This is the part that I worry about as it could just mean that they're going the easy route of bad horror movies where stuff jump out from around corners making a lot of noise, it scares me, but not in the good and fun way.
I hear you. After watching some gameplay movies, I'm a bit worried. The game seems to be heavily scripted, plus the monster design is uncreative. One charms that System Shock 2 had with it's spawning points was this certain unpredictability. You never were save, every time some zombie could pop up in those tight corridors. Another thing that made Shock2 so scary was simply the remaining human being part inside the zombies. In Dead Space, they're just silly "The Thing" monsters, men with tentacles. Meh. Oh yeah and then there's the 3rd person view. I like FPV more, the cam is closer to the event. Always better that way.
Anyway, I'll keep an eye on it. If the demo convinces me, it's gonna be a must buy.