You can completely ignore the microtransaction aspect. It's a good game, overall.
But how's the atmosphere? I thought DS2 was a nice shooter with horror elements, but it didn't scare me anywhere near the amount the first game did (except that bit where
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I think the more streamlined combat contributed to that (in DS you sort of had this feeling you were in a heavy suit, so getting jumped from behind was baaaaaaad as you couldn't just spin around UT-style), but maybe knowing (roughly) what was going on also sort of dampened the scare factor.
I wouldn't really call Dead Space 3 horror....
More like the transition from horror to action that happened when Alien transitioned to Aliens.