Wii: Dead Space Extraction a players review

        I just got done playing Dead Space: Extraction for the Wii and overall I was pleasantly surprised since this is the first Wii game that I've actually had any interest in playing for any length of time. Where it lacks in game play it totally makes up for in story. However I felt like the story gave away to many spoilers for a prequel and for the people that maybe wanted to play this before 2008's Xbox 360 Dead Space it would have ruined the biggest surprise of the game. And for a story that was so quick to give up plot line spoilers it had no trouble leaving you asking WTF? We left the game still wondering why Lexine was so important and that was a major let down that I hope is addressed in Dead Space 2 that comes out in January 2011.     
       
          As a first person shooter I enjoyed the point and shoot function that the Wii-mote brought to it and since it was a Wii game I was happy that I didn't need to swing my arms all over the place just to make things happen like I have with other games. I was disappointed in the fact however, that you don't control your characters movements which made it frustrating when you would see an upgrade or ammo drop out of the corner of your eye but could not go back and get it. There were two fairly difficult (well for this game) boss battles but for the most part there was no real difficult level. I finished the game in just over 6 hours which was disappointing because a game of this genre I would expect to spend closer to 10 hours on.

         The story was engaging and enjoyable following the events on the colony and the Ishimura after the discovery of the marker. The lead in to the events of Xbox 360's Dead Space was entertaining as you go around meeting the major players from and breaking things that you have to fix in the 360 version. Again the spoilers were a little disappointing and unnecessary to the progression of the story so I would suggest playing the 360 version first so as not to ruin the emotion of the original Dead Space.

         Because of all that I'm gonna give it 3 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed the story and for the most part the game play but the spoilers and lack of difficulty really brought down the score.