Did you play Dead Space 1? Many fans were complaining about the sequels not being as frightening as compared to the original. I finished them all. The weapon choices in all the games, and particularly, the customization in Dead Space 3, were really fun to play around with. I'm very very picky about sequels, and none of them failed to entertain me. My view might be biased for horror games, as it is my favorite theme for both movies and games.
Haven't played the original, I'm worried about graphics loss, haha. But this series is so epic that maybe I will. I'd honestly given up on fast paced horror genres since Doom 3. I started with DP3 cuz I tried a few other games through game fly and was disappointed (crysis 3 was ok).
Back in the day, Manhunt was awesome.
A handful of others.
I would def say dead space 2 is scarier than 3, but that doesn't take away from it, as it's also still scary. 2 is just, a different level. Literally much darker, flashes if his ex gf, hollowed eyes, blood coming out. More startling moments, confined spaces. If Dead Space 1 is scarier, I may have to wear diapers.
Plus both have rich stories. The Markers making people homicidal/suicidal maniacs. Only highly intelligent people can fight them to keep from going insane.
I'm still unclear as to why and how the markers use necrotic flesh to build their version of the Borg, the necromorphs. I think the idea is to infect a colony and then there's the Convergence that happens as all the bodies and the marker and surrounding chunks of asteroids and moon chunks form a brethren moon, which is like some kind of, again, Borg superstructure with a singular consciousness.
I'm still a little confused about Unitoligists. They come off as peaceful and willing to die, but are they aware that they will be turned into horrific abominations? Or maybe it's the marker's influence taking over their minds.
And yeah, I love the gun crafting, more control, tho sometimes I spend as much time crafting as playing, haha.
Sound effects are flawless, especially with good set of gamer headphone. Love stomping corpses that just tried to take my head off.
Badass weapons.
Very tight gameplay. Man, I don't have enough good to say about this series.
You think I should get Dead Space 1? Gamefly, so no real commitment.
Or any other good horror games? Don't have a ps4 yet.