Andygoes writes, "Dead Space's story is a little bit like Half-Life meets DOOM III. The HL part comes in because, instead of being a big, bad, 'roid-driven space marine, you're a mute space engineer (maybe Isaac's last name is Freeman). It's also part DOOM III because, unlike HL, this game takes place in space and has abominations. We'll throw in a little Halo to the mix because the enemies are just as disgusting as the Flood. So, if you can imagine a little bit of those three games rolled in to one, you have the general idea of Dead Space; the mute protagonist engineer and his crew responds to a distress call from a ship that is badly damaged, arrives to meet the hordes of hell and - just like Halo's Flood - the baddies aren't dead when you think they should be..."
An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.
He’s got a point. If a game is M-Rated, which is the equivalent of an R rating, I don’t get why you need to censor anything. The rating is the indicator of the content and the age appropriate. If it’s appropriate for adults… why treat them like children? 🤷♂️
I don't know if the EA executive is going off the one close up of an arm being cut off in the demo. Maybe it's uncensored because it's the arm of a cyborg or it doesn't happen that often (didn’t see EVE dismemberment when killed in the demo) .
In the states there's a certain amount of swear words allowed to a PG13 movie before it is deemed R. So maybe it's the same in Japan for gore?
The remake teased an expanded universe, but now a sequel has no chance of delivering on it.
Honestly i believe it was mainly as retaliation for the original devs breaking off and making colisto protocol. They've done this a few times, ignoring fan demands for the return of a belived ip until someone does it for them, then they retaliate by only then announcing an entry. Colisto protocol was announced and EA announced the remake shortly after, Session finally hit consoles and skate 4 was announced, shortly after Undisputed was shown off, talks started happening about a new fight night.
It was a solid game and we'll have to move on and accept it for what it is. Just because we're not getting a sequel (original or remake) doesn't mean there's no point anymore in what is a great, tense, well-paced single player experience. No one's taking Dead Space Remake away.
I just hope that the game isn't so technically stitched together on PC that driver updates render the game unplayable like what happened with me and my RTX 4070 last year, requiring a driver downgrade just months after the game came out. If you're a console player then you've got no worries.
Most likely for EA to cash in on the remake craze that followed Capcom when they started remaking RE games. I am glad EA did it I enjoy the game. DS is one of my favorite franchises love the sci fi horror shit. What I don't like is EA not remaking DS2. So DS1 remake did not do well with the numbers so what. DS2 has a solid fanbase and is probably the best entry in the franchise depending on the fan. DS2 remake would have been a day one for me but I got a reminder on why I hate EA. Scrap the DS2 remake for a shitty Iron Man game.
It's because the gaming community want remakes and remasters over new games.
I think that is for the best of the franchise o be left alone then to be turned into a game as a service or something like that, EA has the awful habit of trying to monetize everything.
Isaac Clarke of Dead Space fame has appeared in many games, both as a playable character and an Easter Egg. Have you played them all?
LOVE Dead Space.. By far one of the best games I have played this year
Yeah, this one sits near the top of my list of games to play.
I can't wait to check this one out. I heard some anti-hype comments when it first came out, but with lowered expectations, this might be worth a look!
I love scifi movies and games. I hope this one is worth the hype!
I'm always torn about titles like Dead Space. I have no doubt it's a truly scary game, and one of EA's rare masterpieces. But it's difficult to justify dropping $60 on it.
Then again, when it's rented or purchased 2nd hand, the developers/publishers don't see that revenue - equally as important, they don't see it as a statistic necessarily.
Solution? What about budget-pricing titles like Dead Space with limited replay value at $39.99?