This is another "nobody" that will lower a meta-score. Most of the reviewers are no more entitled to write a review than any educated member of this site. Too bad that one fools opinion can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in team bonuses for dropping the Meta-score below a 90.

Let's just say I highly, highly disagree with this review. I suspect we have very different tastes in games, which means that going to this site for reviews is probably out of the question.

Its action packed.

But its way too damn short.

On reflection this is not worth it's full retail price (hence i traded it)

Ok, there are alot of frustrating and cheap deaths in DS2, but this review is a little harsh. I think that room with the glass is true, i got sucked out of that more than once. And a hallway later where you turn on the centrifuge, i got killed in that hallway at least a dozen times (wanted that damn power node). But i adaped, reloaded and did it. This game is great because unlike the annoying and cheap asteroid field in the first game, nothing is impossible in this one. I think you can even lower the difficulty level. 9 out of 10 for me. Would be a 10 if it was scarier.

Dead Space 2 is a great action game, but it lacks the tension that made the first feel so fresh. I think the game itself is excellent, but it just isn't scary at all. Also, how many daycare centres and toy shops do I need to walk through? I get the point.

*SPOILERS*

The baby exploding scene was so outrageous it was actually funny. An example of Visceral Games trying to push the envelope when it really turns out to be a parody.

No way is this game a 60, NO WAY!!!

my biggest problem with it so far(i rented it and still am some hours into it) is that the game's environments, although beautiful, seem random mundane and generic. I am so sick of this style of level design. while I did enjoy the occasional glance at the city and such, I want and hopefully will see some more variation.
That's why a game like Condemned 2 and Fear 2 (I know I am in the minority about fear 2, but that game truly creeped me out, and I give KUDOS to Condemned two for the log cabin segment). I don't care if it's done in a flashback or whatnot. I want more to see, a wider expanse and a better idea of the layout of the world that I traverse in.

Room to room to room to room is something that the survival horror genre needs to stop doing. while not a horrible design choice, things simply get tedious, and rather shockingly drab real quick.

And I like when enemies come from behind me, it was one of the few things about "Run Like Hell" that I found to be fresh, and unique.

Silent Hill had enemies, as people know that made no noise, so therefore you had no idea of what to expect.
there was also moments where you hear so many different sounds, relating to each other to describe certain aspects of the creature, without EVER showing the creature. keeps you on edge, keeps you guessing.

The "shock" moments in Dead Space 2 actually (and I am serious about this) gave me one blistering headache. they decide to ramp up the sound to the point of me turning it down for fear of them blowing out my damned headphones. so after the initial "jump", you feel annoyed. at least I did. I wasn't anxious, nervous, or uneasy. I feel, especially in areas where the atmosphere is extremely strong, that they wasted a valuable amount of depth and space, by giving us a cheap scare, rather then building up for something big, or maybe nothing at all.

This is the first I've seen of any negative comments on DS2

There's no way that this game is objectively a 6/10. No way is it perfect, but come on. That's just a bitter reviewer. There's no room for contrarians in game critiquing.

And today I was reading that apparently they were going to do a DS2 Remake, but weren't happy enough with the first game's remake to continue. I was really hoping to see them actually make a new game to finish off the story of the franchise.

So reading the article it doesn’t seem to rule out the possibility of a Dead Space 2 remake at some point. It’s saying that the rumour that it was already in development and was shelved because of poor sales is incorrect. EA Motive immediately started working on something else. So I read that as them actually confirming that it’s not entirely off the table.