Communication with the Ishimura space production platform broke off suddenly. The case is not that ordinary, but it does not pull on a full-fledged state of emergency. Engineer Isaac Clark went on board the station, whose task was to search for damage and subsequent repair of systems. True, the technician did not find a single person in the corridors and compartments, although the team did not disappear anywhere - it only changed… Together with the next portion of the Ishimura ore swallowed up an alien life form, which began to flourish in the greenhouse conditions of a comfortable starship. The crew turned into raw materials, from which an alien mind molded its own soldiers. Now the wind of death is blowing through the echoing galleries of the ship, and behind the bulkheads something is rustling and scratching. The station, immersed in darkness, plays with an unexpected guest like a cat with a mouse, but Isaac does not intend to turn into someone's dinner...
Chilling horror. The deceptive emptiness and pitch darkness of the corridors envelop the victim with sticky fear. Distorted by the metal interior of the ship, the sounds of a violin bow gnash along strained nerves. Far from civilization, alone with an unknown threat, you will be saturated with horror, like a sponge with water.
Amputation. Dead Space is different from other representatives of the genre, where aliens die in droves under heavy fire. Isaac is a simple engineer who doesn't carry around the arsenal of a medium army. But he has tools: a saw, a cutter and other useful devices that are indispensable in close combat. To destroy a monster, you need to damage or cut off its vital organ, and in different types of creatures it is located in different places.
Modernization. Each tool can be upgraded, turning it from a simple engineering device into a full-fledged weapon.
In weightlessness. Not all platform equipment is functioning properly, and therefore there are interruptions in gravity. Once in zero gravity, you can turn on the magnetic boots to walk on the ceiling and walls. However, sometimes it's safer to just float in the void.
Alien reality. Thanks to realistic physics, Dead Space makes you believe in monstrous events. When the whole world around you looks and reacts like the real thing, it's easy to forget that you're in the game.