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All parent reviews for Dead Space

Age
14
Average rating based on 15 parent reviews:
  • 47% say violence is an issue
  • 40% say language is an issue
Parent of 18 year old
April 20, 2011
 
pretty gory but nothing that a 13 year old cant handle
this game gets fairly graphic and is best for teens

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Parent
January 15, 2011
 
great, but intense
this game is very fun. do not, i repeat, do not play the game until ur 14 or older. it loaded with dismemberment. issac can also lose all his body parts. very grusome. play at night when the kids are asleep.

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Adult
May 3, 2010
 
For Adults and Young Adults
Dead Space is a really scary, intense, well made piece of art. The HUD-less interface is revolutionary. The plot is compelling and the characters have depth. It is very violent, but the violence is directed solely at aliens.

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Adult
July 27, 2010
 
Ok for 13 and up
Good game however if there 12 and under dont let em play. Crazy violent and gory there are about 25 different ways for issac clarke to die all involving dismemberment.

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Parent of 19 year old
February 10, 2010
 
A nice gory game
Dead Space is a great game if you're into horror. Lots of shock and gore. The game is very atmospheric and is very tense. It is quite violent as it focuses on limb severing in killing the aliens. You are also able to stomp on body parts which leaves blood splurting and limbs falling off. Real world physics also make this alot more realistic. This game would not be suitable for children.

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Parent
May 23, 2012
 
Learning3
OHMAGAWD!
DIS SCURD DA POOP OUTTA MEZ!

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Adult
February 17, 2012
 
Fantastic and awful at the same time
This is a spectacular game that should not be played by kids under any circumstance. The first reason is obviously the violence. I mean, come on. The developer is called Visceral Games. It might be, I dunno, visceral? The tagline for the game is strategic dismemberment. This is a perfect description of the core gameplay. The only way to stop your enemies is to blow off their legs, arms and heads. The melee attacks are also brutal where you have to bash enemy heads in with your weapons as well as curb stomp there faces. Next up is the language. Whenever there is dialogue (which is actually less than most games) there is language. Frequent uses of f***, s***, and everything else. Finally, this game is terrifying. I don't scare very easily at all but I was shaking constantly during the game. This game is the gold standard for survival/horror in the current console generation. In other words, if you don't like getting scared, PICK A DIFFERENT GAME!!!

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Parent
December 4, 2009
 
Impressive game, and glorious violence. Language is no concern for me for any game unless of course the profanity is used in every sentence. Then it just gets annoying. Overall good game, wouldn't recommend it for any young children, so ages 15+.

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Adult
November 9, 2009
 
For teens and above, at least!
The blood and gore are main concerns, I don't find the language horrible but the violence is top-notch. And my copy (purchased at gamestop on NOV 8 2009) came with a coupon to save three dollars when buying the movie, dead space downfall. This movie is bloody, gory and has even more bad language than the game!

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Adult
October 2, 2009
 
BLOWN AWAY BY IT'S AWESOMENESS
Dead Space, by EA Games, is one of the top games offered for the Xbox 360. It has a storyline driven by fear and suspense, but it has been expertly written so that every second of the game keeps you desperately wanting more. The game tells the story of Issac, an Engineer with a background in large-scale space missions. His primary goal is to reach the U.S.S. Ishimura and see what the deal is and why they have suddenly gone off of the grid. However, a slight malfunction in the ships navigation controls and mechanics causes him to hurtle towards the Ishimura, and into the most terrifying experience of his life. The gameplay is excellent, powered by an unstoppable, daunting atmosphere; the lighting engine is superb, as the walls seem to bleed with darkness. Light is just a commodity in this game, as even when you find it, it is only stale fluorescent lights (no warmth or life to the lighting aspect of the world). The sound in junction with the light makes for one hell of a ride; the audio is so expertly mixed, every sound crumbles before you and seems to be right at your shoulders, whispering into your ear. There have been many times throughout this game where I actually had to pause the game and turn around because it sounded so real! Also, the combat mechanics are loads of fun: strategic dismemberment anyone? The only way to kill these necromorphs, these transformed human beings, (THEY ARE NOT ALIENS, and NEVER HAVE BEEN...DON'T GET IT WRONG AGAIN REVIEWERS!), is to take them apart, cruelly and with much effort, limb by bloody limb. Body shots are just pud. And head shots? That only makes them more angry at you. Also, these little demented humanlings will even "play dead," and they are very convincing with it. The dialogue is beautiful, so I won't go into detail about it, just trust me, and the voice acting is spot on. They capture the fear and the intensity perfect. The only problem I have with this game is some control bugs (but they're rare and very minor things); it just seems that the kinesis module is very touchy at times, and sometimes the Zero-G physics don't always work out for they player's best intentions (i.e. DEATH). The violence is expected: this is a very horrific Survival Horror game, and there is a LOT of blood. But it's all in good, scary fun, so if you're child is mature enough to recognize that it is only a game, you're all set. I give Dead Space a 5 out of 5. Perfect game.

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Adult
July 10, 2009
 
perfect for preteens
its a little scary but a awsome shooter

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Adult
May 28, 2009
 
Great game! Scary to heck and back though.
Dang now this game is a piece of work! Literally they did the best dang job on graphics. Also the story line is next to Bioshock in greatness. You have to read the comics and watch the movie if you have live this should be easy. The Comics are animated... And gory... Dead Space: Downfall the animated movie was worse in the gore than either comic or game even if you add both to gether. Each of the basic necomorphs or whatever are personalized. And then you don't just see body parts ripped off but whole entire faces and stuff like that. It's a good movie in the telling of the story of the fall of the Isumura but made me wanna barf my first time watching it.... But back to the game. It is pretty scary thats for sure... But interesting if you get really deep into its hidden codes.

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Adult
March 19, 2009
 
A Gory And Scary Game Not For Kids!
Dead Space, Another horror game with many aliens to kill and places to explore. Im not gonna lie i thought it was a great horror game.. BUT dont let your kids get a hold of this one. The Violence, You get wepons from machine guns and strong pistols to blow your foes away. You mainly shoot them in the legs or the arms to kill them faster but when you do arms and legs are flying. Theres alot of gore in this game and its scary. Not much langauge but still too much gore for young kids. Id say older teens can play this one.

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Parent of 17 year old
December 15, 2008
 
Scared the crap out of me!
Wow. This game is scary. It gave me nightmares. Wow. Anyway, Im usually a better writer than that, but I dont have much more to say about Dead Space other than do not let kids play it. If your kid askes for this game, kindly say no, unless you are the type of parent that dosn't care. Bottom line? Fun, but bloody, gory, violent, scary, creepy, and disturbing.

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Adult
November 18, 2008
 
Intense Shooter
Dead Space is a great shooter with a very good plot line. It does have a good amount of language and the gore is plentiful. This is a game for kids 17 and up. The game grabbed me because of the story, and it's not mindless violence, it's there for a reason (Although a filter would have been appreciated for some cut scenes). EA did a great job on the soundtrack and the sound effects. It has a nice touch that will keep you glued to the tv until the very end. The game was not that scary to me, it had a few jumpy moments but it was more of cheap scare tactics, they did have a few that really caught me off guard. This is by far one of my favorite games this year next to Little Big Planet. If you're old enough to get your hands on this game, I urge you to go out and get it ASAP. -Madkat91

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