Dead Space, a third-person sci-fi horror game in development at EA Redwood Shores, is a new IP for Electronic Arts from a core team whose recent experience centers around licensed titles such as The Godfather.
That's a welcome change of aspect for executive producer Glen Schofield, who pushed the project from prototyping into full development. It is now scheduled for release on PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 this October.
Prototyping turned out to be crucially important to the development of Dead Space. During a recent EA press event, Schofield sat down with Gamasutra to discuss how the project came together, why there was such extensive prototyping before the project was greenlit, and why design documents aren't the way of the future.
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?
looks like a solid rental. More shooting zombie/demons...its not "Bioshock" from what I've read. Yeah, there's the "dismemberment" and the no or low gravity areas, but...YAWN...its nothing more than a twist on Doom.
Look, I don't have any original ideas, but then again, I don't get paid to develop games. I'm just to the point where I'd rather re-play a great game from my collection than pay $60 to play a re-tread idea.
Here's a quote to show this guys ignorance: "So I'm looking around at the landscape, and no one's put science fiction and horror together in a video game."
Are you kidding me? Doom? Quake? Gears? Heck, even Halo with the Flood.
I want this game already --___--