Dead Space Extraction (Wii)

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Release Date: 25/09/2009

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Developer:: Eurocom
Publisher:: EA Games

Built from the ground up and developed exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, Dead Space Extraction is a prequel that reveals the events leading up to Isaac Clarke’s mission on the USG Ishimura in Visceral Games’ award-winning Dead Space. Dead Space Extraction marries the innovative motion controls of the Wii Remote with a frenetic first person perspective to create a new action-packed horror experience. Dead Space Extraction tells the story of a handful of space colonists desperately struggling to escape from a horrific infection on the Aegis VII mining colony deep in the furthest regions of space. The game introduces a new heroine, Lexine to the fiction and as the crew fall victim to a mysterious contagion aboard the ship, it becomes clear that protecting her may be their only hope for survival. Dead Space Extraction introduces all new characters, weapons, enemies, puzzles and co-operative multiplayer gameplay.

In every shadow, behind every corner, terror hides- so you can’t. Take on the struggle by yourself or with a friend to blast apart oncoming Necromorphs, solve innovative puzzles, and get to safety. Immerse yourself in the action like never before in the most cinematic horror experience on the Wii. The end will be set in motion in Fall 2009.

Dead Space Extraction Exclusively on Nintendo Wii:

An amazing story – Follow the lives of several different Aegis VII colony members as they fight off the Necromorph invasion and learn why Lexine is the key to their survival, all from a first person cinematic perspective that makes you feel like you’re really there.
Setting and atmosphere – Play through an engrossing, interactive horror movie experience that pushes the boundaries of story-telling in a game. State-of-the art graphics and effects, panic-inducing sound, and a thrilling and scary pace will throw you headfirst into the terror which Dead Space is known for.
New Gameplay Scenarios, Weapons, Abilities, and Enemies – Extraction offers first person dismemberment combat, epic boss fights, new weapons, enemies and puzzles while bringing back old favourites such as TK and stasis to create a unique gameplay experience.
Cinematic Camera – Extraction uses a unique form of immersion with a cinematic first person shaky cam experience, making the game just as enjoyable to watch as it is to play.
Co-op Optimized Gameplay – Team up with a friend to protect Lexine and fend off the Necromorphs on the USG Ishimura and the Aegis VII. Players can jump in and out of Extraction to play the Co-op mode --it’s as easy as just pushing a button on the Wii Remote.

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Dead Space Extraction Review; Author: Tom Hewitt

Dead Space Extraction Review ; Author: Tom Hewitt

Amid the sea of wavey controlled party games and princess pet on ice tween games, the Wii has become the natural home to a particular gaming genre; the on rails light gun blaster. Once a staple of arcades and home consoles, it's fallen out of favour in recent years on the home formats, presumably because it required additional lightguns, which were often expensive and less than accurate.

The Wii-mote makes an obvious replacement for a light gun though, which no doubt explains the prevalence of the genre on the console. House of the Dead 2 & 3, Overkill, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, the excellent Ghost Squad; all have found a new home on Nintendo's white box. And here to join them, is EA's first step into the arena, Dead Space: Extraction!

Set shortly before the events of the original Dead Space games on Xbox 360 and PS3, Extraction allows you to experience the outbreak of the horrific infection on the mining colony, before blasting into space as you try to reach the "safety" of the Ishimura spaceship. With plenty of subtle tie-ins to the previous title, Extraction does an impressive job of expanding on the Dead Space universe, without bewildering new players.

Gameplay is fairly standard lightgun stuff. Aim your Wii-mote at the screen, pull the trigger button to fire at nasties, reload, rinse, and repeat. So far, soTime Crisis. Additional Wii functions offer some difference however. A rapid shake of the Wii-mote lights your glo-worm torch. A flick of the Nunchuk stick switches weapons, ranging from industrial tech such as welding gear and rivet guns to military grade machine guns and flamethrowers. The icing on the cake is the alternate fire mode - twist your Wii-mote to change to your secondary attack with each weapon. It looks and feels just right!

As in the HD versions, Dead Space?s characters are equipped with a ?rig? that allows them extra capabilities, including a kinesis function to grab distant objects, and a stasis mode which can slow down fast moving targets. Added into the standard lightgun format, they really add tactical choices to your play, and it never gets tired freezing a freakazoid before hurling a giant crate at its face, finishing it off with a rivet gun to the joints!

Where Dead Space: Extraction excels is in the cinematic presentation. Not content with just throwing waves of enemies at you in between occasional cut-scenes as is the norm, Extraction instead feels like being in a sci-fi / horror film. Other characters talk to you as you walk towards your goal, with the camera panning round to show off the scenery. In-between shooting segments are filled with some great camera movement, suggesting that you really are crawling down that air vent, or searching an abandoned building for a way out. Also, the pace is quite slow and measured, allowing the atmosphere to soak in, the tension to rise, and the characters to develop, before another panic-stricken burst of gun fire and skittering re-animated cadavers makes your heart pop out of your mouth and your gaming buddy squeal!

Ah yes, you can play Extraction in co-op mode, with the added benefit of drop-in/drop-out, meaning that you can start on your own, your mates can jump in when they turn up, and they can easily leave without having to quit the game. A very nice touch, and one we'd like to see in more multiplayer games!

Developer's Visceral have done an incredible job of capturing the look and feel of the splendid originals, especially on the technically limited hardware, and they?re to be commended for creating such an atmospheric gaming environment. From dimly lit air vents, to filth encrusted sewers, the place feels like it really is a working space ship. Character animation and lip synching is also of a high standard, but it?s the acting and script that really deserves praise. It's great to see a game with such care taken over something that often feels tacked on. The dynamic between the main character and the other survivors feels genuine, and we've seen big budget movies with less believable characters!

Negative points? The creatures sometimes don't seem to react to being shot as much as you'd expect, which creates a feeling of lack of solidity to your actions. Also, the game sometimes fires up an instruction on-screen seconds after it's no longer possible to do anything about it, meaning an annoying restart. The only other thing we can think of to pick on is the extremely narrow window of opportunity for grabbing some power-ups, but that's kinda the point of these games - split second reactions are the order of the day, so we'll let it slide. Be warned though!

With weapons to upgrade, multiple difficulty levels to complete, a fine co-op mode, and an additional score challenge mode to test your skills, Dead Space: Extraction is one of the finest lightgun blasters we've played in ages, and it comes highly recommended to anyone looking for some real grown up gaming on their Wii.