Going to a menu during a game is most of the time a killer for the atmosphere of that game. Besides that it also lowers the difficulty rating since you can take a moment to plan and think about your actions.

If it depends on Electronic Arts, this will be different with Dead Space. The people over there are thinking about dropping the menu function.

Everything will happen ingame in Dead Space. So if you're low at health you can better run quick and hide at a good location. Guess we'll see at retail if this will be that innovative.

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