Throughout my life I have always wanted to play Resident Evil games. The thought of creeping down a darkened corridor and having a horde of zombies pop out of nowhere just sounded like a good time. The funny thing is I have never played more than 30 minutes of any Resident Evil game because they suck and I just didn’t like them. Thus my choices for survival horror have been extremely limited as I just don’t get the Silent Hill universe and nothing else has caught my eye. Until now.
Set in the future, the human race have exhausted all of Earth’s natural resources and have been forced into harvesting them from other planets in order to survive. To accomplish this task they use gargantuan ships known as planet crackers. Deep in space the USS Ishimura, the largest planet cracker in the fleet loses all communication and our Heroine Engineer Isaac Clarke along with a small team is sent to investigate and fix the problem. Little do they know a much larger problem awaits them and it will take you through some honestly terrifying moments deep in the bowels of the USS Ishimura.
The game begins simply enough bringing you into the story and introducing you to most of your equipment and then the shit hits the fan. Almost as soon as you land on the Ishimura you will be battling the living dead corpses of the Ishimura’s crew now known as Necromorphs and your weapons arsenal may surprise you. You won’t really find any pistols or hand grenades here; instead you are equipped with a number of different mining tools. My favorite, the plasma cutter allows you to effectively and accurately sever the limbs of the walking abominations inhabiting the ship.
Throughout the course of the game you will encounter numerous different enemies all with their own unique way of bringing them down. For the most part dismembering their limbs one by one is the way to go. But don’t forget to slice off that last arm or they’ll just crawl towards you with what’s left, hell-bent on turning your corpse into an omelet! I have to say the “strategic dismemberment” aspect of the game is one I thoroughly enjoy. After getting so used to just pumping something full of bullets until it stopped moving the actual process of determining not only which enemy to take down but which limb to take down first is a refreshing break. (Although, fret not COD4 junkies, there’s a pulse rifle)
The sound on this game is truly amazing. I recommend a dark room, a large TV, and a nice pair of headphones for this title. While the enemies are creepy the sound is what gives this game its terrifyingly nerve racking atmosphere. With the low hum of machinery working in the background you hear something scurry off above you, was it one of them? Or just another machine, what’s that scratching?!? Where’d that come from?!?!?! EA did a great thing using the audio to let the players reel and create their own horror. Bravo…bravo.
On top of having some of the best sound I’ve encountered in a game Dead Space is absolutely gorgeous. The textures blend well together and the lighting effects are nothing short of impressive. Although things tend to get alittle grainy up close it’s nothing that can’t be absolutely over-looked.
Dead Space is a third person shooter and believe me I have never been very good at third person games. However Dead Space seems different as the camera angle allows you to see absolutely everything in front of Isaac which not only allows you to get a full glimpse of the horrible monstrosity hurling itself at you but in my opinion makes targeting much, much easier (then again, those blue lines projected by the plasma cutter don’t hurt either).
Since Isaac’s health is displayed along a bar on the back of his suit and his ammo via a holographic projection above the weapon there is no need for a traditional HUD. Which in my opinion is one of the many keys to Dead Space’s success, allowing you to become fully immersed heightens the tension of what’s around that corner just that much more. In-fact any information you receive in the game is either diplayes as a holographic video projection, an audio-log, or a text log. This also goes for any menus including your inventory and map.
All in all Dead Space does oh so much right. From amazing audio and visuals to a unique third person camera angle you can tell EA really thought out every single detail and have in my opinion created certainly the best survival horror game of the year and possibly in it’s genre (Sorry Fatal Frame). If you haven’t already picked it up I highly recommend you do.
And remember…
Don't Panic
Former Visceral Games devs reveal Dead Space's marketing budget was cut in favor of Mirror's Edge because of mock review scores.
I wish EA would just release a DS2 remake. DS is my favorite horror game and DS2 is the best one in the franchise. But because DS1 failed to meet certain numbers EA scrapped the DS2 remake. SH2 remake was great rumors are Konami might be asking for another SH remake. The RE2 remake was great EA just needs to give it another try. But all they seem to do is shitty sports games that are no different from the year before. Change a few players, add different uniform colours, maybe change a team logo. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Agreed. DS was great. But DS2 was even better. Would love to see a DS2 remake, though I would love to see a DS4 even more.
The problem with EA is they make easy $ from the slight changes to their sports titles like football FC games (whatever it’s called nowadays). People just lap that sh1t up.
Comparatively, games like DS which don’t sell 10s of millions, can’t sell them team player add ons and all the like, would seem a hassle to make and unappealing comparatively. Especially when you consider that most EA non sport titles haven’t actually performed well recently.
Dark Souls 2, Darksiders 2, Dead Space 2, Death Stranding 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
The Dead space remake was so good. Better than the original. Shame they won't remake 2.
I loved the original dead space but the remake I just found boring. Game design has moved on and the game really showed its age, just small area encounters repeated again and again.
I bought Dead Space during launch window and I never bought a Mirror's Edge game .
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?
Dead Space recently received a popular remake that was faithful yet constructive, and the original BioShock is also deserving of this treatment.
No it doesn't need it. It was remastered in 60 fps last gen and still looks and plays great. Would be a waste of time, money and resources imo. It's games from 3 or 4 gens back that could use the remake treatment.
There have already been 7th gen remakes of games already
Dead Space in particular already proves that just because a game looks good on original hardware doesn’t mean it cant look and play better
Agreed. Remasters already happened and still look n play fantastic. DS was a different animal. It needed a remake, Bioshock doesn't NEED it. Infinite Remastered for example is extremely viable even today. What we do need is Bioshock 4. Rumors that equated to zip. Where is it? Ken really blew the pooch as well. Left to go do what? He was inspired by Tell Tale or something and went off to become irrelevant. Nice. And Bioshock Vita was scrapped. Fantastic.
Bioshock 4 is definitely still in development. News trickles out about it every couple of months.
And Ken's next game (Judas) looks great from the teaser trailer.
Yeah. Pretty much. I understand why they did it with TLOU to coincide with the show but certainly it didn't NEED a remake desperately. Obviously u are trolling and expect me defend anything Sony but idgaf about all that. I say what i feel is the truth.
Just like TLOU i wouldn't be upset if Bioshock received a remake but it doesn't desperately need it. I'd probably even play it bc like TLOU, i love Bioshock, but in these aren't identical scenarios either. Ppl kill ND for TLOU Remake yet it wasn't even their project originaly. It started as a potential Uncharted remake and passion project via Visual Arts and was passed to Bend i believe? ND took over bc the project obviously wasn't where it needed to be. And yet they still had Factions and possibly TLOU 3 in development as well. Bioshock has been dormant for a decade bar the remaster. Rumors of a sequel haven't materialised. A remake without a sequel would be disappointing. TLOU Remake is more tolerable knowing sequel/spinoffs are in development. Like i said, dif situation.
It's not all about looks only
Tweaks to story
Tweaks to characters
Improvements to gameplay
Original bioshock have the worst puzzle solving system and can get frustrating quickly
The last part you said I agree COMPLETELY!!! Game companies need to mine games from the Sega Saturn, PS1 and N64 days and even the Dreamcast, GameCube, and PS2 days to give a full update to. I know those would require more work, but there are PLENTY of gems from those days that people would LOVE to play again or for the first time with a facelift!!! I know I would.
The games that need remaking are.
Resistance fall of man.
Motorstorm.
PS5 would produce something special.
There's been such an advancement in tech since the PS3 days. It would be awesome. DAY 1 BUY for me.
I would kill for Resistance 1-3 Remake/Remaster. Same with MotorStorm series and Killzone series. Man, I loved my PS3. Can we also get the Metal Gear series and rescue MGS4 off the PS3? There is a rumor of MGS3 getting a remake. One of, if not my number 1, favorite game of all time.
On topic, I played Bioshock like 6 months after release after hearing from everyone and their mother how incredible it was. I know I will be in the minority on this, but I couldn't get into it. I think my expectations were too high. Totally my fault. Maybe I should give it another chance...
Agreed, Killzone as well, but Sony has no interest in the future of those IP. It won't happen. If they cared about Motorstorm they wouldn't have axed Evolution. The last remaster from a dead studio "Wipeout" was exceptional yet nobody supported it. Even with a free VR inclusion. If ppl want these remasters...actually support the ones that release. Medievil same thing. Ppl cried for Demon's Souls Remake, The Last Guardian, Shenmue 3 and the sales didn't match the cries. None of these games sold as u would imagine given the internet pleas for these titles over a decade or more. DeS Remake did alright but given the circumstances it should've sold better. 92 Meta, PS5 launch exclusive, stunning visuals, and the first of the genre in an age where Eldin Ring will push 30 million units. Yes, DeS is only one platform but still.
I do agree mostly with what you said.
I bought killzone,2,3. Did not like 4 other then it's graphics.
I bought infamous 1,2. Second son never did it for me apart from again the graphics, so parts were good. But world felt too empty. Probably needed a PS5 to do it justice.
Bought all the Resistance and Motorstorms, those games were awesome. They 100% need a remake.
PS3 was just an awesome machine, I know it was a pain to develop for, but it had some many titles that I loved.
I really enjoyed the Bioshock series, the first 2 were best. Very good games.
As for Demon souls.and the souls series in general. They never have had massive sales. I think because they are very hard games. we are talking a million or less. I think the remaster did 1.4million.
Motorstorm pacific rift did 1.4million PS3.I think.
Hopefully some of them will come back.
I would love this
Expand on the lore
Incorporate Bioshock Infinite and Bioshock 2 plot lines
Add room rooms or maybe even an extra area
Maybe new plasmids
Give Jack a personality and add voice acting, it worked for Isaac. Jack did speak at the start of the game so adding onto that and giving him convos between Atlas or Ryan would be great
Man could you imagine what bioshock would look like in ue5 with full raytracing, phwaaarrrhh.
I stopped reading after all resident evils suck...