Am I the only person on Earth that considered 'Dead Space' to be even less scary than 'Resident Evil 4' or, I dunno, 'Red Faction'? Every scare in 'Dead Space' is exactly where you'd expect it to be...every empty room that you backtrack to is always filled with new enemies or resurrected corpses (though from early on I took to the habit of dismembering them as I came along)...and not to mention such grand flops like the first elevator scene (nothing bad can happen since I have no weapons or any other way of defending myself) and the crew rooms on that other ship (big empty room full of bunks...of course there's gonna be a huge battle there).
I was genuinely scared in 'Fatal Frame'...that was a fantastic experience, and the mood is dark and oppressive in ways 'Dead Space' only wished it would be.
Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed playing 'Dead Space', only not as a horror game. As a shooter it has the greatest pace ever, but as a horror game, it's really uneventful if you stop a bit and think about it.
I'm currently playing 'Resistance 2' (finally loaned off a friend), and I'm enjoying it. I really loved the first game (the armory was fantastic), and this seems just as good. I hate the fact that there are a few cheap deaths, but otherwise I'm enjoying it as a shooter.
Also playing 'Sam & Max - Season 1' and 'Dungeon Keeper 2' on my girlfriend's computer. The second mainly to teach her how stuff works, but the first I bought just to support the adventure game genre. It's been getting way too little love.
