His gear comes decently upgraded, and there is still the option of finding power nodes, work benches, and shops for upgrades and purchases. However, his weapon and rig are different. There are still the mini tutorials, in case you might have forgotten about something. Gabe comes equipped with stasis and telekinesis abilities, and functions are similar to the original controls, which is a really good thing because my initial concern that the over all gameplay and feel would change. You do not encounter Isaac, but there is evidence of his ‘passing’ through–as the corpses of dead necromorphs litter the path. Gabe is escaping the mines to get aboard the Sprawl–so the environment is familiar overall, but is a totally new gaming experience. The only difference is that your character is Gabe Weller. The controls are familiar in Severed (DLC) so there are no surprises there.

If you experienced any of the horrors during Extraction, investing a couple of hours of your time to play Severed may be time well spent. Dead Space 2: Severed is a continuation to Dead Space – Extraction (available on the Nintendo Wii), and runs parallel to the events in Dead Space 2. Gabe is trying to reach Lexine to tell her to hurry and get to safety. The only rigs with any sign of life, were those of Gabe Weller, Colonel Bartlett, and Corporal Price. A Code Black is in progress: among the shrieks, screams, and gunfire–you observe the rigs of the mine workers flat-line. After being slashed, rammed, ‘facially’ probed, and slowly losing my mind aboard The Sprawl as Isaac Clarke, I am back again as Gabe Weller, trying to save him and a prior Aegis survivor, Lexine Murdock, from the very necromorph outbreak Issac is dealing with. I should have known it would crawl its way back to us…” Gabe Weller, P.C.S.I Security Sergeant, The Sprawl. When Lexine and I escaped Aegis VII, we thought we got away from the nightmare for good.

“The Sprawl…hard to believe that just this morning I called this place home.

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