Dead Space (series): Difference between revisions

Other important points of the series include the [[Church of Happyology|Church of Unitology]], the dominant religion in the galaxy, who believe that the Necromorphs are a step in their dogma towards something called “[[Assimilation Plot|Convergence]]”; the repurposing of power tools into weapons to fight off Necromorphs; the necessity of shooting [[An Arm and a Leg]] off the Necromorphs in order to kill them; and people wearing [[Life Meter]]s on their backs.

* ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'' - The first game in the series, released in 2008 for the PC, [[PlayStation 3]], and [[Xbox 360]]. Isaac Clarke is an engineer who has been hired to help repair the USG Ishimura, a planet cracker class starship hovering over Aegis VII that sent out a distress signal. Unfortunately the shuttle Clarke is travelling on is damaged, the team he is with is attacked by Necromorphs that have infested the ship, and he gets seperated from the rest of the team, necessitating the repair of several areas of the ship to reuinite and find a way off. Isaac has a personal stake in fixing the Ishimura; his girlfriend Nicole Brennan is somewhere on the ship and Isaac has to rescue her.

* ''Dead Space'' - A [[Comic Book]] that takes place before the events of ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''. On Aegis VII a Red Marker is discovered during a mining operation. As a duplicate of Unitologists sacred Black Marker, plans are made to move the Marker onboard the Ishimura. But as the Red Marker is moved onboard the Ishimura, everyone starts going insane, and eventually Necromorphs appear and attack the colony. The comics focuses primarily on Abraham Neumann, who is anti-Unitologist, and Marla Jansenn who is a Unitologist, as they try to escape Aegis VII. The comic was released retail, and can be unlocked on the [[Nintendo Wii]] version of ''[[Dead Space: Extraction]]''.

* ''[[Dead Space: Downfall]]'' - A Direct-to-Video [[Prequel]], taking place before ''Extraction'' and ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''. The Red Marker is brought on the Ishimura, causing a stir; Unitologists want to worship it while scientists want to study it. Tensions start to mount and soon [[Strictly Formula|everyone starts going insane, and eventually Necromorphs appear and attack everyone onboard]]. The second half of the movie is about security officer Alissa Vincent and her [[Five-Man Band]] as they try to escape the Ishimura.

* ''[[Dead Space: Aftermath]]'' - A second Direct-to-Video movie, this time an [[Interquel]] between ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'' and ''[[Dead Space 2]]''. The survivors of the USG O'Bannon are brought onboard USM Abraxis and interrogated about what happened on their ship. Most of the movie is told in flashback, as the surviving crewmembers relate how their ship was assigned the mission of bringing back {{spoiler|a shard of the Red Marker Isaac Clarke blew up in the first game}}. Even before {{spoiler|the shard}} is moved to the O'Bannon [[Overly Long Gag|everyone starts going insane, and Necromorphs appear and kill everyone on the O'Bannon]], and the rest of the movie is how the survivors: Nickolas Kuttner, Alejandro Borges, Nolan Stross, and Isabella Cho, lasted long enough.

** In order to get inspiration for the Necromorphs, the design team studied photographs of car accident victims. That somehow makes both the necromorphs, and the design team, a hell of a lot creepier.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending|Earn Your Bittersweet Ending]]: When you are around a necromorph outbreak, this is the best you can hope for.

** {{spoiler|Given that Dead Space 1 ends with Isaac either being attacked and killed, or having gone completely insane, the end of Dead Space 2 featuring him escaping the Sprawl on a ship being piloted by an actual trained pilot, and most likely safely getting back to civilization with the Markers destroyed,}} you'd almost consider this a straight up [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]. Then you remember the thousands of men, women, children and babies you had to dismember after they were horribly killed and turned into monsters. Even if Isaac never sees a necromorph again, he'll probably never have another good nights sleep without heavy medication.

** The background logs state that Planet Cracking is actually believed by some to de-stabilize entire star systems because of the gravity imbalance of one planet going missing all of a sudden. The [[Mega Corp|CEC]] denies this, though, and states that the planets are always carefully chosen.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Some complain that the chance of almost all of Isaac's weapons be repurposed tools strains credibility. For example, why would a tool called the "Plasma ''Cutter''" shoot out a single, non-continuous burst? Then you remember that Dynamite was originally intended for peaceful purposes by inventor Alfred Nobel, and was used for war. Not to mention the real life section of [[Improbable Weapon User]].