Less than five years have passed since we first plunged into the depths of the dead universe with engineer Isaac Clark. Dead Space in 2008 brought real horror to our monitors. With its dense atmosphere, top sound system and danger (lurking at every step) in the form of necromorphs, it gained a lot of fans. The second part followed its predecessor and resulted in an exemplary sequel. Isaac's struggle with the universe did not end even then, and the third part came to the fore.I remember showing the three threes of the player having mixed feelings. The authors confirmed the cooperation regime and the trailers showed the planet covered with snow, which proves the continuation of the game Lost Planet as a dead space.

The central theme of the game is again the artifact Marker, with which we came into contact in the first part. He is the cause of necromorphs, that is, mutants who cross the path throughout the game. However, the Marker is not the only problem, the human group of Unitologists possessed by the Marker goes after Isaac. Their leader, Danik, often crosses Isaac's path, as their goals clearly diverge. Isaac is not on his own alone, even though you are basically still separated from the group. We will also find a love triangle in the game. The love story doesn't fit me into this story at all, it looks strong, sometimes even ridiculous and embarrassing.

The missions in Dead Space 3 mostly take place on the planet Tau Volantis, you will walk through its snowy surface, but also through the corridor corridors of the interior. From the beginning, you will also play in open space and in the wreckage of spaceships. It was the weightless missions outside the ships that I enjoyed the most. Silence, beautiful scenery of destroyed spaceships in front of them, Tau Volantis gushing behind them and you fly freely with the help of propulsion in Issac's shoes. In addition to shooting, there are also a few small logic puzzles or mini-games in the game. With minigames, it turns out that the game is primarily optimized for the gamepad, because using the keyboard and mouse, the minigames were quite impractical for me.

Dead Space 3 brings a few new features to the series, but also simplifications. Personally, I was not pleased that the ammunition was universal. With its predecessors, each weapon used a different ammunition, now you only collect one type of ammunition and can use all weapons. Because of this, it never happened to me to run out of ammunition on normal demands. As with ammunition, the lack of first aid kits could not be complained about. While in the second two the game managed to bother me to normal, here it was a walk through the rose garden.

Money also disappeared from the game. A "crafting" system has been added to the game. Nothing is bought here anymore, everything is made. During the passage, you collect various raw materials, for which you then make weapons and various items such as ammunition or first aid kits. In addition to manufacturing, you can also customize the weapons in various ways. Each weapon can have two shooting modes, for example it can be a submachine gun and a shotgun at the same time. In this way, you can combine weapons as you wish. The robot is a helper in collecting raw materials. You can release it in each area and it will then bring you the raw materials.Suits for Isaac are no longer bought in the game, they are unlocked as you go through the game. However, their improvements are again paid for with raw materials. Health can be improved, similar to its predecessors, endurance, oxygen endurance and the like.

In terms of the combat system, not much has changed, again you shoot from one weapon in two ways, near the enemy you step on or hit the weapon. Separation of necromorph limbs is still fun. For the first time, the authors in the trio added a cooperation regime to the series. You play the same missions in pairs as in the campaign. In co-op mode, the game already allows out of the horror atmosphere completely. In co-op, however, "crafting" can prove to be a problem. It happened to me personally that I did not have a very powerful weapon and I needed several shots to kill the enemy. However, my partner had the raw materials to create a much stronger weapon, and he cut the necromorphs into one shot. Many times I hadn't even had time to aim, and he had already catalyzed everything around him. I would say that the co-op is unnecessary in the game. Players played Dead Space for fear, but the co-op kills fear completely.

Dead Space 1 and 2 are great horror games for me, the trio will unfortunately not join them. If Dead Space 3 was a completely bad game, the game can be fun, but a lot of things will bother the fans. It will not please the departure from horror and the inclination to the action, the impossibility of saving the game yourself, universal ammunition, artificial campaign stretching and relatively unnecessary co-op. "Crafting" can be considered a plus by someone, the old system could suit someone. However, the gameplay is still good and the soundtrack excellent. Dead Space 3 did not take the series to the next level, the game treads in place, sometimes returns.

I personally rate the game 8/10

Positive

+ Great soundscape and soundtrack
+ Low HW requirements
+ Missions in open space
+ Crafting
+ Passages in ships, on the planet and in free space

Negative

- Horror atmosphere at freezing point
- Inappropriate love story in the story
- Save system only via checkpoints
- Universal ammunition for all weapons
- Artificial extension of playing time
- Crafting can be a disadvantage in co-op