Diehard GameFAN: Dead Space 3: Awakened Review

DHGF: Dead Space 3: Awakened is one of the better pieces of DLC created, in general, in that it’s designed in a way that will appeal to anyone who owns Dead Space 3, whether their opinion of the game was high or low. It wraps up the plot of the game in a less ambiguous, more sequel friendly, more interesting fashion, keeps the elements of the game that were generally fine intact, and changes the focus of the game to what gained the series its fans in the first place without sacrificing anything. For the price, you get a two hour campaign that’s interesting, well executed, and generally tense, alone or with a friend, and it gives you plenty of reasons to want to try it both ways. Granted, it reuses assets from the main game, still suffers from the more universal flaws of its parent, and gives you nothing rewarding to bring to the main game for completing it, but honestly, it’s still worth experiencing regardless. Awakened is essentially everything fans complained wasn’t in the core game wrapped into a solid finale for said game, and whether you enjoyed Dead Space 3 or wanted more, you’ll find this is more than worth your time. -