


A risky move that could have felt cheap, but Visceral managed to create a balance and set the Ishimura in a way that makes it feel like the government wasn’t simply keeping a necromorph cage hanging in their docking bay for plot convenience. Visceral Games decided to make the player return to the USG Ishimura and face down the familiar sights and sounds that have haunted their nightmares since 2008.

Chapter 10 relies heavily on players’ preconceived notions and memories of the first game in conjunction with the escalating mental strain Isaac is under to deliver the most chilling level in Dead Space 2. However, as scary as Dead Space 2 could be, there is one chapter in particular that stands out as the scariest, especially for people who are familiar with Isaac’s original confrontation with the necromorphs. Dead Space 2 followed up one of the scariest games in the 7th console generation and delivered a lot in the horror department.
