So far I am roughly nine hours in (about to activate the executive shuttle) and I can, without hesitation, say that this game is truly awesome. This game brings back memories of when I played System Shock 2 (derelict ship, alone in deep space with unknown enemy), Resident Evil 4 (control scheme + runaway tactics), as well as Doom 3 (freaky occurrences, jump scares). I can already tell this is certainly going to be a game that people remember for a while to come.
 
Alright, so being about nine hours in, I've focused most of my power nodes on my Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle, and so far it's done me justice. At some point though, I needed to get a weapon that acted more as a room broom, and could help me clear out a bunch of necromorphs in my immediate vicinity, so I went with the Force Gun to help me knock back enemies and give me some breathing room. It's done me good so far, especially getting ride of those annoying crawling things that jump all over you.
 
My favorite idea of Dead Space though, is this game has a total old school quality to it. It focuses on telling you the story through logs, and simply going through this ship, eradicating these enemies while trying to get shit done so you can get the hell off the ship. It doesn't try to overcomplicate things in any way. Even the puzzles may stump me for a couple seconds before I say, "oh, okay, so I gotta do this and then that."
 
Dead Space has its heart and its story in the right places, and I can commend the game for this.

It's a great game.

Played a couple hours of it when it was released, then got my own apartment and had to leave my roommates big screen and surround sound system behind. I've been waiting until I can afford my own setup (have the big screen, but waiting for the surround). From the couple hours I spent with it, it's way better with a surround system (ie, we both jumped and looked behind us at the same moment, etc)

I don't have the time to start another game, but I've been dancing around buying this from Games on Demand for about two months now. Very tantalizing. 
 
Glad it's good.

My favorite game from 2008 for sure, though I would say that audio/video log part of the game is more a direct rip from Bioshock rather than a throwback to old style storytelling. I still loved all the audio logs and stuff of course, fun story, great to play with both a huge sound system and tv or just bottle up and use headphones and really shit yourself!

Dead Space was fucking awesome

The gameplay mechanics were there, but the story certainly wasn't motivating. Fix this or grab that, get on tram, repeat for the remainder of the game.

I am glad to hear of more people who like Dead Space, especially since it didn't sell as well as it should have. 
 
I absolutely love everything about Dead Space.... it was the first game I platinumed on my PS3. Its a game I will certainly go back and play again. 
 
If you have the luxury of a surround sound system... do yourself a favor. Turn the lights off, turn up the surround sound and enjoy the ride. 
 
This is the only game I have ever played that actually made me jump a few times.

Dead space is a really good game. I think I have beat it like 4 times now, actually got my S rank just yesterday.

it was my goty.    
it is excellent.   
its like Uncharted in that its not all that unique since it doesn't bring a ton of ideas to the table, but overall, it has a spit shine polish and works better than most of the games it borrows from.  
Besides, 
it's way better than Resident Evil 5, thats for sure. 

" Besides, it's way better than Resident Evil 5, thats for sure.  "

" Alright, so being about nine hours in, I've focused most of my power nodes on my Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle, and so far it's done me justice. "

Dead Space got robbed in GB's 2008 GOTY.

I love that game, got 1000g for it too, hurray S rank!!!!  Can't wait for 2!!!!!!!!

" @TwoOneFive said:

" Besides, it's way better than Resident Evil 5, thats for sure.  "

Indeed it is.  Played through it once so far. 
 @Napalm said:

" Alright, so being about nine hours in, I've focused most of my power nodes on my Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle, and so far it's done me justice. "

Want to try beating it with only the plasma cutter.  When that thing is upgraded, I think it's the best weapon in the game. "

" @lead_farmer said:

" @TwoOneFive said:

" Besides, it's way better than Resident Evil 5, thats for sure.  "

Indeed it is.  Played through it once so far. 
 @Napalm said:

" Alright, so being about nine hours in, I've focused most of my power nodes on my Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle, and so far it's done me justice. "

Want to try beating it with only the plasma cutter.  When that thing is upgraded, I think it's the best weapon in the game. "

i thought about doing that before actually. it is the best gun in the game. the automatic rifle blows donkey dick.  "

"Dead Space got robbed in GB's 2008 GOTY. "

ya im seeing this at best buy right now for 17.99 im pretty sure im going to have to pick it up. I would be a bad person if I didnt.