Dead Space = Totally the Bomb, Also Good Demos and Apologies to The Last Remnant

The title of this post is essentially most of what I have to say. Dead Space is fantastic, I can't believe it's just been sitting in my collection, untouched, since December. The game plays a lot like Resident Evil 4, placing the camera behind you, but includes a few fun details (aside from the setting and plot etc) that sets it apart from its fellow survival horror title, albeit not the most recent. The powers include telekinesis, allowing your to move around large objects as well as using dead bodies and other miscellaneous items as weapons. Your character, Isaac, also has a "stasis" ability which slows down objects and enemies for a short period of time. Both of these abilities spice up the gameplay so that you're not just constantly walking through dimly lit corridors waiting for monsters to pop out at you...although that does happen, and it's totally awesome. Alongside all your wonderful abilities, your arsenal is filled with delicious energy weapons as well as a remote saw, a flamethrower, and a few that I haven't delved into yet. Each weapon and your suit is upgradeable, so you're constantly growing stronger in order to face new opponents. Dead Space also features areas of zero-gravity where you can jump around in full 360 degrees as well as deep space vacuums which put you on a limited air supply.

The game features awesome lighting effects, freaky-ass monsters, and a pretty hackneyed plot about alien-human hybrids that came from some planet, or were genetically engineered by humans, kinda like Alien Resurrection, a true masterpiece of cinema.

Honestly though, who cares when YOU get to rend them limb from limb?

Alongside Dead Space I recently downloaded the Resident Evil 5 demo AND the Halo Wars demo, both of which are pretttty awesome. However, I think Microsoft should allow for keyboards to be attached to the 360 in order to make Halo Wars better...worlds better.

As for the Last Remnant, I've put it on hold for a while due to an almost complete loss of interest. The plot seemed interesting enough but the choppiness on the battles, even after loading the game onto the hard-drive, is almost too much to take. I'll beat it later, sorry Square-Enix, you had better work out the kinks for Final Fantasy XIII or you're gonna be on the road to losing your fan-base.....