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Dead Space 2: Severed

Dead Space 2: Severed is a two-chapter downloadable content pack for Dead Space 2. The game takes place on Titan Station and follows the story of Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdoch.

70 1 March 2011

Dead Space 2: Severed is a shooter developed by Visceral Games, released 1 March 2011 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Dead Space 2: Severed is

Dead Space 2: Severed is a shooter game developed by Visceral Games and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dead Space 2: Severed reintroduces Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdoch, two of the lead characters who originally appeared in the critically acclaimed Dead Space Extraction. In a story that runs parallel to Isaac's blood-curdling adventure in Dead Space 2, players will take on the role of Weller as he fights against his own onslaught of Necromorphs, attempting to save both himself and Lexine.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dead Space series

Dead Space 2: Severed is the sixth of 16 entries we hold in the Dead Space series. The next entry was PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in 2012. Its critic score of 70 is 3 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dead Space at 91.

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How it was received

Dead Space 2: Severed holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Dead Space 2: Severed launched on 1 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.

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When did Dead Space 2: Severed come out?
Dead Space 2: Severed was released on 1 March 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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