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Dead Space 3

Game » consists of 10 releases. First released on Feb 05, 2013

Isaac Clarke, aided by a soldier named John Carver, pursues the ominous threat of the Markers to the ice world Tau Volantis, now overrun with the terrifying Necromorphs, as well as the Human cultists who worship them.

Concepts

Achievements

Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Agile Mutant/Undead Enemy

A staple in modern shooters. They hide, crawl, creep, climb and jump, and are usually pretty weak but hard to hit.
Aliens

Extraterrestrials appear in many, many video games in a massive variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil bloodthirsty invaders, sometimes they're adorably cuddly sidekicks, and sometimes they're very much like us.
Alternate Costumes

Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
Alternate Fire

A secondary function for a single weapon, such as launching a grenade from a rifle.
Ambient Music

This term describes games that make use of music that is mainly instrumental, featuring electronics, inconsistent beat and intended create a relaxing or peaceful atmosphere or mood.
Attachments

Attachments are objects in video games that augment the user's abilities.
Audio Logs

Audio logs are short voice recordings that a player comes across within a game that helps inform the player of the game's story and characters.
Baby

An immature childish person. It wears diapers and whines a lot, much like old folks. Babies are considered cute by most people.
Backtracking

Backtracking is the act of navigating through previously explored areas, usually for the purpose of progressing in an objective-based adventure game. Players who are lost may also backtrack to reorient themselves.
Blood

Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Blood Splatter

When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
Bread Crumb Trails

When an objective is far away, you can rely on a line on the ground to guide you there. Some trails pulsate, other sparkle, but all are pretty helpful.
Breakable Glass

Glass that can be broken and destroyed in real-time.
Breath Meter

This shows you how long you have until you start wishing you had gills. When your breath runs out, you may take damage, or you may expire right there, depending on how sadistic the game designers were!
Burning

A concept in which a person or object is on fire and taking continuous damage. It often takes fast movement, water, or an item to heal.
Chapters

Games are sometimes divided by chapters, sections, acts, etc.
Checkpoints

A point within the game whereby the game saves its current state whether it be for the purpose of a more convenient respawn point or a gameplay design (such as in racing).
Chest-High Walls

Chest-High Walls appear regularly in video games, particularly in third-person-shooters with cover mechanics.
Collapsable Helmets

A popular feature in many games, specially in sci-fi themed ones, in which a character's helmet retracts and folds up into their armor.
Color Separation

A visual effect where color channels are deliberately misaligned.
Confirm Menu Choices

Saving you from yourself, one choice at a time.
Cooperative Play

Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI.
Corpse Spasms

When a character is killed, the fallen body's ragdoll will fail and the corpse will start to freak out and flip about spastically. Mostly occurs in open world/sand-box games with a fair deal of Open World Jank.
Corridor Crawler

Term used in first person shooters where most of the game takes place in tight closed quarters.
Countdown Timer

The ultimate pressure feature. You have to complete the task at hand, be it finishing your opponent or cutting the right wire, in the allotted time depending on which game you're playing. So be quick or you lose.
Cover System

A Cover System is a gameplay mechanic that specifically governs the player's ability to hide behind objects to avoid detection or enemy fire.
Crafting

Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
Crepuscular Rays

Crepuscular rays are an optical effect formed by beams of light contrasting against areas of shadow in the atmosphere. They are often simulated in video games through volumetric lighting.
Crouching

Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and plastformers, and can be useful to stay under cover and avoiding incoming projectiles

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Giant Bomb Review

3/5 Stars

Dead Space 3 mixes some solid new ideas in with its stock horror-action tropes, but the overall quality of the production falls short of the series' standards.

By Brad Shoemaker

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Game details

Name	Dead Space 3
First release date	February 5, 2013
Platform	Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network (PS3) PC
Developer	Visceral Games
Publisher	EA Games
Genre	Action Shooter
Theme	Horror Sci-Fi
Franchises	Dead Space
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Specific release details

Release Date	February 5, 2013
Rating	ESRB: M
Supported Resolutions	PC 2560x1600
Surround Sound	Stereo, 5.1
Widescreen Support	Yes
Features Camera support Voice control Motion control Driving wheel (native) Flightstick (native) PC gamepad (native) Head tracking (native)
Multiplayer Local co-op LAN co-op Online co-op Local competitive LAN competitive Online competitive Local splitscreen Online splitscreen Pass and play Voice chat Asynchronous multiplayer