scariest/hardest/most annoying

I'm way late to this game but just thought I'd answer this because it's on my mind lol.

Scariest in DS was returning to all the places you've been, especially the medical bay. Just noticing the subtle differences really creeped me out. In DS2, it's obviously the Ishimura return. It's the one part of the game where tension actually builds for more than a couple seconds.

Most annoying in DS was the ending where you had to keep moving the Marker at the end. Seemed unnecessary and padded on just to drag out the boss fight. DS2 annoyed me in the mines. Just bored me to death and the countless enemies didn't help.

Most annoying - Chapter 4 in Dead Space
In contrast, the gravity basketball game was awesome. They got that part right. The asteroids though - DIE. :)

Hardest - Chapter 9 in Dead Space 2
Blowing up those tanks that the tentacles were holding? Some fugly ass beast is there kicking your ass while you have to shoot those fire bombs at the mechanisms. I probably died like 47 times.

Scariest - All of Dead Space. I didn't find anything in Dead Space 2 scary until the return to the Ishimura. So part of me thinks the scare credit should go to the Ishimura and not the actual games.

And if I can rant real quick? I just completed Dead Space 2 and while it was an epic game, looked beautiful, well made, bla bla, I found the shift from atmospheric/brooding/genuinely creepy to obnoxious and repetitive quite a buzzkill. The first one did so many things right and the sequel just fell prey to every cliché in the book and used loud music, constant chaotic enemy attacks ad nauseum. It wasn't scary it was just straight up irritating. So glad things have shifted in Chapter 10. Totally saved the game for me!