Dead Space 3 Recensie Round-Up: Net iets minder, maar nog altijd vet

donderdag, 07 februari 2013 om 14:15

Dead Space 3 ligt sinds gisteren in de winkels. Als je nog niet zeker bent van een aankoop, dan is het natuurlijk altijd handig om alle verschillende recensies te lezen. Vandaar dat wij de recensies van Dead Space 3 in een handig lijstje hebben gezet.

Dead Space is een serie survival horror games dat bekend staat voor smalle gangen, claustrofobische ruimtes, futuristische wapens en afgrijselijke monsters. De eerste game was ontzettend eng en is daar veel voor geprezen. Het vervolg was net zo goed ontvangen, maar ging een beetje de actie richting op. Nu is het tijd om de trilogie af te sluiten en het is de vraag of Dead Space 3 nog net zo bijzonder als zijn voorgangers is.

De XGN recensie staat sinds gisteren online en het blijkt dat de essentie van de game zeker niet verloren is. Het begin van het spel is veel grootser dan wij van Dead Space zouden verwachten, maar al snel keert het spel zich terug naar de oude onvertrouwde pikdonkere omgevingen. Je voelt je in het spel geen moment veilig en de smerige wezens kunnen je vanuit alle hoeken aanvallen. Niet elke scéne uit de game maakt indruk, maar dat is niet genoeg om de game onderuit te halen. Het is namelijk een geweldige game geworden die een dikke 8,0 waardig is.

Wij zijn dus hartstikke positief, al waren de vorige delen toch net iets beter. Om te zien hoe de internationale gaming gemeenschap Dead Space 3 heeft ontvangen kun je hier onze selectie aan recensies bekijken.

Game Informer - 9,8
Visceral laid the foundation for a terrific horror series with the first Dead Space. The clean, HUD-less presentation, dismemberment-focused gunplay, and expertly crafted derelicts have made each successive entry feel ahead of its time. Dead Space 3 evolves the winning formula into a title not only befitting of the fantastic series, but also one of the best games of this generation.

Gaming Nexus - 9,5
Dead Space 3 capitalizes on everything that made its predecessors great, and expertly executes everything new. It has the psychological scares and claustrophobic environments of the first two games, but proves they aren’t the only ingredients for a tense experience, adding vast expanses that alter both the mood and gameplay. The whole experience blends a plethora of disparate parts into one cohesive whole that ends the trilogy as well as anyone could expect from Visceral Games. It’s been a long, harrowing journey for Isaac Clarke, and I’m glad to have seen him through it, and eager to trek it again.

Joystiq- 9,8
Dead Space 3 is an exciting, shocking and mammoth adventure through the ghostly, unvarnished segments of space – and you do, thankfully, get to spend some more time flying. There aren't many games that can match the lonely, liberating movements of Isaac Clarke in nullified gravity, or his vengeful, squishy stomps of victory.

GameSpot - 8,0
From its terrific weapon crafting system to its deep well of side content, Dead Space 3 is a massive game rich with options and personalization. Whether you choose to approach it with a friend or by your lonesome, using a plasma cutter or an acid grenade launcher, Dead Space 3 makes fighting for survival a delight.

Destructoid - 8,0
Dead Space 3 could have been the best entry in the series, and in many ways, it still does provide some of the franchise's most energetic, thrilling, entertaining moments. The changes thrown into the game inevitably damage its charm, though, and make this a step down from its predecessors. A step down from Dead Space's high standards don't necessarily make for a bad game -- far from it, in fact, for this is still a bloody great game and well worth any fans' time. It's sad that market pressure and industry fear tried so hard to ruin things, but one can at least savor the victory of Dead Space 3's creative success in spite of commercial encroachment.

IGN - 7,8
The combat system and the world Visceral has crafted in Dead Space 3 is so expertly built and well-wrought, I found myself consciously overlooking my main criticisms, because I love playing it and spending time with it. This is an important distinction to make: loving a game while being fully aware of its faults. Dead Space 3, when played the way I've been playing it, on New Game+, is an engrossing and satisfying experience. But it requires ignoring the bad story and the numbing to-do lists. It then becomes all about building up the most powerful, best outfitted Isaac you can imagine. It’s here and here alone that Dead Space 3 succeeds, mostly in spite of itself.

Video Gamer - 5,0
Dead Space 3 isn’t a let down because Visceral decided to turn it into an action game. No one can tell them what Dead Space ‘is’ - they decide to make whatever game they want. And there is enough lore and scope to make Dead Spaced an action game, even if that choice is probably a poor one. Dead Space 3 is a let down because it’s not a very good action game, and a really substandard horror game. It is devoid of ideas, hung up on laborious combat and obsessed with making even the exciting seem boring. In truth, it’s a bit of a shocker.

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