After all, those screeching violins and wailing horns that play every time a Necromorph attacks are a big part of what make Dead Space into a high-stress thrill ride.

Turning off the game’s music is actually a great way to make Dead Space significantly scarier, if that’s your thing and you’re still reading this guide for some reason.

If you leave the sound effects on but turn the music volume down to zero, all you’ll have are footsteps to guide you through the tense, partially lit hallways of the USG Ishimura.

The Dead Space remake includes the option to blur out some of the more graphic violence in the game, and I’ve opted to turn that on (here’s our guide on adjusting the content warnings).

The main reason I’ve turned on the blur effect for the more violent scenes is that I personally think it looks funny, which means it breaks the tension during those key, high-stress moments.

The Dead Space remake looks so realistic that it’s easy to get completely ensconced in its horrifying world — which means I appreciate the occasional times that there’s a big blurry box on the screen, reminding me that this is just a video game, for heck’s sake.