Dead Space 3: Awakened
Dead Space 3: Awakened is a downloadable content pack and follow up to Dead Space 3. Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis teased that the experience features the most "disturbing content" ever seen in a Dead…
Dead Space 3: Awakened is a shooter developed by Visceral Games, released 12 March 2013 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.
What Dead Space 3: Awakened is
Dead Space 3: Awakened is a shooter game developed by Visceral Games and released in 2013. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dead Space series
Dead Space 3: Awakened is the tenth of 16 entries we hold in the Dead Space series. The next entry was PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale: Isaac Clarke in 2013. Its critic score of 55 is 18 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Dead Space at 91.
How it was received
Dead Space 3: Awakened holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 4 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.8 GHz processor or equivalent, 1 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements), ATI X1600 Pro or better (X1300, X1300 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements), 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB.
What it launched against
Dead Space 3: Awakened launched on 12 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
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