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Somebody gets it. I'm glad. Good review, EmP. Gonna be a tough year in the TT.

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Goods news then, bud; I'm sitting this year out.

Thanks!

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Blasphemy!

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Excellent review as usual, and I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on Extraction, as well. I was surprised that the game received such positive reviews and the fact that you of all people seem to like it intrigues me greatly.

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

I think you may have meant "weld" instead of "wield" at several points in this review.

But that's okay. It wouldn't be an EmP review without Wolfqueen or I correcting your spelling.

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- Nero Wolfe

Suskie: There are vague plans for an Extraction review. I've got a few other titles that I want to get written up while I'm enjoying it, but that's one game firmly on the list.

Will: Thanks for the catch. Perhaps if you ever finished your six-month late review, I'll return the favour.

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"...but that's one game firmly on the list."

You're missing a "that's" in that sentence.

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Wha? Am not, either!

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Don't worry, Will; WQ has many more things to point out than that.

You have the name of the ship spelled two different ways here (Ishimura and Ishumura). Which one is it? hahaha. I'd guess the latter since the rest of the review spells it that way, though.

The huge, hulking craft looks abandoned from the outside; unlit, malfunctioning and taking damage from the space debris it should be fending off effortlessly

I'd use a colon instead of a semi; you technically have a complete sentence connected to a fragment instead of two independent clauses like how the semicolon is supposed to be used.

It’s very clear early on that the Ishumura’s crew have been slaughtered, mutated, and are now making a very spirited attempted to gut Isaac where he stands

attempt

The plasma cutter he comes armed with can rotate itself 90°

I'd say "equipped" since you say "armed" several times in that paragraph before then.

There’s no safe havens in Dead Space: stop to buy some ammo at a vending machine or try to upgrade your equipment at a work bench, and the world around continues to move. And, now you’re distracted and your back is turned, maim

Hm... See, that's where I'd put a semicolon, but... at the same time, the following sentence is also technically a fragment. Great. Now I just confused myself. LOL More importantly, I'd just get rid of the "And," in the following sentence and start it with "Now" because then it adds more emphasis and drama rather than seeming as just a side thought.

but the game wants to be with taken more seriousness

haha. I think you meant to have these in two in reverse order.

in fact, a franchise of Clarke/Lovecraftion

were you trying to make an adjective out of that? If so, I'd change the "o" to an "a" because otherwise it's a really weird how to pronounce noun. But... I'm also inclined to take off any weird suffixes altogether, except that doing so would imply the game realy was inspired by those two people rather than merely suggesting that the game appears to be inspired by them regardless of whether it actually was or not.

Pity poor Isaac, as he walks

you don't really need the comma here.

Anyway, sweet review. The game seemed horrifyingly creepy to me when I first saw the previews and such for it however many years ago, and you do a great job emphasizing that all the more. Though, I will say that you almost make it sound like the game's attempt at seriousness is a bad thing, but the review as a whole makes it seem like it actually works out. Maybe that was the idea though.

I'd like to play this game one day, even though I know it'll likely scare the crap out of me. I can certainly imagine there are more creepy moments than those you describe, too. (The thing with the girl probably would've gotten me most though. For some reason, I'm reminded of the one in FEAR, even tough I've never played that game, either.)

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[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will

I wish I had a full time team of editors to follow me around and correct all my grammar. And I wish I had staff editing privileges, so I could take advantage of those edits.

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

It took me years to get to the point where I had editing groupies, Zipp. Work hard and perhaps one day you'll get there too.

Dead Space is legit creepy because the game never feels off. You never know if that gutteral groaning is something waiting to chew off your face or just the failing ship complaining. The ambience is probably my favourite thing about it.

Thanks for the feedback and the catches!

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Haha. Man, I'm really sorry about this, but I missed one earlier, and it was in one of the sentences I'd pointed out already. Kind of embarrassing. XD

There’s no safe havens

should be "There are" - you're plural.

Anyway, I'm really starting to wish I had a PS3.

What espiga does in his free time
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will

Never wish that. The PS3 is the machine choice for the damned and the stupid.

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LOL I can argue with you about that all day, so I won't go into any detail here. We'll have something interesting to discuss when I can get on AIM again, though. =D

What espiga does in his free time
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will