If you enjoy sim-style racing games, Gran Turismo 7 is the PS5’s only real choice. The 2023 version of Dead Space proves that innovative game design is timeless (and so are plasma cutters). The first Dead Space popularized the idea that headshots don’t matter and the remake stays true to this ethos – yet its combat rhythm still feels fresh. Mutilated corpse monsters appear suddenly in the cramped corridors of the space station, charging at Isaac from the shadows, limbs akimbo and begging to be shot off. Isaac gains the ability to temporarily freeze enemies and he picks up a variety of weapons, but he never feels overpowered he’s always in danger. None of these additions outshine the game’s core loop: stasis, shoot, stomp. The remake features full voice acting, new puzzles and expanded storylines, and it introduces a zero-gravity ability that allows the protagonist, Isaac Clarke, to fly through sections of the game in an ultra-satisfying way.

The 2023 version of Dead Space spit-shines the mechanics that made the original game so magically horrific back in 2008, and it doesn’t add any unnecessary, modern bloat.

The Dead Space remake feels like a warm, juicy hug from a murderous necromorph, and we mean that in the best way possible.

Dead space enemy concept art