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Dead Space Losing Its Identity?

In the days before E3 2012, a series of leaked screenshots from Visceral Games’ Dead Space 3 hit the internet and spawned an explosion of speculation. Fans of the series, including myself, dissected and scrutinized every aspect of these images. Soon after, a flood of protests poured across the web as concerns grew over potential changes to the game’s successful survival horror formula. The official unveiling at E3 served only to confirm fears that the game would be experiencing a number of significant changes.

WeskerChildReborned5080d ago

It's sad that EA thinks that if this game has action in it, then more people would be interested in it. I for one don't like what they are doing to one of the last survival horror games that still is being made today cause not much developers focus on Survival Horror which is one of my favorite type of games.

005080d ago

And there quest for that imaginary wider audience.

Wingsfan245080d ago

It's really all about the marketing, that's what these companies don't get. It's like, the fanbase grows with every installment of a game, then those players who jumped in late go back and purchase the originals as well. I'm not worried about the accessible part, but I just want Dead Space to be Dead Friggin Space haha

StrawberryDiesel4205080d ago

The first was unique and was definitely more creative, doesn't mean the new ones suck just because the gameplay has been modernized a bit with a few new features. It's still a great game, I don't care what anyone says.

rdgneoz35080d ago

Modernized? Changing it from tight spaces, tense scary moments (play the first one at least [2nd as well] late at night with the lights out and surround sound on...), weapons with alternate firing; to wide open spaces / open worldish, universal ammo / combined weapons, cover, enemies with guns / grenades, and a co-op partner that can attract all the aggro (one of the co-op vids showed a boss or mini boss basically chase Isaac for like 5 seconds then focus the rest of the time on the co-op partner while Isaac was free to fire at will... Scary...).

Its not modernizing the game, its completely changing the game from a survival horror to an action 3rd person shooter...

StrawberryDiesel4205080d ago (Edited 5080d ago )

It would become stale if every iteration in the Dead Space Franchise was just like the original. This move gives more room for exploring different ideas and being creative. If you want survival horror, play the first over and over. By the way, a lot that's being said about DS3 was said about DS2 and that game turned out to be pretty scary and well made. It added MP and I could care less because I play Dead Space for the SP. Those that wanted it got MP and it honestly didn't detract from the SP. DS3 will still have a good SP that will be intense and frightening, even if it has a bit more action and the OPTION for coop.

trenso15080d ago

yet another good franchise bites the dust

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Why Dead Space 3 Will Be the Hardest to Remake

If EA and Motive Studio plan on remaking all the main Dead Space entries, they have to change a lot of what made Dead Space 3 so divisive.

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DefenderOfDoom21173d ago

Simple, do not bother with a Dead Space 3 remake. Rather have a new entry for Dead Space.

myfathersbastard1173d ago

Yeah I agree. Make a dead space 3, but have an original story/setting. They’ve proven they can do the game justice, and I think they could evolve 2 in a good direction, keeping a similar tone. I’d love s Dead Space 2 and 3 though. The remake was fantastic. Top tier remake, up there with RE2.

jznrpg1173d ago

Remaking 3 would need to be a reworked and somewhat changed remake as 3 was flawed in most peoples eyes and the worst entry.

Ninver1173d ago

It's the worst in the series.

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Dead Space 3, A Ten Year Reunion

WTMG's Kyle Nicol:

"Was Dead Space 3 really that bad?

Well, it’s a complicated question. Dead Space 3 is undeniably the weakest of the trilogy. It’s a game that deviates so far from the original formula, that it throws a lot of what made Dead Space special in the first place out of the window. Although, where it does make up for it is one of the best cooperative shooters on the market, even after all this time. Do I recommend playing this game ten years later? Hell yes. But make sure your expectations are in the right place. It has a lot of problems that bring it down."

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Ranking the Dead Space Games

With the upcoming Dead Space Remake, we replay and rank the original three games.

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sdplisken1257d ago

Dead space 1
2
3
Extraction

SimpleSlave1257d ago

Dead Space
Dead Space 2
The Callisto Protocol
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...uhm...
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...Lost Planet 3?

HeliosHex1257d ago

They need to seriously continue this ip with a new entry. Even if it's just another movie I don't care I love everything about this game.