Dead Space 2’s 10 Most Horrifying Moments

[h2]The Freezers[/h2]

This was one of those parts that was spoiled in the demo version, which is sad because it happens to be one of the most tense scenes in the game.

Isaac stumbles into a freezer room, filled with pods large enough to contain quite a few bodies. The first room builds the music, the tension, brings your weapon to the ready…but nothing happens. But upon entering the second room, which is identical to the first, there’s a flash of screaming corpses, quick and loud enough to fill your pants with your preference of excrement.

If that shock wasn’t enough, however, the tension that follows will have you on the edge of your already stained seat. Isaac is forced through room after room, each identical to the last, with some containers busted open, and some still closed. Never knowing which area will bring the imminent Necromorph flood is unnervingly perfect, and a perfect example of what makes Dead Space 2 so effective.

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