Is there a place in mass entertainment for dismemberment, dementia, wails of anguish and the infernal corruption of children? Is there a place for a vision of future humanity in the grip of an eldritch religion that sees salvation in alien mutation? Is there a place for titillation in the form of gore, for human (and once-human) offal as an acceptable form of set decoration?
Sure there is. That place is Dead Space 2, the taut, chilling new action-horror game from Electronic Arts. You could even call it engrossing, just as long as you’re willing to put up with the gross part.
Which is, of course, the point. Dead Space 2 is not for the proverbial (and literal) women and children who are driving the overall evolution of the video game business. Dead Space 2 has nothing to do with families and social gatherings of fresh-faced young professionals pleasantly playing casual party games on the Wii or Xbox Kinect. Nope.
Instead, it is about turning off the lights, cranking up the surround sound (or putting on headphones) and strapping in to mow down waves of pustulent space zombies, while limbs and organs fly, blood splatters, and explosions detonate.
At that, Dead Space 2 is fabulous.
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