It's about time that I played Dead Space 2! I played the first one so long ago and now I look forward to playing the third one.
As a horror game it isn't one of the scarier ones though it does have a lot of jump scares and I must admit to gasping quite a lot. The game's sound is outstanding and the "children" probably have the most spine chilling scream that I've ever heard in a game. I love it.
The game itself is pretty much an action shooter with a decent story, yet nothing spectacular. And one thing that I don't like is that in some places you can get one shot killed by some actions.
It's a good game though but falling short of being brilliant.