![]() The first two thirds of Martyr reminded me of an espionage film, almost like a Bond film where the hero is a scientist and not a super spy. Again, this process should sound very familiar to players of the game. Oh, some of them also become murderously paranoid or suicidal. ![]() The dead start appearing and appealing to the searchers, begging them to leave it alone. This object should sound awfully familiar to those who have played the game.Īs humanity gets closer to this object, very bad things start to happen. They have folk tales of the Devil’s Tail, an object of stone twisted up in a spiral with a forked top that brings hell with it. While the American scientists are working out what they’ve found, the natives have seen a horror on the beach and have begun to change their folklore almost overnight, which Altman’s anthropologist girlfriend detects. Remember that meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs? Yeah, that’s the one.Īltman is a scientist who discovers the anomaly simultaneously with several other researchers and a rather dastardly corporation who has plans for what they’ve found…and are willing to protect with violence, if necessary. Set an unknown number of years prior to the events in the first game, Martyr begins with the discovery of an anomaly at the base of the giant crater known as Chicxulub deep undersea off the coast of Mexico. But who was Altman? Where did all this come from?ĭead Space: Martyr is the answer to that question. The cult of Unitology plays a vital role in the Dead Space universe, and it’s founder is worshiped as a prophet. Revealed both in the game and in the animated prequel film, Downfall, an intricate tale of betrayal and cult fanaticism is woven around the survival horror combat. ![]() One of the most intriguing parts of Dead Space was the detailed backstory. I can still remember being on the edge of my seat, breathless, Isaac Clarke wedged into a corner with his cutter at the ready, waiting for whatever it was scritching out there in the shadows to come for him. Dead Space is one of the best horror games ever released, a terrifying journey in the distant future taking us to the edge of madness as you dismember your way through hordes of the mutated dead. Then go buy a copy of Dead Space for the console of your choice and get some education on the subject, junior. ![]()
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