Dead Space 3: Awakened

Visceral Games · Mar 12, 2013

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Dead Space 3 Awakened continues the epic adventure with Isaac Clarke and John Carver on the frozen planet of Tau Volantis and derelict ship Terra Nova. Isaac and John must find a way to escape depths of space. Left for dead on the devastated planet of Tau Volantis, Isaac Clarke and John Carver face a daunting journey. As madness takes hold, they realize they can no longer trust their eyes or each other. Their trek leads them back to the derelict ship Terra Nova, now home to twisted Unitologists intent on transforming it into a temple of flesh and blood. The horror continues as the Dead Space saga enters its darkest chapter.

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Critic reviews

GameSpot
Shaun McInnis · Mar 20, 2013
4.5
Rather than resolving what came before it, Awakened simply shrugs its shoulders for a couple hours before throwing another cliff-hanger ending your way. Sure, it still plays perfectly well, with plenty of intense dismemberment and a pleasingly varied selection of necromorph enemies to fend off. But that's all stuff you can get in Dead Space 3's already lengthy campaign. Viewed in that light, it's hard to see Awakened as anything besides redundant.
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Destructoid
Jim Sterling · Mar 15, 2013
5.5
Speaking as a fan of Dead Space, I feel I could skip Awakened and miss absolutely nothing of value. While some of the new ideas are nice, the sense of disappointment that none of them are capitalized upon offsets any good they do, while the story is nothing you couldn't explain in a single Tweet. While the gameplay is as solid as anything found in Dead Space 3, it could also be acquired simply by replaying chapters of Dead Space 3.
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IGN
Casey Lynch · Mar 15, 2013
8.2
The creepy atmosphere, the dementia, and the bite-sized story of devotion gone wrong stand out strongly against some of the more phoned-in story beats of the main game. Playing it did make me wonder why this style didn’t show up in the main story. I also wonder what would’ve happened had the themes of Awakened been expanded upon, but since Visceral's said that Awakened is the only piece of Dead Space 3 story DLC that's coming, I guess we’ll never know.
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Euro Gamer
Dan Whitehead · Mar 13, 2013
4.0
Pathetically short, entirely uneventful and clearly stuck together from existing assets, Awakened doesn't add anything to its parent game other than a punchline that makes it clear that Isaac's trials on Tau Volantis were ultimately a waste of his - and our - time.
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jeuxvideo.com
Logan · Mar 12, 2013
4.5
Renvoyant au dispensable Dead Space 2 : Severed, Dead Space 3 : Awakened fait peine à voir. Pensé comme la vraie fin de Dead Space 3, ne proposant aucune nouveauté si ce n'est un nouvel ennemi, refourguant les décors du jeu de base, entièrement construit sur des scènes d'action interminables, délaissant la plus petite notion de peur malgré les hallucinations d'Isaac et vendu trop cher, ce contenu nous confirme une fois de plus que la saga de Visceral Games ne fait pas bon ménage avec les DLC.
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