Dead Space: Extraction details
| Format: | TBC Wii |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Adventure, Role-playing |
| Developers: | Visceral Games |
| Rental release: | 02 Oct 2009 |
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A seminal, overlooked, modern lightgun shooter.
By Dalagonash (5 reviews) from Waterlooville , 12 Jan 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
Lightgun shooters are often fast paced arcade jaunts through curious locations, shooting hundreds of bad guys with little or no consequence besides a score in the thousands. Extraction, on the other hand, is an emotive story driven first person 'experience' in which your shooting prowess moves the journey from one plot point to the next, creating a nail bitingly intense 7 hour story with plenty of satisfying shooting.
Anyone who has played Dead Space, or seen the violent sweary 'Downfall' anime will know what's happened, but for the uninitiated a mining operation has discovered a mean looking 'marker' on a planet that starts causing intense dementia in the mining crew and eventually they start turning into gribbly space zombies, or 'Necromorphs' (sounds rude).
What unfolds is an entertaining plot that sits alongside the anime and full game as a side story of potentially huge importance for anyone looking forward to 2010's Dead Space 2, featuring some entertaining characters and great voice work.
But what's really important is how entertaining the combat is, dismembering necro's on 360 and PS3 was fun but Extraction sends far more enemies at you with a remarkable amount of visual prowess for the little white box that could, and the weapon selection is deliciously visceral and will have you swapping around them depending on situations, slowing enemies down, hurling explosive barrels at them, tearing them up with saw blades, burning them in cleansing fire, and blasting them back with pure force.
It must be said that whilst the combat is brilliantly brutal it doesn't come frequently enough for some people, be prepared to sit back and enjoy some plot progression or plodding down a quiet corridor frequently as this is still a story driven horror game and far from the arcade action of the more immediate House of the Dead or Ghost Squad.
Challenge rooms on the other hand, unlocked through playing the main game, simply ask you to off waves and waves of the gangly limbed monsters intent on munching your face simply in the name of score. The lack of online leaderboards is a hinderance as to the appeal of this mode, but as a means to simply enjoy the relentless combat the mode is appreciated.
For those willing to give it the time Dead Space: Extraction offers one of the best looking, most satisfying experiences on the Wii, or on any platform for that matter, and a potentially important chapter in one of gaming's most interesting new franchises.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(5)Watched the film, now play the game
By tvcritic70 (2 reviews) , 09 Nov 2011Love the game, fits nicely in with the films, Also it good to sit back and watch some storyline unfolding, rather then stand ready to shoot waves of baddies. Only downfall is that the game finishes rather quickly.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dead Space: Extraction
By wiigamer (531 reviews) from middlesbrough , 29 Jun 2011wii console (us version),wii loader (play uk games on us console).Game works-yes.
Another game added to my list of games that do work.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Scary shootem up
By a customer from Edinburgh , 05 Apr 2010This is quite a fast paced shooter game with an involved, but short story.
This is also a game that you shouldn't play late at night on your own as I found myself jumping out my skin a lot; it's probably akin to the likes of Aliens vs Predator...especially when the head crabs jump at you!
Overall very enjoyable, but the story was a little short for me and I was able to complete it on Normal mode in 2 evenings.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A seminal, overlooked, modern lightgun shooter.
By Dalagonash (5 reviews) from Waterlooville , 12 Jan 2010Lightgun shooters are often fast paced arcade jaunts through curious locations, shooting hundreds of bad guys with little or no consequence besides a score in the thousands. Extraction, on the other hand, is an emotive story driven first person 'experience' in which your shooting prowess moves the journey from one plot point to the next, creating a nail bitingly intense 7 hour story with plenty of satisfying shooting.
Anyone who has played Dead Space, or seen the violent sweary 'Downfall' anime will know what's happened, but for the uninitiated a mining operation has discovered a mean looking 'marker' on a planet that starts causing intense dementia in the mining crew and eventually they start turning into gribbly space zombies, or 'Necromorphs' (sounds rude).
What unfolds is an entertaining plot that sits alongside the anime and full game as a side story of potentially huge importance for anyone looking forward to 2010's Dead Space 2, featuring some entertaining characters and great voice work.
But what's really important is how entertaining the combat is, dismembering necro's on 360 and PS3 was fun but Extraction sends far more enemies at you with a remarkable amount of visual prowess for the little white box that could, and the weapon selection is deliciously visceral and will have you swapping around them depending on situations, slowing enemies down, hurling explosive barrels at them, tearing them up with saw blades, burning them in cleansing fire, and blasting them back with pure force.
It must be said that whilst the combat is brilliantly brutal it doesn't come frequently enough for some people, be prepared to sit back and enjoy some plot progression or plodding down a quiet corridor frequently as this is still a story driven horror game and far from the arcade action of the more immediate House of the Dead or Ghost Squad.
Challenge rooms on the other hand, unlocked through playing the main game, simply ask you to off waves and waves of the gangly limbed monsters intent on munching your face simply in the name of score. The lack of online leaderboards is a hinderance as to the appeal of this mode, but as a means to simply enjoy the relentless combat the mode is appreciated.
For those willing to give it the time Dead Space: Extraction offers one of the best looking, most satisfying experiences on the Wii, or on any platform for that matter, and a potentially important chapter in one of gaming's most interesting new franchises.- Was this review helpful to you?
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IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU ARGUE
By a customer from BERKSHIRE , 02 Dec 2009GOOD SHOOTIE FUN WITH BADDIES THAT GO AGAINST THE SCHOOL OF HEADSHOTS AS YOU HAVE TO AIM FOR THEIR FREAKY ELBOW AND KNEE JOINTS INSTEAD TO KILL. GOOD POINTS ARE THE WEAPONS WHICH ARE GREAT TO USE. BAD POINTS ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE GAME WHO ARE IRRITATING, NOT COOL AND ARE ALWAYS ARGUING AND STRESSED. LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE AND WORK TOGETHER. SEE GAME BAD COMPANY FOR HOW CHARACTERS IN A GAME SHOULD BE DONE. ALSO IT IS TOO DARK AND AMMO IS LIMITED WHICH IS ALWAYS A PAIN IN A SHOOTER AS THATS THE POINT. WORTH A PLAY BUT NOTHING NEW.- Was this review helpful to you?
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