The creatures he dispatches are pretty disturbing; weird amalgamations of men and giant creepy-crawlies. The hook comes from using regular tools - well, as regular as you can get in The Future - to messily dismember alien scum, but if you lop the wrong bit off, you’ll only piss ‘em off even more. Sci-fi horror fans should be excited.

Dead Space looks great. The ship, the Ishimura, is cavernous. It is mostly shrouded in darkness and you’ll only ever catch fleeting glimpses of your tormentors in the shadows. There’s a real solidity to the machinery and infrastructure you pass by; it’s a cliche but there’s a real sense of cinematic drama in the game’s visuals. Sound design will also stimulate frequent involuntary bowel movements.