Isaac and John fight their way through more hordes of Necromorphs (and a few cultists thrown in for good measure), eventually making it back to the Terra Nova and escaping the godforsaken place for good. Ellie Langford, presuming them dead, leaves them behind and heads back to Earth.īy the power of plot armour, however, they're not just alive, there's not even a scratch on them when they come to! The Brethren Moons are unstoppable, and at best Isaac was only able delay things.Yes, Dead Space 3: Awakened's hair-raising ending has now left the series on a confusingly sour note.Īfter defeating the Tau Volantis moon, Isaac Clarke and John Carver are caught up in the chaos and sent plummeting down into the snowy mists of the planet's atmosphere. Lovecraftian Horror is well known for portraying helplessness and hopelessness in the face of an unstoppable Cosmic being. Even if the Necromorph apocalypse is averted, there is no saving humanity.Īs far as Dead Space's cosmic horror inspirations go the ending is suprising thematic. Earth is dying, many species all but extinct. Its a husk of it's former self, desperately trying to hold on to any hope spot. Especially with Dead Space 3 introducing Eldritch Abomination that are the Brethren Moons.ĭead Space presents us a Humanity already pretty much dead. Dead Space, at least to me has always been a great example of Cosmic Horror in gaming. I think that Awakened closes the series on a incredibly somber but thematically appropriate note. As much as I hate the circumstances around the death of Dead Space.
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