And Dead Space: Extraction, the prequel on-rails shooter for Wii, was already about a year in development. Oh, EA…
Yet, perhaps due to the passion behind the franchise and competent writing teams, this didn’t lead to some terrible disgusting shovelware. Dead Space: Extraction, which sadly remains exclusive to Wii and PS3 with Move controls, turned out to be a really fun on-rails shooter. Perhaps the only one of the kind that I’ve experienced that has a proper serious story and good storytelling.
