Gameplayĭead Space: Extraction is a first-person on-rails shooter, but EA calls it a 'guided first-person adventure', since the game does a few things different from traditional on-rail shooters. The game features updated HD graphics and supports the PlayStation Move motion controller. Since Extraction is installed from the Dead Space 2 disc itself, and not the PSN Store, the actual Dead Space 2 disc needs to be inserted in order to play it. With the LE version, it installs to the hard drive through the 'Extras' section of the disc on the XMB onto the system. Subsequent 'non LE' prints of the PS3 version of Dead Space 2 will only contain a demo of Extraction. Those who bought the initial 'Limited Edition' prints of Dead Space 2 had Dead Space Extraction included on disc, but it is also available separately for purchase on the PSN.

Initially only released on the Wii, it was later released on the PlayStation 3 on the same day as Dead Space 2. Players take control of several different survivors that are trying to not only survive the Necromorph attacks, but also escort a woman named Lexine back to the Ishimura. Set three weeks before the events of the original Dead Space, the story begins with a small group of space colonists on Aegis VII experiencing the origins of the Necromorph infection, which begins after the excavation of The Marker from the planet and bringing it aboard the Ishimura.

The game was originally released on disc for the Wii in 2009 and later released on the PlayStation 3 and PSN in conjunction with Dead Space 2.

Electronic Arts chose to market this entry as a 'guided first-person experience,' though the game's level of interactivity is not that different from the average on-rails shooter. Dead Space Extraction is a prequel to the original Dead Space that swaps out the third person perspective for a guided, on-rails shooting experience.

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