It’s such a marvelous effort that it’s lucky Dead Space 3’s narrative mishandlings didn’t disrupt it further. You were truly rewarded for digging deeper but could enjoy the experience at the surface level as well. This was unheard of at that time for most franchises.

Now, Gabe has to race against the Unitologists, lest they steal away Lexine and her baby. Isaac and another, separate outbreak survivor, Nolan Stross, were abducted by Unitologists for research during the events of Dead Space: Aftermath.

Dead Space main protagonist Isaac Clarke’s father was absconded away for his brilliant mind years ago. They’ve been slowly collecting oddities among humanity. The Unitologists, a paramilitary cult, have a keen interest in Lexine’s pregnancy. Oh, and Lexine’s pregnant, just for good measure. Trapped on opposite ends of the station, they need every ounce of luck to make it through. He frantically calls his wife Lexine, warning her that it’s happening “again.” First introduced in Dead Space: Extraction during the Aegis VII outbreak, the pair is more than familiar with the living death of the necromorphs. Gabe Weller, a member of the Sprawl’s security forces, just witnessed his squad be torn to ribbons. Severed starts right alongside the main campaign, mere minutes after the alien necromorph outbreak on the mining colony the Sprawl.

In under two hours, plot threads that developed for years came to a startling head. Visceral Games’ horror epic spans over a dozen books, films, and spin-off games, with plot lines leaping across mediums seamlessly, all culminating in Dead Space 2: Severed.

How surprising then that Dead Space of all series made such ambitions look effortless. Every executive wants their own version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, yet few have succeeded. Shared universes are a major buzz term these days. The following contains spoilers for Dead Space 2: Severed and the Dead Space franchise.

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