The weapons available for the demo were quite varied, and each of them had a particular usefulness when fighting this particular baddie. All the firearms are essentially mining equipment Isaac has modified to fend off the necromorph aliens, and our arsenal consisted of a shotgun, a pistol and a mining laser that swept out in either a horizontal or vertical line slicing anything in its way in half. Isaac also has some light telekinetic powers which can be used to grab metal objects and throw them at foes. In this particular battle, among all the man-meat floating around the battlefield, there were a few explodable barrels that could be grabbed and flung back at the boss, which caused considerable damage.
One thing you'll quickly notice about Dead Space is the lack of a HUD. Instead, all pertinent information is relayed onscreen via holographs and clever design choices. For example, every weapon features a holographic ammo display that pops up whenever you're firing, and the menu used to change guns is holographic as well. It's also all presented in real-time, so in cases like this boss battle you need to move quickly, because hungry aliens aren't polite enough to wait around while you choose whatever weapon you wish to use to destroy them. The health system is similarly ingenious, with your current state of being displayed in a series of lights along Isaac's spinal column. As the boss thrashed Isaac about with his tentacles the lights began to go out and change from green to yellow to red, and once they're all gone, so are you. It's a very elegant solution to the traditional problems of inventory and relaying information in games that rely so heavily on atmosphere, and now every square inch of free space on screen is used to draw you further into Dead Space's world with the intent of scaring the pants off you when the time is right.
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 .
All playable from October 1.
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? 🤷♂️
This is about gore... not about anything sexual. And specifically I think it is about the realistic depiction of gore. Unfortunately I don't know the nuance of the CERO board or how it is relevant their specific culture (as a prohibition on gore may transcend age) so I hesitate to make a statement. Can anyone else provide insight to what kind of gore is considered unacceptable?
Yea, I know this is about gore, but thanks for pointing that out.
My point still stands, if a game is essentially rated for a mature audience then why censor for them as if they’re too young to view it? Makes no sense.
To answer your question: Decapitation, dismemberment, like… anything gore. They have been censoring that since CERO was established. Look up RE4 chainsaw decapitation or any MK games that made it there.
Yet, the Oneechanbara series (y'know, the game with half-naked samurai females slicing up zombies to bloody pieces) get released in Japan uncensored.
The CERO ratings board is an equilibrium.
This confuses me since I've seen so many gory Japanese movies and anime. For example, Battle Royale.
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?
Yes I think you may be on to something. The violence is gory but I wouldn't call it gruesome.
Does EA Japan actually make games at all? Or are they just a regional publisher?
it reminds me of John Carpenters The Thing which was a great movie/game