After his contact with Marker 3A on Aegis VII resulted in him becoming a host for a self-replicating mental blueprint of the Markers, Isaac became stranded in space before he was found in a crazed state by an EarthGov ship.įor the next three years, Isaac was held in an asylum on Titan Station and was diagnosed with a unique form of dementia resulting in haunting visions of his deceased girlfriend, Nicole Brennan. In 2508, Isaac was part of an emergency maintenance team of the USG Kellion that was sent to the USG Ishimura to investigate and handle the ship's mysterious communications failure. Isaac Clarke was a former ship systems engineer who worked for the Concordance Extraction Corporation, and the protagonist of the Dead Space series. The Brethren Moons are unstoppable, and at best Isaac was only able delay things.Earth Government Colonial Alliance " Stick around. 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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