Dead Space
EA Redwood Shores · 2008
It's 2508, and the planet-cracker USG Ishimura has gone silent over the planet Aegis VII. Isaac Clarke, a ship systems engineer, joins the small repair crew sent to find out why, partly because his girlfriend Nicole is a medical officer on board. The docking goes wrong, the crew is stranded, and the ship turns out to be full of reanimated, rearranged bodies. Isaac has his mining tools and a lot of dark corridors ahead of him.
Books connected to this game
- Comes afterDead Space
Covers the colony's last weeks, just before Isaac's crew reaches the Ishimura. Written as a lead-in, but it reads best once you've seen the ship and know what the colonists dug up.
- Comes afterDead Space: Extraction
Set on Aegis VII and the Ishimura just before Isaac arrives, it shows directly what the first game makes you piece together from logs. Play Dead Space first.
- Comes afterDead Space: Martyr
Set about two centuries before the games, at the discovery of the first Marker. Written after the first game, it gives away one of its late reveals, so play Dead Space first.
- Comes afterDead Space: Catalyst
Set long before the Ishimura, during EarthGov's early Marker work. Like Martyr, it gives away something the first game keeps until late, so play Dead Space before reading it.
- Comes beforeDead Space: Salvage
Set after the first game, on the Ishimura Isaac left behind, and it assumes you know how his visit ended. Finish Dead Space before reading it.
- Comes beforeDead Space 2
Finds Isaac three years after the Ishimura and builds on what happened to him there. Play the first game before this one.
Where to get it
PC