(PS3) Dead System Space Shock

So i've been fairly excited about Dead Space since it's initial announcement. Even more so with the "animated comics" that have been released on the PSN the past few months, and the visual style of these comics being reminiscent of 30 Days of Night just pushes that excitement a little further.
But the thing that really gets my survival sci-fi juices flowing even more than IGN's encouraging review is how much the game reminds me of System Shock 2. System Shock 2 remains, to this day, one of my favorite games of all time. The "spiritual" predecessor to BioShock, this game was once eclipsed by the original Half-Life. While Half-Life was a phenomenal, genre-changing game in it's own right, i'm of the opinion that System Shock was the vastly superior title.
Utilizing the same character customization abilities you find in BioShock, system shock set it's story upon a massive, derelict spaceship. Something has gone horribly wrong since the crew discovered something on one of the planets they explored and it has since turned the other crew members into zombie-like monsters. Anyone seeing the similarities to Dead Space yet? All this is made even more interesting by the fact that EA, Dead Space's publisher, was the original publisher for System Shock 2. The developer, Irrational Games, became 2k Boston which made BioShock. However EA still owns the rights to System Shock, which is why BioShock wasn't a direct sequel and why lead designer, Ken Levine, wasn't even allowed to meniton the System Shock games in interviews about BioShock. Hmmm...
I don't want to say too much more for fear of ruining this game's outstanding story, but you should def read about the story of the first game here as it'll come up in the second (especially if you're paying attention) and then go find yourself a copy of the game and play it. I recommend getting the "rebirth" patch to improve the graphics as well...it's a very noticeable difference. You can def find a System Shock 2 torrent to download somewhere, although i must note High Technology does not condone piracy. (hah! take that you legal types) Even though the game is nearly a decade old and it's highly unlikely there are any retail versions available to purchase even if you wanted to go that route.
But anyways, find it, play it, remember it. And by the time i do all that i should have bought, played, and reviewed Dead Space and we can all see how it stacks up.