My Third Dead Space Review (Part 2)

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WARNING: This review contains MAJOR spoilers!!! If you want to play Dead Space 2 and don't want anything spoiled for you STOP READING NOW!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

After his encounter with Ellie. Issac goes into the elevator Ellie opened for him and uses it to continue through Titan Station to in his efforts to find and destroy "The Marker"...

Issac exits the elevator to a plaza where he has to deal with a couple of "organic proximity mines" before he can use a shop and a saving device, once he does so, he is free to move on but encounters resistance from various Necromorphs and remaining "organic proximity mines" once he has wiped out as many of them as he needs to he moves on to the Schoolhouse...

In the Schoolhouse, Issac is greeted by a recorded voice over that makes this place seem almost harmless... Until Issac looks through a window to see a woman playing with some type of Necromorph that resembles an infant! This particular Necromorph doesn't seem so much as remotely dangerous at first... until the woman tries to hold it and it EXPLODES! destroying both of them at the same time in some sort of "taking you with me" assault!! Issac recoils in horror and realizes that he may very well have to face this same type of Necromorph soon enough...

Issac now enters one of the now abandoned classrooms to discover that there are indeed more of the Necromorph "Boom Babies" and they are heading his way! Issac cannot get more ammo, money of heath-ups from them so he must either risk wasting ammo or health to deal with them or find some other means to rid himself of their presence! (Stasis could work nicely...) Either way Issac deals with them and moves on to another room with items, a text log from one of the teachers in the school, and a save point. Issac leaves the room only to have a vision due to his dementia in the hallway and goes into the Gym...

Issac goes into the Gym and is soon attacked by Necromorphs but after dealing with them heads for the nearby stage to activate the way out. However, first he has to deal with a "jump-scare" and after hacking the device that will allow him to move on is attacked by more Necromorphs! once he decimates his would-be assassins, Issac goes over to some now available lockers to collect some items and goes through the now open door to the next hallway...

After hearing the recorded V.O. say "Recess is over." Issac walks through the hallway into a room with schematics for THE FLAMETHROWER and a text log from one of the teachers where he talks about the children in his class (Along with their parents it seems...) apparently having issues with being distracted by "imaginary friends AND family", implying that they have the same dementia Issac is suffering from...

Issac then enters a room where he has another vision of Nicole where she rants at him for trying WAY too hard to suppress her the same way he does ALL his emotions. However, Issac claims he's not listening to this and Stross knows how to destroy "he Marker" so he won't have to for much longer. Nicole then calls him out on the convenience of that and disappears as Issac collects a NODE from nearby and goes to the nearby elevator only to get a message from Ellie after he activates it, and she tells him that she's found Stross. She also points out that she doesn't trust him because he seems to be "twitchy"... Issac tells her he needs Stoss' help so killing him for ANY reason might be a VERY bad idea and she simmers down a bit but points out that if Stross does anything stupid she will shoot him no matter how badly Issac might need him... after Ellie "hangs up", Issac exits the elevator to find items and a save point...

Issac then enters a room and meets up with Ellie and Stross, Ellie lets Issac know she's a Pilot from the C.E.C. and Issac let's her know he's an Engineer. Suddenly, the lights go out and Issac is contacted by Tideman who points out that he's cutting off the oxygen to this sector of Titan Station in order to keep Issac and Stross from destroying "The Marker"! Issac points out that there might be OTHER survivors in this sector but Titdeman says it's not worth the risk and hangs up on him. Then Necromorphs show up to attack Ellie and one particularly large one attacks Issac! Issac kills it and Ellie asks him why Tideman would go to so much trouble just to get rid of him and Stross, Issac tell her that he and Stross created "The Marker" and are also the only ones who can destroy it so Tideman want to stop them by any means needed but the reason the Necromorphs are here is because of "The Marker" so no matter what Tideman wants Issac needs to destroy it before the outbreak gets even worse. Ellie offers to help if only to keep them all from suffocating and she and Issac come up with a plan to give power back to their section of the station. Issac collects any items he can and goes off to instigate the plan...

In the next room, Issac finds more items to collect, in the room after that, there are trip-mines to render harmless and a Necromorph to deal with! After dealing with them all of them, Issac goes into an elevator and after activating it Ellie calls to inform Issac that Stross is already becoming a potential liability but Issac tells her that in order to figure out what he's trying to tell him Stross needs to be alive, focused and kept close at hand so she's going to have to put up with him for now at least... When the elevator stops, Issac heads out to encounter a couple of man-sized Necromorphs and a couple of tiny Necromorphs in a room with a shop, a save point and a workbench. After dealing with them Issac discovers he now has the "RESPEC" ability in case he has to much money and not enough Nodes! Issac then moves on to restore power to his section of Titan Station...

Issac walks through a corridor and calls Ellie to let her know he's "hit a snag" and she says it figures but Issac also tells her that he has a way around it and goes into a large room where he can use some sort of propulsion devices that he can attach to things he needs to move, he can either SHOOT them, or simply use his kinetic device to pick something up and lob it at them in order to activate them,  by floating around in the gravity-deprived room and using this tactic he can enter the room and bring power back to this section of Titan Station, during his mission, Issac is contacted by Ellie who points out yet again, that Stross is slowing her down just like she figured he would. Issac reminds her that he thinks if Stross dies, so do his chances of destroying "The Marker" so leaving him to die or just outright killing him could prove to be a VERY bad idea... Once Issac is done restoring power to this section of Titan Station he collects any items he can see and heads back in order to use the elevator to get to the next section. A Necromorph stands in his way but after dealing with it Issac heads into the elevator and goes up...

This particular elevator seems custom made to be attacked from the outside by something... And that's EXACTLY what happens when some weird type of Necromorph starts climbing up the sides smashing through the windows, causing the elevator to be exposed to the airless vacuum of space and taking potshots at Issac until he shoots at them forcing them to fall off! When it's over, the elevator stops and Issac exits into next room...

There are "Organic Proximity Mines" in this room, but they can be dealt with using explosive and/or stasis canisters that are nearby, then Issac can take the items in the room at his leisure and be on his way...

Issac now enters a room where he seems to get attacked at first but it turns out he was just surprised by a flock of BIRDS! Issac is then greeted by the computer called "Anti" and discovers that this room has a shop, a save point and items but also an "Organic Proximity Mine"! Once Issac deals with that problem, he discovers that he can go no further until he gets gets "Howard Philips" to unlock the door for him. Unfortunately, Howard Philips is in NO position to help ANYONE because he has apparently somehow MUTILATED HIMSELF TO DEATH! reading his text log only gives a mild clue as to why he would ever do this but Issac doesn't have time to worry about that right now! He must use his kinetic device to levitate Howard Philips corpse close to the door so it will open. Once this is accomplished, Issac enters the corridor only to be greeted by laser trip mines due to the security system! Issac deals with them by setting them off before he gets too close to them and moves on...

In this room, Issac is greeted by a Necromorph that has somehow lost it's legs! This of course only makes it easier to deal with but Issac must be careful because there is a window here that can break easily and leads to the airless vacuum of space! Issac can deal with this in various ways and once he does he can move about the room as he sees fit then open the next door by hacking it. Once he does this, he can collect the items here including another text log from Howard Philips where he elaborates on how lonely it is here and how he needed his Birds just to keep him sane but even they weren't enough to take his mind of the fact that "Anti" seemed to keep ignoring his requests for a transfer somewhere with more people and it was driving him over the edge... Issac encounters more Necromorphs but some stasis containers will help Issac take care of them and there are various items to help so once this is done Issac uses a small elevator to head upstairs...

Upstairs, Issac discovers a WORKBENCH and another Necromorph, after dealing with and possibly the Workbench too he tries to move on only to be stopped by some more laser trip mines! Tideman's voice chimes in over the loudspeaker to let Issac know that he isn't going to let Issac any further, Issac gets rid of the laser trip mines and goes further anyway. Issac then rids himself of some more to get some items and encounters another Necromorph but once that's dealt with he can use a save point and move on...

Issac enters a corridor where the oxygen has been removed (Possibly by Tideman in order to be yet another obstacle in his way...) There are also the Raptor-Like Necromorphs in here but only one of them has legs so Issac only has to deal with one of them running at him. After he does so, Issac must hack a device to open the doors and bring back the oxygen, once he does this he can move on...

In the next room Issac discovers that Tideman has programmed "Anti" to keep the doors locked, but Issac is an ENGINEER! So he enters a device the same way he can enter a VENT either to the left or to the right and solve a puzzle to instigate a program to make "Anti" go off-line, (There is an optional THIRD way to go and get even more items including a statue called "Peng"!) once he does this and deals with any Necromorphs that show up in the process then leaves to see some devices that need to be smashed before "Anti" will go off-line allowing Issac to go through the door to the next area, some Necromorphs will show up to slow Issac down but once they are dealt with he can smash the devices but more will show up so Issac must deal with them too before he can hear "Anti" going off-line and move on afterwards...

In the corridor that leads to the next room Issac gets jumped... By a dead body... Luckily, this particular dead body is harmless so the incident is a jump-scare and nothing more. Issac then gets a call from Ellie and asks how Stross is doing, Ellie shows him that Stross is REALLY freaking out about something to the point where he can't even tell Issac what it is! Issac then has to deal with some small Necromorphs who don't carry items and a few "Organic Proximity Mines" and collect some items but once that's done he can open the door to the next room...

In this room Issac has various items but also various Necromorphs! Issac can deal with them in various ways then has the option of using a Power Node to open a locked door to a small room where he can get some items and a text log from Howard Philips where he reveals just how far he's jumped off the slippery slope due to his loneliness and possibly dementia caused by "The Marker" making him paranoid and causing him to become suicidal! After leaving the room Issac is attacked by one more Necromorph but once that's dealt with he hacks the door to his next objective, opens it and moves on...

Issac has another vision of "Nicole" who asks him how he can keep his emotions so well hidden? Then disappears as Issac pushes a button and activates the elevator to the next stage of his plan...

Issac is now at "The Solar Arrays" where he can make it possible to restore power to his section of Titan Station and get on with his mission to destroy "The Marker", there is a Necromorph here that fires some type of "Organic heat-seeking missiles" at him but once it is dealt with he can collect items, oxygen and activate the "Solar Arrays", as he is doing this he contacts Ellie to see how she is doing with her part and discovers that Stross is scared to the point of being barely useful now! But Ellie does manage to get his help long enough to see MANY Necromorphs heading her way! Issac must now finish up here and go to help them but the only way he can get there fast enough is to use an "Ejector Seat"! Issac just gets into the "Ejector Seat" and uses it to fly to Ellie and Stross telling her her that he will "be there" as Issac is hurtling towards his destination he must dodge anything that gets in his way or be "Insta-Killed"! Once Issac makes a not-so graceful landing, he is free to pick up items, use a nearby shop and a save point too. As he goes to help Ellie and Stross, he gets a call from Ellie warning him of what;s to come and Issac goes into the next room...

Issac soon finds himself in a room but after an explosion Issac tells Ellie she has to go back to the very placr she escaped in order to survive! Ellie is NOT happy about having to go full circle but the alternative is MUCH worse so she reluctantly complies as the oxygen is removed and Necromorphs just keep attacking him constantly until Ellie can get the door open for him. Once she has finally managed to do this despite various obstacles she will warn Issac that he needs to leave soon because the Necromorphs in this particular room will just keep coming until Issac runs out of air. Issac does just that and Ellie contacts him to reveal that she is NOT happy about the fact that she must run around in circles just to stay alive only to lose her crew of THIRTY PEOPLE to the Necromorphs! Issac let's her know he understands and moves on...

Issac walks down a hallway with items to collect, then enters a room where his dementia acts up again but soon passes. he is now free to pick up any items in the room and listen to an audio log from a man named "Kaleb" who was part of Ellie's crew. Issac is also able to access a shop and a save point here then move on...

Issac enters a room with items and possibly a jump-scare! But it's no real threat to him, so he just enters another room with a door that requires a POWER NODE to open it (If Issac does enter it, he can get the schematics for "The Vintage suit, which will prove superior to his other suits and make them better when he puts them back on PLUS while he's wearing it he can get a DISCOUNT from the shops!) but as he goes further in, he sees through a bullet-proof window some "Manta Ray" like Necromorphs transforming some corpses and must soon deal with them as they enter the same room HE is in through the vents! After doing so, Issac moves on...

Issac now enters a room with some Necromorphs, some items, and an audio log from people (Including Ellie!) trying to escape the Necromorph scourge. Once these are all dealt with as Issac sees fit, he moves on...

Issac now enters a room with a POWER NODE and a vision of "Nicole" telling him that she'll be waiting for him when his memories begin returning further... Once this vision leaves Issac goes into a room that seems to suffer some sort of "black out" leaving him trapped in TOTAL darkness! But it soon passes allowing him to open the door... (However, one has to wonder just how Issac was supposed to get out of this situation if the "black out" never ended!...)

Issac now enters a hallway where he can get a semi-conductor he can sell at the shop (If he can find it!) and opens a door to see Ellie and Stross in another room. (There are also some items here!) Ellie explains that Issac will have to go through "The Processing Plant" in order to get to his next objective but it was never meant for "human traffic" because it was too dangerous. However, Ellie can shut it down making it safe, she does so and Issac gets ready to go through it while Stross begins rambling something about someone wanting him to go through "THE STEPS"...

Issac now enters a room with a WORKBENCH, a schematic for "Detonator Mines" and some machines that loudly activate all of a sudden causing a noisy but otherwise harmless "jump-scare". However, there are also plenty of vents for Necomrphs to smash through that aren't so harmless! Issac must deal with them however he can and move on...

Issac calls Ellie to tell her he thinks he's hit a dead end. Ellie tells him he can still get through IF he can force the giant door open. Issac must use propulsion devices to open the giant door. Once he does this, he can use the zero gravity environment to float through "The Processing Plant" but once he does Tideman contacts Issac to let him know that he has turned it back on! Forcing Issac to use his Stasis Device to slow the machines down allowing him to float through while they are rendered harmless. Issac tries to reason with him but Tideman won't budge and hangs up, implying that if he isn't being manipulated by the power of "The Marker" now, he will be soon enough... Unfortunately, there are also Necromorphs here so Issac will have to get rid of them so he can concentrate on them too! As Issac progresses, Issac calls Ellie to ask her if there's anything she can do about the situation he's in and she explains that she can't because she's been declared "Dead in the system" and things only get worse when Ellie asks Stross for help and he ignores her to ramble on about "The Steps" and before Ellie can find a way to get him back on track it sounds like Necromorphs begin attacking them! Issac then gets cut off and continues to traverse through the "Processing Plant"...

Issac soon encounters another giant door he needs to open using the "Propulsion Devices" and once he does he enters a tunnel where he must be careful about touching the sides and deal with a Necromorph firing "Organic heat-seeking Missiles" at him. Once this is done Issac must use more "Propulsion Devices" to open another giant door to another tunnel with a couple of items and contacts Ellie to ask if sh's okay. From the looks of things however, she could be worse but could be a LOT better! Stross doesn't help much because he is being distracted by his dementia involving "step 3" and Ellie has to practically FORCE him to go through a door. Issac then lands in front of an open door and walks through a rather cool-looking corridor to enter the room he saw Ellie and Stross leaving earlier. Ellie has wiped out all but one raptor-like Necromorph and it seems she still managed to take off it's LEGS! This only makes Issac's efforts to get rid of it even easier and once he does he can collect a POWER NODE from a container on the wall and proceed through another door to meet up with Ellie and Stross but Ellie is so wired from being attacked so often she almost shoots Issac! After calming down she relaxes and tells Issac she's glad he's still alive as Issac asks if she's alright, she says she is but no thanks to Stross... Issac looks Stross over and asks if he's okay but Stross is to distracted by his ramblings to answer him properly and Ellie points out he appears to be getting worse notices and Issac points out the sooner they go somewhere that they can get him help the better... Ellie tells Issac about a way they can move forward and Issac goes to do just that. There are some items (Including a schematic for a LARGE Med Pack) for Issac to collect and a save point he can use before he does so and now Issac can open the door to the next area...

In this area, Issac will be attacked by some Necromorphs before using an elevator to go upstairs but on the way up he hears the voice of "Nicole" telling him about the fact that they had 2 years together and they were the best 2 years of her life... Until he apparently "made her doubt herself"... Issac walks off the elevator only to be attacked by a Necromorph that smashes through a vent right in front of him, after ridding himself of it, Issac sees more "Bomb Baby" Necromorphs that he must get rid of any way he can without using up too many items because he won't be able to replenish them once they've been dealt with! After doing so, Issac enters a room with 3 more Necromorphs but once he's rid himself of them he can access a shop! He can also find an audio log involving more people trying to escape the Necromorph scourge. Once he has done so he is free to enter the next room...

In this room Issac will encounter a Necromorph that looks somewhat like a "SCARECROW" and runs toward him then tries to strangle him with it's "tongue"! If Issac shoots it often enough it will fall apart into various smaller Necromophs that will also try to attack Issac until he deals with them too! Once this is accomplished, Issac heads into the elevator and moves on...

Once the door opens Issac finds himself in a room with a breakable wall that leads to the airless vacuum of space so when a couple of Necromorphs show up to attack him Issac must be very careful about how he deals with them... Once he has, he can collect a semi-conductor AND a power node before opening the door to the next area...

Issac begins hearing the voice of "Nicole" once again and accuse Issac of secretly WANTING her to take the job on the USG Ishimura because he was falling out of love with her and decided he needed a nice, long break from her if nothing else... Issac can head to the right to get an item and use his kinetic device to levitate some heavy objects out of his way to get some schematics for Flame-thrower fuel AND another audio log involving the people trying to escape the Necromorph scourge. after getting these, Issac can use his kinetic device to levitate an explosive canister and lob it at a Necromorph that is attached to a wall, possibly taking it out for GOOD with wasting a single round of ammo! Issac then steps onto an elevator to go upstairs and hears "Nicole" claiming that he couldn't bear to hear the end of her message to him because deep-down he KNEW she was dead and he'd have been better off staying home but felt so guilty he wanted to volunteer to go with the team who was sent for the investigation into why the USG Ishimura wasn't responding to hails... Once the elevator stop stalling, Issac encounters more Necromorphs... LOTS more Necromorphs! Once Issac has taken care of them, he searches the room to find what he needs to activate the means for him, Ellie and Stross to go forward. Once he does this, Issac contacts Ellie to let her know everything is in readiness and she struggles to get Stross on his feet. Issac must then deal with a couple of especially strong Necromorphs but once this is done he can enter the tram and collect Ellie and Stross. But just as Issac has activated it, "Nicole" appears and asks him why he came looking for her if he knew she was dead? Issac responds by demanding she get out of his head and claims she's "Not Nicole". Instead of disagreeing, "Nicole" quietly chuckles a bit and yells "WHO AM I ISSAC?!" before disappearing as Issac acts like someone struggling to keep his sanity... More so than usual... Issac then opens the tram doors to let in Ellie and Stross. Ellie enters without trouble but Stross can't say the same... Ellie says they'd better get going and activates the tram. But soon, Issac sees something very familiar... The USG Ishimura! Issac mentions it to Ellie and she tells him it's been here ever since it was attacked by terrorists. Issac tells her that "what happened on board that ship was no terrorist attack".Ellie looks confused and Issac explains that this all started because of what happened on the USG Ishimura!
Suddenly, the tram begins to shake! Ellie suspects something is blocking the track and Issac opens the tram door to see what it could be...

Issac is now on a platform with items and a save point. once he goes through the door, he enters a room with more items including a POWER NODE, some schematics for Seeker Rifle Shells and an audio log detailing the last stand of Kaleb as he tries to protect Ellie and helps her to escape at the cost of his own life... However, there are ALSO various Necromorphs here including the raptor like Necromorphs so Issac must be very careful around here because they have chosen a particularly perfect environment for the to use against Issac... Once Issac has wiped them out. he can enter an elevator to continue his investigation...

Issac soon steps out of the elevator to be greeted by the "Organic Proximity Mines" and maybe one Necromorph. and maybe collect some items too. Issac can also access a shop AND a save point here. He can then open a door to see a giant tendril blocking the track. He informs Ellie about it and Ellie tells him about a way to makes something explode. Issac realizes that he can use this to get the giant tendril out of their way... He uses some explosive containers to make it so he can ride the elevator downstairs where he can use more explosive containers to get rid of the giant tendril even more he contacts Ellie to warn her of his plan and prepares to continue only to be attacked by some powerful AND versatile Necromorphs! But if Issac can cause the explosives to work like her wants to quickly enough they won't be a problem for long! Issac is contacted by Ellie to get out of there and return to the tram while he still can an he does just that! The tram is then on it's way! Suddenly, Tideman contacts Issac to tell him that if things were different they might not be at odds but before he can go into great detail one of his troops comes in to tell him about the evacuation and Tideman leaves mentioning something about "dead weight". Ellie asks Issac what he means by that when suddenly, they realized Tideman intends to stop them by using a "solar beam" to cut the station in half! Issac tells Ellie to back them up so he can use the USG Ishimura to find another way but Ellie tells him this is a bad idea. Issac tells her he's FULL of bad ideas and opens the door to the tram and heads inside the ship...

Issac rides a device to get to the next part of the ship and once it gets him there he enters a corridor collecting any items he sees along the way. Issac then gets on an elevator and rides it to a more familiar area of the ship... He contacts Ellie to let her know what's up and she comments on him sounding nervous. Issac tells her that the last time he was here things didn't go so well... 

Issac soon enters a room with a save point and a device he tries to use for making progress. However, Issac still needs to go down to engineering anyway (As an ENGINEER, he should be right at home there!) and he informs Ellie he's going there now. Ellie asks if it's safe, Issac tells her he can't imagine so, but he'll be finding out for sure soon enough... Before he leaves, Issac can go into a room that leads to the washrooms where he can find items a text log discussing why mistreating the toilets is a BAAAAD idea... And an audio log from a man who was working here and is starting to get nervous to the point where he might be suffering from serious dementia! Once Issac has dealt with these, he is free to move on...

Issac enter a hallway with items but as he is exploring he hears "Nicole" telling him that there may be many people who don't know what really happened here but Issac isn't one of them... Once she finally shuts her big mouth, Issac enters an elevator to go further down...

Issac soon leaves the elevator to enter a room with a couple of item and a WORKBENCH. he then goes through a door to walk through corridors and get more items. Now he enters a room with a rather quiet message that seems like something that could have been recorded from people being affected by "The Marker" over 3 years ago... There are also items here and a save point. Issac then opens a door and if he heads to the LEFT corridor he can collect an audio log from the same man who was getting nervous about this ship earlier and has even more reason o be nervous now... when Issac heads to the right, he goes down a path that leads to more items and soon opens a door to a large, dark tunnel with more items but ALSO a large Necromorph hiding behind some crates! Once Issac has dealt with it he moves on... Only to get a message from Ellie where she warns him that she can detect MORE Necromorphs! Once Issac plows through them like so much dirt, he hacks an elevator to head upstairs and contacts Ellie to let her know that it's even less safe here than he suspected... Issac then let's her know he's going to deal with the device they need and Ellie tells him to be careful and Issac tells her he'll let her know when it's online and then proceeds to go down a corridor as the ship's computer says "the engineering deck has not completed final clean-up and decontamination"...

There are items here a shop and a save point for Issac to deal with at his leisure. Once he has done so, he can head inside the elevator to head downstairs and inside it is an audio log discussing the sludge-like material found in the USG Ishimura after the events of the FIRST Dead Space game. it is apparently HUMAN D.N.A.! It also reanimates in the presence of a "Marker" signal!...

Once the elevator stops, Issac exits it to walk through the hallway that leads to the decontamination chamber and go through a dark corridor that leads to the area with the centrifuge. Issac can also collect some items here and use a WORKBENCH! Once Issac has dealt with these, he id free to enter the corridor...

In this dark corridor Issac will have to contend with various Necromorphs in an environment where it is very hard to see them clearly! Once Issac has plowed through them all, he is free to enter the room that leads to the centrifuge that has a save point he can use. Issac now enters the area with the centrifuge...

Issac must solve a puzzle to activate the centrifuge and if he takes to long Ellie will call to check up on him but this may or may not be a timed-mission so Issac might not need to rush but better safe than sorry... There are also items here for Issac to collect before he leaves (Including a schematic for FORCE GUN ammo!) if he is interested...

On the way out Issac appears to get grabbed by a giant Necromorph tendril like in the first game! But it actually turns out to be nothing more than a result of his dementia and is no threat to him. Once it passes, Issac is on his way back and calls Ellie to let her know he has the centrifuge online and is headed back to the tram. Ellie tells him she almost got the tram disconnected from the "mag-rail" and that he should keep her posted... The only problem is that while they are talking Stross can be heard in the background arguing with someone but we never really learn who it is! All we know is that it is more than likely a result of his ever growing dementia...

Issac tries to go through the decontamination chamber again but THIS time he is attacked by a group of various Necromorphs who will smash through the windows just to get to him! Once Issac wipes them out, he heads back to the elevator only to see what looks to be one of the stronger Necromorphs lying in front of it as if it were an ACTUAL corpse, however this is a mere ruse and Issac must see through it and treat the Necromorph like a genuine threat before he can move on...

Ellie contacts Issac to tell him that Stross is (RIGHTFULLY) starting to worry her and lets Issac listen to how Stross is so convinced by his dementia that he is talking to his son that despite the protests of Issac and Ellie he thinks that the only reason they can't see or hear him is because they "haven't taken the steps" and "the needle" will help them do just that, Stross then apparently picks up a screwdriver and menaces Ellie with it until she insists he put it down and Issac gets cut-off...

Once Issac is one riding the elevator back upstairs, he heads toward the transport device he needs to get to the bridge. On the way he bumps into a few Necromorphs but once they are out of the way he enters the device and as he rides it to the bridge Ellie calls him to tell him that Stross actually BIT her! Issac shows his concern and asks if she's okay and Ellie says she's fine but Stross has now stopped talking and won't even look at her anymore. Ellie asks how Issac is doing and Issac tells her he's almost at the bridge where he can activate the "gravity tethers". Ellie says that's good because the Necromorphs are in "medical deck" and as long as he doesn't have to go through there he won't have to deal with them... However, the device Issac is riding is blocked by something so it makes an emergency stop at... THE MEDICAL DECK. Issac is understandably frustrated by this... 

Issac exits the device to hear "Nicole" speaking to him about how this was the place she finally decided to end it all because of how overwhelmed she felt... After she shuts up, Issac must deal with some Necromorphs before he enters a room where MORE Necromorphs appear and once he's done with them the only way forward is to hack a door but once this is done MORE Necromorphs appear! Once they are dealt with too, Issac goes through the now open door to find lockers with items and a save point. Issac then enter a dark room with a view screen that shows Nicole's last message to him with a sinister twist and Issac goes through a door to get onto an elevator...

Once the elevator is upstairs, Issac walks through a door to encounter... A jump scare... But it's not really a threat so he just moves on to a room where he needs to use his stasis mod to get across a bridge while Necromorphs attack him. after they're gone, Issac takes another elevator downstairs...

Issac must now deactivate an electrical field by removing a giant battery with his kinetic device... However, once he has done this Necromorphs will be safe from the electric field too and attack him. Once they are dealt with, Issac can use a workbench and/or use a power node to open a door leading to a room with items. Issac can then enter a corridor where "Nicole" points out that Issac never got to really say goodbye to her and he also never found out for certain if she was made into a Necromorph or simply ended up another corpse...

Issac exists the corridor to find a room with items, a shop AND a save point! once Issac has dealt with these as he sees fit, he goes through a door that leads to a hallway that leads to a tunnel in zero gravity. As Issac begins to float through it he once again hears "Nicole" apparently sending him on another guilt-trip... Issac brushes her off telling her that she's not going to break him. "Nicole" asks him why he thinks these "unpleasant memories" is somehow "HER" fault when this isn't about "The Marker", it's about HIM... There are items and Necromorphs here for Issac to deal with. Once he has done so, he lands on a platform and heads for the bridge and sees a Necromorph smashing through a window... But it turns out to be another harmless vision brought on by his dementia so Issac simply moves on...

Issac opens a door to the bridge to discover that this place has become rather perfect for an ambush from various Necromorphs. Issac must wipe them out before dealing with anything else and once he does, he can go into a room that has a workbench, items, and an audio log from some EARTHGOV representative talking to one of their agents discussing some sort of CONSPIRACY... Issac then goes to the captain's nest to deactivate the gravity tethers. He contacts Ellie to let her know he's on his way and she tells him she's "all set". Issac then deactivates the gravity tethers as Ellie contacts him to tell him now is a good time to come back but Issac realizes that it would be quicker to use an escape pod instead and tells her that he'll meet up with her later after he lands. Tideman calls Issac to tell him that's the tether will "tear the whole moon apart!" but Issac has more important things to worry about and breaks contact with him stating that it's "time to go". But as Issac heads for the escape pod "Nicole" appears to ask him where he's going and if he thinks she's something he can avoid? Issac tells "her" he doesn't know because he does't even know what she IS! He then goes inside the escape pod and uses it to leave but gets a message from Ellie where it's heavily implied Stross has finally decided to talk to Ellie but only in a very sinister tone of voice and while carrying a screwdriver... Ellie demands he put it down and gets cut off as Issac notices a malfunction with the escape pod and crashes shortly afterwards...

Issac, still dazed from the crash has a vision of Nicole merged with "The Marker" telling him that he made her "stick with it" when she was trying to decide if she should join the USG Ishimura crew until they dismantled it. then suddenly takes on her more inhuman form and tells Issac "YOU MADE ME DIE!!!" and Issac soon wakes up to get a message from Ellie showing her being attacked by Stross holding a screwdriver dangerously close to Ellie's eye while reciting a certain poem... Issac protests this WHOLEHEARTEDLY but is cut off before he can see if Ellie manages to survive the incident... Having nothing better to do, Issac looks for items, (Including an audio log from someone who was a spy for the Unitologists talking about how things have gone WAYYY downhill now...) finds a save point and a workbench then moves on...

Issac enters a room with items he can only reach sing his kinetic device and opens a door to an area with a sloping floor where Necromorphs can ambush him. after dealing with them, he enters a room where he can hear Stross and asks him why he would ever hurt Ellie? Stross rambles something about needing someone to face "her" for him because of "step 3" Issac tries to get through to Stross but he's too far gone and leaves. Issac must hack the door to the next area and move on...

Issac now enters an area with items and "Organic Proximity Mines" and once he deals with them he must enter a room with one final "O.P.M." then he can access a store and a save point. Once they are attended to, Issac enters a room that has some kind of power surge and is now in need of a new battery before he can proceed any further, but first, Issac must get rid of any Necromorphs standing in his way. once that's over with, Issac is free to replace the now useless battery wit a new one but after he does, MORE Necromorphs show up. Issac rids himself of them too and moves on...

Issac opens a door to a tunnel with a pre-recorded voice saying something about cave-ins. There is also a save point and some items, here and once Issac deals with them he bumps into Stross behind a grating holding a screwdriver with Ellie's eye still attached to it! Suddenly, Ellie herself shows up and bonks Stross over the head with a pipe telling Issac he owes her an eye! (And technically, he DOES...) as Stross recovers and proceeds to attack Ellie only to have her knock him down again as the grating closes. But Stross has lost it COMPLETELY and keeps attacking her anyway until she escapes and Issac gets dragged through some tunnels by a giant Necromorph tendril ending up in a zero gravity environment with no oxygen so he must get it from various air tanks he finds in order to breathe here. Stross calls Issac to ramble on about "step 3" and then hangs up as Ellie calls Issac to warn him that has escaped deeper in the mines and Issac tells her to get somewhere safe and she says she's try... There is a Necromorph here but once that's taken care of Issac just has to worry about collecting items and oxygen then opening a way through to the mines using propulsion devices. Once that's done, Issac needs to deal with more "Organic Proximity Mines" and open the door to the next area before he runs out of air...

Issac enters a room with an elevator, a save point and some items. Issac then calls Ellie to ask where she and Stross are. Ellie tells him she's safe for now but warns him that Stross has CLEARLY lost it and is likely going after Issac next... She then gives him her location and tells him not to take his sweet time getting to her because she's in NO shape to fight right now. Issac tells her he'll do just that and hangs up.

Issac rides the elevator to an area where Necromorphs attack and getting items from them could prove tricky... After he is done with them he walk through a door where another pre-recorded message tell workers to show pride in their work and then Issac spots some laser trip mines and a door that requires a power node to open it. If he uses a power node to open it he will get various items and a schematic for the "ADVANCED SUIT" he can now buy at the shops. after using his kinetic device to lob any corpses he sees into the laser trip mines to get rid of them Issac moves on...

Issac now enters a tunnel with lots of "Organic Proximity Mines" and items. Once Issac deals with them, he attempts to hack a locked door open but is prevented from finishing the job by Nolan Stross opening the door FIRST! Stross attacks Issac with the same screwdriver he used on Ellie rambling on until he repeats "step 3" over and over! Issac can stab him in the head with the screwdriver killing him (If you push the action button fast and often enough of course...) and if Issac stomps on his corpse he will get an audio log where Stross confesses he never meant to kill his wife and child (On PURPOSE anyway!) and begins to have an emotional breakdown from all his visions of her angrily sending him on a maddening guilt-trip... Issac then moves on...

Issac enters a room that will lead to the elevator that will take him to Ellie's location. suddenly, "Nicole talks to him again telling him that Stross only went mad because he fought against his dementia instead of embracing it, implying that Issac better do the same or share his fate... But Issac is furious at "Nicole" now, blaming her for Stross going mad because he think "she" might actually be something to do with "The Marker" and turned Stross against him and Ellie! "Nicole still doesn't understand how Issac still hasn't come to terms with what "Nicole" is and asks who "she" is, warning Issac that "she" will ask one more time before the end and he'd better be ready when she does... 

Issac now find where the elevator is but a single, strong Necromorph stands in his way, he can get rid of it nut must be careful if he wants the items it might have on it... When Issac call the elevator, he can use his kinetic device to get some items that are just out of reach including an audio log from a Unitologist who is on a "Special secret mission". Issac then rides the elevator and is attacked by Necromorphs all the way up! After the ride is over they stop coming but then Issac opens a door where he has a vision that "Nicole" is grabbing him by the neck and hoisting him around like he's WEIGHTLESS asking him who she is! His friend? His lover? The one thing that kept him from going mad from sheer loneliness? Or his guilt? And if so, why can't he let go of her? Press the action button fast and often to make Issac tell her that she was ALL of those things and more, so if he let's her go... He's got nothing left... Once Issac does this "Nicole" calms down, releases him and tells him that he's completed "step 4" and now he can destroy "The Marker".

Issac is now free to access a save point, a shop and a workbench. After dealing with these things as he sees fit, Issac opens a door to an area where he can find Ellie working on a giant, mobile drill.

Issac walks up to Ellie and she points out that the giant mobile drill needs fixing but it appears that any mechanics working on it were dragged away by Necromorphs before they had the chance... Issac flat out tells Ellie that Stross is dead but Ellie (UNDERSTANDABLY) takes the news rather well... Ellie asks what happens now considering Issac was certain they needed Stross to destroy "The Marker". Issac explains that Stross couldn't help because he was too busy running from his own guilt. Ellie takes this news SURPRISINGLY well all things considered and asks Issac what HE'S running from? Issac tells her that he's not running anymore because he knows what he has to do. Issac then notices that the giant, mobile drill is quite a stroke of good fortune and asks Ellie why she doesn't get up to the cab to try and get it started while Issac looks for another power cell and Ellie climbs up to do just that.

Issac now heads over to the nearest power cell but there are "Organic Proximity Mines" in his way. Once they are dealt with, Issac uses his kinetic device to bring the power cell to the giant, mobile drill and uses it to get it started only to hear Ellie call and say she just lost the control holograms! Issac tells her the circuit junction shorted out and he'll have to get another one. Ellie points out it's standard so there should be one around here SOMEWHERE. Issac says he'll look and asks if she has any luck up there and Ellie calls him out on his silliness by saying "Well, no, not now." Issac realizes she has every right to her snark-talk and goes to get a new power cell.

Issac has to deal with some Necromorphs but there are some items here if he's interested. once Issac has what he needs he heads back to use the new circuit junction but it doesn't work right away. Issac calls Ellie to warn her about it but Ellie claims that she thinks she's got it from up there but Issac must still hack the system in order to make sure it works. Once Issac is done, Ellie figures that SHE was the one who pulled it off and Issac... Lets her think that. Once Ellie begins to turn the giant, mobile drill around so Issac can get on, Necromorphs show up to make Issac's wait more entertaining... 

Issac finally gets on the elevator to the top of the giant mobile drill as Ellie uses it to get to their next destination. Along the way Issac must fight off various Necromorphs that attack the giant mobile drill and collect items if he is quick enough. (Don't worry! The giant mobile drill is durable enough to withstand their attacks effortlessly so just focus on keeping Issac from getting overwhelmed!) Ellie asks Issac if he's okay on top of the drill and he responds with a sarcastic "Oh, yeah. Good times!" Soon, Issac tells Ellie to stop, Ellie points out they're almost at their destination. Issac asks how they'll get there. Ellie says "Straight ahead, we do have a giant drill." Issac asks if she knows he's riding on top of that particular giant drill. Instead of answering him, Ellie simply keeps driving despite his protests! after the screen goes dark we see later that Issac has been thrown through a wall commenting "Holy crap that hurt!" Ellie reminds him they can compare bruises later, right now they have to get moving! after Ellie leaves Issac can collect items from this area. Ellie soon contacts Issac to tell him that she's found a gunship that could allow them to escape from here! Issac implies to her that she'd be better off leaving without him but Ellie insists he should come with her. Issac opens a door to Ellie's location and hears her talking about how functional the ship is. If Issac listens to everything she says she will mention that the only flaw with the ship is the navigational systems. Issac reluctantly takes advantage of this by programming the ship to leave without him despite Ellie protesting because she fears he's going to get himself killed! Before she leaves, Issac points out that he failed to save Nicole and he can't bring himself to risk failing to save Ellie too. Issac sits down to relax and think about what he should do next. Suddenly, "Nicole" appears next to him saying various things until using the phrase "make us whole". Issac can't even bring herself to touch her and walks away as she disappears... Issac then gets contacted by Tideman who rants that he doesn't know Issac has made it so far so fast but his luck has officially run out! He claims that he has MANY troops waiting to shoot him before he can get anywhere near "The Marker" and "EVERY entrance covered!" so Issac's chances of getting in are bad, and his chances of getting far are worse... Issac sees a shop and a save point. After dealing with them as he sees fit, Issac enters an elevator and heads downstairs...

Once the elevator stops and the doors open Issac must deal with various Necromorphs in an area that they can use against him! Issac must wipe them out, collect some items and hack the giant doors to the next area, once this is done the giant doors close behind him so Issac better have all the equipment he needs...

Issac walks into an area where Tideman's troops blind him with bright lights and threaten to shoot him if he doesn't drop him weapons as soon as possible! But Issac knows that they might just shoot him ANYWAY! So instead, he runs to the right into a nearby washroom, picks up a few items and crawls into a nearby vent to a room with more items and a power cell he can remove in order to let all the Necromorphs in! Since Issac can deal with Necromorphs more easily than he can deal with Tideman's troops, Issac removes the power cell so that Tideman's troops will be forced to retreat and he can be on his way. Tideman contacts Issac to berate him for doing this but Issac doesn't even have time to answer him because Tideman cuts out after telling his troops to fall back. Issac then moves on...

There are various Necromorphs here now instead on Tideman's troops but Issac can deal with them and after doing so, walks through a metal detector into another room...

Issac enters a room where it appears some of Tideman's troops managed to take out a couple of strong Necromorphs so getting their items won't be a problem. Issac can also get some other items here but his way
point device doesn't work so he has no idea where to go next. "Nicole" then appears and asks him where he's going. Issac tells her he doesn't know and she explains that this is why she's here, to show him the way. "Nicole then gives him a way point to follow and he does just that...

Issac now enters a room with doors that won't open unless he passes a security check. Issac must use his kintetic device levitate a dead body of someone who has such clearance and once he does, one of the doors becomes unlocked and he is free to go on...

After opening the door Issac hears a Necromorph but isn't attacked by one... YET... He can go onto a part of the area that has ammo and an audio log from a man who was working on construction of "The Marker" and is becoming suspicious of just how easy it is to make such a thing... Issac can get a few more items her, fight some more Necromorphs and use a save point. Then he is free to enter another room...

Once Issac enters a room that is cramped and full of various Necromorphs! Once Issac is done with them he is free to collect any items and an audio log from the same person as before, only THIS time, he is worried that the measures taken to make certain he and the other people working on "The Marker" aren't effective enough and things are getting confusing... Issac can then open the door to the next room...

Issac opens the door to walk down a ramp that leads to a room with items, a workbench and a door that requires a power node to unlock it. Once Issac has dealt with these as he sees fit, Issac might be attacked by the "Scarecrow" Necromorph! Once that's out of the way Issac can move on...

Issac must open 2 doors to enter the next room. Once he enters the second door, he finds himself in an environment the Raptor-like Necromorphs (Along with the "PUKER" Necromorphs!) can use against him! Once they are dealt with, Issac is free to collect items and an audio log from a woman working on "The Marker" who has discovered that smart people see codes and blueprints when under the influence of "The Marker" signal but less intelligent people aren't so lucky... To THEM, it just noise! Noise that drives them insane! Issac then opens a door to another room...

In this room, Issac must deal with an "Organic Proximity Mine to get to items and a save point, Issac then heads down a ramp and is stopped by something he can feel in his head. He then hears "Nicole" tell him that they are getting closer and "The Marker" knows they are here. Issac says he still doesn't know what to do. "Nicole" says that when the tome comes, he WILL. Then Issac moves on..

Issac opens a door to a room Where "The Marker" was originally built! they are also still functional and using some sort of lasers that will kill Issac if he touches them so Issac must keep his STASIS DEVICE handy while going from room to room in order to go further on. To make matters WORSE, there are also some Necromorphs here that will try to attack him even in a dangerous room like this! Issac deals with them all, can collect any items he finds and use the elevator to go up. Once he does, he must make a way for ward by pushing a button and using his kinetic device to for a bridge to the other side. Once this is accomplished, Issac walks to the other side only to be attacked by more Necromorphs! Once he has rid himself of them, Issac can collect any items here and move on...

Issac opens door to an area that could have been used to study people whose minds were capable of producing "The Marker", it's a complete MESS! It seems like some of Tideman's troops managed to take out a few Necromorphs before they were overwhelmed so Issac is free to get their items without having to fight for them first. there is also a save point here and another audio log from the worried man who fears he might black out at a celebration he wanted to attend later that night and is anxious for some reason...

Issac opens a door to an area where he must take out Necromorphs and then go further and further downward until he gets to a room where he must hack a door unlocked. However, once Issac begins doing this, a very large, strong Necromorph shows up! Once Issac deals with this particular foe, he is free to collect any items here along with an audio log from the worried man from before who tells of how he blacked out early one night and woke up the next morning to find he had made a tiny version of "The Marker" without even realizing it! Once Issac has dealt with these as he sees fit, he moves on...

Issac opens the door to cross a bridge and if he looks around he will see Necromorphs crossing another bridge but they are no threat to him right now so he can move on without incident...

Issac opens a door to a room with a shop, a save point and a workbench. It also has items including an audio log from the worried man where he talks about how he suspects that creating "The Marker" was a mistake and things are getting out of control so they have to destroy everything they've made here but fr now he has to go because he is being followed... Then there is a text log from some mysterious person talking about how the evacuation of Titan Station (Hey, that rhymes!) is disappointing and the "consequences will be dire"...

Issac take an elevator up to a room that has a window showing him a MASSIVE version of "The Marker"! Issac asks what all the Necromorphs in front of it are doing and "Nicole" tells him they are "all coming to The Marker" because convergence is at hand. Issac is then contacted by Tideman who points out that he knew Issac was trouble from the start but he was told Issac's "mind was the purest" so he was needed no matter how risky it was to use him. he then says this is "not how it was supposed to happen"! Issac flat out asks how it was supposed to happen and Tideman angrily claims they had it under control. arguing that this disaster was not their fault and they "were so close to understanding it". But sadly, it's fairly obvious at this point that Tideman is now just as obsessed with "The Marker" as everyone else it has manipulated... Before Issac can say anything else Tideman disappears in a flash of light and is cut off... Issac asks what it's doing and he hears "Nicole" tell him that it's doing what it was MEANT to do" and Issac has "To make us whole"...

Issac can collect a few items here, then must open a door to a room with a machine that activate the part of a person's brain where codes allowing the creation of "The Marker" are stored. Issac asks "Nicole" if this is going to hurt and she says "yes". But Issac must try anyway. He lies down inside the machine and uses it to restore his memory of how to destroy "The Marker". Once he is done, he asks "Nicole" where she is and she tells him to follow the light, and she'll be waiting for him by "The Marker". Issac asks what he does next but "Nicole disappears before she can answer him. Issac then hears a deep growing and sees a Necromorph burst through one of the vents that seems different from any others he has faced... Issac finds out just how different when he comes to the terrifying realization this particular Necromorph is the same type he faced on the USG Ishimura that could regenerate faster than he could destroy it!!! Issac must damage it as much as possible then use his Stasis device on it s he can hack the door to the next area unlocked while it recovers and leave while he still can!

In the next room Issac can get items, a save point and an audio log of Tideman arguing with someone about how evacuating Titan Station is illegal but Tideman thinks it's an emergency so he wants to do it anyway and save as many people as possible protocols or not. Issac opens a couple of doors to the next area...

Issac now enters a room with only one strong "Puker" Necromorph and some items for him to collect including an audio log from some talking about how the evacuation is illegal but Tideman must feel responsible for the outbreak and as such, wants to save as many people as possible. Issac must use his kinetic device to get the corpse of someone with security clearance in front of the door to the next area to unlock it but as soon as he does, more Necromorphs show up to slow him down INCLUDING the one that regenerates when damaged! Issac must plow through them to get through the door. After doing so, Issac moves on...

Issac can access a save point here and once that is dealt with as he sees fit he can move down the stairs to open another door...

Once Issac opens the door he will find himself in a hallway where the door in front of him is locked and cannot be opened! So Issac must head into a room to his right and deal with any Necromorphs in his way before he can operate the INCREDIBLY SLOW elevator. Once this is accomplished, Issac uses the elevator to move on...

Once the elevator stops, Issac exits the elevator to discover he must use his kinetic device to remove a metal cover to a lock on the door he must smash in order to open the door to another part of the room. However, some Necromorphs soon arrive to slow Issac down INCLUDING the one ho can regenerate! Issac must once again plow through his foes to enter the next area...

In this area, Issac must use the zero gravity environment to float through the giant pistons that will crush him to death if he gets too close and energy blasters! Issac's Stasis device will slow them down but he must also contend with a Necromorph lobbing "Organic missiles" at him as well! After getting past the giant pistons, energy blasters and the Necromorph, Issac makes his way forward...


































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