When you stumble upon the cult's worship service, you're greeted by a terrifying sight: a collection of shirtless maniacs with sacks over their heads and makeshift blades where their hands have been sawed off. When you make it aboard the Terra Nova, you discover the presence of a cult known as the Circle, a fringe group loosely connected to the Church of Unitology. Sadly, that's not the only missed opportunity in Awakened. Sometimes you just have to stop and smell the necromorph-scented candles. In the end, the story just sputters about for the two hours it takes to complete this DLC before abruptly ending with another cliff-hanger. That focus on dementia is a neat narrative effect at first, but these twisted visions are about as subtle as a tap-dancing rhinoceros and ultimately feel more jarring than creepy. Throughout the story, they experience sudden, twisted visions, and the frayed nerves that result from these mental breakdowns proceed to drive a wedge between the two partners. The two men have gone from dipping their toes in the effects of insanity to swimming in the deep end. A new collection of weapon attachments to discover or a few more crazy species of necromorphs would have freshened things up a bit, but those additions are sorely lacking.Īwakened does stand apart from the Dead Space 3 campaign in one regard: it places a much more pronounced focus on Isaac and John's descent into madness.
It's disappointing just how rehashed all of these situations and locations feel. You blast away at necromorphs on Tau Volantis, climb some ice walls, blast away at necromorphs in zero-gravity sequences, scavenge weapon parts, and blast away at necromorphs on the Terra Nova. For the most part, these reluctant partners are doing the exact same things against the exact same enemies in the exact same locations.
But it isn't long before they think of one: find a shuttle to get from this planet to the derelict Terra Nova, and then repair that ravaged spacecraft in order to make it back to Earth. All they know is that they've been stranded on the frozen surface of Tau Volantis and need to come up with a plan for what to do next. The pair of survivors aren't sure whether they're alive or dead at the beginning of this new chapter. Without going into too much detail about the climactic events that capped off Dead Space 3, Awakened sees Isaac Clarke and John Carver waking up a bit worse for the wear.
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