Dead Space 2
Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Just as his health begins to improve…
Dead Space 2 is an adventure developed by Visceral Games, released 25 January 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 15.9 hrs to finish.
What Dead Space 2 is
Dead Space 2 is an adventure game developed by Visceral Games and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Visceral Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dead Space 2 takes place three years after the events of Dead Space, in 2511. Following his nightmarish encounter on the USG Ishimura, former engineer Isaac Clarke arrives on the Sprawl, a civilian space station built on the remains of Saturn's moon, Titan, which was broken into pieces in a planet-cracking operation. Here a new Necromorph outbreak begins. Isaac witnesses the panic that overtakes the station from the start.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dead Space series
Dead Space 2 is the fourth of 16 entries we hold in the Dead Space series. The next entry was Dead Space in 2011. Its critic score of 90 is 17 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dead Space at 91.
How it was received
Dead Space 2 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 1,095 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 27.5 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.8 GHz processor or equivalent, 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista or Windows 7) and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements), ATI X1600 Pro or better (X1300, X1300 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements), 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB.
What it launched against
Dead Space 2 launched on 25 January 2011, within three weeks of LittleBigPlanet 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Magicka and Stacking. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: LittleBigPlanet 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Magicka, Stacking.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dead Space 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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