Jay’s Internet Log

Disclaimer – I’ve never played a Dead Space game

This past Christmas, an iPad arrived at our house, and over the past month I’ve been buying games for it here and there.  Two days ago I purchased Dead Space 2 from Amazon and it should be arriving today, so look for my impressions on it tomorrow hopefully.  From doing some research, I learned that Dead Space on iPad would unlock something in Dead Space 2, and the reviews of this game in iTunes were mostly very excellent, so I decided to pick it up.  It’s $10, which is on the more expensive end of the price spectrum for iPad games, and so far, I can say that it’s worth this price.

Dead Space iPad drops you onto a mining station in the middle of space.  At the beginning, you are tasked with having to find a weapon, so you walk around using the iPad touch controls.  With your left finger, you move forward, back, and side to side, and with your right finger, you look.  It works just as if you had a controller, and it works VERY well, though takes some getting used to.  Once you attain your weapon, you tap the screen with your right finger to bring the weapon up, then tap again to shoot it.  You can tap various glowing areas on your back to use secondary attacks, and reload your weapon.

I’ve made it through Chapter 4, and I believe that there are a few more chapters.  So far, one of them has given me problems, but I got through it.  I’ve upgraded one of my weapons and my suit a few times, and from playing in pitch black with headphones turned all the way up, I’ve screamed out “ARGH!” more than twice.  It really is creepy, and all I can think of is how crazy Dead Space 2 will be on the big TV with the system cranked tonight.  If you have an iPad, check this one out.