invest in an xbox 360 controller!Dead Space (PC) - 6/10
It's ok. I haven't played much yet (2-3 hours), so probably it changes a little over time. Some points:
- Atmosphere is quite good so far, although I personally fail to really get sucked into horror games where you can fight back. The same goes for the story so far: It's nice, adds to the atmosphere. It's too early to tell much more, though.
- Controls with keyboard and mouse are a little clumsy, the interface isn't really optimized for PC. That's a huge turnoff for me. But there have been much worse ports of console games for PC.
- Savegames: Weird decisions to make the saves the way they did. Either let players save where they want for maximal comfort, or do it in automatically checkpoints (without overwriting too much) to not destroy immersion. As it is in the game, it's neither comfortable nor in the background to let you focus on the story and atmosphere.
- I like that (compared to more or less every other shooter) the max damage isn't done on the head, but on the limbs. The player is able to cut them off with shots to the right points, which sometimes kills them, sometimes cripples them and makes them easy to finish off. It's a bit unusual, but a nice change of pace.